Torontoist has an interview with Ben Do, who will attempt to defend his status as the top Canadian in Smoke's Poutine eating contest tomorrow.
A list of the amateur competitors in Saturday's poutine eating contest in Toronto has been announced.
Joey Chestnut, Tim "Gravy" Brown, Aaron Osthoff and Bill Myers are expected to compete in Saturday's bratwurst eating contest in Cincinnati.
SeaCoastOnline.com has a preview of tomorrow's lobster roll eating contest at the Hampton Beach (NH) Seafood Festival with quotes from Matt Stonie, the winner of last year's competition. "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti headlines the list of entrants.
The OC Register has a report and gallery from Friday's press conference at the Derby Deli in Mission Viejo, CA to promote tomorrow's West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship. (A picture of the entire field except Rich LeFevre) "Furious" Pete Czerwinski also has a video with some footage of the press conference.
The full field for the pie eating contest to be held September 18 at the Apple Day Festival in the Lower East Side of Manhattan has been posted. (Gothamist thinks the contest will take place on September 4).
The facebook for the Buffalo Wing Festival has posted the list of expected competitors in Sunday's wing eating contest. Entrants ranked in the IFOCE top 20 include Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Sonya Thomas, Erik Denmark, Juliet Lee, Badlands Booker and Aaron Osthoff.
Blue Ribbon News has a preview of the tamale contest to be held at Lewisville (TX) Western Days on September 24 listing the entire field. Tim Janus is expected to defend his title and Matt Stonie and Stephanie Torres are also listed as competitors. Part 3 of the history of the tamale contest has also been posted.
The Sacramento Bee reports that Pat Bertoletti, Erik Denmark, Ron Koch and Damon Wells are expected to compete in the rib eating contest at the Nugget Rib Cook-Off in Sparks, NV on Wednesday. Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie are possible competitors.
The Los Angeles Times has a preview of Saturday's gyoza eating contest with quotes from Sonya Thomas and Matt Stonie.
A press release about the 2011 Battle of the Bone lists all the qualifiers who will attempt to win a Toyota Tundra at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona on Saturday.
OCPoise announces that Takeru Kobayashi, Tom Gilbert, Pete Czerwinski, Dale Boone (billed as "the most colorful character in the last decade of competitive eating") and Rich LeFevre are expected to compete in the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship at The Derby Deli in Mission Viejo on September 5.
"Buffalo" Jim Reeves and "Wild" Bill Myers have been announced as expected entrants in Sunday's wing eating contest at the Toronto Festival of Beer.
Here is the current list of competitors in Wednesday's Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge at Fred's Mexican Cafe in Huntington Beach, CA: Takeru Kobayashi, Pete Czerwinski, Dave "US Male" Goldstein, Matt "Sweet Tooth" Cohen, Brad Sciullo, Johnnie Excel, Naader Reda and Jason ‘Blackball’ McLean.
The Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship announces the roster of professional competitors. Expected entrants in the IFOCE top 10 are Bob Shoudt, Sonya Thomas, Erik Denmark, Tim Brown and Matt Stonie. Stephanie Torres and Michelle Lesco are also listed which gives the contest 3 of the top 4 finishers in the Nathan's womens division.
The MLE facebook lists some of the expected entrants in next Friday's Taco Bell taco eating contest in Puerto Rico: Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus, Matt Stonie, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Pete Davekos, Sean Brockert and Yasir Salem.
The list of professionals expected to compete in Sunday's meatball eating contest in Midlothian, IL sponsored by Bartolini's has been posted and includes Joe Menchetti, Tom Gilbert, Bob Kuhns and Pete Czerwinski, who will be filmed by German television for an upcoming program.
IFOCE August / September 2011 contests
The IFOCE contests page has been updated with several August & September events:
- Aug 20 Day-Lee/Nisei Week Gyoza Eating Championship, Los Angeles, CA
- Aug 31 John Ascuaga’s Nugget World Rib Eating Championship, Sparks, NV
- Sep 3 Buffalo Buffet Bowl, Buffalo, NY
- Sep 4 U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship, Buffalo, NY
An IFOCE rib eating contest has been held in July at the Chinook Winds Casino on the Oregon coast. There does not appear to be any information about a 2011 contest on the casino website.
The MLE twitter has a list of entrants in tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier at Concord Mills omitting Hall Hunt: "Wing Kong, Crazy Legs, Subich, Boykin, Grace Lee". (Brian Subich announced he would not compete yesterday.) The high tomorrow is expected to be 95, hopefully the contest will be held inside. update Grace Lee's podcast about the contest is available (via eatingcontest) update #2 WCNC also lists Brian Szontagh, Travis Wheeler, Vanessa Lugo and Katie Fisher as expected entrants and Micah "Wing Kong" Collins announces that he is currently lacking transportation south.
The Salisbury Post reports that Crazy Legs Conti, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston and Grace Lee as expected entrants in the June 18 Nathan's qualifier in Concord, NC.
BizJournals reports that Joe Menchetti and Brad Sciullo will compete in the Holly Wing Wars in Timonimum, MD (Baltimore area) on Saturday.
Louisiana Seafood News reports that Pat Bertoletti and Adrian Morgan will compete in the World Oyster Eating Championship in New Orleans Sunday.
The MLE facebook lists Sonya Thomas, Aaron Osthoff, Crazy Legs Conti, Pat Philbin, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston, "Wild" Bill Myers and Yasir Salem as expected competitors in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City. Bob Shoudt, mentioned in previous previews, is not listed.
The facebook for Ellis Island Casino in Las Vegas has posted a list of the competitors in Saturday's hot dog eating contest that will award $1750. One of the entrants is "Rich Lefeure", which might be a misspelling of LeFevre.
IFOCE.com has an article about Pete Davekos competing in the Nathan's qualifier at Patriot Place in Foxborough, MA tomorrow. (Eric "Badlands" Booker might also compete.) Davekos did a hot dog eating contest on Kiss 108 this morning to promote the competition. update A podcast of Davekos' appearance is available.
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