Upcoming Los Angeles eating contests
(All Los Angeles eating challenges and contests in database)
Damon Wells wins Nathan’s Hawthorne (Los Angeles) qualifier
update Jun 13 Matt Stonie has a gallery
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1) Damon Wells 26.5, first Nathan’s finals
2) Matt Stonie 25
3) Crazy Legs Conti 21
4) Ben Taylor 20
5) Kevin Ross 17
6) Bryan Beard 13
1W) Christine Kitchenmaster 8.5
The contest should start at 2 pm Pacific, 5 pm eastern.
LA Weekly lists Matt Stonie, Damon Wells and Kevin Ross as expected entrants in Sunday's Nathan's qualifier in Hawthorne, CA. Christine Kitchenmaster is the only woman listed.
The Harried Mom has a picture of Joey Chestnut competing against Sonya Thomas in the Pizza Hut Chow-lenge held before Spike TV's Guys Choice awards. update Another picture
Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria has a video of Naader Reda and Aaron Ybarra attempting its 36 inch pizza challenge and Johnnie Excel, Tom Gilbert, Matt Stonie and Stephanie Torres attempting the 54 inch pizza.
Don Sturdy has an interview with Johnnie Excel about attempting the 54 inch Pizza at Big Mama's and Papa's with three other competitive eaters.
Amateur Eaters is looking for a Southern California competitive eater to appear in a Crest commercial tomorrow.
Dan Bloomfield ate three 2+ pound Jumbo Subs in 21 minutes to make the wall of fame at Dan's Suber Subs in Woodland Hills, California.
Naader Reda has a blog entry about witnessing four people attempt to eat the 54 inch pizza at Big Mama's & Pappa's in Hollywood.
Johnnie Excel has a blog entry about being a member of the four person team that attempted the 54 inch pizza at Big Mama's & Papa's in Hollywood and Matt Stonie has videos about the pizza's contruction and consumption.
Dillon's Irish Pub in Los Angeles will hold a bangers eating contest tomorrow awarding $200.
Johnnie Excel reports that he reversed 75 minutes into the attempt at the 54 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's Pizza in Hollywood. $2000 would have been awarded to a four person team if the pizza was completed in under two hours. Don Sturdy has a picture of the unfinished pizza. (via Stephanie Wu twitter)
Johnnie Excel has a new blog entry about winning a turkey taco eating contest held at Mr. Peabody's in Encinitas, CA and finishing the 28 pizza challenge (video) at Red Devil Pizza, intended for a two person team, without assistance.
Naader Reda has a blog entry about being the first person to finish the pizza challenge at Big D's Pizzeria in San Dimas, CA.
Don Sturdy reports that Matt Stonie, Tom Gilbert, Stephanie Torres and Johnnie Excel will attempt to finish the 54 inch pizza at Big Mama's & Papa's in Hollywood on March 12. The prize money has increased to $2,000 since the team size has been decreased to four.
Aaron Ybarra was the first person to finish the six pound burrito from the White Rabbit Truck yesterday. His time was 16 minutes.
Clarion Online has an article about the challenge offered by The Cookie Mill in Azuza, CA consisting of 8 scoops of ice cream between two big cookies.
White Rabbit Truck (Los Angeles area) has posted a casting call for an upcoming Food Network show seeking participants for a team burrito eating challenge on February 17 in Van Nuys, California.
A video of an attempt at the 54 inch pizza at Big Mama's & Papa's Pizza in Los Angeles by a team consisting of five men, one woman and a dog has been uploaded to youtube.
Sharkeez (6 southern California locations) will hold wing eating contests during the Super Bowl awarding $100 to the winners.
HeidiAndFrank.com has a page about the Wing Bowl that will take place at the Burbank, CA Hooters on Friday. The first prize is free wings for a year.
Naader Reda has a blog entry about attempting the 28 inch pizza challenge at Red Devil Pizza in Granada Hills with Stephen Obar.
Spencer Makenzie's Fish Company in Ventura, California will hold a fish taco eating contest on January 30 awarding a trip for 2 to Las Vegas for a Super Bowl party and a 52 inch TV (via Gracie Morumbi) Spring Street Smokehouse in downtown Los Angeles will also hold a rib eating contest on that date.
The OC Register's fast food blog has an entry about qualifying for the eating contest at Tommy Pastrami. Store semi-finals have been moved to January 14 from January 13.
The Los Angeles Times has an article about the "Beef Bowl" prime rib eating contest held at Lawry's in Beverly Hills for members of Rose Bowl teams which reports that TCU defeated Wisconsin in this year's contest 670 pounds to 650. In the Brazilian buffet contest for Chick-fil-A Bowl teams, South Carolina defeated FSU 3.19 pounds / person to 3.1.
Mamba0909 has a gallery of August's gyoza eating contest held at the Nisei Week festival held in downtown Los Angeles.
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