Competitive Eating category

Diondra claims that Man vs. Food will record at Rapscallions in Land O Lakes, FL (Tampa Bay area) on February 25.
A video of last week's Burger Bowl in Brooklyn promoted by the League of Amateur Eaters can be viewed on youtube.
Eric "Badlands" Booker announces he will appear with Adam Richman on Martha Stewart Living Radio on satellite radio on Monday.
Don Sturdy has a video of Naader Reda finishing the Kitchen Sink at the San Francisco Creamery in Walnut Creek, CA.
Youtube has a parody of Man vs. Food titled Mavs vs. Food in which Dirk Nowitski appears to attempt a 20 pound cinnamon bun.
Actors Connect has a casting call for the Food Network program Chopped: Open Your Basket requesting participants for a pizza challenge in Brooklyn on March 2.
Crawfish noticed that Dave "US Male" Goldstein has been removed from the #19 spot in the IFOCE rankings. Bruce Ollis moves into the #50 spot.
iLisaLisa reports that a 110 pound woman attempted to eat the Kookamonga challenge at Kooky Canuck in Memphis for an upcoming episode of a new program Road Eats on the Discovery Channel.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski will record a pilot for a television series in a week.
X107.5 has a gallery of the finals of the Las Vegas Wing Bowl. Paul (last name not listed) was the winner with a total of 116 chicken wings.
A video of an attempt at the 54 inch pizza at Big Mama's & Papa's Pizza in Los Angeles by a team consisting of five men, one woman and a dog has been uploaded to youtube.
Matt Stonie has uploaded a video of his victory at Spencer Makenzie's fish taco eating contest in Ventura, CA last week.
KansasCity.com has an article about Randy Santel winning the "Spartacus Challenge" body transformation contest and an appearance on tonight's episode of Spartacus: Gods of the Arena on Starz.
Entertainment Weekly reports that Epic Meal Time is shopping an extreme cooking show to interested networks.
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Epic Meal Time creates 100000+ calorie “Sloppy Roethlisberger”

The latest video from Epic Meal Time features the construction of a “Sloppy Roethlisberger” with over 100,000 calories (via TIWYH email)

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Wooshop Films produced a video about the Maccabee sandwich eating contest held at Delicatessen in Philadelphia won by David Brunelli.
WKRZ has a video of Larell Marie Mele competing against a DJ in an on-radio eating contest. update The video also appears on beautifulbrian.com
Maria "The Incredible Sulk" has posted a blog entry and gallery about the Pizzathon where she and Joel Podelsky raised $2874 for the National MS Society. The event's facebook page also has a gallery.

Casting Call for Food Enthusiasts

A press release looking for food enthusiasts who would like to appear on television can be viewed after the jump.
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Johnnie Excel has a blog entry about making a video of him eating 32 ounces of mayonnaise and finishing the burrito challenge at 195 Grill in Anaheim.
Star News Online has a blog entry about the video produced to encourage Man vs. Food to record a segment about the pancake challenge at Cosmic Kitchen in Wilmington, NC.
A podcast of Takeru Kobayashi's appearance on 610 WIP this morning is available. Kobayashi talked about appearing (but not competing in) Wing Bowl 19 and oversaw the in-studio Wing Off won by Jason "The Shocker" Hall.
The Star Telegram reports that plans for recording a 10 pound burrito offered by a Fort Worth food truck for an upcoming episode of Outrageous Food have been hindered by a ban on all non-NFL vendors from downtown until the Super Bowl is over.
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