Upcoming Orange County eating contests
Orange County eating challenges
(All Orange County eating challenges and contests in database)
The Wingstop in Irvine, CA will hold a wing eating contest on February 11 awarding a round trip airfare for two.
Last year, it was announced that the first qualifier for the 2012 West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship ($20,000 purse) at the Derby Deli in Mission Viejo, CA would take place tomorrow. (I have not seen any recent information about the contest.)
Naader Reda has a blog entry about an attempt by "The Spicialist" at the OMG Burger challenge at The Catch in Anaheim on New Year's Eve. He was declared ineligible for the $500 prize because he had previously competed in a taco eating contest.
Johnnie Excel has a blog entry about his competitive eating experience in 2011 that includes interviews with competitors in the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship in Mission Viejo, CA including Dale Boone, Kevin Ross, Pete Czerwinski and Naader Reda.
Naader Reda has a blog entry about eating 15 plates of Olive Garden AYCE pasta in September. (The only other Olive Garden record I am aware of is Christine "olivejina" eating 8 plates in 2009).
Naader Reda has a blog entry about his three victories at contests held at the La Habra, CA Chick Fil A where he ate a total of 612 nuggets.
Naader Reda has a blog entry about completing Tang's Tower, an ice cream cookie sandwich challenge from the Chunk 'N Chip food truck in Orange County, twice in one session and then eating a two pound burger.
Naader Reda reports he repeated as the nugget eating champion at the Chick Fil A in La Habra, CA with a new record of 206. Naader also has a blog entry about eating the 72 ounce steak challenge at Iron Hog Saloon in Oro Grande, CA in under 29 minutes.
Johnny's Saloon in Huntington Beach, CA will hold a taco eating contest on Thursday awarding a $200 bar tab. The runner up will receive a $100 bar tab.
The official videos for Monday's West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship are now available: press conference | contest
The West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship had a logo for each competitor. Most of the logos can be seen in Matt Stonie's gallery of the post contest press conference. The only other contest that had a logo for each entrant I am aware of was the 2006 Nathan's finals, where Liz Kellermeyer created a monster to represent each participant. (Some 2007 buttons of Liz')
Kobayashi wins West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship
update Sept 8 TheSun.Co.UK has an article with a video and OrangeCounty.com has a video
update Sept 7 Personal bests have been updated.
update Sept 6 #2 CBS and KTLA have new videos. A video of almost all of the entire contest is available. Patch has a gallery.
update Sept 6 The OC Register has an article and gallery and Fox News has an article. (via comment)
update 11:13 Naader Reda has the results
1) Takeru Kobayashi, 49 hot dogs, lowest total in a big hot dog contest since 2005
2) Tom Gilbert 29
3) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 25
4) Rich LeFevre 23.75
5) Johnnie Excel 22.75
6) Naader Reda 17
7) Dale Bone 16.5
8) Kevin Ross 16
9) Aaron Ybarra 14
10) Mary Bowers 6.5
update 9:52 Kobayashi’s official total is 49 hot dogs
update 9:30 The contest is over. Rebecca Hall reports that Kobayashi ate 47 hot dogs. (Dale Boone reportedly quit)
Naader Reda has a preview of this evening’s West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship at The Derby Deli in Mission Viejo, which will start at 6pm Pacific (9 pm eastern).
At least six competitors in the ten person field have eaten at least 30 hot dogs in a contest. Here are the personal bests according to the eatfeats databse (contests only, no exhibitions)
Takeru Kobayshi 64.5 HDB in 10 minutes
Tom Gilbert 34.5 12 minutes + OT
Rich LeFevre 34 HDB in 12 minutes / 31 in 10 minutes
“Furious” Pete Czerwinski 33 12 minutes + OT
Dale Boone 31 in 10 minutes
Johnnie Excel – 30 HDB in 15 minutes
Kevin Ross 20 HDB in 10 minutes
Naader Reda – 17.5 HDB in 12 minutes
Aaron Ybarra – 17 HDB in 12 minutes
Mary Bowers – 8 HDB in 12 minutes
If Tom Gilbert finishes ahead of Pete Czerwinski, it would be the third time in a row he has bested “Furious” Pete and Tom Gilbert would have a strong claim as the top non-IFOCE competitive eater besides Kobayashi. Here are their head to head results:
The OC Register has a report and gallery from Friday's press conference at the Derby Deli in Mission Viejo, CA to promote tomorrow's West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship. (A picture of the entire field except Rich LeFevre) "Furious" Pete Czerwinski also has a video with some footage of the press conference.
WLOCE3 has posted a video of Takeru Kobayashi and Dale Boone at yesterday's press conference at the Derby Deli in Mission Viejo, CA to promote the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championhip.
The Derby Deli will hold a press conference open to the public on Friday in Mission Viejo, CA to promote the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship. Takeru Kobayashi, "Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Rich LeFevre, Dale Boone and Tom Gilbert are expected to appear.
Aaron Ybarra and Naader Reda offer advice to eating challengers in a video in which they complete pancake challenge at Heroes in Fullerton, CA.
Oggi's in Huntington Beach, CA will hold a pizza eating contest Thursday afternoon awarding tickets to the opener of the Anaheim Ducks.
Johnnie Excel has posted a blog entry about competing in the Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge in Huntington Beach, CA.
OCPoise announces that Takeru Kobayashi, Tom Gilbert, Pete Czerwinski, Dale Boone (billed as "the most colorful character in the last decade of competitive eating") and Rich LeFevre are expected to compete in the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship at The Derby Deli in Mission Viejo on September 5.
Naader Reda has the top 3 for the final qualifier for the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship at the Derby Deli in Mission Viejo: 1) Kevin Ross 19.5 hot dogs 2) Johnnie Excel 18.5 3) Naader Reda 17.5.
The final qualifier for the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship will take place at the Derby Deli in Mission Viejo tomorrow. Takeru Kobayashi will compete in the finals on Labor Day.
Johnnie Excel has posted a video and blog entry about his training session for the Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge where he ate 50 hard shell beef tacos from Del Taco. (The actual contest used chicken tacos with soft shells.)
Bill Plaschke of ESPN's Around the Horn has a column for the Los Angeles Times about Damon Wells.
2011 Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge
update August 5 Furious Pete has a travelog which includes his opinion about Brad Sciullo.
update August 4 OC Weekly has a blog entry and gallery about the challenge. Brad Sciullo now has a beard. A podcast of Takeru Kobayashi’s appearance (35 min) on the Loveline radio show with Dexter Holland of the Offspring is available (via ultimate guitar)
Naader Reda has the official top 4)
1) Takeru Kobayashi 81 tacos
2) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 49
3) Brad Sciullo 45
4) Johnnie Excel 41
Videos from the webcast can be viewed online.
6:16 The second head is over. Kobayashi appears to have won easily with an unofficial count of 81 tacos.
6:06 The second heat has started.
5:14 The first heat of the main contest has started
4:32 A women-only undercard contest has started.
The Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge will be the first United States contest against other competitive eaters for Takeru Kobayashi since the Krystal Square Off 6 finals in September 2009. The contest is expected to start at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm eastern and can be viewed online at http://www.livestream.com/gringobandito.
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