Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s October 12 blog entry describes a trip to a salon where her hair was changed from its characteristic blonde color to a more natural hue. The dye job was reported by Ameba news.

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Travel Channel Episode Guide | Slideshow

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• Rockie’s Diner challenge- “Rockie’s Challenge” containing a burger topped with a hot dog, chili cheese fries and a shake
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  Travel Channel forum post about the challenge
  Idaho Statesman article about the recording (contains spoiler)
• Big Jud’s meal – Big Jud one pound burger
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  Boise Weekly review of Big Jud’s
• Flying Pie Pizzaria meal – Triple Habanero Pizza
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  Gallery from the recording

List of Boise eating challenges in the eatfeats database

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Adam Richman is currently at the “Grease Trucks” on the campus of Rutgers University and will be attempting the 5 Fat Sandwich challenge at 5 PM today.

update The Rutgers student paper has a report on the filming (contains spoilers)

The twitter for Doogie’s Hot Dogs reports that Adam Richman will be recording there on Friday. Doogie’s is located in Newington, CT and no Connecticut episode is listed on season 2 episodes.

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Chef Mark Smith of the Tortilla Press in Collingswood, NJ has posted the following twitter update: “I can’t believe she ate the whole thing [a five pound burrito] …..my twitter friend @styrovor“

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The Washington Post has an long article and gallery about Juliet Lee and her family which mentions her next competition:

Right now she is getting ready for her next major event, a meatball-eating contest in Vegas on Nov. 8. Only Lee pointedly says she is not getting ready. She doesn’t do test runs or drink stomach-stretching amounts of water or train in any way for an eating outing. “If I ever start training, they going to be really scared of me,” she says.

To which her competitors respond: “She’s lying. Everybody who’s semi-decent in this sport trains in some way,” says Tim “Gravy” Brown, a 205-pound Chicago eater ranked ninth in the world. “You can’t just show up and eat 60 hotdogs.”

The Washington Post’s 2005 article about Sonya Thomas is also available.

update Oct 13 A transcript of a Washington Post chat session with JulietLee is available.

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The New York Times Magazine has an article about British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver recording “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” in Huntington, WV for ABC. The episode will include footage of the construction of a 15 pound burger at Hillbilly Hot Dogs. The program will showcase the efforts of Oliver to change the eating habits of Huntington, which the Associated Press claims is the most unhealthy metropolitan area in the United States.

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The next poll will be about what eating challenge feat elicits the most scepticism. Here are the current choices. Please add others in the comments you think should be listed.

• Mandy Brown, 1992, 8 pound chicken fried steak dinner in 84 minutes (first attempt of 850 to succeed)
• Balinda Gould, 2005, 43 chili dogs in four hours
• Eddie “Bozo” Miller, 1963, 27 two pound chickens
• Frank Pastore, 1987, 72 ounce steak dinner in 9:30
• Sharon Scholten, 1982, 42.5 chili dogs in 4 hours (on a full stomach with no preparation)
• Brad Sciullo, 2008, 15 pound burger in 4:39
• Kate Stelnick, 2005 10-11 pound burger in 2:54
• Lori Weiss, 2005, 10-11 pound burger in 2:54
• Phil Yazdzik, 1955, 77 hamburgers in 2.5 hours

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Here is a quick recap of the highlights of Brad Sciullo’s competitive eating career for newcomers to this web site:

• 2007 Competes in 6 IFOCE contests in 2007. Sciullo’s highest finish is runner-up in a Nathan’s qualfier.
• February 2008 Competes in Wing Bowl 16 and is in second place halfway through the contest (ahead of Pat Bertoletti and behind Joey Chestnut), but is disqualified for “snotting a wing”.
• March 2008 Announces retirement from competitive eating, no reason provided.
• July 2008 Competes in a non-IFOCE meatball eating contest in suburban Chicago under the name Eric “The Herald” Durst and finishes in 8th place.
• August 2008 Returns to IFOCE competition at the Buffalo Wing Festival. While in Buffalo, Sciullo records a video disparaging the victor of the meatball contest, Furious “Pete” Czerwinski, and AICE, the organization which sanctioned the competition.
• September 2008 Wins the cannoli eating contest at the Festival of San Gennaro in New York City. Footage from the contest appears in an ESPN E:60 segment about the IFOCE in which Sciullo’s passion for competitive eating impresses reporter Jeremy Schaap.
• October 2008 Becomes the first person to complete the 15-20 pound Belly Buster burger at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub. Sciullo is not listed in the new IFOCE rankings for October 2008, which probably indicates he has been banned for doing an eating challenge which was not sanctioned by the IFOCE.
• December 2008 Completes the 10-11 pound burger at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in 2 hours and 23 minutes, breaking the 2005 record of 2:54 jointly held by Kate Stelnick and Lori Weiss. Sciullo’s feat will appear in a Travel Channel program called Extreme Restaurants
• April 2009 Finishes fourth in the Wing Madness contest in Pittsburgh.
• October 2009 Sciullo’s completion of the Belly Buster Burger is the subject of 2 segments on The Colbert Report Part 1 | Part 2

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