Global Turnstile has the second half of Zach Bigalke's column about Japanese competitive eating, but it is mainly about cooking competition shows like Iron Chef.
Joey Chestnut and other unnamed Major League Eaters will be competing in a Pro-Am Soba Eating Contest at Yokosuka Base in Japan on August 6.
Lum Dim Sum has a gallery of Joey Chestnut's trip to China. Joey visited the Great Wall of China and the Compassion for Migrant Children (CMC)’s Pingxifu Center in addition to performing an exhibition at the Beijing Nathan's qualifier where he ate 39 hot dogs in 5 minutes.
NBC News reports that Lu Mingkui, runner-up in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Beijing with a total of 13 hot dogs, will compete in the Nathan's finals on July 4. The article does not state if any Chinese women will compete in the finals. update CityWeekend.com.cn has a gallery listing Ding Qian (4 hot dogs) as the sole female competitor. We will see if she competes in the women's division on July 4.
2011 Beijing Nathan’s qualifier results
The top 3 from today’s Nathan’s qualifier in Beijing: 1) Chris Lam 16 hot dogs 2) Lv Mingkui 13 3) Wang Ranglong 12. Joey Chestnut ate 39 hot dogs in five minutes in an exhibition. update China Daily has a gallery. The winner, Chris Lam, is from Hong Kong and a member of the “Eatcredibles” competitive eating team. update June 19 The Wall Street Journal has a blog entry and video about the contest.
The Wall Street Journal has a blog entry about tomorrows Nathan's qualifier in Beijing, China.
LumDimSum reports that Joey Chestnut has arrived in China where he will judge the Nathan's qualifier and attempt to eat 50 hot dogs in 5 minutes in an exhibition.
Beijinger has a blog entry about the June 18 Nathan's qualifier in Beijing which says that the top three eaters in that contest will compete in the Nathan's finals and that entrants must be Chinese nationals with a passport who have previously traveled abroad.
Sina.com has an article about the Nathan's qualifier June 18 in Beijing, China illustrated with a picture of Takeru Kobayashi. Joey Chestnut will judge the contest. Entering the contest requires a Chinese passport.
Joey Chesnut's facebook fan page lists his upcoming schedule and announces that he will do a five minute exhibition at the Beijing Nathan's qualifier on June 18.
Kent "Blackhole" Phoa, a competitive eater from Singapore, has started a blog at http://blackholesg.wordpress.com/
IFOCE.com announces that registration for the Nathan's qualifier in Beijing, China on May 18 will open tomorrow at 11 am eastern and that the contest will award a berth in the finals to both the top Chinese and American. (via comment)
tv9kannadanews has a video about Dale Boone winning a contest held at Nando's in Bangalore, India. (via comment)
tv9kannadanews has a video about Dale Boone competing at the WLOCE eating contest at Nando's in Bangalore, India today. update The Hindu has an article about the contest won by Dale Boone and a longer video from news 9 is also available. update Mar 28 The Bangalore Mirror has an article about runner-up Abhishek M B.
The Hindu newspaper has an article about Dale Boone, who will compete in the Meal for Six Eating Contest at Nando's in Bangalore on March 26.
Bakasura has a gallery of a burger eating contest held at the Thulp Cafe in Bangalore, India. Dale Boone was one of the competitors.
The Wall Street Journal has a blog entry about the Hong Kong "Eatcredibles" competitive eating team with a video of a 1.5 kg sandwich challenge attempt. The group's founder, Taylor Mak, offers several training tips.
H'aGov Bar in Jerusalem, Israel held a Super Bowl wing eating contest won by Big Mike.
Bakasurain has a video of Dale Boone eating the Chicken Whammy sandwich from Peppa Zzing in Bangalore, India in 2:10, less than 10% of the previous record of 22 minutes.
The Electric New Paper has an article about eating challenges in Singapore.
The blog for Hungry Hogs of Bangalore, India has an entry about last month's hot dog eating contest won by Dale Boone.
The facebook for the Hard Rock Cafe in Bangalore, India has a gallery of Dale Boone competing in a burger eating contest on December 15.
Hungry Hogs in Bangalore, India will hold a hot dog eating contest on Sunday.
Like this facebook picture if you want Dale Boone to compete in a burger eating contest held at the Hard Rock Cafe in Bangalore, India.
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion held a pair of latke eating contests in Los Angeles and Jerusalem. Marina Tecktiel had the best performance in both contests with a total of 25 latkes in 7 minutes.
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