Dec 8, Hard Boiled Egg eating contest, The Locker Room, Marietta, OH, $100 1st prize (for amateurs only), Mark Lyle is expected to attend.

Dec 9, 3 person team Krystal eating contest, Tampa, FL, 1st prize is $150 gift certificate ($50/person), teams must register by 1pm today at Tampa area Krystal.

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Harry Reichenbach attended the mince pie eating contest at Wookey Hole caves last week and uploaded a longer video clip (almost 10 minutes) of that event to youtube at http://youtube.com/watch?v=DBuYlwGiWuM. Mr. Reichenbach had behind the scenes access and did a brief pre contest interview with Sonya Thomas. The Monday Night Football theme music was played before the contest, which I doubt any of the English audience had heard before.

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(From Liz K) A bikini string french fry eating contest at Bikini’s Bar & Grill has been added to the IFOCE schedule on January 27, 2007. The total purse is $2000.

The press release on the restaurant’s website lists Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas and Tim Janus as the expected out of towners. (I am not sure if this means that Sonya has reconciled with IFOCE or if they added her as an entrant without consulting her. )

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timesherald.com reports that Dave “the Dumpster” Moyer, a competitor in Wing Bowl 14, won a hot dog eating contest at Montgomery Lunch in Norristown, PA by eating 11 hot dogs (with toppings) in 15 minutes.

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The Central Lakes (Minnesota) Eating Team has a page on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/centrallakeseatingteam Their heros are Takeru Kobayashi, Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas and Eater X. Could this be the start of UEMN?

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from a comment by “anonomous” (December 5, 2006 10:53 AM) on urbanhonking.com/eaterx

Why is there no eating news on this site. with everything that is happening you would think the whaler would have something to say. with humble bob cheating at meatballs …

from the main page of humblebob.com:

I am offering my first place purse of $2,500 to anyone, (eater, fan, official, anyone) that has evidence that this (cheating) happened at any Carmine’s Meatball Contest (2004, 2005, 2006). This offer is for payment in cash. Bring the evidence, take the cash. It is that simple.

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Tremont 647 in Boston is holding a haiku contest. The writers of the seven best haikus will gain slots in a momo (dumpling) eating contest to be held on December 17. Haikus must include the words “Momo” and “Tremont 647”. The person who can eat the most dumplings in 10 minutes will win a $1,000 gift certificate to the restaurant.

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Comments have been re-enabled. I have changed the moderation policy. All comments by registered users will no longer be automatically approved. Most users who have previously commented should have the majority of their comments instantly approved. Newly registered users must have created some comments that pass approval before their comments are immediately pass moderation. This was a major hole in the moderation system, and today’s activities have forced me to finally address it.

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japanprobe reports that the clip of Kobayashi vs. an Alaskan bear was broadcast on Japanese television recently three years after it was originally recorded for Fox’s Man vs. Beast special. The clip with Japanese commentary can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=konJQH34PV8

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Don “Moses” Lerman reports that he will have a tumor removed from his foot on Friday. Let’s pray that the tumor is found to be non-cancerous after it has been removed and analyzed.

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I have turned off commenting on all posts since the discussion about Pat Philbin’s suspsension has devolved into extremely crude insults. If you would like to respond to Brian Seiken’s statements, the appropriate place to do this is Brian’s personal blog at http://beautifulbrian978.blogspot.com/

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AICE news reports that the latke contest to be held at Zan’s Deli in Long Island scheduled for Sunday has been pushed back a week to December 17. This is the second schedule change for the event; the original date was December 3.

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Videos of this morning’s successful Wing Bowl stunts by Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston and Micah “Wing Kong” Collins are now available on philly.com’s Wing Bowl page. (Micah is misspelled as “Micha”) Both Steakbellie and Wing Kong have written blog entries about their attempts.

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The LA Times has a section about Josh Heald, the author of “All You Can Eat,” a screenplay set in the world of competitive eating in its screenwriter column. The article describes Mr. Heald’s first hand experience in eating contests. The movie has yet to begin filming.

Unsurprisingly, the major challenge in moving “All You Can Eat” into production has been casting — it would take some very game comic actors who are willing to be seen stuffing food in their faces for two hours while potentially risking a disqualifying “reversal of fortune,” in the lingo of the sport.

