BeautifulBrian.com has a preview of today’s Nathan’s qualifier focusing on Ron Koch’s comeback to face his rival Rich LeFevre.

The Las Vegas Review Journal also has a short preview which says that LeFevre and Koch will compete. It says nothing about Joey Chestnut.

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(from Hangman comment) An IFOCE gyro eating contest sponsored by Niko Niko’s Greek American Restaurant will take place at the Festival of Greece in Houston, TX on May 17. The purse is $4000 and registration opens on Monday April 28 at noon eastern.

Results from Broadway at the Beach have yet to be posted on IFOCE.com. Beautiful Brian speculates that the lack of coverage could be due to dissatisfaction with Badlands Booker’s comeback.

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RecordNet.com has an article about Saturday’s eating contest at the Stockton Asparagus Festival.

Erik Denmark announces in a blog entry that he will be competing in the contest. This makes the known field:

Joey Chestnut
Pat Bertoletti
Erik Denmark
Juris Shibayama
Nathan Biller (from comment)
Eric Louie (reporter)

Other possible entrants:
Rich LeFevre
Kevin Ross
Jason Erb
Shawn Kirby
El Toro

Deadspin has a post about Joey & Pat’s new blog.

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Bruce “the Hangman” Pobanz has emailed a potential roster for Saturday’s contest at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Juliet Lee
Eric “Badlands” Booker
“Super” Paul Barlow
Bruce “The Hangman” Pobanz
“Nasty” Nate Biller
“Beautiful” Brian Seiken
Dave “US Male” Goldstein
Rick Petralia

possible
Micah “Wing Kong” Collins
Arturo “The Natural” Rios

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(From comment) The third 3 Brothers Pizza eating contest will take place in Greenbelt, Maryland on May 31. Registration will open on April 11. The previous two contests took place in August.

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(From Bruce “The Hangman” Pobanz) Some information about Saturday’s oyster eating contest is available on acmeoyster.com (no direct link, click on contest, then “oyster eating”) The contest will begin at noon at the French Market.

There is also a link to a contest entry form, but it appears to be for the 2005 contest.

update from SykoBozo (who will also be competing) comment – NewOrleansMagazine.com has a possible field:

Nipping at Bertoletti’s heels will be Eater X, a face-painting burrito champ out of New York City’s who is ranked #4 in the world. Also competing is Crazy Legs Conti who is perhaps best known for launching his eating career by winning the first Acme World Oyster Eating Championships in 2002. Baltimore’s Julie Lee (ranked 10th), Seattle’s Erik “The Red” Denmark (ranked 12th), Chicago’s Gravy Brown (15th) and Birmingham’s Chip Simpson (ranked 6th) will also compete.

Louisiana’s top eater, Damon Serignet of Baton Rouge, has promised to defend the honor of the Pelican State in this competition.

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AICE News reports that the even-year Carnegie Deli pickle eating contest will take place on May 21.

PressConnects.com reports that Joe LaRue will attempt to defend his pancake eating title in Marathon, NY on April 5.

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Registration is now listed as closed for all four April contests on the IFOCE calendar. The purse for the Acme Oyster contest is announced at $1750.

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A spaghetti eating contest will be held at the Italian Festival of Mississippi on Saturday in Cleveland, MS. The first prize is $1000 and the entrance fee is $50. Applications are accepted on a first come, first serve basis.

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(From Domenico Alesi comment) An oyster eating contest at the Acme Oyster House in New Orleans has been added to the IFOCE schedule on April 12. Registration opens Thursday and prizes have yet to be determined.

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The contest schedule at IFOCE.com announces that this year’s edition of the eating contest held at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, SC will take place on April 19. The purse is $500 and registration starts “Wednesday, March 10” (which probably means March 12, registration is not currently available). The announcement says there is a possibility that the five traditional rounds could be fused into a single round with five different types of food.

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InsideBayArea.com reports that Pat Bertoletti will attempt to block Joey Chestnut’s quest to “four-peat” the deep fried asparagus eating contest held at the Stockton Asparagus Festival. This will be their third meeting this year. Joey currently has a 4 contest winning streak against Pat, who had a 4 contest streak prior to Joey’s streak.

Pat Bertoletti has a jalapeno contest and Escoffier Dinner report in his myspace blog. A gallery of that contest is also available (from a Pat Bertoletti comment)

A full list of Chestnut vs. Bertoletti matchups since the start of 2007 is available after the jump:
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A website about the “Battle of the Bone” wing eating contest sponsored by a Phoenix sports radio station has been set up at http://battleofthebone2008.com/ There will be 23 weekly qualifiers starting on March 19 held at Native New Yorker restaurant locations. The finals will take place on August 27 and the first prize will be a 2 year lease of a Honda Element. The 23 qualifiers are probably the most any contest has ever had.

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The Houston Chronicle has a preview of Sunday’s World Championship Matzoh Ball Eating Contest. The contest will probably have the best field since the Krystal Square Off finals despite a relatively modest purse of $1,500. Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti are expected along with Chip Simpson, Juris “Dr. Big Time” Shibayama and Dave “SykoBozo” Cagle. Nathan Biller has also said he will compete.

