Link Buffet: July 20, 2008
- Nathan’s finals gallery
- Lamb’s rib eating contest in California
- Dani’s Pizza qualifier galleries and results (from MissGluttonsBliss)
- Coney Island taco eating contest video
- Octopus ball eating contest in Japan
Link Buffet: July 19, 2008
- MosesNews.com reports that Kevin Lipsitz received the IFOCE Lifetime Achievement Award
- WLOCE fan blog is now accepting comments (from Crawfish comment)
- Boston.com preview of Italian sausage contest
- Joey Chestnut is Chris’ first competitive eater of the week
- Report on Asbury Park, NJ pizza eating contest with a lot of comments
- Preview of Bayonne, NJ hot dog eating contest
- Report on a Singapore qualifier
Link Buffet: July 17, 2008
- The Boston Herald has a preview of the Italian sausage contest
- Reporter competes in Singapore qualifier
- Seattle doughnut eating contest during concert July 26
- Will Millender’s CE mixtape list
- Picture from the Chinook Winds ribs contest
- Video of beef patty contest
Link Buffet: July 14, 2008
- Hall Hunt completes the Grandfather Mountain Marathon (Boone, NC area)
- Singapore qualifier videos and photos
- Fort Wayne hot dog contest report (full results)
- Manning brothers compete in Oreo Double Stuf Lick Race with $10,000 prize
- Two questions by Skinnyboy
- Greenwood, SC hot dog contest results
- CBS 46 video of Atlanta bacon contest
- Michelle Lesch wins 10th South Africa oyster eating contest
Link Buffet: July 7, 2008
- July 4 Peoria hot dog contest results
- MLE Singapore contest – first qualfier report, Joey Chestnut interview
- Fort Wayne, IN hot dog contest preview
- Passerby wins Frederick, MD hot dog contest
- New trailer for Nacho Mountain (PG rated)
- Bass player wins Tampa hot dog eating contest, vomits, then performs
- Pat Philbin article in NJ.com
- The LeFevres will be on Nevada Public Radio today
- Nathan’s Kevin Ross segments on youtube
- No MLE game release this week
Anita Choudhary repeats as women’s mango winner
ExpressIndia reports that Anita Choudhary won the women’s division of the mango contest at the New Delhi Mango Festival by eating 1.194 kg of mangos in 3 minutes. A youtube video of the contest is available and says she is the repeat winner.
MLE.asia: Joey Chestnut vs. Kobayashi in Singapore July 27
ifiy has a link to MajorLeagueEating.asia, which announces that Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi will face off in an eating contest in Singapore July 27. Three qualifiers to select local entrants will be held and the purse is $3,000 (it is not stated if that is in US or Singapore dollars) Five different types of foods will be used in the contest, including fishballs, premium otah and sotong head.
Earthtimes has an article about the contest.
The contest might result in a schedule conflict for Joey Chestnut, who has been announced as the co-star for Nacho Mountain. Principal photography for that movie has been scheduled for July 20 through July 27.
2003 Kobayashi documentary on youtube
A British documentary from 2003 about Takeru Kobayashi competing in Food Battle Club: The Speed can be viewed on youtube. The video shows Kobayashi lifting weights, practicing at a sushi buffet and training for the 1.5 liter water bottle round, which he would lose to Ken Domon.
Link Buffet: June 17, 2008
- Interview with Jill Stoler in CheapAssFood.com
- Logo made for “Furious” Pete
- Regrets email from Crazy Legs Conti
- Austin, TX Veggie Dog contest Saturday
- French supermarket chain Carrefour sponsors eating contest for Thai children
Link Buffet: May 2, 2008
- Lake Tahoe jalapeno eating contest May 3, $150 first prize
- San Diego Tribune front page story about the Collegiate Nationals draws criticism
- Minnesota Twins have AYCE tickets for May 19/20
- “Furious” Pete reports eating 50 wings in 3 minutes
- “Doughman” triathlon / eating contest in Durham, NC May 24
- Crocodile Egg eating contest in Thailand
Link Buffet: April 23, 2008
- Jed Donahue competes in a grilled cheese cooking contest and comes in second place. (From Liz K)
- Video of man choking during impromptu hot dog eating contest at Wrigley Field (via FrogSoda & Awful Announcing
- Krystalist challenges chef Gordon Ramsay to a Krystal eating contest
- Megamunch announces return from competitive eating blogging hiatus
- New motto for MosesNews: “When Eating News Breaks…. We Feed It To You”
- Stockton asparagus contest press release
- CBC News article about “Furious” Pete
- USA Today blog commenter wants to meet Joey Chestnut
- Gyudon eating contest in the Philippines
Speed drinking video hits 1M views
The video from “Food Battle Club” in which Ken Domon drinks 1.5 liters of water in less than 5 seconds has just exceeded one million views according to YouTube, probably making it the first competitive eating clip to reach that mark. The Kobayashi vs. the bear video is probably the second most viewed competitive eating video with just under 900,000 views currently.
