The burger eating contest at a Taste of Hamburg-er Festival in Hamburg, PA Saturday will have amateur and professional divisions. If seven or more professional eaters compete, the professional contest will award $350.
Steven "Fleish Gordon" Weinberger of Brooklyn won the pickle eating contest held at the Kosher BBQ Contest and Festival in Memphis.
A pepper eating contest at the NC Hot Sauce Contest in Oxford, NC (North Raleigh area) will award $300 to the winner on September 11.
Fanster reports that Colin Gardiner won the amateur-only Battle of the Bone wing eating contest in Chandler, Arizona for the third year in a row. Gus Beisel was the runner up.
Will Millender has the top 3 in today's Richmond Wing Bowl: 1) Jon Squibb 2) Joe Menchetti 3) Joel Podelsky
La Costena will hold a jalapeno eating contest awarding $100 to the winner at the Festival Peachtree Latino in Atlanta on Sunday.
A pizza eating contest held at a SEC/ACC Kickoff party in Atlanta September 3 will award $300 to the winner.
VillageVoice.com announces that Jo's in New York City will hold the F*cking Delicious Pancake Eating Contest on Labor Day, September 6. The winner will receive a $250 American Express gift card.
The U in St. Louis will hold a burger eating contest on September 11 awarding $400 ($250 to the winner).
La Bonbonniere cupcake contest blog entry & video
Maria “The Incredible Sulk” has posted a blog entry about being the top amateur at the cupcake eating contest held at La Bonbonniere Bake Shoppe in Edison, NJ on Saturday. Overall winner Joel Podelsky has uploaded a video of the contest.
Maria recently started a blog documenting her eating challenges and contests at http://stuffyourprettyface.wordpress.com/. Her first entry is about becoming the first woman to complete the Tsunami Burrito at the Surf Taco in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ.
Whiskey Tango in Hollywood, Florida (Fort Lauderdale area) will hold a wing eating contest on September 9 that will award a stay for 2 at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The runner up will receive 2 Miami Dolphins tickets.
Kobayashi wins PIE pizza contest 40 slices to 29
update Aug 23 The Toronto Star has an article
update The Toronto Sun has an article and the Toronto Star has a gallery.
The top 2 in today’s pizza contest at PIE in Barrie, Ontario according to the restaurant’s twitter:
1) Takeru Kobayashi, 40 slices
2) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski, 29 slices
http://twitter.com/SorlieArts/statuses/21859942985: “Kobayashi declared pizza pie eating champ. Furious Pete a close second. Video coming soon to eatmypie.ca”
ChesCoPress has a report on the Jake's Burgers qualifier held in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania on August 7. David “Tiger Wings and Things†Brunelli defeated Jon Squibb, Bob Kuhns and Brian “Dudd-Light†Dudzinski to advance to the finals.
A facebook page has been set up for the NYC Dumpling Festival which announces the 7th Chef One Dumpling Contest will take place on September 25.
Ian's Pizza in Madison, Wisconsin will hold a pizza eating contest on September 23 that will award an Apple Ipad to the winner.
Red Cup Yogurt in Oceanside, CA (San Diego area) will hold an eating contest on August 28 where competitors will try to eat a gallon of yogurt as fast as possible. The contest purse is $300.
Mike Thierry wins El Taquito taco contest
InsideBayArea.com: Mike Thierry took first place and won $250 at a taco eating contest at El Taquito in Hayward, California after eating ten 6 ounce tacos in 10 minutes. (via Stephanie Wu)
The Forest Grove News Times has an article about Jonathan Kaiser who won the Tualatin (Portland area) crawfish eating contest on Saturday.
Fat Sam's in Venice, Florida (Sarasota area) will hold a pizza eating contest on Labor Day awarding $500 to the winner. Qualifiers take place on August 22 and 29.
Jake's Burgers facebook has the top 3 of Friday's Chowdown Showdown burger eating contest: 1) "Furious" Pete Czerwinski, 2) "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti, 3) Dale Boone
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski reports that he repeated in Dani's House of Pizza eating contest in Queens despite non-competitive eaters receiving a 50% bonus in that competition. update Aug 16 NYPizzaKing has a video of the contest
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski's facebook announces that he won the Jake's Burgers finals for the second year in a row at a Wilmington Blue Rocks game last night. update Rocky Billitto, winner of the Middleton, DE qualifier has a video of the contest.
El Taquito in Hayward, CA (East Bay Area) will hold a taco eating contest tomorrow with a purse of $500 ($250 to the winner).
The website for Pie Pizza in Barrie, Ontario has been updated to announce that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in a pizza eating contest on August 22.
Morrison's Drive Inn will hold a hot dog eating contest at the Logan County (West Virginia) Fair on Saturday awarding $500 to the winner.
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