Broomfield Enterprise reports that the Wingstop of Broomfield, CO (Denver area) will hold a wing eating contest this weekend will hold an eating contest awarding two American Airlines round trip tickets and a $100 gift card. The first round will take place on Saturday and the top five will compete in the finals Sunday.
Archive for December, 2011
Lil Anthony's NY Pizzeria in Winter Springs, FL (Orlando area) will hold a pizza eating contest on Saturday awarding a LCD TV.
The student newspaper for Northern Kentucky University has a list of Cincinnati area eating challenges.
Marcos Owens announces he qualified for Wing Bowl 20 by eating the entire Taco Bell diet drive thru menu in under 2 minutes. (gallery)
A facebook page announces that Suzilla, the Mouth that Roars will debut December 20 on the Planet Green cable channel. The TV schedule for that date on Planet Green's website does not list that program; the prime time lineup consists solely of BBQ Pitmasters. update December 7 The facebook page appears to have been pulled
ConciergePreferred has a list of Chicago eating challenges. Bartolini's will award $250 if a diner can beat the record of 48 minutes for its 10 pound meatball sandwich.
Kickstarter has a page seeking to raise $6,000 by December 31 to fund the production of the pilot episode of The Hungry Todd Rungy Show. $1,980 has already been raised.
Snack Jack Diamond qualified for Wing Bowl 20 by eating 5 large whoopie pies in 4:29. (via email)
The schedule for the Colorado Mammoth reports that the KBPI Wing Bowl will take place at the Pepsi Center in Denver on February 4, 2012.
Kevin, the "LA Beast" was the first person to finish the "Bo'hemoth" bagel sandwich challenge at Bagel Gourmet in Glen Rock, NJ.
Kevin Ross and Naader Reda were the first people to complete the 7 pound kosher burrito challenge at Pizza World in Los Angeles this weekend.
Eric Dahl reports that he and Devin Hess missed completed the challenge at Pizza Shuttle in Milwaukee by one piece of crust after being limited to just 12 ounces of water.
Registration is now open for the 2012 Krispy Kreme Challenge. The February 4 contest in Raleigh, NC entails running 2 miles, eating a dozen donuts and then running another 2 miles. Over 5,000 people have participated in previous challenges.
Russo's New York in Houston has started a 28 inch pizza challenge awarding $500 for finishing it. The challenge is available Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" was the first person to complete the Bacon & Craeggs challenge consisting of 10 pieces bacon, 6 sausage rounds, 6 eggs, 2 texas toast, 4 pancakes, and homefries. (via Tuscon Weekly)
Takeru Kobayashi has posted a picture of his turkey eating exhibition in the most recent issue of Sports Illustrated.
Randy Santel has produced a poster that will be displayed in restaurants where he is doing eating challenges.
The Wing Bowl website has a form where Wing Bowl hopefuls can submit the parameters of a possible qualification stunt.
The NY Times small business blog has an entry about grand openings reporting that the total budget for the "Hottest Dog" contest judged by Joey Chestnut at the Banfield Pet Hospital in Brooklyn was $10,000 (Joey Chestnut's appearance fee was not split out.)
TimesLedger has an article about Barry Rothbart, co-director of the upcoming competitive eating documentary Hungry. Rothbart appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" last month and will co-host the upcoming season of Punk'd on MTV. update A 15 second teaser for the documentary is available.
Naader Reda is the subject of the cover story for the current issue of Inland Empire Weekly.
While Man vs. Food: Nation is now on hiatus for the season (if not permanently), a "woman vs. food" show will debut later this month. A facebook page announces that the first episode of Suzilla, The Mouth That Roars will be televised on Discovery's Planet Green network on December 20. The program will star Suzanne "Suzilla" French, who is billed as the #4 female competitive eater in the world.
Steve Martorano asks who will beat Joey Chestnut at the meatball eating contest to be held December 10 in Hollywood, FL. Bob Shoudt is also expected to compete.
Eleven days after the contest, the Australian winners of the CP Biggest eater qualifier on November 19 have been announced. Brad Stokes defeated Felix Ariga in overtime to become the top male and Millie Chow won the women's division. A qualifier competitor comments that he was not aware of any overtime taking place.
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