Competitive Eating category

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.

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Jessica "JigsawMofo" has uploaded a video of her becoming the first female to finish the the Iron Man omelet at The Broken Yolk in San Diego. She has also posted a video of her recent attempt at the B3 Burrito in Las Vegas, which she believes was considerably more massive than the listed six pound weight.
Examiner reports that the Des Moines Man vs. Food episode will be televised on October 6 and the restaurants featured in it will be the Highlife Lounge, Jethro's BBQ, and Black Market Pizza.
JCollins82 and jisalynn have videos of Joey Chestnut competing in a pizza eating contest at a Bite of Oregon in Portland.
Would I Buy it Again? has a negative review of the Indianapolis episode of Man vs. Food and says that anyone who can eat more than Adam Richman's total of 2.25 Big Ugly burgers will have his or her picture featured on the website.
The Buffalo News reports that Man vs. Food will record at The Silo in Lewiston, NY tomorrow. update Buffalo News has a report on the filming. The other two Buffalo area restaurants in the episode will be the Riverstone Grill on Grand Island and Mick & Angelo's Eatery and Bar in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Boring Pittsburgh has a report on the Bacon Bash with some pictures of the bacon eating contest. AJ was the winner of that event.
Kevin Ross noted that Takeru Kobayashi was dropped from the #3 slot in the IFOCE top 50. According to the cached previous rankings, everyone below Kobayashi to #36 was moved up a space. Sean Brockert was inserted into the #37 spot and #38-#50 remain unchanged.
BBQHub reports that the Travel Channel is searching for males "who are involved in all sorts of meat-related food sub-cultures, eating rituals or anything that has to do with the creative, fanatic desire to hunt, prepare and eat a variety of meats in a variety of ways" to host a new meat-themed show.
Westword has a gallery of the Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters contest held at the Mile High Music Festival.
Youtube has a video of a hands-free (and shirt-free) pie eating contest on tonight's episode of Batchelor Pad

Man vs. Food August 18, 2010 (Indianapolis) episode links

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List of Indianapolis area eating challenges and contests in the eatfeats database

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Stephanie Wu has started a website documenting her eating challenges at http://stephaniesamerica.com/eating.html. Stephanie has set two overall records and nine women's records since she started doing eating challenges in northern California in December.
The Plain Dealer has a blog entry about "Mushmouth" Mariano Pacetti, who competed in a weekly pizza eating contest on local Cleveland television in the 1970s. Pacetti now lives in Newnan, Georgia, home of Loren "Bubba" Yarbrough.
Reztoc has a video from a hot dog eating contest held at NAF Atsugi in Japan where Bob Shoudt, Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti competed. update JapanBases has a picture of winner Tim Janus.
The Des Moines Register reports that Man vs. Food recorded in Iowa this weekend. The challenge was the Adam Emmencecker sandwich and the expected air date is October 6.
Shaquille O'Neal's hot dog eating contest against Joey Chestnut will be televised on the August 24 episode of Shaq vs.. Shaq's other opponent for that program will be Charles Barkley (in golf).
Triple Pundit.com: Kate Westfall, former Director of Operations for the IFOCE, is now managing director for NewSeed Advisors, a venture capital firm focusing in sustainable agriculture. She received a master's degree in Food Culture and Communications in Italy between jobs.
A facebook page for the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship at the Derby Deli in Mission Viejo, CA has been set up at http://www.facebook.com/EatDirtyWaterDog. The first prize will be $3,000 and Tom Gilbert is expected to defend his title. The contest T-shirt has already been designed.
RosevillePT has an article about Adam Richman attempting a five pound chili dog at Parker's Hot Dogs for an upcoming Sacramento episode of Man vs. Food.

Man vs. Food August 11, 2010 (Kansas City) episode links

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List of Kansas City area eating contests and challenges in the eatfeats database.

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The British Newpaper The Independent has an article about competitive eating and the popularity of Man vs. Food in England.
Youtube has a video of a Sonic Drive In commercial where two customers have a competition involving the new foot long quarter pound hot dog. (Via Will Millender twitter)
Youtube has a commercial for Cool Beer starring "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and his girlfriend filmed at an expensive restaurant.
Several people on the Man vs. Food facebook stream report that the program is currently recording at Trimbo's in Butte, Montana where the challenge is a giant stromboli called the Jumboli. update The Billing Gazette has an article about the recording.
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