Upcoming Orange County eating contests
Orange County eating challenges
(All Orange County eating challenges and contests in database)
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.
The new poll asks if you think Takeru Kobayashi will eat more tacos than the second and third place combined in tomorrow's Gringo Bandito taco eating contest in Huntington Beach, CA.
Here is the current list of competitors in Wednesday's Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge at Fred's Mexican Cafe in Huntington Beach, CA: Takeru Kobayashi, Pete Czerwinski, Dave "US Male" Goldstein, Matt "Sweet Tooth" Cohen, Brad Sciullo, Johnnie Excel, Naader Reda and Jason ‘Blackball’ McLean.
The Feast has an interview with Dexter Holland about the taco eating contest his hot sauce, Gringo Bandito, will sponsor in Huntington, Beach, CA next week.
The Derby Deli announces that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship in Mission Viejo, CA on September 5. update OCFoodies.com reports that Pete Czerwinski and Tom Gilbert are also expected to compete.
Brad Sciullo has been listed as an expected entrant in the Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce taco eating contest in Huntington Beach, CA on August 3.
Naader Reda ate 205 chicken nuggets in 2 hours to defend his title at the Chick-fil-A in La Habra, CA and break his previous record of 201.
Dave "U. S. Male" Goldstein has been announced as a competitor in the August 3 Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce Taco Challenge.
The Wall Street Journal mentioned the taco eating contest that Takeru Kobayashi will be competing in on August 3 and says it might be affected by a mahi mahi shortage. (Link to full article) update The food for the contest has been changed to chicken tacos.
The OC Register has a slideshow of today's "Pig's Trough" eating contest held at Farrell's in Mission Viejo, CA. Matt Cohen won the men's division and Andrea Barber won the women's contest.
Prizes for the Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge have been announced: 1st 5,000 2nd 1,000 3rd $500 4th $250. The contest will take place in Huntington Beach, CA on August 3 and Takeru Kobayashi and Pete Czerwinski are expected to compete. Competitors will need to email a link to a youtube video to receive a spot in a qualifier.
The Orange County Register has an article about Damon Wells and Stephanie Torres competing in the Nathan's finals which reports that Stephanie Torres won a CIF-Southern Section Division II championship in cross country in 2003 earning her the title of OC Register Girl Runner of the Year.
The Orange County Register has an article about Damon Wells.
OC Chow has information about the Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in. The contest will take place on August 3 in Huntington Beach, CA and award $5000 to the winner. update A website about the contest has been set up at http://www.tacocontest.com/
Qualifying has started for the 2011 Splendiferously Superiffic Summer Spectacular Ice Cream Eating Challenge at Farrell's Mission Viejo and Santa Clarita locations. Competitors in the July 17 finals will attempt to eat a "Pig's Trough" giant sundae.
OrangeCounty.com announces that the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship at The Derby Deli in Mission Viejo, CA will award $10,000. The prize breakdown is not listed on the contest page.
Johnnie Excel has a blog entry about winning the Rock the Tot contest held at the Anaheim Bar Louie with a total of 4 pounds and 11.5 ounces of tater tots in 6 minutes.
Tacos and Company in Irvine, CA will hold a taco eating contest on Friday awarding $350 in gift cards ($200 to the winner).
The Derby Deli in Mission Viejo has announced the 2011 West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship. Four qualifiers will be held starting on April 30 and the finals will take place on Labor Day weekend. Last year's contest had a purse of $5000, the purse of this year's competition is not listed.
Baja Sharkeez in Newport Beach, CA will hold a taco eating contest awarding $1000 in cash & prizes (prizes & breakdown not listed) on Wednesday in honor of 4/20 day.
Johnnie Excel has a blog entry and video about Sunday's Maki Madness sushi eating tournament at RA Sushi in Huntington Beach, CA.
The facebook for RA Sushi in Huntington Beach reports that Jed Donahue repeated as the winner of the Maki Madness sushi eating tournament.
KTLA has a video of Johnnie Excel competing in an in-studio sushi eating contest to promote Sunday's Maki Madness contest at the Huntington Beach RA Sushi on Sunday. (via Johnnie Excel facebook)
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