Upcoming Tampa eating contests
Tampa eating challenges
(All Tampa eating challenges and contests in database)
Diondra claims that Man vs. Food will record at Rapscallions in Land O Lakes, FL (Tampa Bay area) on February 25.
Gyro King in Pam Harbor, Florida (Tampa area) has a 12 pound "Hercules" gyro that will award $500 to a two-person team that can finish it in under an hour. (via Man vs. Food facebook wall)
Nitally's Thai-Mex Cuisine in St. Petersburg, FL has a ghost pepper soup challenge that awards $150 if the soup is finished in under 30 minutes.
Felony's Bar & Grill, a new jail-themed restaurant in Hermoso Beach, Fl (Tampa area), has a five pound steak sandwich called the "Jail Break" which requires challengers to eat in a special "cell".
TampaBay Metromix has a video about the Dagwood pita eating contest held at the Pita Pit won by Noah Pransky.
The 8 pound "Third Circle of Hell" burger at Tank's Tap Room in Tampa will appear on the Fine Living Networks "Freakiest Foods" program at 10 pm today.
TampaBay has an article about several attempts at various Tampa Bay area eating challenges.
TampaBay.com has an article about Victoria Bekiempis, winner of the July 3 Tampa hot dog contest, trying out for America's Next Top Model
TampaBay.Metromix.com has a gallery of the hot dog eating contest held July 3 at the Crowbar in Ybor City which includes pictures of the female winner, who competed under the name "Doll Face Killa"
http://twitter.com/claytoclayto/: The winner of last night's hot dog eating contest in Ybor City (Tampa) was a woman.
CreativeLoafing.com: The winner's of the mens and womens divisions at the hot dog eating contest held at the Dairy Inn in St. Petersburg, FL will both receive $100.
(via MiamiNewTimes) Kent Brockman has a video of the Tampa (Pinellas Park) Nathan's qualifier
2009 Tampa Nathan’s qualifier thread
update #2 TBO.com has an article
update results from IFOCE.com:
1. Hall “Hoover” Hunt 33 HDB
2. Pete “Mierns” Miernick 14.5
3. Frank “the Frank” Chebetti ?
MLE has started http://twitter.com/eatingcontest, which is supposed to have all contest results.
(from comment) The qualifier will be webcast on ifoce.com
The Centerfield Brewhouse at the Tampa Bay Rays stadium offers a "Fan vs. Food" challenge that awards 2 Rays tickets to a diner that can finish a 2 pound burger.
TampaBay.com has an interview with Hall "Hoover" Hunt.
WTSP has a video of RJ Frasca eating hot dogs on 10 Connects News This Morning to promote Saturday's Nathan's qualifier.
George Shea twitter: 3 open slots in Saturday's Tampa Nathan's qualifier
TBO.com reports that Michelle Stringer, a graduate student from Philadelphia, became the first female winner of the strawberry shortcake eating contest at the Florida Strawberry Festival by eating 4 pounds of shortcake in about 10 minutes.
Hall Hunt at Rays Fan Fest & Corndog Party
Hall Hunt attended Saturday’s Tampa Bay Rays Fan Festival where Joey Chestnut signed autographs and has a blog entry with several pictures of that event.
Hall also has a blog entry about “The World’s Biggest Indoor Corndog Party”, an eating contest held at a radio station between competitors from the Universities of Florida, Georgia and Alabama. The U of Florida competitor did not show up and Hall was apparently not allowed to substitute.
Joseph Garcia wins the jalapeno eating contest held at Jalapenos de Ybor in Tampa on Valentine's Day: blog entry | gallery
A captioned picture of Joey Chestnut signing autographs at the Tampa Bay Rays fan festival says he drank a gallon of milk in 44 seconds at that event.
Tampa jalapeno contest Saturday at Jalapenos de Ybor, $300 first prize
Joey Chestnut at Tampa Bay Rays fan fest Feb 14
(From TBOBlogs) The Tampa Bay Rays website announces that Joey Chestnut will appear at the their fan forum on February 14 and will sign autographs and greet fans. This is the third consecutive year a top 10 ranked IFOCE member has appeared. Kobayashi appeared at the 2007 forum and Hall Hunt was present in 2008.
Kobayashi congratulates Tampa Rays
Kobayshi has a blog entry congratulating the Tampa Rays on winning the American League pennant last night. In 2007, Kobayashi attended the Rays fan festival (then called the Devil Rays) and also recorded a commercial with infielder Akinori Iwamura.
Hall Hunt appeared at the 2008 Rays fan festival and did a hot dog eating exhibition.
Link Buffet: May 12, 2008
- Beautiful Brian starts a “Bigger Bits” page
- Medical researcher Carl DeSelm wins Bar Louie’s national tater tot eating contest with 4.5 pounds in 6 minutes (video of another Bar Louie contest in which the winner ate almost 3 pounds)
- Youtube video from CBS about the Collegiate Nationals
- Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle defends competitive eating in a reader mailbag
- Tampa Bay Rays Fan Fest video, include Hall Hunt’s eating contest
- $10,000 to enter pie eating contest?
- Mango eating contest in India
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