Upcoming Los Angeles eating contests
Los Angeles eating challenges
(All Los Angeles eating challenges and contests in database)
Ramsey Hilton was the first person to finish the Oh My Burger Challenge at Oh My Burger in Gardena, CA. He also finished the 36 inch pizza at Big Mamas & Papas Pizza in Burbank, CA with Kevin Ross.
LosAngeles.Craigslist.org has a request for competitive eaters who want to appear in a short documentary.
Great-Taste.net reports that Kristin Avery ate 42 Pancakes in 25 minutes to win the IHOP Pancake Bowl for the Los Angeles region. The contest went into overtime after she tied with Naader Reda and another competitor by eating 31 pancakes in 20 minutes. (picture)
Aaron Wakamatsu has a roster of the west coast eating challenges Molly Schuyler has completed.
Jamie McDonald ate 38 sliders in 6 minutes to win Dog Haus Dogs' slider eating contest in Pasadena, CA. Jimmy Lin also competed. update Jan 14 LAist has a blog entry
Lawry's in Beverly Hills is also holding a Beef Bowl in conjunction with Monday's national championship game. Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston served the first cut of meat at Florida State's meal today.
Stanford wins 2013 Lawry’s Beef Bowl
update Dec 30
Articles: New York Times | Scout.com
Facebook galleries: Stanford | Michigan State
Lansing State Journal “scouting report”
Football card with picture of Seattle Seahawks QB Russ Wilson from Beef Bowl for 2012 Rose Bowl
Stanford has been announced as the winner of the 2013 Beef Bowl, outeating Michigan State by 15 pounds of prime rib at Lawry’s in Beverly Hills. Patch.com has a history of the pre-Rose Bowl event, which was called the Beef Scrimmage from 1970 to 1972. Michigan State lost despite having a twitter devoted to its “Meat Squad”.
TMZ has a video interview with Los Angeles Lakers center Robert Sacre, who says he only ate about 75% of the five pound burrito challenge at El Tepeyac. (He donned the T-shirt awarded to finishers anyway.)
Yoshinoya in Los Angles will hold an eating contest between Yamamotoyama, the largest Sumo wrestler in history, and Byamba, a four time World Sumo Champion as part of its grand opening celebration on Wednesday. update Dec 5 A video of the contest is available.
TWCSportnet has a video of LA Lakers center Robert Sacre attempting the 5 pound burrito at El Tepeyac.
Miki Sudo has posted screenshots of Marie Claire Australia's article focusing on the female competitors in August's gyoza eating contest in Los Angeles.
OC Weekly has a blog entry about Los Angeles Laker center Robert Sacre finishing the five pound burrito at Manuel's Original El Tepeyac.
Miki Sudo has created the Fat Banh Miki sandwich at Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles as her reward for finishing the Big Fat Fatty challenge.
KTLA has a segment about the challenge at Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles mentioning Jamie McDonald and Miki Sudo as the two finishers. Jerry Ferrara, "Turtle" from Entourage appeared as one of the deli's co-owners.
Matt Stonie wins 2013 Day Lee Gyoza contest
update August 23 Rake & Herald, Rafu Shimpo and last place finisher Chris Erskine have contest reports. Matt Stonie has a video
update August 19 #2 TMZ, Deadspin and USA Today have reports
update August 19 Stephanie Snipes, Tifftanstic and Tom Maciejewski have videos
The LA Daily News has an article
Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Matt Stonie 268 gyoza record
2) Joey Chestnut 251
3) Miki Sudo 204
4) Jeff Butler 160
5) Juliet Lee 155
6T) Michelle Lesco 142
6T) Juan Rodriguez 142
8) Pablo Martinez 141
9) Rich LeFevre 139
10) Steve Hendry 117
11) Dax “The Ginger” Swanson 93
12) Chillin Peng 75
13) Neslie Ricasa 59
14) Mary Bowers 53
15) Ms Takei 34
16) Mr. Erskine 30
Rich LeFevre has won the auction for the final spot and will be competing.
John McCoy has some videos on tout.com Joey Chestnut is hoping to break 260 and Mary Bowers’ goal is to hit triple digits.
Joey Chestnut guest hosted The Sports Special with Liz Habib with NBA player Matt Barnes on KTTV.
Joey Chestnut will appear tonight on E! News at 7 and 11:30 to promote tomorrow's gyoza contest. Matt Stonie has uploaded a video of his training for that event.
The LA Times article about the "Big Fat Fatty" challenge at Fat Sal's deli has been updated to indicate that Jamie McDonald is not the sole finisher. The second finisher of the challenge, Miki Sudo, is not mentioned by name.
The LA Times has a article about the "Big Fat Fatty" challenge at Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles listing Jamie McDonald (name spelled as "Jaime") as the sole finisher. Miki Sudo has also finished the 27 inch sandwich. update August 8 Thrillist.com has a gallery of the construction of the sandwich.
The facebook for the Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship has interviews with 7 expected entrants (Jon Bello, Mary Bowers, Jeff Butler, Steve Hendry, Pablo Martinez, Juan Rodriguez, Dax Swanson)
Neslie Ricasa will replace Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle and Juliet Lee will replace Bob Shoudt in the Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship on August 17 in Los Angeles.
The entrants list for next month's Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship has been announced. Top 10 ranked competitors are Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Bob Shoudt and Miki Sudo. "LA Beast" is listed, so apparently he has decided to unretire after announcing competitive eating was too small an arean for his talents on July 4.
The Cooking with Jack Show has a video about Saturday's hot dog eating contest held at Dog Haus Dogs in Pasadena won by Jimmy Lin (the contest starts around the 9:30 mark). The video is part of the Ford Fiesta Mission.
Jimmy Lin won a hot dog eating contest held at Dog Haus in Pasadena, defeating Naader Reda and Ori Lupear in overtime after all three ate 8 hot dogs in 7 minutes. update July 7 The Pasadena Star has a gallery update July 8 The Pasadena Star also has an article.
In the new episode of Stuffed, contestants design a giant burger at Slater's 50/50 in Pasadena, CA and then eat it.
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