Las Vegas Advisor has information about tomorrow’s “Wedges and Wings” contest.

Kobayashi’s blog reports that he got a new hairstyle and is not sure when he will be able to update his blog, so he will probably attend.

STBW says that October will be a “very very light month” CE-wise for Sonya, so she will probably not attend.

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The New York Daily News reports that Arturo Rios will compete in the “MLE Chowndown” to be held in Las Vegas Tuesday.

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KrystalSquareOff.com has the roster for today’s qualifier at the Georgia National Fair.

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From ActiveAnime.com

The Nintendo World Store will be filled with gaming stations, collectible card game areas and a professional Ramen Noodle Eating Contest (using chop sticks!) featuring some of the world’s most renowned competitive eating athletes in an event sanctioned by Major League Eating (MLE). Also featured during the NARUTO Launch Event will be game tournaments with prizes, costumed NARUTO characters, free give-away items and much more!

WHEN: Oct 27th 2007, 10am – 4pm (eating contest at 11.30am)
WHERE: Nintendo World Store, 10 Rockefeller Plaza, NY, NY
WHY: NARUTO Wii LAUNCH PARTY
WHO: Presented by TOMY and D3P, Nintendo and Major League Eating

It will be interesting to see how the chopsticks affect the contest if they are required.

See also NY Post

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StlToday.com reports that a sausage eating contest will be held at the Soulard Octoberfest this weekend. Soulard.org has more details:

This year, the Soulard Oktoberfest Benevolent Association has added even more reasons to attend St. Louis’ most authentic German festival. Along with the annual World’s Largest Bratwurst Competition, SOBA is sponsoring Fat Toney’s Sausage Eating Contest for those brave and hungry enough to enter. With a grand prize of a trip to Las Vegas,compliments of Fat Toney Goucher himself, this competition is sure to attract a crowd. Fat Toney’s Sausage Eating Contest will take place on Oct. 6 at 1 p.m. Sign up for the Herculean task or simply cheer on the brave and the hungry.

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PRNewsWire.com has a press release about the second MLE event to be televised on Spike TV:

Spike TV and Major League Eating present JOEY CHESTNUT vs. KOBAYASHI (and the other top eaters in the world) in chicken wing (Buffalo Wild Wings(R)) and potato wedge consumption in Las Vegas, Tuesday, October 9 from the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas.

This one hour special, MLE Chowdown: Wedges And Wings, will air Thursday, October 18 at 11:00pm ET/PT on Spike TV.

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Joining Chestnut and Kobayashi will be the top Major League Eaters in the world including Patrick Bertoletti (winner of Spike TV’s St. 2007 Patrick’s Day Chowdown), Tim “Eater X” Janus, “Humble” Bob Shoudt, Richard LeFevre, Juliet Lee, and Hall Hunt.

This event marks the second MLE on Spike TV. The first, The St. Patrick’s Day Chowdown, featuring corned beef and cabbage, green donuts, and jalapenos, drew a robust 739,000 viewers on March 17.

The press release says that 16 eaters will compete, leaving 8 unnamed.

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The Washington Post’s Sports “Bog” has an entry about Sunday’s “Pros vs. Joes” pizza contest that is mainly about Redskin Kedric Golston. Some of the best eaters on the Redskins are mentioned:

Guard Randy Thomas has entered eating contests before; Golston labeled him “a legend” and said “I need to call him and figure out how to warm my stomach up.” Former D-linemen Renaldo Wynn and Joe Salave’a were “definitely in the top five” of Redskins eaters, but they’ve both been released. (Demetric Evans, though, is not an eating star; “he’s too pretty,” Golston said.)

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KrystalSquareOff.com reports that Tim “Eater X” Janus, Erik “The Red” Denmark and Justin Mih will compete in Sunday’s Krystal Square Off qualifier in Memphis.

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An ad on http://uweekly.com/drinks (Might have to keep reloading until it appears) reads:

CHICKS EAT CHICKS @ LEDO’S!! Thurs, Oct. 4th!

Chicken Wing Eating Contest! Winner gets $150 CASH!!! Interested in competing? Log on to www.uweekly.com/bcs to register.

www.uweekly.com/bcs has no information about the contest. Contacting ledosbar.com might have more information.

