Upcoming Fort Lauderdale eating contests
Fort Lauderdale eating challenges
(All Fort Lauderdale eating challenges and contests in database)
Flossie's Bar in Fort Lauderdale will hold a hot dog eating contest tomorrow awarding $100 and a spot in the finals in June awarding $250 to the winner.
Eddie Archbold's death after winning an October insect eating contest in Deerfield Beach, FL is a candidate for the Associated Press' top Florida story of 2012.
Findlaw's Legally Weird blog has an entry about the prospects for a civil lawsuit against Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach, Florida after Edward Archbold died after winning a bug eating contest held there.
The autopsy for Edward Archbold was released today and indicates that choking was responsible for his death after winning a roach eating contest held on October 6 contest at the Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach, FL.
Sun-Sentinel reports that the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has requested that Broward County, Florida, site of a recent insect eating contest fatality, ban eating contests and restaurants' eating challenges. update The Great Escape theme park in Queensbury, NY is holding a cockroach eating contest tomorrow.
Eddy Archbold dies after winning bug eating contest in Deerfield Beach, FL
update Oct 9 The reptile store has posted a statement from its attorney on its facebook page
Urban Jungles Radio was present at the contest and recorded a podcast
Palm Beach Post article | interview with Eddy Archbold’s girlfriend
Miami Herald article
Local10 article and news video
CBSMiami news video
update Oct 8 The AP has an article which has been picked up by numerous outlets.
BuzzFeed has a thread
“The governing body of all stomach centric sports” may not be the optimal motto because it implicitly makes incidents like this IFOCE/MLE’s responsibility.
Six Flags amusement parks are holding a series of cockroach eating contests awarding a season pass (these might be cancelled due to the death) Texas | Maryland | Chicago
Topix.com has a thread about the death of Eddy Archbold after winning a roach eating contest held at Ben Siegel’s Reptiles in Deerfield Beach, FL Friday night. A post on the store’s facebook page says it currently lacks any details about the incident. (announcement for the contest) update The store’s UStream channel has a video of the contest (starts around 2 hour mark) in which there are no obvious signs of distress. Another video has been uploaded to youtube, but is now private. Pretty Ninjaa’s twitter feed has tweets about the incident.
Integrated Media Planning will hold a hot dog eating contest Friday awarding four Miami Heat tickets. Proceeds will benefit Lance Armstrong's LiveLong Foundation. The contest location is not clear from the ad, presumably it will take place somewhere in Fort Lauderdale.
Broward New Times has a blog entry about videos by "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and others that were inspired by Michael Phelps reported 12,000 calorie / day training diet. Matt Stonie has also produced a video where he tries to consume that amount.
CBSLocal and SunSentinel have lists of Tampa Bay and South Florida eating challenges.
Wrestler Joey Saint, who finished 4th place in TooJay's amateur contest in March, won $300 at a taco eating contest held at T-Mex Cantina in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday.
T-Mex Cantina in Fort Lauderdale will hold a taco eating contest on May 5 awarding $300 and free tacos for a year to the winner.
A Denny's pancake puppies eating contest awarding two half-season Florida Panthers tickets and two round-trip JetBlue tickets will be held before the February 26 Florida Panthers game.
Notorious Bob sets Martorano’s Meatballs record
update Dec 14 SHRHollywood has a video
update Dec 12 Jim The Candle Man has videos of the contest and LA Beast’s introduction and BrandoFoto has a gallery.
update Results
1) “Notorious” Bob Shoudt 52, breaks Joey Chestnut’s 2009 record of 50
2) Adrian Morgan 48
3) Kevin “LA Beast” 31
4T) Yasir Salem 24
4T) Mike Katz 24
6) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 21
7T) Sean “Wrecking Ball” Brockert 15
7T) Bruce Ollis 15
9) Michael Parris
DQ) Steve Piccolo
The contest is expected to start around 5 or 6 pm eastern and Bob Shoudt, Adrian Morgan, Sean Brockert, Yasir Salem, Andrew Kogutkiewicz, Bruce Ollis and Kevin “LA Beast” are expected to compete. Steven Piccolo will attempt to follow up on his 3rd place finish in last months pickle contest.
This will be the fourth IFOCE contest in Broward or Palm Beach county in 2011 (Sweet Corn Fiesta, TooJay’s, Pompano Park Pickles and Martorano’s meatballs)
640Sports.com has a podcast of an interview "Notorious" Bob Shoudt did today about Saturday's meatball eating contest in Hollywood, FL (via MLE facebook).
Steve Martorano asks who will beat Joey Chestnut at the meatball eating contest to be held December 10 in Hollywood, FL. Bob Shoudt is also expected to compete.
The Miami New Times has a preview of the meatball eating contest to be held December 10 at Café Martorano located in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood (Florida) with quotes from expected competitor Adrian Morgan and a recipe for the meatballs to be used in the contest.
George Shea announces that the 2011 Martorano's meatball contest will take place at the Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood, FL (Fort Lauderdale area) on December 10. The previous two Martorano's meatball contests took place in Las Vegas. Registration will open tomorrow at 3 pm eastern.
Pat Bertoletti repeats Pompano Park pickles
update Results from the MLE facebook
1) Pat Bertoletti 5.2 lbs in 6 min, .55 pounds off 2010 result
2) Bob Shoudt 2nd 3.4, 2 pounds off 2010 result
3) Steve Piccolo 3rd 2.4
4) Jon Bellow 2.2
5) Sean “Wrecking Ball” Brockert 2.1
6) Bruce Ollis 1.4
6:55 The contest has started
AirTran Magazine has an article about Major League Eating (via Elissa Plastino twitter). A calendar at the end of the article claims the 2011 Martorano’s Masters Meatball Eating World Championship will take place in Hollywood, Florida in December. (Las Vegas was the site of the previous two Martorano's meatball contests)
Registration is now open for the World Pickle Eating Championship at Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park in Pompano Beach, FL on November 12.
Seminole Casino in Hollywood, FL will hold an ice cream eating contest on Saturday awarding $2,500 in cash and prizes.
BizBash has a report on "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's victory in a burger eating contest held at Stop Burger in Weston, FL.
According to Javier Lavayen, a Toronto resident (almost certainly "Furious" Pete Czerwinski) won $2,500 at a burger eating contest at Stop Burgers in Weston, Florida today.
Char-Hut will hold a hot dog eating contest at its Davie, FL location on July 10 awarding $500 to the winner. Weekly qualifiers will be held at four Fort-Lauderdale area locations starting June 5.
Stop Burgers in Weston, FL (Fort Lauderdale area) will hold a burger eating contest on July 4 awarding $2,500 to the winner.
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