(via tradocaj) UWishUNu reports that a Tony Luke's cheesesteak sandwich eating contest requiring competitors to wear boxing gloves will be held in Philadelphia on Sunday as part of the "Parade of 1,000 Rockys".
Archive for November, 2009
LiveNation has a list of four Adam Richman speaking engagements next month: Dallas (Dec 1), Houston (Dec 2), Anaheim (Dec 15) and Los Angeles (Dec 16). OCWeekly has a description of the contents of the talk.
Joshua M. Bernstein has a report in the New York Press about competing in the Chef One dumpling eating contest last month.
Past The Pages on competitive eating
PastThePages.ca has a column about competitive eating in which “Notorious” Bob Shoudt describes his exercise regimen:
“To date I have managed to work my way into being ranked number three in the world without having to train,†said Shoudt.
“Though, I am very active in my personal life. I routinely do a thousand crunches a day and I train three days per week in Krav Maga, a tactical defense martial art. I am also an avid mountain climber.â€
Shoudt mentioned practising with the Big Angus burger in an interview on the Krystal Square Off blog.
Tri-State Racetrack in West Virginia will hold a pumpkin pie eating contest on November 14 awarding $1000 to the winner ($1750 total purse).
The new poll asks who you think will be allowed to compete in the 2010 Wing Bowl.
The Milford Daily reports that Gretchen Vogel won a hot wing eating contest at Jake's Dixie Roadhouse in Waltham, Massachusetts which culminated with a 750,000 scoville unit sauce.
SanDiego.com has a preview of the December 6 World Flauta Eating Championship in La Jolla.
Man vs. Food November 4 (Detroit) episode links
TravelChannel – episode guide | slideshow
MLive article about the episode
Restaurants
- Mallie’s Sports Bar & Grill challenge – 190 pound burger (with a 40 person team)
Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp
Page about the burger re-breaking its Guinness record at an IFOCE calamari contest in May
Episode commercial about the 190 pound burger
Val Bromann gallery of the burger - Slows Bar-B-Q meal – triple threat sandwich
Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp - American Coney Island
Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp - Lafayette Coney Island
Citysearch | Yelp
Article about the rivalry between Lafayette and American
List of Detroit-area eating challenges in the eatfeats database
The Roy Rogers twitter announces that Sonya Thomas and Crazy Legs Conti will compete in the November 14 roast beef slider eating contest. "Notorious" Bob Shoudt and Pat Philbin are other expected entrants.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded his appearance on the Canadian program The TV Made Me Do It which includes the contest between teams from the United States and Canada. Furious Pete shirts will be available for purchase next week.
The Emory Wheel has an interview with the manager of Big Pie in the Sky Pizza about its Carnivore Challege who says that the most recent pair to complete the challenge (who are not yet listed on the online wall of fame) included a female who wants to start a "Woman vs. Food" show.
The Concord Monitor has an article about the construction of a 222.5 pound meatball by Nonni's Italian Eatery in Concord, New Hampshire which broke a record previously set on a September episode of the Jimmy Kimmel show.
The Japanese Food Festival in Torrance, California on November 8 will have a wanko soba noodle eating contest having servers that will refill the bowls as soon as they are emptied.
Atlanta eating challenge website
Juliet and Floria and not the only big-eating Lees on the east coast. Grace Lee has an Atlanta restaurant website at AtlantaGSpots.com containing an eating challenge page with the following description:
Stay tuned as Grace and her unbelievable appetite take on new challenges every month. She’s challenging Atlanta to out-eat her and, at 5’2″ and 110lbs, she’s setting records, beating men twice her size, and tearing up the city!
There are videos of two eating challenges: setting the record at Varasano’s Pizzeria by eating 30 slices and a wing challenge where Grace ate 60 wings.
On a similar note, Absolutely Fobolous and 8Asians have blog entries about small Asian women with large appetites.
Youtube has a video of El Toro's attempt at the "Extreme Burger" at LBS: A Burger Joint.
NWEMail.com reports that Ladbroke's is already taking bets on the 2010 Nathan's finals: Joey Chestnut is a 1/2 favorite and Kobayashi is listed at 7/4 to regain the title.
A commercial for next Wednesday's Detroit episode of Man vs. Food about a 190 pound burger is available on youtube.
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