Upcoming Georgia eating contests
| 2012 May 26 | Pie Eating Contest | Strawberry Stroll | Norcross, GA | |
| 2012 May 27 | Oyster Eating Contest | Catch 228 | St. Simons Island, GA | |
| 2012 Jun 14 | Dudes vs. Food | Gwinnett Braves game | Lawrenceville, GA |
| 6 lb. burrito | Monster Burrito | Tacos & Beer | Woodstock, GA | |
| 2 lb. burger | Maui Wowie | Hula Dawgs | Grovetown, GA | |
| 2.5 lb. burger | The Fat Elvis | Rock House | Tybee Island, GA |
Registration for the Atlanta Hooters qualifier and Acme Oyster Eating Championship will open tomorrow. Both contests will take place on June 3.
MLE has a video of Sonya Thomas' victory at the first Hooters wing eating qualifier in Augusta, Georgia.
Shane's Rib Shack in Athens, GA will hold a wing eating contest on April 21 awarding $500. A qualifier will take place on April 14.
Sonya Thomas wins Augusta Hooters qualifier
update April 6 More results Part 2 | Part 3
WJBF has an article about the wing certification
update 9:43 Sonya Thomas won with 140 wings in 10 minutes, Damien Boykin was the runner-up and Jon Bello was 3rd. The finals will be in New York City on July 28.
update 9:04 The contest is about to start. (A picture)
Sonya Thomas was present for John Daly certifying the wings this afternoon. (picture 1 | picture 2)
The contest is expected to start at 8 pm.
John Daly will certify wings for the Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship qualifier in Augusta, GA tomorrow at 1 pm. According to Wikipedia, the 1995 British Open champion lost his Hooters sponsorship in May 2009 after he was found drunk outside a North Carolina Hooters in 2008.
Sonya Thomas is expected to compete in the first qualifier of the Hooters World Wing Eating Championship in Augusta, GA on Thursday. update Apr 4 A list of additional competitors (none in the IFOCE top 35) is available.
Registration will open today at 4pm eastern for the first qualifier for the Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship to be held April 5 in Augusta, GA. The qualifier purse will be $1000 with the winner receiving $500 and a trip to the finals. The date and location for the finals and other nine qualifiers were not listed.
The first of 10 qualifiers for the MLE Hooters World Wing Eating Championship will take place in Augusta, GA on April 5 on the first day of the Masters golf tournament.
The Cajun Crab House in Atlanta will hold a crab leg eating contest on March 31 for women only awarding $250.
Grace "Maneater" Lee will appear in tonight's episode of Kitchen Nightmare's on Fox at 8pm eastern and compete in a chicken wing eating contest. (via Yvonne Monet) (Video interview recorded during episode filming in September) update Jan 15 The contest was cut, youtube has the outtake
The Chick Fil A Bowl held an eating contest at Sal Grosso's Brazilian Steakhouse where members of the University of Virginia football team defeated players on Auburn University's team by an average of 9.03 pounds per player (1002 total) to 5.9 pounds per player (614 total) which is ironic considering that Chick Fil A's commercials featuring cows discourage viewers from eating beef. (via TheGurglingCod)
CNN has an article about "Super" Paul "Bonebreaker" Barlow's career as a movie extra (via Badlands Booker). Paul's IMDB page lists that he will appear in three 2012 movies.
Dale Boone won a recliner Saturday at a hot dog eating contest held at the Elliot Street Pub in Atlanta. (gallery)
Man v. Food: Nation Savannah casting call
The Travel Channel has submitted a casting call for an upcoming Savannah, Georgia episode of Man v. Food: Nation which can be viewed after the jump:
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Village Tavern and Pizza in Helen, GA will hold a five pound sandwich eating contest on Sunday awarding $200 to the winner.
Kelly Stevens ate the most of his Grim Reaper burger at a contest last night at Lucky's Burgers and Brews in Roswell, GA.
Lucky's Burger & Brew in Roswell, GA will hold a "Grim Reaper Burger" eating contest on August 7. Diners who can finish the four pound burger in under an hour will receive $100 in cash and a $250 Lucky's gift card.
All Star Pizza in Marietta, GA will hold a pizza eating contest on Friday awarding $500 to the winner.
AJC.com has an article about Grace Lee competing in the womens division of the Nathan's finals with some quotes from Damien Boykin.
WSBTV has a video of the amateur-only wing eating contest held at the Wing & Rock Fest in Woodstock, GA won by Dale Boone.
Patch.com reports that Dale Boone won yesterday's wing eating contest at the Wing & Rock Fest in Woodstock, GA, which was an amateur only event according to the contest rules.
Loco Luna in Atlanta will hold a taco eating contest on May 29 awarding $250.
Five competitors are needed to compete against Dale Boone in Sunday's burger eating contest at Grindhouse Killer Burgers in Atlanta.
Tim “Gravy” Brown & Larell Marie Mele qualify for Coney
update May 16 #2 Paul Barlow has a facebook gallery.
update May 16 Creative Loafing has a blog entry and gallery (via Larell Marie Mele comment)
Contest results from the eatingcontest twitter
Men
1) Tim “Gravy” Brown 28.75 hot dogs in 10 minutes, qualifies for Nathan’s finals for 5th year in a row
2) Larry “The Legend” McNeil 16, first IFOCE contest since joining WLOCE
3) Damien Boykin 11
Women
1) Larell Marie Mele 13 hot dogs
Grace Lee did not appear in any of the eatingcontest twitpics or in this yfrog picture of the entire field
The contest should start around 1 pm eastern.
Rich Shea says that “Pi Gal” will also compete, presumably Steve “Pi Guy” Martin’s wife or girlfriend.
The facebook for Junction Lanes in Newnan, GA, site of tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier, announces that judges are needed for the contest.
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