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Takeru Kobayashi in College Humor video

ojrifkin — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:58:23 +0000

Takeru Kobayashi appears in a recent College Humor video (language may not be safe for work.)

Takeru in Chicago for Italian beef contest Friday

ojrifkin — Wed, 23 May 2012 04:25:33 +0000

Takeru Kobayashi will compete against a team of five Chicago Now bloggers in an Italian beef eating contest in Chicago on Friday.

Kobayashi breaks two records at Harrah’s Philadelphia

ojrifkin — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:13:29 +0000

Totally Driven TV has a report on Takeru Kobayashi’s appearance at Harrah’s Philadelphia today where he broke two record: he broke his previous cheesesteak record of 24 seconds by 0.4s and a new Harrah’s Food Challenge record (1:52) consisting of a cannoli from Varallo, a 10” Margherita pizza from Caffe Napoli and macaroni & cheese from BarleyQue. (video) update May 13 DelCo Times has a report from the event and timed Kobayashi’s cheesesteak attempt at 24.7 seconds.

Kobayashi drinks 42 cups of Eight O’Clock coffee

ojrifkin — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:29:09 +0000

Takeru Kobayashi appears in a new video promoting Eight O’Clock Coffee where he drank 42 cups. Comedian Jim Breuer, formerly of Saturday Night Live, served as co-host.

Kobayashi at Harrah’s Philadelphia May 11

ojrifkin — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:26:31 +0000

Philebrity reports that Takeru Kobayashi will be at the renaming ceremony for Harrah’s Philadelphia (formerly Harrah’s Chester) on Friday and will attempt to break his cheesesteak record. Tony Luke will also create a 20 foot long cheesesteak for the occasion.

Kobayashi to compete in Crif Dog Classic in NYC July 4

ojrifkin — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:33:47 +0000

(via Darren Rovell) CrifDogClassic.com has a press release announcing that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in a hot dog eating contest at Roberta’s in Brooklyn on July 4. Other listed competitors are Stephanie Torres, Tom Gilbert, Johnnie Excel, Dave “US Male” Goldstein and Brad Sciullo. No prizes or qualifiers are listed; two entrants will be selected using reddit.com. The competition will be streamed on SI.com.

Kobayashi to attend NFL draft tonight

ojrifkin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:04:00 +0000

Takeru Kobayashi announces that he will attend the NFL draft tonight. (It is ironic that a big advocate of competitors’ freedom would endorse a mechanism that restricts the rights of performers.)

Kobayashi claims peeps world record

ojrifkin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:35:02 +0000

Takeru Kobayashi claimed a world record after eating 25 peeps in 30 seconds at the Buzzfeed office. update Pat Bertoletti has a video of him eating 30 peeps in under 35 seconds.

Kobayashi May midwest tour

ojrifkin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:42:12 +0000

Takeru Kobayashi will appear at minor league baseball games in Schaumburg, IL on May 26 and Gary, Indiana on May 27.

Yahoo PostGame on Kobayashi at SXSW

ojrifkin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:09:28 +0000

Yahoo’s PostGame has a report on Kobayashi at the South-By-Southwest festival in Austin where he dined with Greg Jennings of the Green Bay Packers and an unnamed venture capitalist. Kobayashi claimed he ate his first non-competitive hot dog at the event. (He dined with Freakonomics author Stephen Dubner at Gray’s Papaya hot dog stand in 2008.)