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In honor or 420 day, the blog for G4 TV has a list of the top five food-related video games.

April 20, 2010 at 10:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Video Games | Permalink * Comments (1)

Cookie Jarvis is cancer free

April 20, 2010 at 3:02 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Ed "Cookie" Jarvis, Health

(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.

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I will start the first IFOCE top 25 poll on Tuesday or Wednesday. Adrian Morgan and Nick Bauer will be added to the previous list of choices, please let me know if you think there are others that should be included.

April 20, 2010 at 1:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings | Permalink * Comments (6)

Final batch of end of decade polls

April 19, 2010 at 2:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings

The last set of end of decade polls have finally been added to the sidebar. The previous end of decade polls can still be voted on after the jump.
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"Munchin" Mike Longo has started a youtube channel docuementing his eating challenges and contests at http://www.youtube.com/user/munchinmikelongo

April 19, 2010 at 7:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments

The website for Breakfast Television Toronto has a gallery with pictures of "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's appearance on that program Friday morning. (Video does not appear to be available online)

April 19, 2010 at 12:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Galleries, Toronto | Permalink * Comments

Competitive goldfish eating “mockumentary” debuts

April 18, 2010 at 11:45 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo, Humor, Movies

The Story of Furious Pete is not the only competitive eating film to debut at a Great Lakes film festival this month. Jared Mobarak has a review of Bad Fish a “mockumentary” about competitive goldfish eating which was screened on April 16 at the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival. The protagonists are members of NICCAGE (The National and International Community of Competitors in the Association of Goldfish Eating). The film includes footage from the Buffalo Wing Festival.

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Sarah Rosenberg, a producer for ABC News, reports that a film crew from Nightline was present at Buz & Ned's in Richmond, VA when Man vs. Food was recording. John Berman will be eating a meal today for the Man vs. Food episode of Nightline.

April 18, 2010 at 10:01 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food, Richmond | Permalink * Comments

Naader Reda has started a website documenting his eating challenges at http://www.freak8r.com/

April 18, 2010 at 7:40 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Naader Reda, Websites | Permalink * Comments (2)

A web site for the May 15 pizza contest at Tony Boloney's in Atlantic City has been set up at www.pizzaslaughterfest.com Jon Squibb and Brad Sciullo are listed as expected entrants.

April 17, 2010 at 7:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Atlantic City, Brad Sciullo, Jon Squibb, Websites | Permalink * Comments (5)

Kristel Poole claims that Man vs. Food will record at Buz & Ned's Real Barbecue in Richmond after appearing at Black Sheep today.

April 16, 2010 at 11:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food, Richmond | Permalink * Comments

Eric "Badlands" Booker new video Vibe with Me is available on youtube. The video was directed by Pat Bertoletti and opens with a segment of Paul Barlow's, "Mad as Hell". Tim "Gravy" Brown also appears.

April 16, 2010 at 3:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Music, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

The University of Colorado's buffalo mascot will co-star in the upcoming Boulder episode of Man vs. Food

April 15, 2010 at 11:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boulder, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

Me-Too and the New Orleans Jesters have galleries of Saturday's crawfish contest at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans.

April 15, 2010 at 1:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, New Orleans | Permalink * Comments

TampaBay Metromix has a video about the Dagwood pita eating contest held at the Pita Pit won by Noah Pransky.

April 15, 2010 at 8:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Tampa, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Jeph Kelly reports that Man vs. Food is currently recording at Caliente in Richmond, Virginia. The challenge will be "Stupid Wings". update Times-Dispatch has an article about the recording.

April 14, 2010 at 4:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food, Richmond, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (4)

Auditions for "Hot Dogs: The Competitive Eating Musical" will take place in New York City on April 17.

April 14, 2010 at 11:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:New York City, Theater | Permalink * Comments (1)

A video of Takeru Kobayashi describing his hot dog eating technique at Saturday's j-Cation in New York City is available.

April 14, 2010 at 10:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Videos | Permalink * Comments

The music video for Can't Shake This Feeling by Grum features models competing in eating contests. Director Ryan McNeill offers the following description: "a music video about the lurid, pornographic underbelly of competitive eating".

April 13, 2010 at 4:21 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Music, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Marketwatch reports that the live episode of Man vs. Food televised from Miami was the highest rated Travel Channel program from the first quarter of 2010 and also an all-time record for a live program on that channel.

April 13, 2010 at 8:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food live episode | Permalink * Comments

Outrageous Foods will debut on the Food Network on April 24 at 10 pm. One of the featured restaurants will be the Fat Cat in Quincy, Massachusetts, where Valerie Feri completed a six pound macaroni challenge.

April 12, 2010 at 8:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Television | Permalink * Comments

Pat Bertoletti has posted some pictures from Australia to his facebook.

April 11, 2010 at 11:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Galleries, Pat Bertoletti | Permalink * Comments (1)

Notclevr has a video and some pictures of Takeru Kobayashi's talk at the Japan Society's j-Cation. update The Wall Street Journal and jetwit have reports.

April 11, 2010 at 12:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), New York City, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Cameron McKirdy produced a video of Eric "Badlands" Booker completing the five pound "Burritozilla" at Iguana's in San Jose in 5:15 before last year's Asparagus Festival contest. update Booker also produced a commercial for his new CD, Surf & Stillwell that will be released July 4.

April 10, 2010 at 11:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burritozilla, Eric "Badlands" Booker, San Jose, Videos | Permalink * Comments

seattle.craigslist.org: Student documentary project seeks someone to be rival of upcoming female competitive eater

April 10, 2010 at 1:12 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, Seattle, Women | Permalink * Comments (1)

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