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CocoWalk in Miami announces the winner of its hot dog eating contest will receive a prize package worth $1,000.
2013 Miami Nathan’s qualifier
Results – men
1) Yasir Salem 26
2) Brian Duzinski 23 (takes wild card lead (if one is to be awarded))
3) Mike Katz 17.5
4) Juan Angel 13.5
women
1) Mary Bowers 10.5
This is the first southeast Florida Nathan’s qualifier since a 2007 contest held at the Florida Panthers arena. In 1997, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore, famous for creating the “butterfly ballot” used in the 2000 presidential election, would serve as a judge for the Boca Raton Nathan’s qualifier in 1997.
Mary Bowers’ seatmate tweeted: “The lady i sat next to on the plane was flying from LA to Miami to compete in a hot dog eating contest… #goodlord”. Mary appeared on 10local news this morning
Golden Lady Wallace declined an invitation to compete, so apparently spots are still available.
The top 3 in today's Tex Mex roll eating contest held at Game Time in Miami have been announced: 1) Eric Dahl 27.5 rolls 2) Stephanie Torres 24.75 3) Chris Abatsas 20. Will Millender planned to compete but was unable to travel due to Hurricane Sandy. update Nov 6 The GameTime facebook has a gallery
Integrated Media Planning will hold a hot dog eating contest Friday awarding four Miami Heat tickets. Proceeds will benefit Lance Armstrong's LiveLong Foundation. The contest location is not clear from the ad, presumably it will take place somewhere in Fort Lauderdale.
BGR The Burger Joint in Coral Cables, FL will hold a slider eating contest on September 18 awarding $500 to the winner. A slider eating contest might also be held at the BGR Atlanta location on that date. update A blog entry about the Atlanta contest is available.
The Miami New Times has a report on yesterday's hot dog eating contest won by Juan Angel, the third place finisher in the Miami Hooters wing qualifier.
CBSLocal and SunSentinel have lists of Tampa Bay and South Florida eating challenges.
Tim Janus wins Miami Hooters wing qualifier
update June 24 Getty Images has a gallery. None of the pictures show announced participants Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas or Rebecca Oey. Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray and Extra was a spectator.
update The top 3: (More results, Joey Chestnut and Rebecca Oey apparently did not compete, no results from the Sonya Thomas exhibition either)
1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 120 wings
2) Yasir Salem 117 wins
3) Juan Angel 110 wings
4) Joe Kennedy 97
5) “Beastly” Brody 78
6) Sam “The Bull” 46
7) Michael “Per Diem” Parish 34
The contest is expected to start at 7 pm and will take place at the Fontainbleu Hotel, where the James Bond classic Goldfinger begins. The competition is being held in conjunction with the 16th Annual Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant. Tim Janus is a late addition to the field.
The Miami New Times has an article about Sonya Thomas' wing eating exhibition at the Hooters qualifier at the Fontainebleu Hotel tomorrow night.
Miami.com reports that Joey Chestnut and Rebecca Oey, winner of TooJay's amateur contest will compete in the Hooters wing qualifier in Miami on June 22 and Sonya Thomas will do an exhibition. Eric "Badlands" Booker and Yasir Salem are also expected to compete.
Registration for the Hooters qualifiers in St. Louis (May 26) and Miami (June 22) will open tomorrow at 11 am.
Registration for the rest of the qualifiers in the Hooters wing eating circuit will open Thursday at 11 am. The announcement mentions a Miami qualifier which is not on the schedule.
Duffy's Sports Grill in North Miami Beach will hold a wing eating contest on Sunday awarding two tickets to the April 6 Miami Heat game.
A facebook event page claims a hot dog eating contest will be held in Miami on February 11 with a listed purse of $19,500 (first prize $8000). I have not found any additional information about the contest.
James Schaepe reports that model Brady Ervin was the first person to finish the 6 pound Iron Man challenge burger at 8 oz. Burger Bar in Miami.
Buffalo Wild Wings in Miami will hold an eating contest tonight awarding two three night cruises to the Bahamas.
Vanessa won yesterday's burger eating contest sponsored by the Burger Beast website held at Pincho Factory in Miami. (picture)
Burger & Beer Joints in Miami Beach is offering a five pound turkey burger on Thanksgiving Day. (via eater Miami)
facebook.com/burgerbeast: Tamiami Subs in Miami will award a 32 inch television in a sub eating contest Saturday.
Miami.eater.com reports that Brad Goodwin won yesterday's Maki Madness sushi eating tournament at RA Sushi.
Behind the scenes of MvF live episode
Youtube has a video about the construction of the set for tonight’s live episode of Man vs. Food. The show’s facebook page lists what will be involved in the program:
300 guests, 150 crew members, 120 minutes of MvF fun, 68 degrees (tonight’s forecast), 48oz Porterhouse, 16in Cuban sandwiches, 10lb hamburgers, 8 hi-def cameras, 6 NFL players taking spicy hot wings challenge (including Dhani Jones), 5 food stations for guests, 1 giant Man v Food Live scoreboard.
Man vs. Food February 3 (live from Miami) episode links
Travel Channel Episode Home Page | Episode Guide | Slideshow | Fan v. Food photo contest
Babe v Food promo videos: Nori (milkshakes) | Jen (chili cheese fries)
Restaurants
- Shula’s Steak House challenge – 48 ounce steak in under 20 minutes
Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp
Finishers database on donshula.com – Taft Parker has completed the challenge over 175 times - Burger & Beer Joint challenge – 10 pound “Mother Burger”
Home Page | Menu | Yelp
Video of 4 models (2 female, 2 male) attempting a “Mother Burger” - Joe’s Stone Crab
Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp - La Moon meal – Supermoon Perro Columbian style hot dog
Yelp | Urbanspoon - Sarussi meal – The Sarussi Original 2.5 pound Cuban sandwich
Citysearch | Yelp | Menupages
episode video clip of Adam Richman at Sarussi
411Mania interviews Adam Richman about the episode
list of Miami area eating challenges in the eatfeats database
updated Feb 11 Episode writeups: Slashfood | Sun-Sentinel
Man vs. Food live episode links
Some links about Wednesday’s live episode of Man vs. Food from Miami:
- ESPN.com interview
- ESPN Mobile Five Minutes for the Fans
- Pictures from Adam Richman’s appearance on ESPN’s SportsNation
- Associated Press interview
An application form has been posted to the Man vs. Food forum for fans who would like to watch the February 3 live episode in person.
(via BurgerBeast) The Travel Channel's website has a restaurant list and a slideshow for the February 3 live episode of Man vs. Food
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