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According to a comment made this morning, Micah “Wing Kong” Collins was told that “professionals” would not be allowed to compete in Wing Bowl 17 when he called 610 WIP to inquire about qualifying for that contest. In February, Angelo Cataldi said that he would like to limit entry to the 2009 Wing Bowl to amateurs. WIP appears to have followed through with that restriction.
Cataldi apparently defines “professional eater” as someone who has been associated with a professional eating organization regardless of the level of success obtained in eating contests. If that definition is used to limit entry into Wing Bowl 17, “Gentleman” Jerry Coughlan will probably be the favorite if there is any legitimacy to his top five finishes the previous two Wing Bowls.
In other Wing Bowl news, a press release announces that mail-order chicken wings endorsed by Bill “El Wingador” Simmons will be available at RastelliAtHome.com
A video and galleries by angrysong and someguynamedcarlfrom Saturday’s Carninval O Pizza eating contest at the Home Slice Pizza. The picture captions indicate that Chris (no last name provided) won the contest for the third straight year. A Tic-Tac-Toe T-shirt was made to outfit Chris’ entourages, which is one of the larger fan groups competitive eating
A video of the noodle eating contest held on TV Tokyo’s TV Champion to determine who would win a berth in the 2001 Nathan’s finals is available on youtube. Takeru Kobayashi would win the contest and subsequently make history at Coney Island. Kaz Arai, winner of the 2000 Nathan’s finals, is present at the contest. Kobayashi’s latest blog entry is about Arai.
Seven sports (baseball, softball, golf, karate, roller sports, rugby and squash) made their case to be included in the 2016 Olympics. Competitive eating was not among them. Chicago and Tokyo are considered the leading candidates to land the games.
A comment on Megamunch reports that the towel Megamunch misplaced and subsequently acquired by a consortium called “The Light Elves” is now up for auction on craigslist. The bidding will start at $1 and will close on December 1.
The value Megamunch places on his towel brings to mind the following quote from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc, etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have “lost”. What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.
A live blog is currently being conducted for tonight’s screening of the 2005 Wing Bowl documentary “Swallow Your Pride”. At least two (and possibly three) of the six protagonists of the film are in attendance.
(From Kevin Ross email) A web page has been set up for the Travel Channel series Man vs. Food. The program will feature Adam Richman traveling around the country to attempt restaurants’ eating challenges. The first two episodes will be televised on December 3 and the locations will be Amarillo, Texas (Big Texan Steak Ranch) and Memphis (The Big Foot Lodge). A list of all locations is available on the website.
Earlier this year, a producer placed a casting call on eatfeats for a host for the show.
After being down for approximately 6 weeks, SonyaTheBlackWidow.com is now back online. Neither the website hiatus nor Sonya’s future plans are mentioned on the news & notes page.
Tomoko Miyake reports in her blog that Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara has started a blog at ameblo.jp/withwitch. The blog began on Sunday and there are already 16 entries which are more about books than competitive eating. Sugawara has also posted a questionnaire (her favorite movie is “A League of Their Own”)
Beautiful Brian has posted a video from his lunch today at the Todai sushi buffet with Crazy Legs Conti, Nate Biller and Leon Feingold.
Zach of Midtown Lunch was also present, and he will have a report on the meal tomorrow.
update Nov 12 – a Midtown Lunch blog entry and gallery have been posted
A mini-documentary about Eric “Badlands” Booker produced by Richard Trammell for an NYU documentary class has been uploaded to youtube. Badlands talks about returning to competitive eating after a two year hiatus and also displays his collection of trophies.
A mini-documentary about Kevin Carr competing in the Zyng noodles contest held in Columbus, Ohio in 2004 has been uploaded to youtube. Kevin ate more noodles than anyone else at the event, but did not receive the victory.
Video from a quiz show in which the audience guesses how much Gal Sone’s waistline expands after eating a big meal has been uploaded to youtube.
Beautiful Brian has posted a video commentary about the Coney Island benefit auction on Monday in which George Shea was honored. He received an Obama/Chestnut T-shirt which Joey Chestnut wore at Nathan’s which he will not wear in public.
A video on youtube of “Seabass” breaking the “Kitchen Sink” record at the San Francisco Creamery Co. in Walnut Creek, CA is available. “Seabass” ate the sundae consisting of 8 large scoops of ice cream, 8 toppings, whipped cream and 12 cherries in 15 minutes.
The Heart Attack Grill’s web site has set up a news page which says that a segment will be recorded on Saturday to be televised on CBS News Sunday Morning. It does not say if the segment will be broadcast on November 9 or later. The Grill will also appear on HDNet’s Deadline on November 20.
The online “Wall of Fame” listing the fastest finishers of the Quadruple Bypass Burger appears to have been dropped.
update The segment was televised on November 23 and is available online.
RawVegasTV has a video clip of an interview with Rich and Carlene LeFevre conducted while Rich ate a 120 ounce steak at Brand Steakhouse in Las Vegas. Thrillist has a transcript of some of the interview.
updatePokerati has a blog entry about Rich’s feat
The website for Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub has been revamped and now has a blog listing challenge burger attempts and other news. No links to the old finishers database appear to be present on the new site, but the database still works. Brad Sciullo finishing the Belly Bruiser is not mentioned on the new site, but a picture of Brad is present.
Loading ...| 2026 Nov 11 | San Diego, CA | Hot Wing Eating Contest | ||||
| 2026 Nov 11 | multiple sites | King of Wings | ||||
| 2026 Nov 12 | Denver, CO | Slider Eating Contest | ||||
| 2026 Nov 14 | Cedar Park, TX | Dumpling Eating Contest | ||||
| 2026 Nov 14 | DeLand, FL | Hot Dog Eating Contest | ||||
| 2026 Nov 14 | St. Augustine, FL | Key Lime Pie Eating Contest | ||||
| 2026 Nov 14 | Cedar Park, TX | Pad Thai Eating Contest | ||||
| 2026 Nov 14 | Philadelphia, PA | World Pickle Eating Championship | ||||
| 2026 Nov 15 | West Chester, PA | Hot Ones Hot Sauce Hot Wing Eating Contest | ||||
| 2026 Nov 15 | Fayetteville, NC | Ramen Eating Contest |
| 2026 Nov 8 Lahaska, PA
Apple Pie Eating Contest |
| 2026 Nov 8 Helendale, CA
Big Momma Challenge |
| 2026 Nov 8 Brevard, NC
Hot Wing Eating Contest |
| 2026 Nov 8 Tarpon Springs, FL
Stone Crab Eating Contest |
| 2026 Nov 8 Corsicana, TX
Wing Eating Contest |
| $100.00 | "The Ginger Giraffe" |
| $500.00 | Paola |
| $200.00 | Rich "The Walkup" |
| $500.00 | Vito "The Spoon" |
| $50.00 | Colby Aiton |
| $100.00 | "plonksmash" |
| $300.00 | "The Village Inn" |
| $100.00 | Jayden "FitnessCheatMeals" |
| $500.00 | Jean Christophe |
| $3,000.00 | Wayne "wayneywonder" Algenio |
