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Upcoming Canada eating contests
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Shamrock Burgers in Ajax, ON will hold a burger eating contest on February 22 awarding a $200 Visa gift card to the winner. The runner-up will receive a $100 Visa gift card.  
Fatboy's Southern Smokehouse in Ottawa, ON will hold a lingerie hot dog eating contest awarding $1,000 in prizes during half time of the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Wink's in London, Ontario will hold a slider eating contest on January 27 awarding a TV to the winner.
macleans.ca has an article about Sriracha hot sauce with coverage of October's ghost pepper burrito eating contest in Toronto won by Jamie McDonald.
CBC reports that the family of Samaljit (Sunny) Aulakh, who has been hospitalized after suffering brain damage in a gulab jamun eating contest in November 2012 is suing the organizer of the competition, Red FM. The maker of the gulab jamuns and the contest site, Surrey's Central City Shopping Centre are also named in the lawsuit. (Court document)
Vancouver Desi has an update about Samaljit Aulakh, who remains hospitalized after experiencing brain damage after he choked in a gulab jamun eating contest in Surrey, BC a year ago. His family plans to sue the radio station that sponsored the competition.
Ben Do will compete in a birthday cake eating contest at Henley Honda in St. Catharines, Ontario Friday. He is billed as the Canadian poutine eating champion even though he finished behind Meredith Boxberger at Smoke Poutinerie eating contest.
Takeru Kobayashi will appear on the Canadian sports channel TSN today at 5 pm eastern.He ate 4 hot dogs in 30 seconds.
Takeru Kobayashi will participate in the finals of the JustEat.ca Campus Chompionship at the Drake Hotel in Toronto tonight (competitor list). update Kobayashi ate 32 slices of pizza in 3 minutes. update Oct 29 Smoke's Poutinerie amateur champion, Steven "The Clutch" Dorgo, representing the University of Guelph, won the collegiate contest. update Nov 1 Ignite News.ca article
The Toronto Star has an article about a dinner with Takeru Kobayashi and "Furious" Pete Czerwinski.

2013 Smokes Poutinerie contest

update Oct 27 Matt Stonie has a video and gallery

update Oct 25 The Rake & Herald has an interview with Joey Chestnut after the contest

The Milk and Coco has a video and blog entry

update Oct 23 #2 Rake & Herald has a contest report
Full amateur contest results
The Discovery Channel of Canada has a segment about Meredith Boxberger calling her Canada’s top competitive eater (via Dan Riskin)

update Oct 23 York Region reports that Steven Dorgo won the amateur contest with 8 pounds in 6 minutes

update Oct 22 K’s Random Vlog has a video

CanCulture has a blog entry

update Oct 21 CNN has a segment using footage from the amateur contest

The top official top 5 | Part 2
1) Joey Chestnut 24 pounds in 10 minutes
2) Matt Stonie 20
3) Bob Shoudt 16.75
4) Yasir Salem 12
5) Meredith Boxberger 9
6T) Jesse Kankula 8.5
6T) Jim Reeves 8.5
8) Ben Do 7.5
9) Bill Myers 6.75
10) Mike Landrich 6
11) Larell Marie Mele 5.25
12) “Rake & Herald” 4

update Joey Chestnut has won with a reported total of 24 pounds in 10 minutes.

Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Bob Shoudt, Larell Marie Mele, Ben Do and “Rake & Herald” are expected to compete.

Joey Chestnut appeared on 102.1 The Edge yesterday.

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2013 Pie Wood Fired Pizza Let em Eat IV

update Oct 7 GSHLTV has a video

update #2 The Star and ctvnews have articles

update Kobayashi has defended his title with a total of 42 slices (10.5 pizzas)

From anonymous comment
1) Takeru Kobayashi 42
2) Pat Bertoletti 39
3) Jamie McDonald 38

A picture of the field

Pat Bertoletti and Takeru Kobayashi are 2 of 3 people to have eaten more than 55 hot dogs in a 10 minute contest. This will be their first meeting of the decade of the 2010s. A listing of their meetings is avaiLable after the jump.

“Furious” Pete Czerwinski has withdrawn

Simcoe.com has a preview of the contest

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2013 Mucho Burrito Ghost Pepper Burrito contest

update Jamie McDonald has defended his title

Jamie McDonald will defend last year’s title at Mucho Burrito’s Ghost Pepper Eating Contest today. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski will not compete after he suffered an injury in last year’s contest and withdrew.

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Wings in Surrey, BC will hold a wing eating contest on November 5 awarding $500 to the winner. Qualifiers will be held in 8 Vancouver-area locations on October 22 and 29.
The Metropole in Vancouver is holding a hot dog eating contest on September 29 awarding $250 to the winner.
The student newspaper for Concordia University of Montreal has an article about the "chompionship" for Canadian college students. Takeru Kobayashi will be a guest competitor in the finals in Toronto on October 28. update http://chompchompchomp.ca/challengers accepts votes for entrants who have submitted videos.
Mucho Burrito in Toronto will hold a ghost pepper burrito eating contest on October 5 awarding $2500 to the winner.
Pie Wood Fired Pizza in Barrie, Ontario announced Let em Eat 4. Takeru Kobayashi, Pat Bertoletti and Jamie McDonald are expected to compete in the pizza eating contest. update September 17 The facebook event page announces that the contest will take place on October 6 and award $4500 ($3000 to the winner). Entrants will need to qualify and the top 11 will receive spots.
The Bradford (Ontario) Ribfest will hold a rib eating contest on September 21 awarding a 32 inch TV.
Takeru Kobayashi appears in a video promoting ChompChompChomp.ca, a contest for Canadian college students. Entrants will submit videos and five finalists will be chosen to compete in Toronto on October 28. The winner will receive $5000 in cash and $20000 in prizes for his/her school.
Registration will open tomorrow at noon for Smoke's Poutinerie eating contest in Toronto on October 19.
The Niagara Food Festival in Welland, ON will hold a wing eating contest on September 7 awarding two tickets to the Buffalo Bills vs. Carolina Panthers game.
The Two Parrots Perch & Grill in Vancouver will hold a taco eating contest on September 15 awarding $350. The winner will receive $200 and a Budweiser Cruiser bike valued at $400.
Joey Chestnut ate at least 23 fish tacos in 5 minutes at halftime of today's Calgary Stampeder Canadian Football League game.
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