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The Shreveport Times has a preview of Saturday’s grits eating contest at Harrah’s Louisiana Downs which lists some expected entrants:

At the upcoming contest at Louisiana Downs, the early favorite is top-ranked Joey Chestnut, who upset Takeru Kobayashi at the 2007 Fourth of July hot dog eating contest by downing 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Challenging Chestnut will be third-ranked Pat Bertoletti, a mohawked chef from Chicago who once ate 16 pounds of strawberry shortcake in eight minutes and recently upset Chestnut in a pork rib contest. Challenging Bertoletti will be Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas, the 100-pound woman who once ate 552 oysters in 10 minutes; fourth-ranked tiramisu champ Tim “Eater X” Janus; SPAM-eating champ Rich “The Locust” LeFevre; and seventh-ranked “Humble” Bob Shoudt, a pie specialist from Royersford, Pa.

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A hot dog eating contest will be held at the Ashburton Café in Boston at 12:30 PM. The entry fee is $5 and the proceeds will go to a charity of the winner’s choice.

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The list of attractions at the Arizona State Fair says there will be a taquito eating contest sponsored by Major League Eating on October 27.

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The Kingpin of Cowtown received a press release about the Waffle House contest to be held October 7 at the Texas State Fair. The expected competitors listed in that document are:

The ten-minute all-you-can-eat waffle-eating contest will feature not merely an all-star cast of competitive eaters, but a virtual cornucopia of interesting characters to boot. Nipping at the heels of Chestnut and Bertoletti will be 26th-ranked Brad “Old School” Sciullo, a chef from Uniontown, PA, who can down a gallon of milk in 26 seconds. Sciullo recently upset a legion of higher-ranked gurgitators at the World Buffalo Wing Eating Championships. Also competing will be Brickhouse Braunstein from Bethesda, Dave “U.S. Male” Goldstein, and Walker “Texas Ranger” Duke, a waffle-specialist from Dallas, who has been boasting to everyone in earshot that he plans to upset Joey Chestnut in what he’s billing as, “the nosh heard around the world.”

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The list of expected entrants for today’s Krystal qualifier in Atlanta is available. Dale Boone is listed despite his explusion from the IFOCE.

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There will be a donut eating contest tomorrow at the White County Sesquicentennial (150th) Celebration in North Georgia.

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KeepMeCurrent.com has a preview of the burrito contest that will take place in South Portland, Maine on Saturday. Sonya Thomas, Chip Simpson, Tim Janus, Tim Brown and Crazy Legs Conti are listed as expected competitors.

MaineToday.com also has a preview.

update Press Herald has an article about Tim Brown, who will be competing in the upcoming Spike TV event.

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The blog for Bubba Dogs reports that “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti will compete in their hot dog eating contest in Sea Isle City, NJ on Saturday. The entrance fee for the contest is $15. Prizes will include Flyers Club Box Seats, limousine service and restaurant gift certificates to Smithville Inn & Lobster Loft.

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MaineToday.com has a preview of Saturday’s burrito contest. Sonya Thomas, Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti are listed as expected competitors.

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The entrants list for the Knoxville Krystal qualifier is available on KrystalSquareOff.com. Chip Simpson and Kevin Carr are the ranked eaters who will compete.

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Brian Seiken reports that he will appear on WB 11’s (New York City) morning show tomorrow along with Crazy Legs Conti and possibly some other MLE current and/or former members to promote the cannoli eating contest at the San Gennaro Festival.

Brian has a preview of the contest which contains the eaters he expects to compete against:

This time around some of the old faces will also return. A much stronger and wiser Crazy Legs Conti, a more determined Allen Goldstein, a nearly unbeatable Tim Janus and a very experienced Brian Subich. Of course there will be others but these are the names i assume will be competing.

Don “Moses” Lerman will judge.

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RichmondRegister.com reports that the Spoonbread Festival will take place this weekend in Berea, Kentucky and its spoonbread eating contest (as seen on MTV’s True Life) will occur on Saturday.

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(From the Sicilian) The first major IFOCE event in Louisiana since Katrina will take place on September 29 when Harrah’s Louisiana Downs Casino & Race Track in Bossier City will host the World Grits Eating Championship Registration opens tomorrow at noon eastern. The total purse is $10,000.

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MaineToday.com has a preview of the September 22 Costa Vida World Burrito Eating Championship. Sonya Thomas, Tim Janus, Tim Brown, Chip Simpson and Crazy Legs Conti are listed as expected entrants.

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KrystalSquareOff.com has the list of competitors in today’s Nashville qualifier. “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti is not on the list.

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Chron.com has a column mentioning the Kolache contest which says that Joey is expected to compete in it. Sonya, Pat & Tim are also listed as possible entrants.

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