The Dallas Observer reports that a judge at the Fiery Food Challenge was hospitalized after sampling a hot sauce.
The New York World has an article about Ed "Cookie" Jarvis and the health issues he has faced. Jarvis has lost 150 pounds since retiring from the IFOCE in 2006. (Via The Lerman Report)
The Daily Mail has an article about the 30,000 calorie meal Donna Simpson, Guiness record-holder for the heaviest woman to give birth, claims to have eaten for Christmas dinner. The total weight of the feast is over 115 pounds and includes 80 pounds of meat, 15 pound of potatoes and over 15 pound of vegetables. If her stomach capacity is over 100 pounds, she could win $5,000 by eating the 105 pound burger at the Clinton Station Diner.
WMCTV reports that the Kappa Alpha fraternity at Rhodes College in Memphis is under investigation after a freshman claimed he experienced frostbite during an ice cream eating contest in September.
twitter.com/rivalshotdogs: "competive eater dale boone just attempted the hellhound challenge and was headed to the hospital hope gonna be ok" update A video of Boone's challenge has been uploaded.
Sonya Thomas has posted results from a recent medical checkup and says she wants to continue competitive eating for the remainder of her life.
Cookie Jarvis is cancer free
(via George Shea twitter) CompetitiveEating.Net reports that Ed “Cookie” Jarvis is cancer free after his surgery for thyroid cancer. Jarvis’ home page, hugeeaters.com, confirms the good news.
Erik Denmark's blog reports that his appearance on CNBC's dLife can be viewed online. The segment shows how Erik copes with diabetes while participating in eating contests and includes footage of Jose's flauta eating contest.
Erik Denmark will appear on dLife, a program about diabetics, on CNBC on March 28 at 7 pm eastern.
CE News on Cookie Jarvis’ cancer
CompetitiveEatingNews has been updated with a report on Cookie Jarvis’ thyroid cancer treatment. (via crawfish twitter)
HugeEaters.com has been updated with the following message: “ED ” COOKIE ” JARVIS IS NOW RECOVERING FROM SURGERY AND DOING WELL. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR KIND THOUGHTS!”
PostZambia reports that an eighth grader was hospitalized after receiving mouth burns while competing in a hot tea drinking contest.
HugeEaters.com reports that Cookie Jarvis' surgery will take place tomorrow. Let's hope that the operation knocks out his thyroid cancer.
The Daily Breeze reports that 13 year old Noah Akers died choking on a hot dog topped with whipped cream at a fundraiser for Haiti at the Boys and Girls Club of San Pedro, California. The event was not an eating competition; all finishers of one hot dog would receive candy regardless of their time.
Ed “Cookie” Jarvis diagnosed with thyroid cancer
(via Liz K) HugeEaters.com, Ed “Cookie” Jarvis’ home page, has been updated with the following sad news:
“Cookie Jarvis” to begin his next big battle.
His personal battle with Thyroid Cancer.
Let’s keep Cookie in our thoughts and prayers and hope his condition responds to treatment.
update Feb 5 SonyaTheBlackWidow.com has been updated to wish Cookie a quick recovery.
The Nation reports that Hing Laichan, a 66 year old motorcycle taxi driver, died in a pad thai noodle eating contest in the Phetchaburi province of Thailand.
The Press Trust of India reports that diabetic Bandu Joshi died after stuffing his mouth with seven laddus at a contest in Hyderabad, India.
St Thomas Times Journal reports that a vomiting deferral contest at a St. Thomas, Ontario fair based on G4's Hurl has raised concerns from public health officials.
CNN has an article about the health risks of competitive eating. Don Lerman is listed as a retired competitive eater even though he participated in the Go! Go! Curry! contest in May.
Gourmet.com: The Center for Science in the Public Interest has released its winners of its 2009 Xtreme Eating Awards. High calorie entrees from the Cheesecake Factory won 3 of the 9 categories.
Don Lerman reports that Ed "Cookie" Jarvis now weighs 399 pounds after peaking at 550 pounds.
PETA allies request warning for Fifth Third Burger
WZZM13 reports that the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has requested that the Fifth Third burger not be sold to anyone under 18 and have the following warning label:
WARNING – Eating meat is associated with increased risk of heart disease, cancer, and death
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine advocates a vegan diet along with a ban on animal testing and has received $1.3 million dollars from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals according to a 2004 Guardian article which states that 95% of PCRM members do not have a medical degree.
MLive reports that the burger will appear on ESPN’s First Take on April 7.
The T shirt awarded to finishers can be purchased on the West Michigan Whitecaps website.
Pat "from Moonachie" Philbin reports that he will start a diet on April 1 and will retire from competitive eating if he does not get below 300 lbs. by May.
Russian dies after victory in pancake contest
(from Ken Wong) RussiaToday has sad news from a pancake eating contest:
At a celebration of Maslenitsa or Pancake week ‘the fastest pancake eater contest’ ended in tragedy in the Kaliningrad Region, when the winner of the competition died as he prepared to accept his award.
Boris Isaev, 46, a resident of the city of Chernyakhovsk, climbed onstage to take the prize, but suddenly fell to his knees choking. Foam came out of his mouth and a few moments after he fell breathless.
RIAN.ru also has an article
This is the fifth death in an Eastern hemisphere eating contest since the start of 2008.
In Memoriam / 2008 losses
- January, Eddie “Bozo” Miller – listed as the “world’s greatest trencherman” in the Guinness Book of World Records, lived to be 89 despite a daily calorie consumption that reportedly reached 25,000
- February, Adam Deely of Birmingham, UK. This was one of the BBC’s top 10 Welsh stories.
- August – unnamed Ukrainian varenik dumpling contest participant
- September – Paul Newman – his egg eating scene in Cool Hand Luke is probably the most famous eating challenge in cinematic history
- October – unnamed graduate student at Dayeh University in Taiwan
- November – Saurav Sabbarwal – solutions engineer at Nokia Siemens in Guragon, India
- December – Carson “Collard Green” Hughes – the top eater from southern Virginia in IFOCE history. The author of the 2003 New York Times article about Hughes has a blog entry from 2006 about it
Carson “Collard Green” Hughes passes away at 49
IFOCE.com and WLOCE report that Carson “Collard Green” Hughes of Newport News, Virginia passed away on December 26 at the age of 49. DailyPress has Hughes’ obituary and information about his funeral services. “Collard Green” competed in the 2003 Nathan’s finals and was the subject of a long profile in the New York Times that year.
update The Erwin Record has a longer article about Hughes (from Rhonda Evans)
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