Upcoming eating contests
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(All Ontario eating challenges and contests in database)
Mike "Strictly Dumpling" Chen produced a video of him attempting a 50 pound lobster challenge costing $662 in Toronto.
Carmen Cincotti wins Toronto poutine
update Oct 19 Carmen Cincotti and Darron Breeden have videos
update Oct 16 Article MetroNews.ca | Canoe.com | Toronto Star | Toronto Sun | GlobalTimes.cn gallery
Interview with Steven Dorgo before contest
Full results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 20.25 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 2nd | 15.5 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 13.75 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 13 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 10 | Yasir Salem | |
| 6th | 8 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 7th | 7 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 8th | 6.5 | Veronica Boggia | |
| 8th | 6.5 | John “Step Daddy J” Jugovic | |
| 10th | 5 | Steven “The Clutch” Dorgo | |
| 11th | 4.75 | William “Wild Bill” Myers |
Ben Livingstone won the first prize of $1000 in Saturday's Pie Wood Fired Pizza's Let Em Eat 8 in Muskoka, ON Saturday. Takeru Kobayashi did an exhibition before the contest.
Smoke's Poutinerie in Ann Arbor, MI will hold a qualifier awarding the winner a spot in the poutine eating contest in Toronto on October 14. The first round will take place on September 28 and the second round on September 30. The top 3 will receive $250/$150/$100. "Poutine Games" will also be held at Smoke's locations on September 23 for 2 person teams to determine spots in the amateur undercard in Toronto.
Takeru Kobayashi is expected to defend his title at Pie Wood Fired Pizza's Let em Eat 8 in Muskoka, Ontario on September 23. Entrants need to qualify at Pie locations by September 20. The fastest time at each site will win a prize package including accommodations at Clevelands House resort for the weekend of the contest. The winner will receive $1000.
Pie Wood Fired Pizza will hold "Let em Eat 8" at Kempenfest in Barrie, ON on August 7. Takeru Kobayashi will attempt to win the title for the eighth year in a row. Previous contests have awarded over $5000. update The contest has been removed from the Kempenfest.com schedule but still appears in some Google search results
Craigslist has an interview request for a Toronto competitive eater that will pay $50.
2016 Smoke’s Poutinerie
update Oct 5 Videos: Carmen Cincotti | Erik Lamkin vlog | Scott Lomas Introductions / Contest start
update Oct 2
Articles: Toronto Sun | Canoe.ca | Sina.com
Thank you on reddit.com for holding the contest
Videos: Eduardo M | Erik Lamkin video of vegan protestors from Direct Action Everywhere. Unlike at Nathan’s, they do not appear to have interfered with the contest table. This is the third MLE contest in 2016 the group has protested (Chicago Ribs, Nathan’s, poutine)
Instagram videos from “Step Daddy J”‘ have the top 3 for the amateur contest:
1st 9 Erik “The Electric” Lamkin
2nd 6 John “Step Daddy J” Jugovic
3rd 5 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
update Here is what MLE reports are the pro results: Part 1 | Part 2
1 Joey Chestnut 25.5
2 Carmen Cincotti 25
3 Matt Stonie 23.25
4 Geoff Esper 18.5
5 Gideon Oji 14.5
6 Michelle Lesco 13
7 Yasir Salem 12.5
8 Badlands Booker 10.75
9 Jim Reeves 8.6
9 Steven Dorgo 8.6
11 Bill Myers 8
12 Ben Do 7.75
13 Jesse Kankula 7
Erik Lamkin reports he won the amateur contest
Erik Lamkin produced a training video
Previous winners
| 2015 Oct 3 | 1st | 22 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | World Poutine Eating Championship – pros | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2014 Oct 4 | 1st | 14.75 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | World Poutine Eating Championship – pros | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2013 Oct 19 | 1st | 24 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2012 Oct 13 | 1st | 9.5 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2011 Sep 24 | 1st | 9.75 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2010 May 22 | 1st | 13 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
Toronto Life has an interview with Matt Stonie about competing in the Smoke’s Poutinerie’s World Poutine Eating Championship on Saturday.
