Upcoming Alberta eating contests
| 2012 Jun 2 | I | Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier | CrossIron Mills | Calgary, AB, Canada |
| 3 lb. burger | Mammoth Burger | Bernie & The Boys Bistro | West Drumheller, AB, Canada | |
| 2 lb. burger | Monster Burger | Motoraunt | Edmonton, AB, Canada | restaurant consists of converted double decker bus |
| spicy burger | Suicide Burger | On the Rocks | Edmonton, AB, Canada |
Nathan's Famous of Canada announces it will hold the Canadian Hot Dog Eating Championship at the CrossIron Mills Mall near Calgary on June 2.
K97 in Edmonton is holding a pancake eating contest this morning inspired by an injury experienced while Dustin Penner of the Los Angeles Kings ate pancakes. The contest awards tickets to an Edmonton Oilers vs. Los Angeles Kings game and entrants had to submit a story of an eating-related injury to gain a spot.
Squire's Pub in Edmondton will hold a wing eating contest tonight awarding 2 Oilers tickets.
The Boston Herald reports that Sonya Thomas will attempt to set a record for eating meatballs at the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in Boston on Saturday. (The article claims that Sonya's hot dog record is over 50). update The meatball record attempt will be on September 24 and Sonya Thomas will be at the grand opening of the new Nathan's Famous in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada (Calgary area) tomorrow. (via comment)
Hudson's Tap House in Calgary is holding a wing eating contest awarding a trip to Toronto with tickets to NFL and NHL games. Qualifiers will take place on Wednesdays until September 14.
Yesterday Ken Ben Do commented that the Nathan's qualifier in Calgary scheduled for June 18 has been canceled. Ken Wong emailed his cancellation notice to confirm that the contest will not take place.
The twitter for Hudson's Tap House reports that "Furious" Pete Czerwinski won its 2010 Boneless Wing Eating Championship.
Hudson's Tap House in Edmonton has a video of its latest wing qualifier won by "Furious" Pete Czerwinski. The finals tomorrow will award $2010. Pete also won the eating contest at the Hamilton, Ontario Wingfest.
Hudson's Tap House in Edmonton will hold a boneless wing eating contest on June 17 awarding $2010 to the winner. Thursday qualifiers start tonight.
(from bodybuilding.com) CalSun reports that Tommy Burger Bar in Calgary, Alberta has created a giant triple cheeseburger with three 45 pound patties (total weight 141.73 lbs.)
Link Buffet: October 21, 2008
- BeautifulBrian.com has a commentary on the personalities of the top 50 IFOCE members
- Furious Pete is seeking input about a 3 minute eating stunt
- Tonight’s E:60 episode to have footage from the Nashville Krystal qualifier
- Gallery of the recent Washington, DC cupcake eating contest
- Picture of Joey Chestnut at the Edmonton minor league hockey game
- Joey Chestnut to receive a commendation from the San Jose City Council
- Ukrainian salo (pork fat) eating contest
- Brad Sciullo’s Belly Bruiser completion makes the Japanese news
- Gal Sone’s television appearance where she sampled and ranked all the items on Saizeriya’s menu has boosted that restaurant’s business despite the recession
Link Buffet: October 9, 2008
- Joey Chestnut to appear at Edmonton Oil Kings minor league hockey game on Friday
- Badlands Booker to perform “Mamma Mia” rap before Famous Famiglia pizza contest
- Hall Hunt’s Krystal performance mentioned in jacksonville.com
- Big Texan Steak Ranch to appear on the Travel Channel in December
- Wichita State professor has won a local jalapeno eating contest five times
Short story (and possible novel) with female competitive eater
The Columbus Dispatch has a review of “This Is Not Chick Lit,” a collection of short stories by female authors. The reviewer has the following comments on one of the short stories in that book:
Most delightfully surprising is The Seventy-two-Ounce Steak Challenge by Dika Lam, who has published only a few short stories in small magazines. Her touching and hilarious story follows two Chinese-Canadian sisters on a working vacation in Calgary, Alberta, where one of them starts down the path that will take her into becoming “the champion you know and love — winner of the International Matzo-Ball-Eating Contest, title-holder of the Conch Fritter Invitational, the girl who downed nine sticks of butter in five minutes.”
A review in econoculture says that Ms. Lam is working on extending her short story into a novel.
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