Upcoming Buffalo eating contests
Buffalo eating challenges
(All Buffalo eating challenges and contests in database)
The Buffalo News reports that Man vs. Food will record at The Silo in Lewiston, NY tomorrow. update Buffalo News has a report on the filming. The other two Buffalo area restaurants in the episode will be the Riverstone Grill on Grand Island and Mick & Angelo's Eatery and Bar in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
The New York Times reports that 85 year old former New York City mayor Ed Koch ordered a 32 ounce steak in Buffalo called the Brontosaurus and quit after eating seven bites.
A Pepto Bismol press release announces that Joey Chestnut will compete against a team of amateurs at the San Francisco Street Food Festival and Buffalo Wing Festival. The SF Street Food Festival takes place on August 21, same as the gyoza contest in Los Angeles, so Joey Chestnut might not be able to win his fourth straight gyoza contest.
IFOCE.com announces registration for the two contests at the Buffalo Wing Festival Labor Day weekend will open tomorrow, July 30 at 1 pm eastern. Registration for the Isle Casino World Pickle Eating Championship in Pompano Park, Florida will open Monday at 2 pm.
WGRZ reports that Man vs. Food will record in two Niagara Falls restaurants in Canada this weekend. The challenge for the Niagara Falls episode will be the 48 ounce rib eye at the Riverstone Grill in Grand Island, NY. Buffalo News reports septuagenarian Marilyn Gratto has completed the challenge steak 8 times.
Shelby Kerin reports that Man vs. Food is recording in Buffalo, NY today. DazzleMeFormal confirms
Competitive goldfish eating “mockumentary” debuts
The Story of Furious Pete is not the only competitive eating film to debut at a Great Lakes film festival this month. Jared Mobarak has a review of Bad Fish a “mockumentary” about competitive goldfish eating which was screened on April 16 at the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival. The protagonists are members of NICCAGE (The National and International Community of Competitors in the Association of Goldfish Eating). The film includes footage from the Buffalo Wing Festival.
Sonya Thomas threepeats buffet bowl
Buffalo Buffet Bowl results
1) Sonya Thomas
2) Tim “Gravy” Brown
3) Sean Gordon
4) Russ Keeler
5) Jim Reeves
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Sonya Thomas threepeats in Buffalo, Bertoletti 4th
update Sept 6 The Buffalo News has another article
update #2 Buffalo News has a contest report and WNYMedia has a video
update George Shea’s twitter has full results
4:48 The results are being announced
1st Sonya Thomas
2nd Sean Gordon
3rd Tim Brown
4th Pat Bertoletti
The Buffalo Wing Festival has a webcast of the contest. Eaters have yet to be introduces.
The Buffalo News has a preview of tomorrow's wing eating contest at the Buffalo Wing Festival with quotes from several of the competitors.
The expected rosters for the Buffalo wing and buffet bowl contests are available on buffalowing.com.
Registration for the Buffalo Wing Festival contests on September 5 and 6 will open tomorrow.
The Buffalo News has an article about "Buffalo" Jim Reeves and his return to the Nathan's finals today.
Link Buffet: December 19, 2008
- Pictures from 2005 have been added to the Major League Eating flickr gallery
- Video clip about the Buffalo Wing Festival contest containing a Sonya Thomas interview
- Kobayashi highlight video clip
- Man vs. Food videos playlist on youtube
- Gal Sone and Tomoko Miyake have late birthday parties
Link Buffet: December 11, 2008
- Samples from Beautiful Brian’s remixed holiday CD are available on reverbnation
- Wendy’s Baconator eating contest held in the Philippines. There were three divisions: heavyweight men, lightweight men and women
- BeefJerky.com finds eating contest sanctioning fees too expensive
- Picture of Dale Boone receiving the 2003 IFOCE Rookie of the Year. Rich LeFevre and Crazy Legs Conti were the runners up
- Travel Channel clip about the Buffalo Wing Festival wing eating contest
- The “Acidic Jew” qualifies for the Wing Bowl by eating 10 lemons
- The youtube page hosting Wing Bowl 17 stunts
Link Buffet: October 25, 2008
- Val Bromman has a blog entry and gallery from a sandwich eating / Big Wheel riding contest judged by Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown
- Buffalo Wing Festival contest gallery from Matt Ventre
- Kobayashi has some pictures from Paul Barlow from the Birmingham Krystal qualifier on his blog
- Oyster Bay NY, oyster eating contest report
- Evansville, IN donut hole eating contest for charity
Link Buffet: September 4, 2008
- IFOCE pizza contest in Florida November 8
- Jill Stoler wins an office weight loss contest
- DelawareOnline hails “local fatty” Bob Shoudt
- JacksonvilleConifidential hails “local hottie” Hall Hunt
- Blog entry about the Buffalo Wing Festival
- Paul Barlow does another local promo contest
- Pawtucket, RI dumpling eating contest Saturday. Men’s and women’s divisions, $200 prize, $10 entry fee.
