The Irish Sun has an article on Dublin competitive eater Neil Thomas.
Archive for May, 2013
Tim Brown is selling on eBay over 1000 DVDs and videotapes owned by Crazy Legs Conti. The current bid is $800 and bidding ends May 28.
The Las Vegas episode of Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy will be televised on the History Channel on June 26 according to zap2it.com. A burger eating contest at the Heart Attack Grill won by Miki Sudo was recorded for the program.
Pinksterfeesten in Bornerbroek, The Netherlands will hold a rib eating contest on Sunday.
Jamie McDonald will attempt to break the All Pro Eating apple pie record (5.5 pounds in 6 minutes) at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, CA on Monday.
Pat Bertoletti appears on a picture promoting a contest awarding 4 front row seats in the Nathan's finals.
NY1 has an article about the planned reopening of the main Coney Island Nathan's on Memorial Day weekend.
A pretzel dog eating contest will be held tomorrow at the May Fair in Philadelphia. The contest will apparently award $500 to the winner.
A contest promoting Sunday's gyro eating championship at the Houston Greek Festival was held on Great Day Houston yesterday. The festival facebook has a printable coupon offering free admission (normally $3).
Yasir Salem will appear on this weekend's episode (ABC 7 Sunday 1:00 pm) of "NY RR on the Run at the Brooklyn Half [Marathon]" which will end near Nathan's Coney Island location. (Flashback: According to Mortimer Matz, Nathan's had the opportunity to be the main sponsor of the New York City Marathon in the 1976)
Pitcher Ryan Tatusko of the Syracuse Chiefs (Washington Nationals minor league team) has made a request for Bob Shoudt to do an eating exhibition in upstate New York.
MiLB.com is holding a contest to determine the top "gut buster" menu item available at a minor league ballpark. The West Michigan Whitecaps' Fifth Third Burger and Lake County (OH) Moby Dick Sandwich are two of the 16 choices. (via mlive.com)
The Las Vegas Sun has a report on Ryan "Max Carnage" Rodacker's recent trip to Las Vegas where he did several eating challenges. The article does not mention the King Kong Sundae eating contest held in conjunction with "Woman v Food" at the Sugar Factory (Results via Matt Cohen: 1) Tom Gilbert 2) Matt Cohen 3) "Max Carnage" 4) Ron Koch )
The finals for the 2013 Farrell's Ice Cream Eating Challenge will take place on July 21 and the qualfication period will be June 21 to July 14.
The WE network will hold a cake eating contest for brides-to-be in New York City on May 30 awarding $10,000 to promote the new season of Bridezillas.
This weeks episode of Stuffed features the Bikkuri Don sushi bowl challenge at Wakasaya in Los Angeles.
25+ Nathan’s hot dog results by women
A listing of of women eating 25 or more hot dogs in a Nathan’s contest follows after the jump. Sonya Thomas was the only woman to have exceeded 35 before Miki Sudo hit 40 in her qualifier last month. Read the rest of this entry »
The field has been announced for the National Onion Ring Eating Championship in Coshocton, Ohio on May 26 and includes Jamie McDonald, Stephanie Torres, Joe LaRue, Chris Abatsas, Chance DeWerth and Pete Maurizio.
Joey Chestnut is expected to compete in the pastrami sandwich eating contest at Katz's Deli in New York City June 2.
In a politico.com report, Anthony Bourdain claims Man v. Food inspires southwest Asians to commit acts of terrorism. For his example, he cites an "impoverished goat herder somewhere along the Afghan-Pakistani border" who happens to possess a television with a cable or satellite connection despite his poverty.
The most recent issue of Batman: Li'l Gotham by DC Comics features a back-alley taco eating contest.
The Mercer County Ribfest will hold a rib eating contest for 3 person teams awarding $255 ($150 to the winner) on Saturday. (Last year's contest awarded $850)
Pat Bertoletti, currently on hiatus from competitive eating, appears on a picture promoting Sunday's gyro eating contest on the Houston Greek Festival facebook page.
The new poll asks who you think is currently the best competitive eater not ranked in the MLE top 50 after Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown were ejected from that list.
Sling Ping has an article and video about yesterday's hot dog eating contest at Rudi's in Patchogue, NY. Dave Brunelli ate 26 hot dogs to win and Wayne Algenio was the runner up with 23. update May 13 Newsday also has an article mostly behind a paywall update May 14 Newsday also has a gallery.
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