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(Thanks Berenice Baker) From The Evening Telegraph:

Poppadom lovers guzzled as many of the Indian wafers as they could today in a bid to break the world record. A parliamentary aide, solicitors, rugby players and students were among competitors vying for the title in The Balaka, St Andrews. The winner was reigning champion, Dundee businessman Tim Stobbs, who scoffed 15 in five minutes, beating his previous 12.

See also: whichfranchise.com, Daily Record & Ananova

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610wip.com reports that all tickets for Wing Bowl 15 sold out in 24 hours. Some free tickets will be given away at the Wing Off at Landmark Tap + Grille in Glassboro, NJ Thursday. You can also try to obtain entrance to the contest by becoming a competitor, as Steakbellie and Wing Kong will attempt Wednesday morning.

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The Inqlings column in philly.com has several paragraphs about the controversy following Saturday’s meatball contest. Sonya Thomas is threatening to sit out Wing Bowl 15 in protest of the decision awarding Bob Shoudt the victory in that event.

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Reuters has a video of the mince pie contest in England last week.

Red Orbit has a first person account by a participant in the contest

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IFOCE report Joey also received a 1 oz. deduction
beautifulbrian.com commentary
urbanhonking truefan report with interview with Bob Shoudt
competitiveeating.net commentary on controversial judgement

Top 10 finishers – all results available at ifoce.com
Bob Shoudt 9.97 lbs, $2500
Sonya Thomas 9.91 lbs, $1000
Joey Chestnut 9.35 lbs, $750
Chip Simpson 9.23 lbs, $500
Rich LeFevre 9.03 lbs, $250
Tim Janus 8.93 lbs
Juliet Lee 5.53 lbs
Allen Goldstein 4.96 lbs
Seaver Miller 4.75 lbs
Pat Philbin 4.73 lbs

Juliet Lee was the best finisher not ranked in the top 8 and she defeated the #10 and #11 eaters

update AICE news lists Hun Juliet Lee as an expected entrant in Sunday’s latke eating contest

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Wing Bowl 15 tickets will go on sale at 10 am. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.comcasttix.com/ or in person at the Wachovia Center box office.

updated philly.com reports that former 76ers owner Pat Croce will be the Wing Bowl commissioner.

updated #2 Angelo Cataldi has a post about Wing Bowl 15 on his blog in which he says that Sonya Thomas has been chosen to be one of the 5 IFOCE entries.

update #3 A video of Bob Shoudt’s successful Wing Bowl stunt is available on philly.com (along with an unsuccessful one by Hollywood Jeff involving the Wendy’s Value Menu)

competitiveeatingnews.com confims that Sonya has received on of the 5 out of town slots.

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Natsuko “Gal” Sone is 21 today according to the information on her home page. This means that she is no longer prohibited from competing in the Wing Bowl by the age minimum. 😉

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A full video of the meatball contest and prize announcements recorded by LadyLenore is available on Brian Seiken’s website. Joey Chestnut and Bob Shoudt are interviewed briefly. Sonya’s snub of Humble Bob’s handshake occurs at the 18:12 mark.

The 2006 meatball contest was definitely the contest of the parent. Not only did the IFOCE’s top father, Bob Shoudt, take victory against a field containing of 6 of the top 8 IFOCE members, Juliet Lee had the best ever IFOCE performance by a mother if the reports in the comments that she finished 7th with a total of 5.51 pounds is accurate.

updated spikebythesea has posted videos of the contest to youtube which can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=spikebythesea

Pat from Moonachie probably merited a spot closer to the center of the table based on his ranking, but putting him at the end was probably the optimal place based on what happened after the egg nog contest 😉

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Google News has several Chinese articles reporting that Takeru Kobayashi won a mutton eating contest by eating 5.5 kg (12.1 lb.) of mutton in 24 minutes. The runner up ate 2.7 kg of mutton.

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The Vallejo Times herald has an interview with Joey Chestnut in which he discusses his first loss to an American since the chili cheese fries contest at the Queen Mary in February. Joey says he had difficulty finding meatballs similiar to the contest meatballs and that he arrived at the Tropicana at 10am Saturday after a sleepless night. The article says that all top 3 eaters ate in the 9-9.99 lb range. The controversial judgement awarding Bob Shoudt the victory over Sonya Thomas is not mentioned.

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sonyatheblackwidow.com is currently down and brings up a “coming soon” webpage.

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