PostZambia reports that an eighth grader was hospitalized after receiving mouth burns while competing in a hot tea drinking contest.
The Nation reports that Hing Laichan, a 66 year old motorcycle taxi driver, died in a pad thai noodle eating contest in the Phetchaburi province of Thailand.
A web page has been set up to promote TV Tokyo's broadcast of a qualifier for the 2010 "Gluttonous Queen" contest on January 1.
Preeth Walser has some videos of a hands free turkey eating contest sponsored by Chennai Live 104.8 (apparently Indian FM stations can end in even numbers)
Ayari Sato links
If you need more information about the 2009 female rookie of the year poll choices, here are some links about “Gluttonous King” winner Ayari Sato:
- Video of rib eating round from September’s “Gluttonous King” contest
- Personality profile segment from March’s “Gluttonous Queen” contest (where she finished 4th) which shows here eating 10 pounds of food (3 1.5 kg bowls) in 29 minutes at a restaurant.
- Slideshow of “Gluttonous Queen” screen captures.
- Report on beef bowl eating contest set up by Kenji Aoki.
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Barry Rigby wins Wigan (UK) pie contest
SkyNews reports that Barry Rigby ate a meat pie in 43 seconds to win the annual pie eating contest at Harry’s Bar in Wigan, England today.
The Wigan pie contest is probably the best publicized English contest. This year’s gimmick of checking for performance enhancing substances was noted by the BBC. (Gravy is listed as a performance enhancing substance). Pitch Weekly also had a blog entry about the contest (from Liz K)
update The Guardian, Daily Express and Manchester Evening Post have articles.
Hatsuyo Sugawara's victory in the Morioka wanko soba noodle eating contest was mentioned in the "What's Up With Japan" segment of the G4 Network's Attack of the Show
Keizei.biz reports that Hatsuyo "The Witch" Sugawara won the Morioka wanko soba noodle eating contest for the third year in a row by eating 399 bowls in 10 minutes. update Japan Times has an English article about the contest.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded his appearance on the Canadian program The TV Made Me Do It which includes the contest between teams from the United States and Canada. Furious Pete shirts will be available for purchase next week.
The finals for The Big Bite Match hot dog eating contest sponsored by 7-11 of the Philippines have been rescheduled for November 14 after the original September date was cancelled by Typhoon Ondoy. The 25 finalists have already been determined.
Kobayashi eats 387 bowls of noodles in 2001 contest
Another contest from the 2001 Japanese Nathan’s qualifier is available on youtube. In this competition, Takeru Kobayashi eats 387 small bowls of noodles weighing 9.67 kg (21.3 pounds) to win. The noodle servers, who refill the bowl immediately after it is emptied, are almost as impressive as the eaters.
Kobyashi vs. sushi-maker for 2001 Nathan’s spot
Youtube has a video of a sushi-eating contest won by Takeru Kobayshi from a 2001 episode of TV Champion. Sushi makers assembled new sushi while the competitors ate the existing sushi. The contest awarded a spot in the 2001 Nathan’s finals. Kaz Arai, who had already received a spot in the 2001 Nathan’s finals as the defending champion, oversees the contest.
TV Tokyo's website now shows the finalists for today's "Gluttonous King" contest. Only one of the entrantsfor "Gluttonous King" is male. I think Essen (#6) is the only finalist to have competed in previous "Gluttounous King / Queen" contests.
A web page for this year's Gluttonous King contest has been set up on TV Tokyo's website.
The Guardian on UK competitive eating
A writer for the British newspaper The Guardian wrote an article about competitive eating in the UK after competing in a burrito eating contest. The article mentions Tim Janus’ medical examination and Don Lerman’s quote about suffering internal bleeding.
In other UK CE news, the BoingBoing blog has an entry about a breakfast challenge in Westhoughton.
AOL on IFOCE Guantanamo Bay trip
AOL News has a report on the report on the trip to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base by three IFOCE members on Labor Day weekend:
Tim “Eater X” Janus, “Pretty Boy” Pete Davekos and “Crazy Legs” Conti — the fourth-, 13th- and 14th-ranked eaters in the world — boarded a C-40 Clipper at a private airstrip in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Saturday, for the special Pro-Am Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.
The plane — a military version of a Boeing 737 — circled Castro’s island nation, so as not to invade Cuban airspace, before reaching the base.
“Every moment was completely thrilling,” Janus told AOL News. “I don’t know if it was top secret by a military definition. But it was definitely secret. They told us we weren’t allowed to talk about it.”
IFOCE Guantanamo Bay Labor Day event
IFOCE.com has a report about an event held on Labor Day to entertain the military personnel at Guantanamo Bay Navy Base. Tim Janus, Crazy Legs Conti and Pete Davekos sat out the lucrative Labor Day weekend contests to compete in a Pro-Am Nathan’s competition paired with a member of the armed forces.
The only coverage of the event I could find is a brief mention on Traveling Miles.
Youtube has an Indian news video about the WLOCE donut eating contest held in Bangalore in March. The Press Trust of India reports that diabetic Bandu Joshi died after stuffing his mouth with seven laddus at a contest in Hyderabad, India.
A video of Thursday's All Canadian Oyster Eating Championship won by Linda with 148 oysters in 3 minutes is available on youtube.
Linda won tonight's oyster eating contest at Ceili House in Toronto by eating 148 oysters in 3 minutes and will represent Canada in an oyster eating contest in Ireland next month.
The All Canadian Oyster Eating Championship on August 20 will award a trip to Ireland to compete in the World Championship of Oyster Eating in Ireland in early September. Entrants must qualify at The Ceili Cottage in Toronto by August 19.
St Thomas Times Journal reports that a vomiting deferral contest at a St. Thomas, Ontario fair based on G4's Hurl has raised concerns from public health officials.
ThePress.co.uk reports that the UK Sweetcorn Eating championships will award £1,000 if the IFOCE record of 34.75 ears of corn in 12 minutes is broken tomorrow.
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