Las Vegas Weekly has a report on the Martorano's Masters Meatball Eating Championship which mentions Ron Koch's proposal to his girlfriend after the contest.
Archive for November, 2009
The MLE facebook reports that Juliet Lee will appear on Fox 5 News tomorrow morning, implying that reports of her retirement have been exaggerated.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video of his completion of the three pound burger at Big Ed's in 2:26. The previous record was 11:56.
Man vs. Food November 11 (Brooklyn) episode links
Travel Channel episode guide | slideshow
Restaurants
- Buffalo Cantina challenge – Six suicide wings
Myspace | Citysearch | Yelp
Eat Me Daily blog entry by about the recording
Episode commercial about the challenge
Video of Adam Richman attempting the challenge in 2008
Picture of the wall of fame - Brennan & Carr meal – cheeseburger topped w/ roast beef
Citysearch | Yelp | Gothamist review - L&B Spumoni Gardens meal – Sicilian style pizza
Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp
List of New York City eating challenges in the eatfeats database
List of Long Island eating challenges in the eatfeats database
Unregistered commenting restriction implemented
There was a recent desire for more innovation on eatfeats in an anonymous comment. To satisfy that request, a change in unregistered commenting policy was implemented over the weekend. Over half of the problematic unregistered comments have originated from one ISP. Users on that network who have not logged in now no longer receive a comment form. Unregistered commenting for additional ISPs can be disabled as needed.
Apologies to the legitimate unregistered commenters of that ISP.
Zimbio has a gallery of the Martorano's Masters Meatball Championship update ESPN and RawVegas.tv have videos.
Stuck at the Airport reports that the Famous Famiglia pizza eating contest at La Guardia on November 19 will be for airport employees only.
The facebook of "Furious" Pete Czerwinski announces that T-shirts bearing his logo are now available for purchase.
The NYPost reports that the Chabad of Mineola (Long Island) will hold a kosher latke eating contest with a purse of $790 ($360 first prize) on December 13 as part of its Chanukah Telethon.
Victor Torres reports that Joey Chestnut might do a wing eating contest at the Dublin, California Hooters tonight.
Keizei.biz reports that Hatsuyo "The Witch" Sugawara won the Morioka wanko soba noodle eating contest for the third year in a row by eating 399 bowls in 10 minutes. update Japan Times has an English article about the contest.
Foxabulous and alliedbillyz have videos from the Tony Luke's cheesesteak eating contest in Philadelphia yesterday where the competitors were required to wear boxing gloves.
ABC15.com reports that Jed Donahue won a slider eating contest in Phoenix by eating 10 sliders in 5 minutes.
Angelo Cataldi “not optimistic” on WIP extension
In response to a Philly.com column, Wing Bowl co-founder Angelo Cataldi has posted a blog entry about the status of his contract extension negotiations with 610-WIP:
But I’ve got to be honest here – because I have always tried to be honest with the listeners who have given me this great career and terrific life. I am not optimistic that I will be at the station beyond the end of 2009. CBS has really not budged from its original offer, and I have no reason to believe they will now. There is simply no scenario in which I would agree to that offer.
Cataldi’s contract expires at the end of the year.
Joey Chestnut wins Martorano’s Masters Meatballs
Rich Shea reports Joey Chestnut won the Martorato’s Masters Meatballs contest in Las Vegas today and Pat Bertoletti was the runner up.
A caption on Robin Leach’s twitpic page mentions that Joey ate over 6 lbs and Sonya (place not listed) ate 5.5 lbs.
update Poker News Daily reports that Chestnut beat Bertoletti by one meatball and Phil Hellmuth was a no show.
update 2 The IFOCE facebook has full results
1) Joey Chestnut 50
2) Pat Bertoletti 49
3) Sonya Thomas 42
4) Ben Monson 38 (rookie, top 10 eater according to Sonya Thomas)
5) Eric “Badlands” 33.5
6) Rich LeFevre 33
7) Ron Koch 30
8) Damon Wells (rookie) 28
9) Ryan McKillop 23
10) Jason Erb 20
11) “El Toro” Jimenez 16
12) Angelica Bridges (model) 10
update #3 harrahs.com has a blog entry about the contest (from sroeben)
update #4 Daily Fiasco and PR Newswire have contest reports.
update #5 CBS has a video and Las Vegas Weekly has a gallery
Ameba.jpg reports that Natsuko "Gal" Sone came in third place in a Japanese poll sponsored by Dove about what celebrity do you most want to see without makeup.
Cragislist has a request for a female competitive eating referee to oversee an eating challenge in New England on November 15.
Rich LeFevre on KTNV
(via IFOCE facebook) Rich LeFevre appeared on KTNV to promote the Martorano’s Masters Meatball Eating Championship. The facebook lists Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Sonya Thomas, Badlands Booker, Playboy model Angelica Bridges and the poker star Phil Hellmuth as other expected competitors in addition to LeFevre.
A list of the top IFOCE meatball eating performances in the database is available after the jump.
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Youtube has a video clip from the British program Mr. Bean in which Rowan Atkinson suffers the consequences after eating some bad oysters in an improptu eating contest.
Roast Grill record reclamation attempt
NewsObserver.com has an article about Gabe Gigliotti’s attempt to reclaim the record at The Roast Grill in Raleigh, NC by eating 24 chili dogs in under an hour. Gigliotti previously held records of 16 and 18 hot dogs. Adam Richman held the record between those marks when he ate 17 hot dogs on a March episode of Man vs. Food.
(via A-Bomb email) The twitter for LBS Burger Joint in Las Vegas reports that Ron Koch renamed the Extreme Burger the "Undertaker Burger" after becoming the first diner to complete the challenge.
ThatsFit.com has three questions with Crazy Legs Conti about his exercise and diet routines.
I have set up a list of the twitters of restaurants offering eating challenges at http://twitter.com/eatfeats/challenge-restaurants. Please let me know if other restaurants should be added.
Joey Chestnut w/ “Extreme Amy” today
The IFOCE facebook reports that Joey Chestnut will appear with “Extreme Amy” of Fox 5 Vegas today to promote the Martorano’s Meatballs contest. Ron Koch attempted a burger challenge on an “Extreme Amy” segment earlier this week.
update Joey Chestnut’s appearance with “Extreme Amy” is now available online. Darren Rovell, in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker, bumped into Joey Chestnut earlier today.
Go! Go! Curry, site of a curry eating contest, is mentioned in The New York Times restaurant blog and a WCBS segment due to the owner's devotion to World Series MVP Hideki Matsui.
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