Kobyashi vs. sushi-maker for 2001 Nathan’s spot
Youtube has a video of a sushi-eating contest won by Takeru Kobayshi from a 2001 episode of TV Champion. Sushi makers assembled new sushi while the competitors ate the existing sushi. The contest awarded a spot in the 2001 Nathan’s finals. Kaz Arai, who had already received a spot in the 2001 Nathan’s finals as the defending champion, oversees the contest.
TV Tokyo's website now shows the finalists for today's "Gluttonous King" contest. Only one of the entrantsfor "Gluttonous King" is male. I think Essen (#6) is the only finalist to have competed in previous "Gluttounous King / Queen" contests.
A web page for this year's Gluttonous King contest has been set up on TV Tokyo's website.
Youtube has an Indian news video about the WLOCE donut eating contest held in Bangalore in March. The Press Trust of India reports that diabetic Bandu Joshi died after stuffing his mouth with seven laddus at a contest in Hyderabad, India.
ChannelNewAsia has a report on the Botak Jones burger contest in Singapore.
PinoyFood has a blog entry about Tom "Goose" Gilbert's appearance in the Philippines promoting 7-11's hot dog eating contest. A video of Gilbert eating 10 hot dogs (using non-"picnic style" rules) in 3 minutes and 23 seconds is available. Another video promoting the contest features lookalikes of boxer Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach. update July 6 The contest website has a report on the event.
The managing director of Donut Baker has an interview in fnbnews in which he mentions the WLOCE donut eating contest.
Filipino 7-11s to hold hot dog eating contest
7-11 stores in the Philippines will hold a hot dog eating contest this summer. Competitors can attempt to qualify at their local 7-11 on the qualifying dates. The grand prize is 500,000 Philippine pesos ($10,360)
update The contest website is at http://eatingmachinesphilippines.com/. The contest rules do not appear to explicitly require Filipino citizenship. A promotional video of a match beteween Dicky Fellow (a woman) and Katarina Haligi is available.
MyBangalore has an article with several pictures about the WLOCE donut eating contest.
MC Rahman has some videos of the Bangalore donut eating contest won by Dale Boone.
The Hindu has a report on Saturday's donut eating contest held in Bangalore, India won by Dale Boone. The top female competitor was reportedly named Moses.
Youtube has a video of today's donut eating contest in Bangalore India, won by Dale Boone with 44 donuts. PCresswell, who served as the contest referee, has a blog entry about the contest.
WLOCE will have a doughnut eating contest in Bangalore, India on May 16 that will award 35,000 Indian rupees to the winner. The WLOCE idli contest, originally set for May 16, does not currently have a set date.
Crocodile Egg Eating contest in Pattaya, Thailand
WLOCE announces Bangalore idli contest May 16
The WLOCE website has been updated to announce that an idli contest will take place in Bangalore, India on May 16. WLOCE will also sanction the July 4 Apple Ugly Eating contest in North Carolina and the purse for its contest at Corndogorama will be $875.
A picture of Boone and Indian giant P. Theyagarajan appears on the WLOCE myspace page.
A video clip of a 40 piece sushi sprint from an episode of Food Battle Club has been uploaded to youtube. Takeru Kobayashi (with blond hair) and Nobuyuki "the Giant" Shirota are two of the participants.
Indian woman eats 51 bhut jolokia for British TV
(from Paul Barlow) The The Daily Mail reports that Anandita Dutta Tamuly ate 51 bhut jolokia peppers, considered the spiciest peppers in the world, in 2 minutes in Jorhut, India. Chef Gordon Ramsay of Hell’s Kitchen observed the feat, which will appear on a program he is producing for the British network Channel 4. She also rubbed the seeds from some peppers in her eyes.
AFP reports that Gordon Ramsey served as the official monitor for the Guinness Book of World Records, which requested that Ms. Tamuly’s pepper prowess be observed by “someone responsible”. She had hoped to receive a Guinness record for eating 60 bhut jolokias in 2 minutes in 2007, but no such recognition was apparently bestowed. The current official Guinness pepper eating record is 8 jalapenos in a minute.
BBC video
Kobayashi has posted some entries about his trip to China on his blog. A news video about the contest is also available.
Sugawara repeats as Gluttonous Queen
R Suzuki has a writeups of today’s Gluttonous Queen program on her blog. Hatsuyo “The Witch Sugawara” repeated as champion. Natsuko “Gal” Sone was fifth. The final rounds were held in Australia after taking place in Hawaii in previous years.
Kobayashi wins Chinese contest
ChinaNews reports Takeru Kobayashi won the contest held in Suzhou, China by eating 164 pieces of salmon sushi in 20 minutes. Kobayashi says in his blog this is the first time he has done contests on consecutive days since the US Open of Competitive Eating. (Pictures from yesterday’s semifinal)
update SouFun.com has some pictures of the finals
2500sz reports that Kobayashi and Johnny Wu won their semifinal cake eating contests today and will face off in the finals tomorrow. Kobayashi finished his cake in 15 minutes and 34 seconds.
Kobayashi to compete in Chinese contest March 28/29
Kobayashi’s latest blog entry reports that qualifiers for a Chinese contest he will compete in have been held. Translated Chinese news articles from those competitions are available. The semifinals & finals Kobayashi will compete in will take place on March 28 and 29. Johnny Wu from Hong Kong, who previously competed against Sonya Thomas, is another recipient of a bye into the semifinals.
JapanToday reports that an entrant in a ramen noodle eating contest was arrested for stealing a rice ball from a convenience store after the competition.
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