Upcoming Orange County eating contests
Orange County eating challenges
(All Orange County eating challenges and contests in database)
Michael "Magic Mikey" McMonigle finished the OMG burger at The Catch in Anaheim in 41 minutes and won $500, the first finisher since Tom Gilbert completed the challenge in 2010 (video)
The California Hot Sauce Festival in Anaheim will award $1,000 if the Guinness record for eating Carolina Reaper peppers is broken. Other spicy eating challenges will held on Saturday and Sunday.
Wingnuts in Costa Mesa, CA will hold a wing eating contest on September 25 awarding $500 to the winner. The restaurant will hold training sessions on July 31 and August 28.
Molly Schuyler wins Paul’s Pantry cinnamon rolls eating contest
The top 5 from today’s cinnamon roll eating contest at Paul’s Pantry from Naader Reda.
1) Molly Schuyler 19 rolls, $1000 prize
2) Naader Reda 12 rolls
3) Edward Chin 11.75 rolls
4T) Raina Huang 11 rolls
4T) Kevin Ross 11
Paul's Pantry in Mission Viejo, CA will hold a cinnamon roll eating contest on July 4 awarding $1000/$250/$100.
2018 John’s Incredible Pizza contest
Official results Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 83 | Geoffrey Esper | new record |
| 2nd | 62 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | first contest of 2018 |
| 3rd | 48 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 38 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 5th | 34 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 6th | 32 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 7th | 31 | Jon Bello | |
| 8th | 29 | Sarah “Unstoppable Bab” Reinecke | |
| 9th | 24 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 10th | 22 | Doug “Cerebrus” Ecks |
Geoff Esper has won with 83 slices.
Running Around Los Angeles has a video
Seiska.fi has an article (in Finnish) about Jesse Pynnönen competing in the Gringo Bandito Chronic Taco eating contest in Dana Point, CA.
Matt Stonie and Miki Sudo are expected to compete in the John's Incredible Pizza World Pizza-Eating Championship in Westminster, CA on April 22.
Takeru Kobayashi has defended his Gringo Bandito Chronic Tacos Challenge title in Dana Point, CA with a total of 170 tacos in 10 minutes, keeping his post-MLE winning streak intact.
The Orange County Register reports that the Gringo Bandito Chronic Tacos eating contest will be held at the Sabroso Craft Beer, Taco & Music Festival in Dana Point on April 7. Takeru Kobayashi is expected to defend his title. update March 30 Molly Schuyler, Bob Shoudt, Dave Brunelli, Naader Reda, Kevin Ross and Jesse Pynnönen from Finland are other expected entrants.
Registration is open on majorleagueeating.com for the John's Incredible Pizza World Pizza-Eating Championship at the Westminster Mall in Orange County, CA on April 22. The purse is $4,000.
Yesterday at the FoodBeast headquarters in Santa Ana, CA Raina Huang attempted to eat a 50x50 burger (50 patties & 50 slices of cheese) from In-n-Out Burger, which was billed as a record. update Nov 6 Foodbeast has a blog entry and video and
Takeru Kobayashi defends Chronic Tacos title
update Erik Lamkin has a video
Takeru Kobayashi defended his Gringo Ba
ndito Chronic Taco title with a record 159 tacos. Molly Schuyler was runner up with 139. I haven’t found any more results.
Finnish competitor Jesse Pynnönen did an interview with KX935.com.
The Gringo Bandito Chronic Tacos Challenge will take place at the Sabroso Craft Beer, Taco & Music Festival in Doheny Beach, CA on April 8. Takeru Kobayashi is expected to defend his title. Additional competitors include Molly Schuyler, Dave Brunelli, Erik Lamkin, Naader Reda, Kevin Ross and Finnish champion Jesse Pynnönen. A contest for amateurs will also be held.
Foodbeast has a preview of this weekend's "No Hands Pizza Eating Challenge" at Oozefest in Santa Ana, CA where the eater is not allowed use of hands and will be fed by an assistant. Naader Reda is expected to compete.
Joey Chestnut wins 2016 Knott’s boysenberry pie contest
update March 22 Mike from LA video
update March 21 Jon Davis & Carlene LeFevre tied with 3.5 pounds each
Blogs: MiceChat | Behind the Thrills
Videos: Coaster Guy | Janice Yamanaka | OldeCam
Coaster Guy picture of Joey
update Articles OC Register | LosAngeles.CBSLocal.com
DAPs Magic video
Picture of post-contest debris
Full Results: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 14.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | record |
| 2nd | 10.25 | Steve Hendry | |
| 3rd | 9.5 | Miki Sudo | 2nd non-top 5 loss in 2016 |
| 4th | 9 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 5th | 8.5 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | |
| 5th | 8.5 | Justin Mih | |
| 7th | 3.5 | Jon Davis | |
| 7th | 3.5 | Carlene LeFevre | |
| 9th | 3 | Lesley Ryder | |
| 10th | 2.5 | Daniel Lujan | |
| 11th | 1.5 | Lillian Canales | |
| 11th | 1.5 | Barbara LaBarge |
The field: Daniel Luhan, Lillian Kanali (?), Justin Mih, Barbara LaBarr, Lesley Ryder, Carlene LeFevre, Steve Hendry, Rich LeFevre, Michelle Lesco, Miki Sudo, Joey Chestnut
Parks and Cons has a periscope
Defending champion Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo and Michelle Lesco are expected at the World Boysenberry Pie-Eating Championship at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA on Saturday. This would make the Palm Beach sweet corn eating contest April 24 the earliest possible 2016 meeting of Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie.
Registration will open at noon Pacific today for the Knotts Boysenberry Festival World Pie Eating Championship at Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Vista on March 19.
Knotts.com page about the 2016 Boysenberry Festival says that daily pie eating contests will take place from March 19 to April 3, but no mention is made of a MLE competition.
Naader Reda has two videos from Farrell's ice cream challenge won by Molly Schuyler: conventional view | GoPro overhead view
The Broken Yolk Cafe Instagram reports that Molly Schuyler set a record for its 12 Iron (Wo)Man Omelette challenge with a time of 2.19 minutes at its City of Orange, CA location.
Molly Schuyler won the professional division of today' Farrell's 6th annual. Splendiferously Superific Summer Spectacular Ice Cream Eating Challenge in Brea, CA. Her time to finish the 7 pound, 30 scoop sundae was reportedly less than 4 minutes. update Naader Reda finished in 6:20. Jon Bello has a post-contest picture of Molly exhibiting an "ice cream baby".
2015 Farrell’s finalists
FarrellsUSA.com has a list of qualifiers for Sundays ice cream eating challenge in Brea, CA. Molly Schuyler is the only pro listed with a qualifying time of 45 seconds. Naader Reda and Erik Lamkin also apparently qualified.
The Dana Point Times has an interview with Mary Bowers.
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