The schedule for the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Flushing Meadows, NY for 2009 is out. The Chef One dumpling contests will take place on August 9 and award $1,800 to both the men's and women's divisions.
Choo Choo's in Queens, NY will have its annual burger eating contest on June 6. The first prize is $150.
Metromix and Midtown Lunch have previews of tomorrow's contest at Go! Go! Curry!
NY Daily News on Rocco’s Pizza contest
The New York Daily News has an article about Sunday’s pizza eating contest in Brooklyn with the following quote from George Shea: “It doesn’t have real eaters. It isn’t officially sanctioned. It sounds like a cheap publicity stunt to me”.
updateGothamist has a blog entry about the dispute between Rocco’s and Nathan’s
A "ghost pepper" eating contest will be held in Chicago tonight. First prize is a 32 inch plasma television.
GoGoCurryUSA.com has a page about Saturday's curry eating contest with mini-profiles of the five finalists.
A rib eating contest will be held in New York City on June 6. Submit a short essay or video to apply.
MalliesBar.com has a list of 6 eaters confirmed for Saturday's calamari contest: Pat B, Humble Bob, Eater X, Sonya, Crazy Legs & Badlands Booker.
Dani's House Of Pizza in Queens, NY announces that its pizza eating contest will take place over the next two months.
Go! Go! Curry! finals poster
The Japanese language blog for Go! Go! Curry! has a poster of the five curry eating contest finalists mentioning that three of the competitors have previously competed in the Nathan’s finals.
The contest will be webcast on http://www.justin.tv/gogocurryusa on Saturday.
update Go! Go! Curry! is looking for volunteers for the contest.
Dells BBQ Bash in Wisconsin Dells will have a wing eating contest on May 30 that will award prize packages to 6th place. The 6th place finisher will receive $30 in addition to other prizes.
Vito's Deli in the Bronx will have a hot dog eating contest on Thursday, May 28 awarding Yankees or Mets tickets to the winner.
NewsObserver.com has a preview of tomorrow's Durham, NC quadrathlon (triathlon + eating). Adam Richman of Man vs. Food is expected to participate.
A hot dog eating contest awarding $80 will be held tomorrow in Taneytown, Maryland.
Hall Hunt has a preview of the three IFOCE Memorial Day weekend contests listing Sonya Thomas, Tim Janus, Crazy Legs Conti and Brian Seiken as entrants in Pete's Clam Bar's eating contest. update The preview was copied from IFOCE.com
WLOCE cupcake preview
The Boulder Daily Camera has a preview of Saturday’s WLOCE cupcake eating contest at Tee & Cakes.
Local competitor Micah Baldwin has posted a video of his training session.
Andrew “A Bomb / Skinnyboy” Lane was bounced from the contest field.
George Shea's twitter reports that Juliet Lee will compete in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Atlantic City
Midtown Lunch previews final Go! Go! Curry! qualifier
Midtown Lunch has a blog entry about tomorrow’s final qualifier for the Go! Go! Curry! eating contest containing a long quote from Crazy Legs Conti. Two currently unlisted qualifiers have broken 1:08, so the current threshold for new qualifiers is faster than that time. The Go! Go! Curry! facebook page says that Dale Boone will compete.
The Go! Go! Curry! home page is running a lottery for the four seats available for the audience.
HamptonRoads.com reports that 5 of the IFOCE's top 7 ranked members will compete in the funnel cake eating contest to be held at Kings Dominion on Saturday: Joey, Pat B, Humble Bob, Sonya and Hall "Allujah"
Dan Gross' column in philly.com has a paragraph about the Atlantic City Nathan's qualifier listing Dave "U.S. Male" Goldstein, Micah "Wing Kong" Collins, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston and Jeff "The Natural" Olson as expected entrants.
Drinker's Pub in Philadelphia will hold a wing eating contest on May 24 which will award a Jager Machine drink dispenser to the winner.
MCall has a preview of Sunday's Nathan's qualifier at Dorney Park in Allentown listing "Humble" Bob Shoudt, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston, Micah "Wing Kong" Collins and "Wild" Bill Myers as expected entrants. Spectators must purchase park tickets.
Crabby Daddy in Tomball (suburban Houston), TX will host a crawfish tournament on Sunday, May 17. The winner of the final contest will receive $100.
The Bloomfield Bridge Tavern in Pittsburgh will host a pierogie eating contest today (May 13).
Woody's Chicago Style in Honolulu will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 26 that will award a trip to Chicago for a national hot dog eating contest.
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