Upcoming Toronto eating contests
| 2012 Jul 8 | Spicy Dosa Eating Contest | Udupi Palace | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 1 kg burger | Kilo Burger | Three Monkeys Eatery | Scarborough, ON, Canada | |
| 72 ounce steak | 72 oz. Sirloin Steak Challenge | Lone Star Texas Grill | several locations, ON, Canada | free if eaten with trimmings in under an hour |
| 18 oz. burger | Fast Bastard Burger | Relish Gourmet Burgers | London, ON, Canada |
Aaron Osthoff and Ben Do have been announced as expected entrants in the wing eating contest at the Toronto Festival of Beer on Sunday.
"Buffalo" Jim Reeves and "Wild" Bill Myers have been announced as expected entrants in Sunday's wing eating contest at the Toronto Festival of Beer.
IFOCE August / September registration on Monday & Wednesday
IFOCE contest registrations opening this week:
- Monday July 25: Toronto’s Festival of Beer Wing Eating Championship (August 7) | John Ascuaga’s Nugget World Rib Eating Championship (August 31, Sparks, NV) | Buffalo Buffet Bowl (September 4) & Wing Eating Championship (September 5)
- Wednesday July 27: Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship (Toronto, September 24) | Old Town Lewisville, TX World Tamale Eating Championship (September 24)
St. Louis Wings will hold wing eating contests at 8 Toronto area locations on July 18 and Wings Pub in Burnaby, British Columbia will hold a wing eating contest on July 21 awarding an Ipad 2 and a flat screen TV (prizes might be for best costume.)
Kobayashi announces that he will compete in the Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce eating contest on August 3 and face off against "Furious" Pete Czerwinski at PIE in Barrie, Ontario on August 21. Gringo Bandito considered an IFOCE taco eating contest in 2010, but plans did not come to fruition. update "Furious" Pete announces that he will also compete in the Gringo Bandito contest.
Feed Your Console reports that Takeru Kobayashi ate 16 bananas in 60 seconds to promote the new Donkey Kong game in Toronto.
AOL Weird News has an article about Kobayashi's failed pizza record attempt. Kobayashi's next event will be a banana eating contest against a digital Donkey Kong in Toronto Saturday. update A press release has details about the event.
Smoke's Poutinerie's facebook has some pictures from the poutine eating contest held in May.
Toronto Sports Magazine has an article about an attempt at the 67 ounce steak challenge at Real Sports Bar and Grill which includes a pound of fries and a pound of cole slaw.
Torontoist has a blog entry about "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's attempt to eat 15 pounds of poutine on the Dean Blundell Show this morning. Pete ate about 10 pounds before receiving assistance. A video of the stunt is also available. Smoke's Poutinerie, which held a MLE poutine contest earlier this year, was the sponsor of the stunt.
Kobayashi has updated his blog with a report about winning the pizza eating contest at Pie in Barrie, Ontario. Kobayashi might be recording a program at Madison Square Park in Manhattan tomorrow.
Kobayashi wins PIE pizza contest 40 slices to 29
update Aug 23 The Toronto Star has an article
update The Toronto Sun has an article and the Toronto Star has a gallery.
The top 2 in today’s pizza contest at PIE in Barrie, Ontario according to the restaurant’s twitter:
1) Takeru Kobayashi, 40 slices
2) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski, 29 slices
http://twitter.com/SorlieArts/statuses/21859942985: “Kobayashi declared pizza pie eating champ. Furious Pete a close second. Video coming soon to eatmypie.ca”
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski will attempt to eat 15 pounds of poutine on September 2 to benefit the MS Society of Canada. The food will be provided by Smoke's Poutinerie, sponsors of a MLE poutine contest in May.
The Toronto Sun has details about the showdown between Takeru Kobayashi and "Furious" Pete Czerwinski at PIE in Barrie, Ontario on Sunday.
The Toronto Star has an article about the showdown between Takeru Kobayashi and "Furious" Pete Czerwinski at a pizza eating contest at Pie Pizza in Barrie, Ontario. update Mississauga.com also has an article.
The website for Pie Pizza in Barrie, Ontario has been updated to announce that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in a pizza eating contest on August 22.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Furious-Pete/: "See ya soon Kobayashi..."
A commenter reports that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in a pizza eating contest at PIE in Barrie, Ontario (North Toronto area) August 22. The contest will award $1500 and the 24 fastest pizza eaters will qualify for the semifinals.
Qualifying has started for the 2010 Canadian Oyster Eating Championship at The Ceili Cottage in Toronto. The winner of the contest on July 29 will receive a trip to Ireland.
The Story of Furious Pete will be displayed at the Bite Me! Film Festival in Toronto on July 17. Pete Czerwinski will participate in a discussion after the showing.
A noodle eating contest will be held in Toronto later this month. Qualifiers will take place on June 23 and the finals will occur on June 26. The grand prize is apparently a trip to Asia.
Street Meet has a video recorded at the poutine contest in Toronto with interviews of several competitors.
TheScore.com has a video guide to competitive eating recorded at the poutine eating contest and an interview with Tim "Gravy" Brown.
A picture of Pete Davekos at the Toronto Poutine Contest is the subject of a Deadspin blog entry.
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