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AICE News lists the top four seeds for the Collegiate Nationals:

1. Christian “Muscox” McCarthy University of Kentucky
2. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski McMasters University Hamilton Ontario Canada
3. Carey “Powerhouse” Poehlmann Montgomery Community College, Blue Bell PA
4. Brian “Eaten” Keaton” University of Maryland

update Pete Czerwinski has a poll on bodybuilding.com whether he should be called “Furious” Pete, “Iron” Pete (given to him by Arnie Chapman) or something else.

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AICE News announces that the finals of the Collegiate Eating Championship will take place at the Wave House in San Diego on April 19. Three collegiate eaters with impressive eating resumes will receive byes, others can enter the finals by competing in a qualifier on April 18. “Furious” Pete of bodybuilding.com will probably be one of the three eaters to receive a bye. Entrants must be currently enrolled in at least three college credits. Foods have yet to be determined, but will be items popular with college students. Jack in the Box is the primary sponsor, so the contest might feature food from that chain.

The contest will be held as part of the Collegiate Nationals sponsored by CSTV. The Collegiate Nationals will consist of four multi-sport events for college students to be held this spring. The other San Diego events will be beach volleyball, flowboarding and a battle of the bands.

CSTV has been acquired by CBS and will be rebranded as the CBS College Sports Network in March during the NCAA basketball tournament. It was not announced if the eating contest will be televised on CSTV. I believe this is AICE’s first deal with a television network.
CSTV has its headquarters in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, like IFOCE / Shea Communications.

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Battle to the Bone, Phoenix, first prize will be a Honda Element, date TBA
Wing Eating Contest at Sheffield Ohio Quaker Steak & Lube March 17, first prize $500, qualifiers Feb 27 and March 5
Andy’s Cheeseburger eating contest in eastern North Carolina, first prize $1000 qualifiers in March, finals in April, dates TBA
Stuffed Hurricane Pizza eating contest for 2 people in Dekalb County, IL, win $400 if eaten in under 24 minutes, offer only available on Tuesday, calling ahead required

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Observer-Reporter announces that Crazy Legs Conti will emcee and judge a pierogi eating contest in Washington County, Pennsylvania at the Men’s Culinary Classic on March 8. The contest will be 6 minutes long and it is not stated if the competition will be IFOCE sanctioned.

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On her News & Notes page, Sonya Thomas announces that she will compete in Saturday’s Jalapeno eating contets in Laredo, TX.

It appears that Pat Bertoletti and Erik Denmark will also compete in that event based on a comment in Pat’s myspace blog.

Joey Chestnut will probably not attend, since he has been saying that his next contest is the Houston matzo ball contest.

This will be the first matchup of between members of the IFOCE top 10 since the Krystal Square Off.

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Coney Island slideshow (from Liz K)
Help a Hungry Sister win a scholarship by voting for her picture of Pat Bertoletti
Pat Bertoletti eats watermelon on the Mancow radio show
Delaware charity gnocchi contest report

Some upcoming independent contests
February 16, Corned Beef Musubi eating contest, San Diego
February 23, Pickled egg eating contest, Boise, ID
March 15, pancake eating contest, Harley Davidson of Anaheim-Fullerton
March 25/26, Denver/Boulder oyster eating contest

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With 4 events on its calendar, the Denver eating contest meetup group has as many scheduled events as the IFOCE upcoming contest list. Contests will generally be held on Friday night:

Fri Feb 15, 7:00 PM Chili Dawg Challenge
Fri Feb 29, 7:00 PM Slyder Slugfest
Fri Mar 7, 7:00 PM Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Chow
Mon Mar 17, 7:00 PM St Patty’s Corned Beef & Cabbage Carnage

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Furious Pete / Dedicatedforlif of youtube eating challenges fame announces in a forum thread on bodybuilding.com that he is being sponsored for the North American Collegiate Eating Championship in San Diego, California. That contest will take place on April 19. He says he was contacted by IFOCE last month, so this might be an IFOCE contest.

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The Palm Beach sweet corn eating contest now appears on the IFOCE schedule for April 27 and registration for that contest will open at noon today.

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The Matzo ball contest at Kenny and Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen in Houston is now listed on the IFOCE schedule for March 2. The contest purse is $1500 and registration opens February 6. Unlike the contest listing on my-table.com, the IFOCE contest page does not mention a minimum $250 donation for entrance into the contest.

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(Via Chicagoist) Pat Bertoletti reviewed wings from nine Chicago restaurants for Time Out Chicago. Bertoletti’s top choice:

Twisted Spoke
(501 N Ogden Ave, 312-666-1500)
THE PLACE Don’t settle for Hooters’ softcore family-friendly porn. Get the real thing at the Spoke’s Saturday-night “Smut and Eggs” showing.
THE VERDICT “These are smoky like roasted chicken. This is the best sauce I’ve tasted, really rich, nice salt and sweet balance. Maybe there’s some chipotle in there. The skin is really crispy. I’d rather lick my fingers clean than use a Wet-Nap.”

In other Chicago wing news, tickets are now on sale for the WingFest that will take place on February 24 A wing eating contest will be held during that event. In previous years, the contest had separate divisions for men and women.

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