Competitive Eating preview on TheAltGames.com
TheAltGames.com has a preview of Saturday’s eating contest with profiles of the three seeded competitors. The Alt Games twitter will report on the qualifier tonight at San Diego State.
Go! Go! Curry! to hold NYC curry eating contest
(from fc2) Go! Go! Curry! in Manhattan is holding a curry eating contest this spring. The finals will take place on May 30 and qualifiers will be held on days ending in 0 or 5 until May 20. The first prize is a $500 American Express gift card and the registration fee is $20.
The Feedbag has additional information about the contest. Entrants in the qualifiers will try to consume 24 ounces of curry rice as quickly as possible and the final contest will last 15 minutes.
Delicious Tamales will sponsor a tamale eating contest in San Antonio on Saturday, April 18. $250 will be awarded to both the winner of the men's and women's division (registration)
Derek "Wing Tut" Payne has a message for fellow Wing Madness finalist Brad Sciullo on his blog. He also has posted his Wing Madness odds and is looking for a manager for the finals on Friday.
NewOrleansCVB.com has a preview of Saturday's Acme oyster eating contest, but no expected entrants are listed.
A website about a hot dog eating contest to be held in Minneapolis on Saturday April 18 has been set up at http://www.hotdogyum.com/
The twitter for the Ivy Bakery in Brooklyn announces an April 25 cupcake eating contest with a $75 prize and $25 entry fee.
The San Jose Mercury reports that spectators to Saturdays funnel cake eating contest at Great America will need to purchase tickets to the theme park.
A crawfish eating contest will be held this month at the Mardi Gras Grill in Houston: qualifiers April 7/14/21, finals April 29 with a $100 gift certificate prize - registration form (entry fee $10)
April 4/5 contest schedule
A listing of independent contests to be held this weekend follows after the jump. The catfish contest in Belzoni, MS will award $300 to the winner and the egg roll contest at the Central Florida Dragon Boat contest will award $100.
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Bar Louie “Rock the Tot” returns April 23
According to Metromix, “Rock the Tot”, a tater tot eating contest will return to Bar Louie locations on April 23. The winner will receive a $250 gift card. Performances of the winners at each location will be compared to determine an overall champion. Contest poster
A press release about the funnel cake eating contest to be held at the Great America theme park in California is available. Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti are expected entrants and the purse will be $5,000.
"A-Bomb" from Colorado will appear at the Blue Baker World Cookie Eating Championship in College Station, Texas on Saturday according to AICE News.
Chestnut vs. Bertoletti at Asparagus Festival
KCRA has a preview of the eating contest to be held at the Stockton Asparagus Festival next month. Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Erik Denmark and Eric “Badlands” Booker are listed as expected entrants.
The San Jose Mercury has an article about the Burritozilla which mentions Joey Chestnut completing it in 3 minutes and 10 seconds on a recent episode of Man vs. Food
Flancer's Pizza in Gilbert, Arizona (Phoenix area) will sponsor an eating contest on April 26 that will award $500 to the winner.
2009 Nathan’s qualifier schedule released
(from Nic comment) The 2009 Nathan’s qualifier schedule is available on IFOCE.com and registration opens April 6:
May 2 Biloxi, MS
May 7 Las Vegas, NV
May 9 Boston, MA
May 16 Hartford, CT
May 17 Allentown, PA
May 23 Atlantic City, NJ
May 30 Tempe, AZ
May 30 Tampa, FL
June 6 Norfolk, VA
June 6 Kansas City, MO
June 6 Minneapolis, MN
June 13 Charlotte, NC
June 13 Denver, CO
June 20 Queens, NY
June 27 Atlanta, GA
June 27 San Francisco, CA
The Men's Culinary Classic to be held in Washington County, Pennsylvania on April 4 will have a pierogi eating contest.
Defeat a Florida Marlins Manatee in a corn eating contest on March 26 and win Marlins season tickets.
A corned beef eating contest will be held at Hash House a Go Go in Las Vegas the morning of St. Patrick's Day. The first prize is $780 in gift certificates.
March 14/15, 2009 independent contests
A listing of this weekend’s independent contests is available after the jump:
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A Scotch egg eating contest awarding $250 to the winner will be held at the Whip Tavern in Philadelphia on Saturday.
A sushi contest will be held in Baltimore on March 22.
2009 Wing Madness qualifier list
The list of Pittsburgh-area qualifiers for the Wing Madness contest sponsored by ESPN 1250 is included in the contest rules. The next qualifier will be held tomorrow night.
Tuesday, March 10th at Strikers Sports Bar in Zelienople (7p-9p), Thursday, March 12th at The Wildside at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort (7p-9p), Thursday, March 26th at Todds by the Bridge in McKeesport (7p-9p), Tuesday, March 31st at Ugly Dog Saloon on Noblestown Road (7p-9p), and on Thursday, April 2nd at the Doublewide Grill on East Carson Street (7p-9p);
The top 2 finishers from last night’s contest have been posted.
Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm field
TimeOutNY reports that Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Tim Janus are expected to attend Monday’s corned beef sandwich eating contest. HumbleBob.com announces that he will also attend and Sonya Thomas’ home page reports that Badlands Booker will compete.
Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm sweepstakes
ESPN radio 1050 is sponsoring a lottery that will award a trip to Ireland. The winner will be chosen at the Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm corned beef contest a week from today. Entries (from NY, NJ or CT residents only) can be submitted until March 13.
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