I Love Las Vegas Magazine blog has an entry about Juan “More Bite” Rodriguez' attempt at a 10 pound burrito at Coconuts where he will face off against two teams of six opponents to raise money for Best Buddies Nevada. update May 19 Fox5Vegas has a video about the event.
"Cardboard Shell" has a blog entry about how her goal to eat more than 25 hot dogs at the Tempe, AZ Nathan's qualifier ties in with her efforts to raise money for Sudanese charity.
"Cardboard Shell" has uploaded a video of a Nathan's training session which begins with thank yous to the people who have donated to her Sudanese charity fundraiser.
A judgeship in the Nathan's finals is up for auction on biddingforgood.com. The current bid is $300 and bidding closes May 9. (via YPC_at_CMA).
Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez will compete in a 10 pound burrito eating contest against two six-person teams at Coconuts Beach Bar & Mexican Grill in Las Vegas on May 19 to benefit Best Buddies.
"Cardboard Shell" is using her attempt to eat 25 hot dogs in the Nathan's Tempe, AZ qualifier (Sonya Thomas and Juliet Lee are the only women to eat more in a qualifier) to raise money for Sudanese schools and public healthcare.
Bear Silber reports he ate 101 wings in an hour to win an eating contest held at the Cable Car City Pub & Cafe, raising $1040 in pledges for the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
The Indiana State newspaper reports that associate dean of student engagement and leadership development Brooks Moore is trying to prevent a hot dog eating contest held to benefit the Boys' and Girls' Club from paying out a $500 prize on the basis that an eating competition is gambling, which is prohibited by the campus code. Mike Reedy won the contest by eating three hot dogs in 36 seconds. (Homer Simpson: "Marge, someone squeezed all the life out of these kids. And unless movies and TV have lied to me, it's a crusty, bitter old Dean!")
Naader Reda has a report on the cheesesteak eating contest held in Corona, CA to benefit the National MS Society. Johnnie Excel ate the most cheesesteak sandwiches (6.25). update Feb 8 A video has been produced
Naader Reda announces the Philly's Best in Corona, CA will hold a charity cheesesteak eating contest to benefit people living with MS on Saturday.
A press release lists Sonya Thomas, Eric "Badlands" Booker and Crazy Legs Conti as expected entrants in tomorrow's Wild Turkey 81 Eating World Championship. The contest will be held at The Times Center on 41st Street near Times Square at 11 am. Booker and Conti delivered 81 turkeys to City Harvest today. (picture) update Pat Bertoletti says he would have liked to have an opportunity to defend his 2006/07 turkey titles, but did not receive a contest slot. update #2 Pete Davekos, Allen Goldstein and Maria "Edible" will also compete. "L. A. Beast" will be the only amateur. (A video of his turkey training session).
Matt Cohen, without any teammates, was the runner-up in a Vermonster eating contest in San Diego for four person teams held to benefit autism research.
A judgeship in the Nathan's finals is available in United for Lung Cancer's charity auction. Bidding (minimum $300) will open tomorrow and close on November 17. The item page says the bidding is for the July, 4 2011 contest and is illustrated with a picture of Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi (who will probably not compete in the 2012 finals). (via kNOwLungCancer)
Matt "Sweet Tooth" Cohen is competing in a Vermonster eating contest in San Diego on November 10 to raise money for autism research. Donations to Matt's team can be made on kintera.org. The team is also looking for three additional members.
Octoberfest Denver announces that people representing local charities are needed to compete against Joey Chestnut in a bratwurst eating contest to be held on Saturday.
My Charity Water produced a video thanking Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco for raising money for clean water projects.
PigOut4Hunger is going to do Denver-area eating challenges to raise money for hunger charities. Their first challenge will be at Beau Jo's on September 7.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco, Stephanie Torres and Matt Stonie are not just participating in the gyoza contest Saturday, they are also competing to see who can raise the most money for clean water projects in developing nations. A page at MyCharityWater.org is accepting donations. (via Sean Brockert comment).
Tribune Democrat has an article about "Big" Brian Subich using his Buffalo Wing Festival appearance to raise money for St. Vincent de Paul's food bank and soup kitchen. The article also reports that Joey Chestnut will compete in the Buffalo Wing Festival's eating contest which can be viewed live on streaming video.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" has a report on competing in the Nathan's qualifier at Arizona Mills where she ate 21 hot dogs with no practice. Michelle is raising money for clean water wells at MyCharityWater.org update July 2 AZ Daily Star has an article about Michelle.
Pat Bertoletti has set up a page at firstgiving.com to raise money for the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Pat will match all donations received up to $500 and will award a T-shirt signed by all 2011 Nathan's finalists to the biggest giver.
Randy Santel has a column in MyMissourian about attempting the Hail Mary challenge at the Stadium Grill in Columbia, MO tomorrow. If he defeats the 5.5 pound burger, he will donate the prize consisting of $600 in gift certificates to charity.
The Morning Sun has an article about Randy Santel finishing the 24 inch Gorilla Pizza at Wheat State Pizza in Pittsburg, Kansas. The challenge is normally barred to competitive eaters, but Santel worked out a deal that $500 would be donated to local charities if he completed the pizza.
Pete Davekos will walk 20 miles on May 1 to benefit Project Bread, a hunger charity. He will eat one food item for each of the 20 miles he walks.
"Furious" has posted a video of him cooking and eating a Japanese flag composed of rice and bacon to encourage donations to earthquake relief charities.
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