Upcoming Los Angeles eating contests
| large pizza | Large Pizza Challenge | Big D's Pizzeria | San Dimas, CA | |
| 4+ lb. burrito | Manuel Burrito | El Tepeyac Cafe | Los Angeles, CA | not sure if any prizes are awarded for finishing burrito |
| 3 lb. burger | OMG Burger | Fox Sports Grill | Westlake Village, CA | starts August 22, 2010 |
FamousMixerDude has a video of a sushi eating contest held at the Japanese Food & Sake Collection in Los Angeles won by Kevin Ross.
Naader Reda was the first person to finish the 28 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's Pizza in Burbank, CA. He needed 46 minutes to finish the 9 pound pizza.
The LA Times has a video from the Beef Bowl where members of the University of Wisconsin's football team outate the University of Oregon's team by a total of 723 pounds of prime rib to 612. Wisconsin lineman Travis Frederick reportedly ate 88 ounces of steak. Madison.com has a gallery.
College Football Talk reports that University of Oregon offensive lineman Mark Asper applied the Heimlich maneuver on a man choking during the pre-Rose Bowl "Beef Bowl" eating contest held at Lawry's in Beverly Hills. The choking man was the father of an Oregon student and apparently not participating in the "Beef Bowl".
Another promo video of Suzilla has been uploaded where Suzanne French competes in a wing eating contest at D's Takeout Grill.
LosAngeles.Craigslist.org has a request for a C-List actor or better to compete in a Big Mac eating contest.
Kevin Ross and Naader Reda were the first people to complete the 7 pound kosher burrito challenge at Pizza World in Los Angeles this weekend.
Johnnie Excel announces that he won today's taco eating contest at Cafe Cabo in La Verne, CA with a total of 22 tacos in 5 minutes.
Cafe Cabo in La Verne, CA will hold a taco eating contest on November 26 awarding $200 to the winner.
Tonight's episode of Man v Food: Nation will feature food trucks. The challenge will be the six pound burrito from the White Rabbit Truck in Los Angeles, which has only been finished by Aaron Ybarra and Naader Reda. The Taco Bus in Tampa will be another visited restaurant.
The Spin Lounge in Whittier, CA will hold qualifiers for its wing eating contest today and September 14. The finals on September 24 will award $200 to the winner.
Long videos of last month's IFOCE rib (23 minutes) and gyoza (8 minutes) eating contests are available on youtube.
Johnny Excel won yesterday's cheesesteak eating contest at Philly's Best in San Dimas, CA by eating 6.5 sandwiches in 12 minutes.
Pat Bertoletti sets Nisei Week gyoza record, Matt Stonie 2nd
update Aug 23 The Rafu Shimpo has a contest writeup reporting that Sonya Thomas believed that one of her plates was not counted.
update Aug 22 LA Weekly, Drink Eat Travel and Damon Wells have contest reports
update Aug 21 #2 Matt Stonie has a gallery.
update Aug 21 The contest facebook page has full results and a gallery.
ToraChibi, Two Hungry Pandas, Guzzle & Nosh and FJTeng have flickr galleries
9:13 Jaron has a twitpic gallery
5:44 Naader Reda has posted the top 5: update 7:08 The rest of the top 10
1) Pat Bertoletti 264
2) Matt Stonie 213
3) Sonya Thomas 209
4) Bob Shoudt 202
5) Stephanie Torres 172
6) Tim Gravy Brown 170
7) Damon Wells 169
Eric Denmark 129
9) Michelle Lesco 117
10) Yasir Salem 100
?) Naoyuki Namiya 62
5:43 Eat More Gyoza reports Pat Bertoletti set a new record with 264 gyoza.
5:32 the contest is under way. Lynn in LA has a picture of the field
The Los Angeles Times has a preview of Saturday's gyoza eating contest with quotes from Sonya Thomas and Matt Stonie.
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).
EatMoreGyoza has a link to a podcast of an interview Sonya Thomas did this morning on the Mark and Brian Morning Show to promote Saturday's gyoza eating contest. Damon Wells will appear on Good Day LA tomorrow morning. update Aug 17 A video of Well's appearance is available.
Fatburger of Burbank, CA will hold a 3 pound (10 patty) burger eating contest on Thursday.
Bill Plaschke of ESPN's Around the Horn has a column for the Los Angeles Times about Damon Wells.
The youtube page for El Nopal in Los Angeles has a video of Naader Reda eating 6 two pound "pregnant" burritos, breaking Stephanie Torres' record of 5.
Pat Bertoletti and Brian Seiken have been announced as expected entrants in the Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship in Los Angeles on August 20. update Rafu.com calls Sonya Thomas the contest headliner.
A poster promoting the Gyoza Eating Championship in Los Angeles on August 20 is now available.
The Korean BBQ Cookoff in Los Angeles will hold a Choco-Pie eating contest on August 6 awarding an iPad.
The Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship announces the roster of professional competitors. Expected entrants in the IFOCE top 10 are Bob Shoudt, Sonya Thomas, Erik Denmark, Tim Brown and Matt Stonie. Stephanie Torres and Michelle Lesco are also listed which gives the contest 3 of the top 4 finishers in the Nathan's womens division.
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