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Gluttonous Queen 2008 recorded in Hawaii
The Hawaii Waikiki livespace has some pictures from the recording of this year’s edition of “Gluttonous Queen”. Like last year, the final contest took place in a Waikiki shopping mall. The contest will be televised on March 30. Results were not disclosed in the blog entry.
AsianInfatuation has 4 pictures with the caption:
Thanks to my viewers, I now know who this woman is! And I’ve done research to know that it is her for sure. She was at the Waikiki Shopping Plaza today, 3/2 and was mobbed by the Japanese tourists who happened to be in the area.
Her bodyguards and security could barely keep up- but the good thing is the Japanese are very gracious and were very respectful of her.
Having done research, it is noted that has earned her fame through eating contests of all things… and that makes sense, as there was an eating contest today at the Waikiki Shopping plaza.
See also Princess Nao,Travel Donkey
StarBulletin.com has a captioned picture which reveals the identity of two of the finalists.
Gal Sone’s blog has no entries between February 27 and March 5. Tomoko Miyake did not make the finals because she was at an event in Nagoya with Nobuyuki Shirota.
A weekly eating contest with a first prize of $100 is held on Saturday evening at the Waikiki Shopping Plaza.
Food Battle Club “Triangle Records”
The next segment of Food Battle Club (The Speed), called “Triangle Records”, has been posted to youtube at http://youtube.com/watch?v=wdQmtAMOf0k. Kobayashi and Nobuyuki Shirota both participate in this segment, which involves eating 40 small food items.
Japanese coverage of 2001 Nathan’s finals
The website for TV Tokyo has a page about the July 19, 2001 edition of TV Champion which culminated in footage from the 2001 Nathan’s finals where Takeru Kobayashi doubled the record from the previous mark of 25. The program also included qualifiers to determine who would compete alongside defending champion Kaz Arai. In one of the qualifiers, eaters competed against a sushi making robot.
A half century of the Hanamaki noodle contest
Iwanichi Online reports that Takashi Aoki won the 50th annual installment of the Hanamaki wanko soba noodle eating contest by eating 223 cups of noodles in 5 minutes. According to Kahoku, Aoki works as a hospital psychiatrist.
The contest’s 50 year duration probably makes it the world’s longest running annual eating competition. (The official Nathan’s history / apocrypha states that the 1971 Nathan’s hot dog contest was canceled as a “protest to civil unrest and the reign of free love”.)
JapanProbe and TVI both have videos of the contest. The blog for Foreign Policy magazine also mentions the contest.
286 lb burger served at Clinton Station Diner
Pennlive.com has a blog entry with a picture of the 286 pound burger produced by the Clinton Station Diner that was consumed at the World’s Largest Menu Burger Eating Championship today. Contest results are not provided; they will be listed in an article on Sunday.
update nj.com has an article with results:
1) Tomoko Miyake, Takuya Yamamoto, Taku Izumi – 26.4 lb in 45 minutes
2) Ian Hickman, Elizabeth Canady, Pete Maurizio – 18.1 lb in 45 minutes
? McGowan brothers 6 lb
updated AICE news has full results and a galleries of the burger’s creation and the contest
update #2 Jill Stoler has pictures in her myspace page and a blog entry about the contest
Link Buffet: January 30, 2008
Krystal Square Off finalists offer advice on how to eat as much as possible in as short a period of time as possible in USAToday.com
The Hollywood Reporter on Super Bowl halftime viewing options
Giant sushi roll eating contest for teams of Japanese female college students
Blog entry & gallery by recent Quick Chek sub winner
Picture of Sonya Thomas & fan at Washington Capitals game
NY Daily News on Brooklyn vegan wing eating contest
Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane attempts 7 pound breakfast burrito challenge (Female burrito finishers receive free food for life)
Don “Moses” Lerman is upset about not being named a jalapeno judge
Krystal Super Bowl photo contest
Canady vs. Sugawara HD video
A high definition video of the french fry eating contest between Elizabeth “Rubber Gut” Canady and Hatsuyo Sugawara has been uploaded to stage6. The video begins with Ms. Canady showing how thin the skin on her stomach is. She is then examined in a device which apparently shows her stomach is larger than normal. The french fry contest is interrupted for footage of “Rubber Gut” at a diner. Her tab is apparently $539.26.
Video captures from the clip are below:
Food Battle Club steak contest
Amebavision has a video of a steak eating contest from an episode of Food Battle Club that Kobayashi competes in. The competitors start out using a knife and fork, then switch to eating without utensils once the contest heats up.
Yamamoto vs. Goose Gilbert HD video
A higher definition video of the hot dog eating contest between Takuya Yamamoto and Tom “Goose” Gilbert can be seen at the stage6 online video site. Some thumbnails of screen captures are above.
Kobayashi & Shirota attempt drinking challenge
The next segment of Food Battle Club has been posted to youtube in which Takeru Kobayashi and Nobuyuki Shirota attempt to match Ken Domon’s mark of drinking the contents of a water bottle in under five seconds. Neither Kobayashi nor Shirota successfully complete the challenge without spilling or leaving water in the bottle, but they both apparently reach the next round.
Tomoko vs. Hickman in high(er) defintion
A video of the curry eating contest between Tomoko Miyake and Ian “the Invader” Hickman in higher definition than youtube videos is available. Some screen captures from the video are linked to the thumbnails above. The high definition enables viewers to determine than Ian is wearing a United Eaters of Pennsylvania hat.
AICE vs. Japan writeup
There is now a recap of the AICE vs. Japan contests televised on Japanese television on New Year’s Day on the AICE news page. The donut contest Jill Stoler competed in is not mentioned.