- Napoleon, Ohio hot dog eating contest Saturday, $100 prize
Furious Pete wins Sahlen hot dogs
A comment by Mike Landrich reports that “Furious” Pete Czerwinski won the Sahlen’s hot dog eating contest in Buffalo by eating 19 hot dogs using picnic style rules. A bodybuilding.com post and a contest video confirm Pete’s victory.
update WGRZ has an article about the contest
update #2 Furious Pete has posted a video
Bodybuilding.com forum thread about the contest. The third place finisher, BJ, is also a member of bodybuilding.com
Buffalo Buffet Bowl results thread
Buffalo Buffet Bowl results from a Mike Landrich comment:
1. Sonya Thomas
2. Juliet Lee
3. Badlands Booker
4. Jim Reeves
Wild Bill: Sonya repeats in Buffalo wings
Full results from the wing eating contest held at the Buffalo Wing Festival courtesy of “Wild” Bill Myers:
1st 4.23 $1500 Sonya “The Black Widow†Thomas
2nd 4.15 $750 Eric “Badlands†Booker
3rd 3.98 $300 Juliet Lee
4th 3.52 Russ “The Black Hole†Keeler
5th 3.24 “Buffalo†Jim Reeves
6th 2.85 “Big†Brian Subich
7th 2.83 Brad “The Lunatic†Sciullo
8th 2.77 Dave “U. S. Male†Goldstein
9th 2.02 Mike Landrich
10th 1.88 William “Wild Bill†Myers
11th 1.65 Matthew Ventre
12th 1.27 “Beautiful†Brian Seiken
update WKBW.com has a video
update #2Beautiful Brian has a contest video
IFOCE Labor Day weekend contest entrants
SportsBubbler.com has a list of the expected entrants at the Buffalo Wing Festival wing eating contest: Sonya Thomas, Juliet Lee, Badlands Booker, Buffalo Jim Reeves, Russ Keeler, Dave “US Male” Goldstein, Brian Subich, Wild Bill Myers, Beautiful Brian Seiken
Sonya is the only listed entrant in the Buffalo Buffet Bowl contest on Sunday (presumably most, if not all of the wing contest competitors will also enter that event.)
Juliet Lee is still listed on the Myrtle Beach pork barbecue sandwich eating contest roster despite also being in the buffalo wing list
Joey Chestnut, Bob Shoudt and Tim Brown are expected at the spaghetti chili eating contest in Cincinnati.
KrystalSquareOff.com has yet to list all the non-amateurs competing in the Jacksonville qualifier on Labor Day. The most recent blog entry has a video interview Hall Hunt did this morning. The Krystal twitter page is taking predictions for the contest.
2008 Buffalo Wing Festival info
The website for the Buffalo Wing Festival has been set up with information about the eating contests that will take place. The wing eating contest will take place on August 30. The Buffalo Buffet Bowl contest will also return, but its date is not listed.
3update The buffet bowl date is August 31 and the time is 4pm (from US Male & Wild Bill)
Link Buffet: May 30, 2008
- Video of El Toro screaming
- Shannon competes in the men’s division of the Vacaville onion eating contest and finishes third
- Furious Pete to attempt the “Italian Challenge” in Niagara Falls after getting stopped at the US/Canada border crossing update Pete finished the challenge in a record 30 minutes.
- Festival goal of 200,000 brats for the Madison Brat Fest
- Article about the Durham, NC Doughman quadrathlon (triathlon + eating)
- Jill Stoler interviews Ian Hickman
- Gal Sone article in the Mainichi Shimbun
Cluckbucket goes to the Buffalo Wing Festival
The cluckbucket blog has a lot of entries about last month’s Buffalo Wing Festival, a gallery of the wing eating contest and a lot of other wing related pictures.
Sonya’s Buffalo win receives international publicity
Japanese CNN.com and ChosunOnline.com have articles about Sonya’s victory Saturday at the Buffalo Wing Festival.
update CNN.com has a video of the contest (from Bill Myers)
ABC News has a video which calls Sonya “Sonya Thompson”
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