EatFeats

Irish oyster champ claims to have defeated Sonya Thomas in 2009

ojrifkin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:06:42 +0000

Food Belfast has an article about Colin Shirlow, who received a Guinness record for oyster eating (233 in 3 minutes) in 2005 and claims to have defeated Sonya Thomas at the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Ireland last year:

Last year saw the ominously named ‘Black Widow’ (pictured, left) being flown over especially for the competition from the US.

Sonya Thomas got the nickname because of her ability to regularly defeat men four to five times her size in competitive eating events. The 43-year-old holds records in some 25 competitive eating contests and set her sights on Shirlow’s crown.

“Her record sits at 350 oysters in 10 minutes [actually 46 dozen, 532] but with this record it says it has to be three minutes. The Guinness Book of Records specifically say you have three minutes. We paid for her to come across and on the Thursday night we were like two boxers.

Sonya Thomas could not have competed in the Hillsborough Oyster Festival, which takes place during Labor Day weekend, because she was at the Buffalo Wing Festival in 2009. Shirlow is most likely confusing Sonya Thomas with Linda Li, who competed in last year’s contest after winning a qualifier at the Ceili Cottage in Toronto.

Arkansas Wing Ding contest to award $1000-

ojrifkin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:34:36 +0000

The Wing Ding Festival in Jacksonville, Arkansas (Little Rock area) will award $1000 in its wing eating contest ($600 to the winner) on October 2.

Joel Podelsky wins Blue Claws Wing Fling-

ojrifkin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:55:53 +0000

Joel Podelsky won a contest held at the Wing Fling at last night’s Lakewood, NJ Blue Claws game by eating 30 wings in 4 minutes. The runner-up was an unnamed 16 year old.

Will Millender defends Habitat wing title-

ojrifkin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:09:50 +0000

The facebook page for the Habitat in Brooklyn announces that Will Millender defended his wing eating crown at that restaurant Tuesday night.

Joey Chestnut interviewed by The Tasting Buds-

ojrifkin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:17:34 +0000

The Tasting Buds has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in the Austin Ice Cream Festival. Joey says he considered doing the breakfast taco challenge at Juan in a Million.

A Taste of Hamburg-er contest September 4-

ojrifkin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:42:03 +0000

The burger eating contest at a Taste of Hamburg-er Festival in Hamburg, PA Saturday will have amateur and professional divisions. If seven or more professional eaters compete, the professional contest will award $350.

Jessica attempts Pho Garden challenge-

ojrifkin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:10:05 +0000

Don Sturdy has a blog entry and gallery about Jessica “Queen of Cuisine” Abdul Hussain’s challenge attempt at Pho Garden in San Francisco. Jessica’s server claimed that no woman has completed the challenge, which is contradicted by a challenge attempt report from March claiming a woman held the house record (30 minutes) at that time (Joey Chestnut has since broken that mark). (Nancy Hua also claims to have finished the challenge in April)

Furious Pete poutine mini-contest-

ojrifkin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:58:08 +0000

“Furious” Pete Czerwinski will award a T-shirt to the person making the most accurate guess on his facebook page about the duration of his charity stunt of eating 15 pounds of poutine tomorrow morning. update The DBlundellShow twitter reports Pete successfully completed the challenge.

Jacksonville Krystal qualifier cancellation press release-

ojrifkin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:51:31 +0000

Jacksonville.com has posted a press release about the discontinuation of the Krystal Square Off qualifier held at Jacksonville Landing Labor Day weekend.

Memphis pickle contest at Kosher BBQ fest-

ojrifkin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:32:58 +0000

Steven “Fleish Gordon” Weinberger of Brooklyn won the pickle eating contest held at the Kosher BBQ Contest and Festival in Memphis.