Extended Food Battle Club drinking video
An extended version of the 1.5 liter water bottle drinking contest from Food Battle Club, which culminates in Ken Domon emptying the container in less than 5 seconds can be viewed at http://youtube.com/watch?v=dCAtaXFVwQo Both Kobayashi and Shirota pass on drinking the bottle.
Site outage, Jan 10 link buffet
The blog and database have been inaccessible for approximately the past 6 hours due to a server upgrade by bluehost, eatfeats’ web provider, but they now appear back online. (I do not know why the server could not have been upgraded starting at midnight to minimize the inconvenience)
Here are the links that were on the page announcing the blog was down:
Jill Stoler has a trip report from Japan on her blog
Hungry Sisters have posted their 2008 goals in competitive eating
610WIP.com has a gallery of Philly Guy aka Sticky Pete’s Wing Bowl qualification attempt
Takeru Kobayashi has a blog entry about his trip to the doctor to deal with his "jawthrithis"
Jill Stoler AICE vs. Japan contests report
“Sweet” Jill Stoler has updated her myspace page with information about the contests involving AICE eaters in Japan.
The lack of a time limit in the Elizabeth Canady vs. Sugawara contest was noticed on this Japanese message board (automatically translated)
Sugawara and Elizabeth showdown with only a limited time, Moreover, the number of uncounted Cup is clearly not like the way the outcome was,I thought it was a little strange.
When the time limit, Eating competition and competitive eating is the boundary line, a few minutes.
Would have 10 minutes, clearly eating it, 1 hour, I would, and eating it. 。 . 。 .
R Suzuki’s AICE vs. Japan report
R Suzuki has a blog entry about yesterday’s series of contests between AICE and Japan. Her account of the contest between Elizabeth Canady and Sugawara confirms the report that the time limit was extended beyond 30 minutes. (automatically translated):
Sugawara VS Elizabeth Candy
FURENCHIFURAIPOTETO (unlimited time)
FURENCHIFURAIPOTETO 4km is the heaping basket. Sugawara single mother of 8-year-old and his parents in the rubber the stomach Elizabeth, the girl’s fierce battle. Potatoes to hold hands full devour Elizabeth. One by one small potatoes to eat Sugawara, who folded, and style in contrast to the fierce fight sparks fly. It has unlimited time, but the 2.7 kilometers in 40 minutes per Elizabeth is eaten “I also want to see what kind of potatoes.” And retire here.
He continues to eat, ate 3.2 kilometers in 62 minutes Sugawara’s victory.
The blog entry refers to Ian Hickman as “America’s Prince hawt guy”.
Japan undefeated vs. AICE?
Tomoko Miyake’s blog entry about the recently televised AICE vs. Japan contest apparently reports that the home team did not lose a contest (automatically translated)
Japan-US showdown in Japan is impressive undefeated in the United States team to revengeæžœTASEMASHITA ! !
Really good!
This year’s show is a great big laugh point, I have to participate in it, proud!
Thank you to our staff, performers we really thank you
This blog entry also reports that Japan went undefeated.
AICE vs. Japan on TV schedule
tv.co.yahoo.jp reports that the AICE vs. Japan series of contests will be televised on Nippon Television between 3pm and 9pm (Tokyo time) on New Year’s Day. The automatically translated description for the program follows:
first-ever tournament! Japan and the United States battle against eating gal Sone vs America “pizza face” is the winner?
Shirota defeats pro wrestler in curry eating contest
Sponichi.co.jp reports that Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota defeated pro wrestler Toshiaki Kawada at a curry eating contest held at a Christmas wrestling event, 11 plates to 6.
AICE vs Japan update
On AICE news, the standings of the AICE vs. Japan contests have been updated. Japan currently holds a 3 to 1 lead. Contest winners are Tomoko Miyake, Gal Sone, Elizabeth Canady and Yamamoto.
2001 Food Battle Club roster
Before this week’s AICE vs. Japan contest, the most recent Japanese eating contest in which multiple Americans competed was probably Food Battle Club from 2001. Not only did Carlene LeFevre and Charles Hardy compete, pro wrestler King Kong Bundy also ate in that contest. Bundy received a higher ranking (#14) than either Carlene LeFevre (#18) or Charles Hardy (#15) (I am not sure if the ranking occurred before or after the event).
AICE news: Tomoko Miyake repels “The Invader”
AICE News reports that Tomoko Miyake defeated Ian Hickman by being the first to finish over 9 pounds of curry.
The blogs of Tomoko Miyake, Takuya Yamamoto and Saori Nakayama report that they recorded a television appearance today, but have no results or pictures of Americans.
Blogroll of Japanese team
Here is the blogroll for the team of Japanese eaters competing against AICE eaters this week in case anyone wants to follow the contests by looking at Japanese blogs. I do not believe any entries about the competitions have been posted yet.
Natsuko “Gal” Sone
Tomoko Miyake
Taku “Artist” Izumi
Saori Nakayama
Kana Kanisawa
Hatsuyo Sugawara (no blog)
Takuya Yamamoto
Shirota vs. Menchetti New Year’s Eve showdown
Deresque has information about the New Year’s Eve eating contest that Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota and “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti will participate in. The competition will be part of a professional wrestling / competitive eating extravaganza that will be televised on TV Tokyo. (Pro wrestling is called “hustling” in Japan.) Shirota had a giant spoon at the event announcing the contest.
The transcript of this press conference announces that Gal Sone will be having an eating contest with retired mixed martial artist / pro wrestler Antonio Inoki during the event. Inoki fought Muhammad Ali to a draw in a mixed martial arts contest in 1976.
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