Link Buffet: April 14, 2008
- Deadspin on the Collegiate Nationals
- Mike Golic receives a bib from a fan for his upcoming contest
- “Eating Levi” gets into the Newport Beach Film Festival
- NPR podcast on all you can eat sections at ballparks
- Milk Bone eating contest for humans
- Parody of a hot dog eating contest documentary
Registration for Nathan’s qualifiers opens at noon eastern today
Added 11:15 pm
- Article about “Furious” Pete Czerwinski in which he attempts to break his personal record for a 72 ounce steak
- “Black Day” eating contest for South Korean lovelorn
- Leader board for journalists in the Oakland A’s all you can eat section (PG rated pictures) via Deadspin
Sugawara wins okonomiyaki eating contest
Mainichi has an English article about Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara’s victory in a women-only okonomiyaki (Japanese pancakes containing vegetables) eating contest in Osaka Wednesday:
Each okonomiyaki weighs one kilogram and measures 30 centimeters in diameter.
Hatsuyo Sugawara, a 44-year-old housewife from Iwate Prefecture, won the contest after eating 5.2 pancakes, and received 550,000 yen in prize money, a solid gold spatula, and the privilege of having the restaurant’s largest okonomiyaki named after her.
Mio “Sakura” Takahashi reports she finished second with a total of 4.7 pancakes.
Contest video
See also msn.co.jp
Video of Gal Sone’s elimination
A video of the end of the last round of the “Gluttonous Queen” competition that Natsuko “Gal” Sone competed in is available on youtube. She missed advancement to the next round by just a few grams of steak.
Gluttonous Queen 2008 coverage
CalorieLab has a paragraph in English about this year’s “Gluttonous Queen” contest won by Hatsuyo Sugawara.
Ameba and J-Cast have articles
R Suzuki has part two of her contest report
The contest page on TV Tokyo’s website now has pictures of all the competitor.
Sugawara wins 2008 Gluttonous Queen
BlogLive reports that Hatsuyo “the witch” Sugawara won the Gluttonous Queen contest televised today, denying Natsuko “Gal” Sone a threepeat in that contest.
R Suzuki has a writeup of the first half of the program.
Gluttonous Queen 2008 web page
TV Tokyo has set up a page about this year’s edition of the “Gluttonous Queen” contest that will be televised on Sunday. Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara is listed as one of the rivals for “Gal” Sone’s crown.
TV Tokyo also has a page with links to all the Gluttonous King / Queen contests since 2005.
AICE vs. Japan burger contest video
A video of the giant burger eating contest for three person teams recorded at the Clinton (NJ) Station Diner on February 2 televised on NTV March 20 can be seen at http://www.veoh.com/videos/v6482620yWdSfN4E The video focuses on the Japanese team consisting of Takuya Yamamoto, Tomoko Miyake and Taku Izumi and the team of Ian Hickman, Elizabeth Canady and Pete Maurizio, but Jill Stoler’s team also makes an appearance. The video also contains footage from a contest for Japanese team members at a Windmill Hot dogs.
Japan vs. AICE burger contest televised March 20
Tomoko Miyake reports that the team burger eating contest held at the Clinton Station Diner on Super Bowl weekend will be televised on March 20. The contest will be televised by NNN news, which usually posts its competitive eating videos online.
In other Japanese contest news, R Suzuki reports that Hatsuyo Sugawara won a televised sushi eating contest. The top 5 in that contest:
1. Hatsuyo Sugawara, 107 plates
2. Takuya Yamamoto, 104 plates
3. Nobuyuki Shirota, 102 plates
4. Tomoko Miyake, 81 plates
5. Taku “Artist” Izumi, 74 plates
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.
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