Matt Stonie, Joey Chestnut, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Yasir Salem and "Buffalo" Jim Reeves are expected to compete in the World Poutine Eating Championship in Toronto on October 1.
Takeru Kobayashi ate 49 slices of pizza at Kempenfest in Barrie, ON today to defend his Pie Wood Fired Pizza title.
PIE Wood Fired Pizza will hold Let em Eat 6 at Kempenfest in Barrie, ON on August 1. Takeru Kobayashi and Pat Bertoletti are expected to compete and the contest will award $6001.
Wild Wing Ottawa will hold a wing eating contest tomorrow awarding a $1000 shopping spree. Molly Schuyler will also attempt to eat 10 double burgers in 10 minutes. update Jun 24 At Fatboys Southern Smokehouse yesterday, Molly ate 2 Tailgator combos (4 pulled pork poutines, 2 BBQ nachos, 4 lbs of wings and 16 sliders) in 23 minutes.
The Daily Dot has a report on a contest held today where employees of the Canadian Newspaper National Post attempted to eat 64 slices of American cheese.
While in Montreal to play an exhibition game, Jose Bautista of the Toronto Blue Jays offered his teammate Chris Colabello $15000 if he could finish eight pounds of lobster macaroni and cheese. The bonus was not paid out. (via TheScore.com
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski will give a talk at Algonquin College in Ottawa on January 20. During the event, he will compete against selected audience members in an eating contest.
The Toronto Star has an interview with Joey Chestnut about how to maximize consumption of certain types of food for Canadian Thanksgiving.
2015 Smoke’s Poutinerie contest
update Oct 7 Vlog by Pam
update Oct 6 CHCH and Flying the Nest have videos. Butter the Bagel has a video of the amateur contest. BlogTO has a gallery
update Oct 4 Results part 1 | part 2 | part 3
Xinhua Net has a gallery
| 1st | 22 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 2nd | 20.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 11 | Yasir Salem | |
| 4th | 10.75 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 5th | 9.25 | Steven “The Clutch” Dorgo | |
| 6th | 8.75 | Meredith Boxberger | |
| 7th | 7.5 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 8th | 5.375 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 9th | 4.875 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 10th | 3.5 | Andrew Younghusband | Discovery Channel Canada host |
Smoke’s Poutinerie reports Matt Stonie won with a total of 22 pounds.
Matt Stonie puts his undefeated 2015 on the line. Matt currently has an eight contest winning streak, which is the longest since Joey Chestnut won eight contests in a row in 2014.
Previous Winners
| 2014 Oct 4 | 1st | 14.75 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | World Poutine Eating Championship – pros | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2013 Oct 19 | 1st | 24 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2012 Oct 13 | 1st | 9.5 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2011 Sep 24 | 1st | 9.75 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 2010 May 22 | 1st | 13 | 10 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
Matt Stonie and Joey Chestnut are expected to compete in Smoke's Poutinerie eating contest in Toronto on October 3.
Applications are now being accepted for the amateur division of Smoke's Poutinerie eating contest in Toronto on October 3. @
Registration is now open for Smoke's Poutinerie eating contest in Toronto on October 3.
Entrepreneur.com has an interview with Ryan Smolkin, the founder of Smoke's pouterie, which mentions the poutine eating contest is sponsors.
In Barrie, Ontario, Takeru Kobayashi won Pie Wood Fired Pizza's Let em Eat contest for the sixth year in a row with a total of 50 slices. Pat Bertoletti was the runner up with 44 slices. update The Barrie Examiner has an article and slideshow. update Aug 4 Kobayashi https://twitter.com/FReeKobi0704/status/628600392964796416">believes he ate 58 slices. CTV.ca has a video
Pie Wood Pizza in Barrie, ON will hold qualifiers tonight awarding spots in Monday's Let em Eat 6 contest awarding $4500.
Jeremy Desjardins ate 225g of poutine in 20 seconds in Sault Ste. Marie yesterday to take the lead in qualifying for a trip to compete in Smoke's Poutinerie MLE contest.
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