A clip of Natsuko “Gal” Sone singing (or lip syncing) on “Monomane Battle” can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zc1aMtbwh4 During an instrumental section, Gal Sone puts on a brief eating exhibition. “Monomane Battle” is a show in which people try to imitate celebrities. Laura Pasqualoni appeared on ‘Monomane Battle” as Mariah Carey.

update Gal Sone was trying to imitate Ayumi Hamasaki R Suzuki has a post about the appearance.

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After he reaches his goal weight, Don “Moses” Lerman would like to compete in a baked beans showdown against Sonya Thomas, Dale Boone and Justin Mih.

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I am curious if anyone has any news about “Swallow Your Pride”, a documentary filmed at the 2005 Wing Bowl. The movie’s website. swallowyourpridemovie.com is now defunct and I have not been able to find any information about screenings after the documentary won an award at the First Glance Film Festival in Philadelphia this summer.

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(from Dave Chrisinger) A napkin autographed by all 5 members of the Central Lakes Eating Team has been put up for sale on ebay. The current bid is 99 cents and the auction ends Friday.

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(from japanprobe) The Asahi Shimbun has an excellent interview with Takeru Kobayashi. Kobayashi says that he has started running 10K (6.2 miles) in the morning and evening. Kobayashi’s tip to novice eaters:

Wannabe speed eaters should start by increasing their food intake, Kobayashi advises. He emphasizes the importance of keeping logs. “Without precise logs, you can’t tell whether your stuffiness comes from overeating or poor metabolism.”

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AICE news has full results for the latke contest at Zan’s Deli in Lake Grove, NY. The top three finishers are:

Tom “Goose” Gilbert 31 latkes; 5.80 pounds – improvement of 10 over last year’s winning total
Ian “The Invader” Hickman 29.5 latkes; 5.53 pounds
Mark Lyle “The Human Vacuum” 27.5 latkes; 5.16 pounds

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Two brief videos of Justin Mih practicing with baked beans have been uploaded to youtube by his roommate: Part 1, Part 2.

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A video clip of the 2006 jalapeno contest at the Texas State Fair, won by Rich LeFevre, is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuT1P4sCphE Sonya Thomas, Pat Bertoletti and Erik Denmark also appear. Rich and Carlene LeFevre are interviewed. All the eaters wear different shirts due to the cancellation of GoldenPalace.net’s sponsorship, which is a surprising sight at an IFOCE contest.

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The promotional video for TheNextBigClip.com, located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2IIc5gbBDI says they are awarding $1000 to the eater who has the most impressive eating performance in a 10 minute video. Eaters can choose whatever food they want. No information about the contest is available on http://thenextbigclip.com/

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Bear Silber has posted a video of the construction & consumption of the 5 pound Belly Buster Pizza at Pizza & Pipes in Santa Clara to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbmt9ZdSqSU and has listed it as a video response to the Gal Sone 40000 calories video

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Think You Can Compete, a league devoted to competitive eating challenges has launched. Competitors will film videos of their performances and post them to youtube or another online video host. The league will award prizes via paypal (and also charge admission fees) Two promotional videos have been posted to youtube: Video 1, Video 2. The official opening date is January 1, 2007, but the website has already started at thinkyoucancompete.com

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(from The Sicilian) A pretzel contest sponsored by Pretzel Twister will take place in Miami on January 20, 2007. The total purse is $3000.

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nyblueprint says a latke eating contest will be held in conjunction with the lighting of Brooklyn’s official menorah. It is not clear what day the contest will be on. The contest is called the “2nd World Championship Competitive Latke Eating Contest” so it is probably an IFOCE contest since IFOCE sponsored a latke contest in Brooklyn last year. AICE will hold a latke eating contest in Lake Grove, NY on Sunday.

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The new poll asks where Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota should appear on a unified ranking containing IFOCE, AICE and Japanese eaters. Shirota defeated Kobayashi in 3 out of 4 Food Battle Clubs and ate 38 hot dogs in 2004 Nathan’s.

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Sonya Thomas has apologized for her conduct following the meatball contest, restored her website and made a commitment to compete in Wing Bowl 15.

update Don “Moses” Lerman has a comment about Sonya’s apology on his blog.

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Trophy Central is selling trophies specifically designed for victors of eating contests.

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Qdoba is sponsoring the Rice & Bean Pot Burrito Eating Contest. The contest is open to teams of 4 from the “Bean Pot” colleges: Boston U, Boston College, Northeastern & Harvard. Proceeds will go to the Cam Neely foundation. Finals will be on February 8, with preliminary rounds in late January and early February. A video promoting the contest can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab7QPQq9mNY

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Nobuyuki “The Giant” Shirota and Tomoko Miyake are endorsing a garment called the turbocell. The turbocell looks like bike shorts, but its manufacturer claims that it raises body temperature and makes weight loss easier.

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Don “Moses” Lerman has a post on his blog in which he comments on the Sonya Thomas controversy which is similar in tone to the comments he has left on this website. Micah “Wing Kong” Collins has a more positive blog entry about Sonya.

updated I am not going to approve any more comments from the Don Lerman, “Luther” & “Rufus” conversation as it has devolved into personal insults. If the commenters would like to continue that thread, they can do so on mosesnews, email or another website.

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The home page of the Heart Attack Grill reports that Jed Donahue broke his own Quadruple Bypass burger record by completing that sandwich in 3 minutes and 55 seconds, almost 2 minutes less than his previous record of 5:39.

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The Philadelphia City Paper reports that Chabaa Thai is holding a spiciness toleration contest with finals to be held in Februrary. The winner will receive a $1000 gift certificate to the restaurant.

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Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has uploaded a segment from Food Network’s “Unwrapped” about the 2004 pickle eating contest held at the Carnegie Deli at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9yONbnC3_s Winner Ed “Cookie” Jarvis, Don “Moses” Lerman, returning champion Brian Seiken and Arnie “Chowhound” Chapman are quoted and Kevin Lipsitz, Badlands Booker and Joe Menchetti appear in the background.

Skinnyboy has also uploaded a Food Network segment about the Hardee’s Thickburger to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a68SrzBiHhY

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This is London reports that Brendan Brockbank, an 18 year old, won the World (Single) Pie Eating Contest at Harry’s Bar in Wigan, England. After winning by finishing his meat pie in 78 seconds, he won the vegetarian pie contest by eating a smaller pie in 34 seconds. (Sonya Thomas ate one pie every 13 seconds over 10 minutes at the mince pie contest last month)

BBC article

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(From R Suzuki) Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s Wednesday morning contest has been uploaded to youtube. Part 1, Part 2. Instead of competing against Nobuyuki Shirota, she faced a 3 person team in a shish kebab contest. The three person team rallied at the end to defeat the Gal 81 skewers to 80, winning them a prize of 100,000 Yen. ($851.57)

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(Thanks Berenice Baker) The BBC blog has an entry about whether they should have covered last month’s mince pie eating contest. The entry currently has 19 comments one of which reads:

By covering it, you endorse it? Rubbish. All this worrying and fussing is silly. I have a very hard time indeed believing that, after seeing the piece, any child would think “I know! I’ll try shoving several packs of mince pies in my mouth, too!” Kids aren’t going to get fat because of coverage of mince pie eating competitions. It’s the equivalent of suggesting that, after watching a football match, a fat child will suddenly be inspired to lose all their excess weight and go and play football. If that was the case, all we’d have to do is shove fat children in front of “Sky Sports” and the problem would be solved.

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