The MLE facebook lists some entrants in Saturday's gyoza eating contest at the Nisei Week in Los Angeles: Ben Monson, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Erik "the Red" Denmark, Damon Wells and Kevin Ross.
The Isle of Capri Casinos website has a list of the entrants in the Rocky Mountain Oyster Eating Contest in Black Hawk, Colorado on August 28. Ten of the top 32 ranked IFOCE members and half of the top 6 are expected to compete. (via Crawfish / Sean Brockert / Bryan Beard)
Jake Burgers facebook lists the finalists for the Chowdown Showdown in Wilmington, DE Friday: Joe Menchetti, Rocky Billitto, and Dave Brunelli.
LA Downtown News lists Ben Monson and Eric "Badlands" Booker as expected entrants in the August 21 gyoza contest. Joey Chestnut has not confirmed, probably because he will be at the San Francisco Street Food Festival that day.
The Denver Post lists Pat Bertoletti, Bryan Beard and Tim "Gravy" Brown as the participants in the August 14 Jimmy John's Freaky Fast Sandwich Making and Eating Contest at the Mile High Music Festival.
StAugNews has a list of all the Woody's locations that will hold a rib eating contest on Saturday. Most of the locations are in Florida, but there are also sites in Georgia (Atlanta-area), North Carolina (Raleigh) and Ohio (Dayton-area).
IFOCE.com has details about the Red Faction: Armageddon Mars Bar Eating World Championship in San Diego Thursday. Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Tim Janus will attempt to break the one minute Mars Bars Guinness record before competing in a five minute contest.
The MLE facebook lists Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Ben Monson and Erik Denmark as expected entrants in Sunday's rib eating contest at Chinook Winds in Oregon.
Splashdown Beach Nathan’s qualifier preview
LoHud has a preview of Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier at Splashdown Beach in Fishkill, NY listing Juliet Lee, “Buffalo” Jim Reeves, Micah “Wing Kong” Collins, Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston and Allen “Shredder” Goldstein as expected entrants. Contest spectators must purchase park admission.
update Poughkeepsie Journal also lists Russ Keeler, Yasir Salem, Damon Serignet and amateur Drew Altavila as competitors.
Adrian Morgan says he will compete in the Nathan's qualifier at the Winstar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. Patrick Michels did an interview with Crazy Legs Conti about his participation in the contest.
LA Weekly has a preview of today's pizza eating contest between Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti.
Daily Comet lists defending champion Sonya Thomas, Crazy Legs Conti and Micah Collins as expected entrants in Sunday's Acme World Oyster Eating Championship in New Orleans.
The MLE Facebook lists Erik Denmark, Nate Biller, Adrian Morgan and Ryan McKillop as expected entrants at Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at Arizona Mills in Tempe. Zach Fowle of the Phoenix New Times and Ronald Sirard, the first person to complete the Jewish slider challenge at Chompie's will also compete.
ExploreLI reports that Sonya Thomas, Tim Janus, Eric "Badlands" Booker and defending champion Juliet Lee are expected to compete in tomorrow's clam eating contest at Pete's Clam Bar in Island Park, NY.
The Broward Palm Beach New Times reports that Dale Boone and "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti are expected to compete against "Furious" Pete Czerwinski at the watermelon eating contest at the Mardi Gras Casino.
A press release announces that Pat Bertoletti and Bob Shoudt will compete in the curly fry contest at Morey's Piers in Wildwood New Jersey on Memorial Day.
ItalianIce.net has a preview of the June 19 Little Jimmy’s National Italian Ice Eating Championship in Englishtown, NJ listing Ian Hickman, Jill Stoler, George Van Laar, Paul Arcaria and Chris Schlesinger as expected entrants.
The MLE facebook lists Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown, Juliet Lee, Micah "Wing Kong" Collins, Crazy Legs Conti and Pete Davekos as expected entrants in Saturday's poutine contest in Toronto.
May 15 & 16, 2010 contest calendar
A list of contests this weekend in the eatfeats database follows after the jump. Independent contests with notable prizes:
- May 15 Pizza Eating Contest, Bradenton, FL, awarding BluRay DVD player & DVDs
- May 15 Rib Eating Contest, Ocean Springs, MS, $250 first prize
- May 15 Pizza Eating Contest, Manhattan, NY, $100 first prize
- May 16 Foot Long Sandwich contest, Denver, CO, 4 Colorado Rockies tickets first prize
- May 16 La Costena Jalapeno eating contest, Houston, TX, $100 first prize
Herald Standard on Brad Sciullo’s training regimen
The Herald Standard has an article about “Rock the Tot” national champion Brad Sciullo, who will compete in a pizza eating contest reportedly awarding $5,000 at Tony Baloney’s in Atlantic City tomorrow. Brad credits his tater tot victory to his training for a previous pierogi contest and says he has been eating five pounds of pizza a day to prepare for tomorrow’s contest.
update The Pitttsburgh Channel has a video and article about Brad Sciullo.
The Houston Chronicle has a blog entry about Saturday's Niko Niko's gyro eating contest listing Bob Shout, Pat Bertolett, Ben Monson, Bryan Beard, Adrian Morgan and Donovan Busta as expected entrants.
The Times Herald reports that Tim "Gravy" Brown, Joe LaRue and Paul Barlow will be competing in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Newnan, GA
Eric "Badlands" Booker, Pat Philbin and Pete Davekos are expected to compete in the Nathan's qualifier at Patriot Place in Foxboro, MA Saturday.
Dale Boone and "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti are listed as expected entrants in Tony Boloney's Pizza Slaugherfest in Atlantic City May 15.
Cinco de Mayo 2010 Contests
A list of contests in the eatfeats database on Cinco de Mayo and the following weekend follows after the jump:
Read the rest of this entry »
Loading ...