The food for the May 30 contest at Mallie's has been changed back to calamari from turkey pretzel club sandwiches.
WSILTV video: Patrick Berteli [sic] and Sonya (no last name given) will compete in the Dippin Dots eating contest on Saturday at the Harrah's casino in Metropolis, Illinois.
The Manteca Bulletin reports on the contest at the Asparagus Festival.
Some 2009 Delaplane National Strawberry Eating Championship entrants (pros): Jay Gorman (RA Sushi Baltimore winner), Karen Clarke (3 time amateur strawberry winner), Paul Arcaria. Will Millender will also compete.
Houston gyros entrants listed before registration opens
IFOCE.com reports the 2009 Niko Niko’s World Gryo-Eating Championship will be held on May 16 in Houston and registration will begin today at 3pm eastern. The contest page already lists four expected entrants (Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Bob Shoudt, Erik Denmark) even though registration has not officially opened.
The-Feedbag: May 5 Zocalo taco event featuring three IFOCE members has been canceled
SunHerald previews Saturday's Nathan's qualfier at the IP Casino in Biloxi, MS. Crazy Legs Conti is the only listed ranked eater.
WLOCE announces Bangalore idli contest May 16
The WLOCE website has been updated to announce that an idli contest will take place in Bangalore, India on May 16. WLOCE will also sanction the July 4 Apple Ugly Eating contest in North Carolina and the purse for its contest at Corndogorama will be $875.
A picture of Boone and Indian giant P. Theyagarajan appears on the WLOCE myspace page.
Helldorado Days Donut Eating Contest in Las Vegas - qualifiers May 2 & 9, finals May 16
NY Mag's Grub Street: Tim “Eater X†Janus, Crazy Legs Conti & Pete “Pretty Boy†Davekos will attempt to eat a 36 foot taco on May 5 at Zocalo in Grand Central Station.
Jake’s Burger (Delaware) contest to return
From an email:
The event is going to be bigger and better this year.
Grand Prize is $2,000 2nd Prize is $1,000 and 3rd Prize is $500. We have also added a prize to the qualifying rounds of $100 for each location. There may be some trips involved for the winners too. There will be at least 8 qualifiers.
The final is on Friday night July 31st. At the Wilmington Blue Rocks after the game, but before the fireworks. That will leave about 5,000 people to watch the finals. Qualifying dates to be finalized soon.
IFOCE clam contest & 2nd funnel cake contest announced
IFOCE.com has details on three upcoming events:
- May 23 – Funnel Cake Eating contest at Kings Dominion amusement park in Virginia, registration opens April 28
- May 30 – turkey pretzel club sandwiches at Mallie’s Sports Bar in Southgate, Michigan the food has been changed from calamari, registration opens April 29
- date unlisted – clams at Peter’s Clam Bar in Island Park, NY, registration opens April 30
Sun-Sentinel: Sonya Thomas, Crazy Legs Conti, Joe LaRue to compete at Sweet Corn Fiesta
The Washington Post has a blog entry about tomorrow's tater tot and wing eating contests
The list of competitors for this year's eating contest at the Stockton Asparagus Festival is available on asparagusfest.com
List of Bar Louie locations
All Bar Louie restaurants will host a tater tot eating contest tomorrow night. A list of locations sorted by state, which are clustered in the midwest, is available after the jump:
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A press release about the Las Vegas Nathan's qualifier states this will be the 12th year Las Vegas has hosted a qualifier.
An IFOCE pork rind eating contest will take place at the 20th Annual Pork Rind Heritage Festival in Harrod, Ohio on June 13.
IFOCE contest & Man vs. Food coming to Mallie’s (Detroit area)
The News Herald reports that Mallie’s Sports Bar in Southgate, MI (Detroit area) will host an IFOCE sanctioned calamari contest on May 30 when it unveils a 185 pound burger to break the Guinness record it currently holds:
They are teaming with the International Federation of Competitive Eating for an eating contest May 30 during what they have pegged the restaurant’s Guinness Burger Eating weekend. They are offering a $5,000 cash prize to the winners of the eating competition, and will hold a preliminary contest to seek local eaters.
The preliminary contest will be a hot dog eating contest at 2 p.m. May 3 and 10. There are six spots.
At the official eating contest, contestants will be consuming calamari.
But that won’t be the end of it. In September, the Travel Channel show “Man v. Food†is slated to come to Mallie’s to eat an “absolutely ridiculous burger,†Mallie said.
update Contest information can be found at malliesbar.com
The Rock & Roll Hotel in Washington, DC will host a wing eating contest on Thursday April 23 with a $100 first prize. An ultra-hot wing contest with a prize of $50 will also be held.
Austin, TX pizza contest at Pie Guys Saturday April 25, $500 prize
IFOCE Metropolis, IL Dippin Dots Championship May 2
From crawfish twitter: IFOCE.com announces that a Dippin’ Dots eating contest will be held at the Harrah’s Metropolis (Southern Illinois) Casino & Hotel on May 2. Registration is now open.
The website for the Delaplane (VA) Strawberry Festival announces that the AICE National Strawberry Eating Championship will return on May 23. The contest has yet to be added to the AICE schedule.
Tomorrow's schedule for the French Quarter Festival. The Acme oyster eating contest will begin at noon at the Louisiana State Museum’s Old U.S. Mint.
College Station, Texas Wing Bowl May 6
The Arctic Wolf Ice Center in College Station, TX will hold a Wing Bowl on May 6. As in the Philadelphia Wing Bowl, entrants can qualify by winning a preliminary Wing Off contest or doing an on-radio eating stunt. The final Wing Off will take place tomorrow at Buffalo Wild Wings.
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