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:
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The Philadelphia City paper has a list of the entrants in tomorrow's "Burgadelphia" contest.
NewOrleans.com has a preview of Saturday's eating contest at the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival with profiles of three of the contenders.
The MLE facebook lists 13 expected entrants in Saturday's cheesesteak eating contest at Dorney Park in Allentown, PA.
Isle of Capri Casinos website lists Bob Shoudt, Tim Janus, Sonya Thomas, Ben Monson and Ben Taylor as expected entrants in its May 8 Boneless Wing Eating contest in Boonville, Missouri. (via eplastino)
San Antonio La Costena jalapeno field
George and Rich Shea’s twitter announces that Pat Bertoletti, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt & Levi Oliver will compete in the La Costena jalapeno eating contest in San Antonio on Sunday.
update An ESPN.com article reports that Erik Denmark, Badlands Booker and Nick Bauer will also compete. (via Newsflash comment)
update #2 The Seguin Gazette reports that Randy Harrison will return to IFOCE competition (via comment)
The New York Daily News has an article about tomorrow's all-amateur cupcake eating contest at the Ivy Bakery in Brooklyn containing a disparaging quote from George Shea.
Poutine Contest Top Trending Topic for Canada
The World Poutine Eating Championship is currently the top Twitter trending topic in Canada after appearing in articles by the Toronto Sun, CTV and TheStar, which lists Pat Bertoletti, Crazy Legs Conti, Tim “Gravy” Brown, Juliet Lee and Pete Davekos as expected entrants.
Canada’s top competitive eater, “Furious” Pete Czerwinski, is asking fans to recommend him for one of the three at-large spots on his facebook.
PhillyGossip: Joey Chestnut, "Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Micah "Wing Kong" Collins, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston & Sean "Flash" Gordon will compete in the Dorney Park (Allentown, PA) cheesesteak contest on May 1. update MCall reports that Tim Janus & Juliet Lee will also compete.
A press release announces that the third "Rock the Tot" tater tot eating contest will be held at all 51 Bar Louie locations on April 22. As in previous years, the totals of all winners will be compared to produce a national champion.
The MLE facebook lists several entrants for Saturday's chicken tender eating contest at Binga's in Portland, Maine: Bob Shoudt, Sonya Thomas, Pete Davekos, Micah "Wing Kong" Collins & Crazy Legs Conti. update The amateur contest registration form also lists Tim Janus, Nate Biller & Bill Myers.
The Quad-City Times has a preview of Saturday's catfish eating contest at the Rhythm City Casino in Davenport, Iowa focusing on Tim "Eater X" Janus.
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