Miki Sudo has posted a picture of the four person team that will attempt the 54 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's pizza consisting of her, Jamie McDonald, Naader Reda and Molly Schuyler.
The facebook for Osuna's Mexican Grill in Glendora, CA announces that "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and Naader Reda finished a 7 pound burrito in 10 minutes.
A six person team including Jamie McDonald, Naader Reda, Kevin Ross and Damon Wells will attempt the 54 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria in Burbank, CA on January 13. Big Mama's & Papa's has also started a blog about its pizza challenge at http://bigmamaspizzablog.com/ update Jan 14 The team did not complete the pizza.
Naader Reda produced a video of him and John Rivera eating all seven meals on IHOP's $7 menu along with the entire dessert menu.
The Hi Desert Star has an article about the Doomsday Eating Challenge where Naader Reda and John Rivera attempted to eat the entire menu at a 7-11.
Naader Reda has produced a video promoting tonight's Milky Way Midnight Bar Challenge where people will record videos while they consume five Milky Way Midnight bars. Over ten competitive eaters have already signed up; Miki Sudo has already produced her video (picture).
Holiday foods eating videos
Merry Christmas. A list of holiday food eating videos produced by competitive eaters follows:
- Meredith Boxberger 3 Pound Sweet Potato
- Ben Do Fruit Cake, Cranberry Sauce & Egg Nog
- Jamie McDonald One gallon egg nog | A Christmas Story meal (4.5 lb meat loaf, 4 lb. mashed potatoes, 2.5 sugar cookies)
- Naader Reda Can of Pumpkin @ Whipped Cream in reverse
- Matt Stonie 3.5 lb. Holiday Fruitcake
To honor the Whopper's 55th anniversary, Jamie McDonald and Naader Reda have produced videos where they eat 10 of the Burger King sandwiches.
Naader Reda & Miki Sudo finish team pizza challenges w/o assistance
Naader Reda has a video of Miki Sudo (13 minutes) and himself (41) both finishing the 9+ pound team pizza challenge without assistance at Naked City Pizza in Las Vegas. Here are some other famous challenges for teams that a single person might be able to finish (no sole individual has finished any of these challenges to my knowldege):
- Venezia’s 24 inch pizza, Phoenix area
- 30 inch pizza, Luigi’s at the Beach, San Diego, CA
- Grand Sicilian Pizza, Beau Jo’s, Denver area
- 22 Inch stuffed pizza, Randy’s Wooster St. Pizza Shop, Enfield, CT
- Carnivore Challenge, Big Pie in the Sky, Kennesaw, GA
- Pointersaurus Pizza, Pointer’s Pizza, St. Louis
- King Kookamunga Burger, Kooky Canuck, Memphis
- Polito’s Monster Pizza Contest, Polito’s Pizza, Stevens Point, WI
Naader Reda claimed a prize of $225 after he was the fourth person to finish the challenge at Anime Ramen in Las Vegas. (video)
2012 Thanksgiving competitive eating videos
Some recent Thanksgiving themed videos by competitive eaters
- Johnnie Excel – 9 Pound Vegan Thanksgiving feast
- Naader Reda – Thanksgiving message
- Matt Stonie – 20 pound turkey | blended turkey, gravy & cranberry chug
Damon Wells has produced a video of him competing with Naader Reda against a time of four amateurs in a 36 inch pizza contest at Big Mama's & Papa's.
FreakEating and AllProEating have videos of Jamie McDonald and Naader Reda attempting the Chick-N-Pizza Magnum 44 Pizza Challenge in Buffalo, NY.
Naader Reda has produced a video of his attempt with Damon Wells to eat all 26 items on the Wienerschnitzel menu.
WGRZ.com has a short article about Naader Reda eating 9.5 pounds of pumpkin pie in 30 minutes in Clarence, NY, which was billed as a record. Naader will compete in the World Hands Free Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship tomorrow along with Jamie McDonald, Stephanie Torres, Mike Longo and reportedly "Furious" Pete Czerwinski in his first AICE/APE contest since AICE tried to introduce contracts in 2009.
Naader Reda reports he won tonight's contest at Lumpy's Burgers in Antioch, CA. Kevin Ross was the runner-up. update Oct 16 Lumpy's and 3rd place finisher James Conan "The BurgerBarian" Gouig have videos. update Oct 17 Naader Reda has a contest video
Wednesday, Jamie McDonald and Naader Reda did the double challenge consisting of 12 sandwiches and two jumbo bowls at Mix n' Munch Cereal and Grilled Cheese Cafe in South Pasadena, CA. Later that evening, Jamie McDonald became the first person to finish the sandwich challenge (seen on "Suzilla") at Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles (video).
Johnnie Excel, Naader Reda and Kevin Ross have started State of the Plate: a competitive eating video podcast discussing topics in competitive eating.
Wreckeless Eating has a video of Naader Reda and Damon Wells attempting all the menu items available at Taco Bell (approximate weight 19 pounds).
Food Beast has a blog entry and video about the foie gras burger eating contest held at The Playground in Santa Ana, CA won by Naader Reda.
Naader Reda has started a new youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/FreakEating update August 9 Naader Reda has a blog entry about the channel.
OregonLive has Naader Reda's diary of his recent eating challenge road trip to Portland-area restaurants.
The High Desert Daily Press has an article about Naader Reda.
A press release bills Naader Reda as the "World's Top Food Challenger".