Eric "Silo" Dahl and Randy Santel will attempt to be the first pair to finish Polito's Monster pizza in La Crosse, Wisconsin on August 12. The twelve pound pizza awards a $500 prize to a team of two finishing it in under an hour.
The Pitch has a blog entry about Randy Santel's quest to appear on Man vs. Food: Nation
Randy Santel has been announced as one five finalists for the Man vs. Food: Nation Casting Call contest (need to be a facebook fan of Man vs Food to view page). The other finalists are Kyle Hook from Tucson, Lauren Takao from Hawaii, John Lomascolo from Albany and Dan Baker from Philadelphia. Voting closes August 11. update Lauren has a facebook page about her eating challenges titled Lauren the Eater. update Randy Santel appeared on KCTV5 to promote his video.
Examiner.net has a report on Randy Santel's victory at a hot dog eating contest held at Up Dog in Independence, MO on Saturday.
"Tiny" Tim Rauscheder won a contest at The Happy Dog in Cleveland by eating 27 hot dogs in 10 minutes (the contest ran out of hot dogs) and Randy Santel won a competition held at Up Dog in Independence, Missouri by eating 21 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
The Kansas City Star has a long article about Randy Santel, who recently quit his job to focus on competitive eating.
The Topeka Capital Journal has an article about Randy Santel's victory in a jalapeno eating contest.
Randy Santel has started a twitter at http://twitter.com/atlaszeuspromos
Randy Santel is celebrating his 25th birthday in New York City. He set the house record at Yummy Sushi yesterday and plans to attempt the 87 ounce steak at Lone Star Bar & Grill.
C. J. Moore has a blog entry about competing in a sushi eating contest at Eddoko in Lenexa, KS won by Randy Santel. (contest video).
Randy Santel reports that he and Joe LaRue were the first team to finish a 28 inch pizza weighing 10 pounds at Monroe County Pizza in Bloomington, IN.
Illinois Home Page reports that Randy Santel finished the "Big Fat Ugly" sandwich challenge at Fat Sandwich Company in Champaign, IL giving him 50 food challenge wins.
Randy Santel has a column in MyMissourian about attempting the Hail Mary challenge at the Stadium Grill in Columbia, MO tomorrow. If he defeats the 5.5 pound burger, he will donate the prize consisting of $600 in gift certificates to charity.
Lumiere Place casino in St. Louis has posted a video of Randy Santel finishing its six pound Reuben sandwich in 13:45 at the grand opening of the Stadium Sports Bar & Grill.
The Morning Sun has an article about Randy Santel finishing the 24 inch Gorilla Pizza at Wheat State Pizza in Pittsburg, Kansas. The challenge is normally barred to competitive eaters, but Santel worked out a deal that $500 would be donated to local charities if he completed the pizza.
Randy Santel announces that he is allowing the Travel Channel to use his videos in a one hour special on May 25 to promote the start of the upcoming season of Man v Food: Nation
KMBC has a video about Randy Santel being the first person to finish the burger challenge at Double Nickel Bar & Grill in Olathe, Kansas. Randy also won $500 at a king cake eating contest Saturday. (via Atlas & Zeus facebook)
Kaleidoscope Weekly has an article about Randy Santel finishing the Route 66 (ounce) burger challenge from Cookin from Scratch in Doolittle, Missouri. (from Atlas & Zeus facebook)
The facebook for Cookin Scratch in Doolittle, MO announces that Randy Santel finished the "King of the Road" 66 ounce burger challenge in 27:22.
Youtube has a clip of A clip of Randy Santel's appearance on Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. The appearance was a prize for winning the 2010 Men's Health/Spartacus Transformation Challenge. (via email)
Randy Santel reports he won yesterday's Belly Buster Challenge at Brooksider Sports Bar and Grill in Kansas City by eating a 1.5 pound burger, 1 pound of fries and a 32 ounce milkshake in 4:33 (gallery)
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.
Fox2Now has a video of Randy Santel attempting to eat the new "King of the Road" 66 ounce burger challenge at Cookin' from Scratch in Doolittle, Missouri.
Randy Santel has uploaded a scan of the picture in which he appears from the article about Spartacus: Blood and Sand in the current issue of TV Guide.
Randy Santel's facebook announces that his transformation won the 2010 Men's Health/Spartacus Transformation Challenge and will appear in the February 4 episode of Spartacus Blood & Sand.