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The Detroit Free Press and Barrie Examiner have articles about Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" Boxberger's fourth place finish in the Nathan's women's finals. update July 16 Meredith has a contest video
Mississauga.com has a report on "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's victory at a wing eating contest at St. Louis Bar and Grill yesterday vs. Daniel Shinya, Stanislav Kotliar and Marc Skaf.
The Ceili Cottage in Toronto will hold an oyster eating contest Saturday awarding a trip to Galway, Ireland.
Blog TO has a list of 10 Toronto food challenges. update February 28 BlogTO also has a list of 8 Toronto eating contests
Jamie McDonald announces that he won today's Mucho Burrito ghost pepper burrito eating contest in Toronto. Stephanie Torres was the runner up and "Furious" Pete withdrew after the first round due to an injury.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski and Jamie McDonald will be competing in the Mucho Burrrito ghost pepper burrito eating contest tomorrow in Toronto. The first prize is $2,500.

2012 Smoke’s Poutinerie Championship

update Oct 17 IFOCE.com has a contest report
Smoke’s has a facebook gallery
Meredith Boxberger has a video

update Oct 16 Torontoist and Rake & Herald have contest reports

update Oct 15 Videos KBDProductionsTV | Judy Nguyen | Jogbird
The KBDProductions caption says that amateur winner Jesse Kankula (4th place in PIE pizza contest) ate 7.25 pounds in 6 minutes , a higher rate 7.25 / 6 = 1.21 lb / min than Joey Chestnut (9.5 pounds / 10 minutes = .95 lb / min)

BlogTO has a blog entry

ALotAboutNothing has a gallery

update Oct 14 The Toronto Sun has a contest report

Canoe.ca has a gallery

Results via Chicago Piano update The rest of the results have been posted

1) Joey Chestnut 19 half lb boxes
2T) Tim Janus 17
2T) Bob Shoudt 17
4) Pat Bertoletti 16.75
5) Matthew Bonanno 13.75
6) Meredith Boxberger 11.33
7T) Jim Reeves 11
7T) Micah Collins 11
7T) Yasir Salem 11
7T) Ben Do 11
11) Larell Marie Mele 10.5
12) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 7.25
13) Maria “Edible” 7
14) Bill Myers 5.75
15) Mary Bowers 4

Amateur contest results
1 Jesse Kankula 7.25 pounds in 6 minutes
2 James Maxwell 5.25

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A documentary will be produced about a road trip to Toronto for tomorrow's poutine eating contest will star Micah Collins, Larell Marie Mele, Bill Myers and Bob Shoudt. (This will not be the first project about a voyage to Yonge Street (site of the contest) to seek fortune; an SCTV sketch from 1982 Garth and Gord and Fiona and Alice has the same subject.)
The Toronto Sun lists Pat Bertoletti, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Micah "Wing Kong" Collins, Meredith Boxberger and Maria "Edible" as expected entrants in Smoke's Poutinerie eating contest on October 13. "Wild" Bill Myers and Larell Marie Mele are other probable competitors.
Mucho Burrito will hold a ghost pepper burrito eating contest on October 20 awarding $2,500 to the winner.

Kobayashi threepeats Pie pizza by narrow margin over Jamie McDonald

Sept 17 #2 Results below have been updated with the values in the Toronto Star article
1) Takeru Kobayashi 40 slices
2) Jamie McDonald 34 slices
3) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 27
4) Jesse Kankula 20
5) Stephanie Torres 19
6) Craig Reed 15
7T) Lara Martin 11
7T) Manny Yarborough 11
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EatMyPie.ca has a preview of Sunday's pizza eating contest to be held at PIE - Wood Fire Pizza Joint in Barrie, Ontario. In addition to Takeru Kobayashi and "Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Jamie McDonald, Stephanie Torres (billed as the #2 female competitive eater in the world) and 680 pound sumo wrestler Manny Yarborough are also listed as expected entrants.
Pie in Barrie, ON will hold its pizza eating contest on September 16 awarding $5000 to the winner. Takeru Kobayashi is expected to defend his title and Manny Yarbrough, billed as the world's largest athlete, is another entrant. Competitors will need to qualify by eating a whole pizza.
The facebook for Piola in Toronto has results and pictures from the gnocchi eating contest held Sunday hosted by "Furious" Pete Czerwinski. Steven Dorgo ate 2.418 kg of pasta to win a vintage Vespa scooter.
Registration will open tomorrow at 3 pm on ifoce.com for Smoke's Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship in Toronto on October 13.
Piola in Toronto is holding a gnocchi eating contest on August 19 awarding a vintage Vespa scooter. update August 3 The contest might be amateur-only, but that restriction is not in the official rules. "Furious" Pete will host.
TheGridTO has an article and video about "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's victory in a contest held at The Burger's Priest on Saturday where he ate a 12x12 burger in 2:36.
Simcoe.com has an article about Meredith Boxberger's fourth place finish in the women's Nathan's finals.
The Toronto Star has an article about "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and his recovery from an eating disorder.
The Globe and Mail has an interview with Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" Boxberger. She says she has never faced off against another female (she competed against Lara Martin in her PIE pizza debut.)
The Burger's Priest in Toronto will hold an eating contest on July 28 awarding a 4 night stay at the Hacienda Cerritos Resort in Mexico. Video submissions are suggested for competitors.
Joe Dog's Gasbar in Burlington, Ontario will hold a hot dog eating contest today awarding a VIP trip to a Blue Jays games with a limo trip.
Simcoe.com has as short profile of Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" Boxberger (spelled "Boxburger" in the article).
The student newspaper for Ryerson University in Toronto asks if competitive eating should be considered a sport.
Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" announces she ate 100 Oreos on B101 this morning in honor of the centennial anniversary of the cookie's origin. update A video is available.
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