Recording for the 2010 Gluttonous Queen finals has started at the Royal Hawaiian in Honolulu. Starlet Shay is posting twitter updates from the site.

update Maya has a twitpic. Gal Sone does not seem to have competed.

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Here is a video of the hands-free baked bean contest for Hooter’s waitresses on last night’s episode of Undercover Boss: (audio is crackly)

UndercoverBossContest.avi (1.7 M, 72 seconds)

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Dining Out SD has more information about Man vs. Food recording at Phil’s BBQ in San Diego Tuesday.

update The facebook post has been removed without explanation. It is still on the DiningOutSD twitter. Commenters in a yelp thread say there will be no recording Tuesday.

update #2 An email was sent out to members of Phil’s mailing list and the event is mentioned in another yelp post. It is not clear if members of the general public will be allowed to attend.

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Hooter’s will be the business featured in the February 14 “Undercover Boss”. The NY Post has more about the episode:

In an episode slated to run Sunday, CEO Coby Brooks discovers a restaurant supervisor staging an eating contest for female employees, forcing them to bury their faces in platefuls of food without using their hands.

“Ladies, if you want to leave early today, you’re going to play my reindeer game,” the manager says, howling “Hoooo, doggie!” as the women eat.

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The 48 ounce steak at Shula’s Steak House does not offer any awards besides being added to the finishers list, but Sam’s Steakhouse in Terre Haute, Indiana and Marshall, Illinois has a 48 ounce steak that is available for free. The time limit is 20 minutes, same as Adam Richman’s goal time. Bodybuilder Isabelle Turell received a free 48 ounce steak in 2008.

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Dave “Megamunch” Shoffner, who has a competitive eating website at http://megamunch.blogspot.com/, is one of the three finalists for the Man vs. Food photo contest. Text A to 66789 to vote for Dave.

You can also vote by tweeting A, B or c to twitter.com/manvfood

update Here is the blog entry on megamunch where the picture of the 120 ounce steak at Gregory’s in Allentown, PA was taken.

update #2 Will Millender at Chick & Ruth’s Delly in Annapolis is #4 in the list of Fan v. Food Photo Contest winners.

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Youtube has a video about the construction of the set for tonight’s live episode of Man vs. Food. The show’s facebook page lists what will be involved in the program:

300 guests, 150 crew members, 120 minutes of MvF fun, 68 degrees (tonight’s forecast), 48oz Porterhouse, 16in Cuban sandwiches, 10lb hamburgers, 8 hi-def cameras, 6 NFL players taking spicy hot wings challenge (including Dhani Jones), 5 food stations for guests, 1 giant Man v Food Live scoreboard.

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Travel Channel Episode Home Page | Episode Guide | Slideshow | Fan v. Food photo contest

Babe v Food promo videos: Nori (milkshakes) | Jen (chili cheese fries)

Restaurants

• Shula’s Steak House challenge – 48 ounce steak in under 20 minutes
  Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp
  Finishers database on donshula.com – Taft Parker has completed the challenge over 175 times

• Burger & Beer Joint challenge – 10 pound “Mother Burger”
  Home Page | Menu | Yelp
  Video of 4 models (2 female, 2 male) attempting a “Mother Burger”

• Joe’s Stone Crab
  Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp

• La Moon meal – Supermoon Perro Columbian style hot dog
  Yelp | Urbanspoon

• Sarussi meal – The Sarussi Original 2.5 pound Cuban sandwich
  Citysearch | Yelp | Menupages
  episode video clip of Adam Richman at Sarussi

411Mania interviews Adam Richman about the episode

list of Miami area eating challenges in the eatfeats database

updated Feb 11 Episode writeups: Slashfood | Sun-Sentinel

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