California eating challenges and contests category

Upcoming eating contests
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Three reality TV "stars" will compete in a hot wing eating contest at Buffalo Wild Wings in Murrieta, California on January 22. Qualifying ends January 15.
The Bakersfield Condors have produced a commercial about Takeru Kobayashi's appearance at their game Friday night.
Johnnie Excel has uploaded a video of him eating the Godzilla Roll at Sushi Delight in Lomita, CA with a time of 7:20, breaking the record of 11 minutes set by Stephanie Torres in October. update Johnnie has posted a blog entry.
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.
The website for the Bakersfield Condors minor league hockey team announces that Takeru Kobayashi will be competing against locals in a hot dog eating contest during a January 7 game.
Jessica "Queen of Cuisine" has uploaded four new eating challenge videos: Venezia team pizza challenge (Phoenix) | Net Grill burger (Fresno) | Batter Up pancakes (Fresno) | Intimidator omelet (Antioch, CA)
Naader Reda reports on breaking the "Pregnant" burrito record at El Nopal in Los Angeles, which lasted from September 27, 2009 to May 2010.
SanRamon.Patch.com reports on two attempts at the five pound "That Burger" from That Bar in Danville (California). The burger remains undefeated.
Jessica "Queen of Cuisine" has uploaded a video of her finishing the Burritozilla and 3 other videos: Tornado Sundae | Knucklehead chili dog | Matt Stonie finishes Grand Slam pancake
Naader Reda reports he became the first man to finish the Big Rocco challenge at Chicago Rocco's in San Diego with a time of 88 minutes. Stephanie Torres also attempted the challenge and finished her pizza in 36 minutes.
The North Bay Bohemian has an article about Stephanie Wu. (via Stephanie Wu twitter)
Johnnie Excel reports on his December eating contests (Mr. Dash's burgers, America Festival hot dogs, Philly's Best cheesesteaks).
A team consisting of 5 men and a dog will attempt to eat the 54 inch square pizza at Big Mamas & Papa's in Los Angeles tonight.
El Nopal has uploaded a video of Stephanie Torres setting the new house record for its "pregnant" (2 pound) burrito.
Naader Reda reports on his group attempting San Diego-area burger and pizza challenges on the same night. Stephanie Torres set a record of 8 minutes for the previously unfinished 5 pound burger at the Beachside Grill in Oceanside.
The American Festival in Long Beach will hold a hot dog eating contest this weekend. It is not clear if the competition will take place on Saturday or Sunday.
Philly's Best in Corona, California will hold another cheesesteak eating contest on Sunday. Johnnie Excel and Stephanie Torres are expected to defend their titles.
The San Ramon Patch is looking for volunteers to attempt the 5 pound burger at That Bar in Danville, CA (East Bay area) on Monday.
Mr. Dash's facebook reports that Tom Gilbert won yesterday's burger eating contest in San Diego by eating 18.5 burgers in 10 minutes, defeating Stephanie Torres by a half a burger. Johnnie Excel came in third with 16.5 burgers.
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion held a pair of latke eating contests in Los Angeles and Jerusalem. Marina Tecktiel had the best performance in both contests with a total of 25 latkes in 7 minutes.

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There are two recent blog entries about eating contests from the 1880s: OCWeekly has an entry about an 1885 garlic eating contest in Orange County (the winner ate 3 pounds) and OldNewsTom reports on a bet that a diner could not gain more than five pound from a single meal (via Nashville Scene)
The Sushilicious facebook has finally been updated to announce that Stephanie Torres (on October 27) set the overall house record of 61 plates. The record was broken in October.
The facebook for The Net Grill in Fresno reports that Jessica "Queen of Cuisine" finished the 2 pound challenge burger in 14 minutes and 46 seconds.
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