Upcoming New York City eating contests
(All New York City eating challenges and contests in database)
Difficulty of Hill Country BBQ challenge increased
(via Eater NY) Gothamist reports that Hill Country in New York City increased the amount of meat in its “Feed Your Face” eating challenge by a pound (and its price by $20) after an unnamed female competitive eater finished the challenge in 8 minutes on Saturday.
update Midtown Lunch has a 200+ comment post about a group challenge attempt on March 2.
update #2 Feb 13 In a yelp threadKarin G reports that a Hill Country manager said the woman who finished the challenge in 8 minutes was non-Asian, which rules out Sonya Thomas and Juliet & Floria Lee.
Eater NY has a post about the challenge termination.
Hill Country Barbecue in New York City has started a "Feed Your Face" barbecue challenge.
Takeru Kobayashi's most recent blog entry praises the city where he won six Nathan's hot dog eating championships.
Meniscus Magazine has a report with videos on last October's Chef One Dumpling Eating Contest held at Roosevelt Park in New York City.
(Via Yahoo!'s Shutdown Corner) The New York Post has an article about New York Jets coach Rex Ryan claiming he consumes 7,000 calories a day.
Comedysim has a video from last September's cheesesteak sandwich eating contest at the Five Spot Supper Club in Brooklyn.
The Ivy Bakery facebook reports that people who have entered more than 5 previous eating contests or have won any type of title will be blocked from competing in its cupcake eating competition regardless of how well they did in those contests.
A New York City craigslist posting seeks a film maker and subjects for a documentary about lower ranked competitive eaters.
The New York Post has an article about Thurdsday's wing eating contest hosted by Elijah Wood. "Big Dan" Graff was the winner.
Elijah Wood hosting NYC wing eating contest tonight
Trevor Silmser and WFUJerseyJon report that Elijah Wood of “Lord of the Rings” will host a wing eating contest tonight. The site is Epstein’s Bar in NYC according to KLUCKR
update The contest reportedly ran out of wings
The facebook for the Ivy Bakery in Brooklyn announces that it is seeking a T-shirt design for its cupcake eating contest in April 2009.
Buck Wolf has posted an AOL News video from September's cannoli eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro won by Crazy Legs Conti.
Ivy Bakery cupcake contest videos
Videos from last April’s cupcake eating contest at the Ivy Bakery in Brooklyn are now available on youtube: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3. A radio station interview with winner Nancy Cummings has also been uploaded. (Jo “Gavonne” Rose was another competitor in that contest).
The Ivy Bakery’s youtube page reports that its 2010 cupcake eating contest will take place on April 24.
The Major League Eating youtube channel has a video from last week's Slammin' Salmon Chowder Eating Contest. (via crawfish twitter)
Queens Chronicle has the prize winners of the Famous Famiglia pizza contest restricted to La Guardia airport workers. Israel “Big Iz†Jimenez received $2,000 for winning the contest by eating 12 slices of pizza in six minutes.
The Go! Go! Curry! twitter announces that an unnamed Japanese champion might be competing in a curry eating contest.
Notorious B.O.B. wins Slammin’ Salmon chowder
From the eatingcontest twitter:
1) “Notorious” B. O. B. Shoudt, 9.75 32 oz. bowls
2) Tim “Eater X” Janus 9.5
3) Eric “Badlands” Booker 5
4) Crazy Legs Conti 4.25
5) Allen “Shredder” Goldstein
update Full results are available on IFOCE.com
A video of one of the amateur contestants reversing after the contest is available
update #2 Philly.com has a column reporting that Shoudt consumed 2.4 gallons, which will be a total volume record.
update #3 A video of the entire contest is available
Going.com lists Tim "Eater X" Janus, Crazy Legs Conti and Eric "Badlands" Booker as entrants in Thursday's Slammin' Salmon Chowder Eating Contest. Bob Shoudt has also been announced as a competitor. Amateurs will be selected to compete at the contest site.
The Nathan's finals in Coney Island appears in LIFE magazine's gallery of 35 must see sports events and venues.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has posted a video of him eating a slice from a 24 inch pizza at Dani's pizza in 18 seconds.
twitter.com/gcshea: A chowder eating contest will be held at City Crab in New York City to promote the movie The Slammin' Salmon (poster | trailer)
Derek Jeter & Will Ferrell film movie at Nathan’s
The New York Post has a gallery of Derek Jeter filming the Will Ferrell movie “The Other Guys” at Nathan’s Famous in Coney Island yesterday. The movie has the following plot summary:
In the comedy, Ferrell and notorious Red Sox fan Mark Wahlberg play cops who spend their careers as desk jockeys. The two are permanently benched after Wahlberg’s character wrongly shoots Jeter in the leg after seeing him walking around with a bat, sources said.
The scene shot at Nathan’s takes place years later, when a down-on-his-luck Jeter — wearing a filthy hobo’s jacket and sporting stringy gray hair — encounters the crime-fighting duo.
Todd's New York BBQ & Roadhouse in Bayside, NY has a 24 inch cheese steak challenge weighing about 5 pounds that is free if it is eaten in less than 30 minutes.
Man vs. Food November 11 (Brooklyn) episode links
Travel Channel episode guide | slideshow
Restaurants
- Buffalo Cantina challenge – Six suicide wings
Myspace | Citysearch | Yelp
Eat Me Daily blog entry by about the recording
Episode commercial about the challenge
Video of Adam Richman attempting the challenge in 2008
Picture of the wall of fame - Brennan & Carr meal – cheeseburger topped w/ roast beef
Citysearch | Yelp | Gothamist review - L&B Spumoni Gardens meal – Sicilian style pizza
Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp
List of New York City eating challenges in the eatfeats database
List of Long Island eating challenges in the eatfeats database
Stuck at the Airport reports that the Famous Famiglia pizza eating contest at La Guardia on November 19 will be for airport employees only.
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