Upcoming New York City eating contests
(All New York City eating challenges and contests in database)
The schedule for the San Gennaro Festival reports that an IFOCE cannoli contest will take place on September 10.
YourNabe has a preview of Sunday's cheesesteak eating contest in Brooklyn listing Micah "Wing Kong" Collins, Allen Goldstein and Bob Coccodrilli as expected entrants.
Beau Mitchell's twitter reports that Man vs. Food will record at the Buffalo Cantina in Brooklyn, NY.
NYCDailyDeals reports that The Habitat in Brooklyn will hold a wing eating contest tonight awarding $100 to the winner.
The Carnegie Deli facebook has a gallery of Monday's pickle eating contest won by Gabriel "The Big Jewish Guy" Kassel.
The Chef One dumpling eating contests have been removed from the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival (Queens, NY) schedule. A database update says the contest has been postponed to October.
Joey Chestnut has posted an entry to his Yardbarker blog about winning Nathan's for the third year in a row. The San Jose Mercury also has an article about Joey Chestnut participating in the Tour de French Fry on Sunday.
The Carnegie Deli has started a twitter at http://twitter.com/CarnegieDeli if you want results from today's pickle contest. update Here's a picture from the "Bob Uecker" seats
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has started a bodybuilding.com thread about his two record-breaking victories (Jake's Burgers & Dani's Pizza) this weekend. The thread has pictures which display Pete's new hair dye job. (Kobayashi is the only other competitive eater to change his hair color for a contest I am aware of.)
(from bodybuilding.com) A video by someone claiming to be "Furious" Pete's promoting his appearance in the Dani's Pizza finals is available.
Second Avenue Sagas has a blog entry about Eric "Badlands" Booker, the author's favorite subway conductor.
The Carnegie Deli in New York City will break tradition and host an odd-year pickle contest on August 3, 2009.
The Alternative Press has a report the Coney Island wing eating contest held Saturday sponsored by Atomic Wings. Sean Lennon (age 39, too old to be the son of Yoko Ono) won the contest and Elise Rosenberg was the runner-up. 100 people signed up for 10 slots.
The Village Voice has an interview with Adam Lippin, the founder of Atomic Wings, who will sponsor a Coney Island wing eating contest on Saturday.
"Humble" Bob Shoudt and Erik "the Red" Denmark have posted reports on their experience at the Nathan's finals. Shoudt wishes he received a personal spotter / coach, which he believes provides a significant advantage.
A video of the knish eating contest held at the Brooklyn Cyclones game on Wednesday is available.
The Hungry Sisters have posted their report on the 2009 Nathan's finals.
Craigslist has a posting requesting competitive eaters to appear in a 5 minute comedic short filming this weekend in Manhattan.
NYCGo.com has interviews with Pat Bertoletti and Badlands Booker's judge Ken Podziba.
(from email) Joel "The Cannon" Podelsky won last night's knish eating contest at the Brooklyn Cyclone game by eating 5.75 knishes in 5 minutes.
Val Bromann and the Hungry Sisters have blog entries about the MLE eaters vs. elephants contest held on July 3.
Juliet Lee has updated her website by adding a report on her experience at this year's Nathan's finals and competing against elephants the day before.
Bunnette Zoe has posted a blog entry about riding the bus of champions which contains short interviews with Juliet Lee and Joey Chestnut.
DanisHouseOfPizza.com reports that "Furious" Pete Czerwinski set a record for their contest in the July 4 qualifier by eating 10 slices of pizza in 8 minutes, breaking "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti's record.
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