Archive for April, 2009

Erik Denmark has blog entries about the funnel cake, the asparagus and the spring roll contest he attended last night as a spectator. The winner of the spring roll contest, Paul Constant, also has a blog entry.
The date for Peter's Clam Bar Clam Eating Contest has been listed as May 25 (Memorial Day) and registration is now open. The purse is $2500.
twitter.com/gcshea: Major League Eating has set up a facebook page
AZCentral: "Furious" Pete Czerwinski & Joey Chestnut will compete in the AICE World Taco Eating Championship on Sunday. PhoenixNewTimes also lists Joey as a competitor.
Cracked.com: List of 8 reasons why competitive eating is the worst thing ever.
The food for the May 30 contest at Mallie's has been changed back to calamari from turkey pretzel club sandwiches.
MosesNews: Gustoff Zhychick will start a school to teach competitive eating techniques. Tuition will start at $10,000 for a six month course.
If you click on the picture on Don Lerman's latest blog entry, it will take you to a British dentist's website.

Taco Del Mar to have 5 pound burrito challenge May 5

All Taco Del Mar locations will offer a five pound burrito on May 5. Customers who complete the burrito without assistance in under 30 minutes will receive a $20 gift certificate.

A video of the burrito’s construction

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Melissa Radovich reports that Rich LeFevre will compete in the Biloxi Nathan's qualifier Saturday.
WSILTV video: Patrick Berteli [sic] and Sonya (no last name given) will compete in the Dippin Dots eating contest on Saturday at the Harrah's casino in Metropolis, Illinois.
TulsaWorld has an article about three local eating challenges
The Manteca Bulletin reports on the contest at the Asparagus Festival.
Some 2009 Delaplane National Strawberry Eating Championship entrants (pros): Jay Gorman (RA Sushi Baltimore winner), Karen Clarke (3 time amateur strawberry winner), Paul Arcaria. Will Millender will also compete.

Houston gyros entrants listed before registration opens

IFOCE.com reports the 2009 Niko Niko’s World Gryo-Eating Championship will be held on May 16 in Houston and registration will begin today at 3pm eastern. The contest page already lists four expected entrants (Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Bob Shoudt, Erik Denmark) even though registration has not officially opened.

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The Prairie News: The Big Texan will hold a 72 ounce steak eating contest next year to celebrate its 50th birthday. The contest will have professional and non-professional divisions which will both award $10,000 to the winner.

Joey Chestnut 3rd on Big Wallie Wall of Fame

Wallie’s Diner in Tracy, California has set up a web page about its “Big Wallie” burger challenge. The burger is almost 3 pounds and is free if finished in under 15 minutes. Joey Chestnut is #3 on the list of fastest finishers. The top 2 times are from 1999.

Wallie’s Diner also offers a 6 and 9 pound burger. A video of the 9 pound “Extreme Wallie” is available on Fox 40′s website.

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The-Feedbag: May 5 Zocalo taco event featuring three IFOCE members has been canceled
BrightestYoungThings has a blog entry and gallery about the wing eating contest held at the Rock & Roll Hotel in Washington, DC last Thursday.
George Shea has posted a picture of Brad Sciullo (mentioned only as the cannoli contest victor) to twitpix.
CarpeDurham: Adam Richman will participate in the Doughman quadrathon (running/biking/swimming/eating) in Durham, NC on May 23.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has started two bodybuilding.com forum threads (Thread 1 | Thread 2) on the article about him on beautifulbrian.com
SunHerald previews Saturday's Nathan's qualfier at the IP Casino in Biloxi, MS. Crazy Legs Conti is the only listed ranked eater.

WLOCE announces Bangalore idli contest May 16

The WLOCE website has been updated to announce that an idli contest will take place in Bangalore, India on May 16. WLOCE will also sanction the July 4 Apple Ugly Eating contest in North Carolina and the purse for its contest at Corndogorama will be $875.

A picture of Boone and Indian giant P. Theyagarajan appears on the WLOCE myspace page.

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Helldorado Days Donut Eating Contest in Las Vegas - qualifiers May 2 & 9, finals May 16
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