The B List has a brief and positive review of last night’s party to celebrate the release of “Eat This Book.”

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Reminder: The release party for “Eat This Book” will be May 3 from 7pm to 9pm at the Delancey rooftop in the lower east side of Manhattan. Admission is free.

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A party to celebrate the release of “Eat This Book” by Ryan Nerz will be held on May 3 from 7pm-9pm at the Delancey Rooftop (168 Delancey Street) in the Lower East Side New York City. Admission is free and cupcakes will be served.

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Brian Seiken has emailed me that there is a divergence of opinion regarding who controls entry into next month’s United Pickle eating contest at the Carnegie Deli. United Pickle, the contest sponsor, has given control of the contest field to Cookie Jarvis and Brian Seiken while the owner of the Carnegie Deli believes he will decide who will compete. Seiken says that he and Jarvis will not compete if any AICE members are entered and they are expecting other IFOCE members to honor their boycott.

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After narrowly defeating impressario Dick Zigun in a mini hot dog contest 92 to 87 at a Coney Island charity gala, the next public appearance for Crazy Legs Conti will be Wednesday at Love Ahoy, a synthesis of The Dating Game and The Love Boat. Conti will oversee (or should that be oversea) a hot dog eating contest. Love Ahoy will take place at the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn and is free to the public. Love Ahoy is also accepting applications for contestants, so single NYC eaters might want to send those in.

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Krista of Urban Honking takes you on a tour of Crazy Legs Conti’s workplace at the Penthouse Executive Club. Conti works as a buyer at the club and his shift ends before the topless dancers arrive.

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Crazy Legs Conti will compete in a mini-hot dog contest against Dick D. Zigun, founder of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow, during a gala benefit to support Coney Island arts. The event will take place on April 7 at the Crobar. Tickets are $100 and $250. George Shea will announce and officiate the contest. Donors can sponsor either eater by pledging an amount to contribute per hot dog eaten.

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From wackbag.com – registration required to view post.

A hard boiled egg eating contest held at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City was supposed to have been broadcast live on the Opie & Anthony show on Saint Patrick’s Day. Like the egg nog drinking contest held on air in December, the contest would have featured Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin and Badlands Booker, but would have also been open to the general public. That event could not be held because due to problems with state and/or local government. A lack of a permit was one reason given why the contest could not take place.

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This article in ynet news describes how the publicity garnered by Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest inspired efforts to create the worlds largest hummus platter. A circular trampoline was modified to serve as the platform for the hummus. Unfortunately, the record snowstorm in New York City last weekend thwarted the delivery of the ingredients for the hummus.

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Liz and Krista have posted their article and photo gallery of Wednesday’s Grilled Cheese Bowl. A few interesting facts from their article:

• Sonya was interviewed by 20/20 at the contest. I do not think she will appear on tonight’s episode
• Cookie Jarvis will not appear on the “The Biggest Loser”
• Eaters were required to use Planet Hollywood’s cups, clearing up the mystery about Humble Bob’s banned cups
• Tim “Eater X” Janus will appear on MTV’s True Life which will air February 22
• Sonya considers Ron Koch one of her top four rivals

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Thanks Bubba Yarbrough, Liz & Eater X

updated 2:43 pm, full results added

Liz has posted some pictures on her blog

Update 7:41 pm CBS has a short article on the contest.

Updated 2/2 8:05 am
J$ of velvet-sea.blogspot.com has a contest writeup with several pictures and a video of the pickle undercard between Brian Seiken and Kevin Lipsitz.

12:05 pm Al-Jazeera.net also has an article on the contest.

4:32 pm goldenpalace.com has an article, gallery and video of the contest

Humble Bob also has a gallery.

Congratulations to all competitors. Sonya has now won 4 of the last 5 contests, facing Joey Chestnut in all of them. Pat Bertoletti shows that his victory over Sonya and Joey was no fluke with a close third place. Good Luck to Joey, Rich and all the other Wing Bowl entrants Friday.

I am curious to hear how the sandwiches compared to the sandwiches in the qualifiers and how Charles Hardy’s rule limiting sandwich immersion to 5 seconds affected times.

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The site and time for the goldenpalace.com grilled cheese finals Wednesday has been announced as the Times Square Planet Hollywood Spectators might want to arrive early, as Brian Seiken could appear on an undercard contest.

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burgerclub.org has a photo gallery of the AICE Schnack burger contest held at the Brooklyn Lyceum in October which was won by Joe Menchetti.

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The final for the 2005 series of grilled cheese qualifiers, sponsored by the online casino goldenpalace.com has been scheduled. The event will take place on February 1 in New York City, two days before the Wing Bowl. $20,000 will be distributed to the entrants, with the winner receiving $8,000. Competitors will attempt to break Joey Chestnut’s record of 32.5 sandwiches in 10 minutes.

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The local cable news channel NY1 has their entire archive of articles and video clips freely available including their coverage of the last six Nathan’s hot dog eating contests, of which the five most recent were dominated by Kobayashi. Other Japanese eaters swept the top 3 slots of the 2000 contest, including Takako Akasaka who smashed the female record. The 2000 contest clip has a flashback to the 1999 contest in which Steve Keiner (now residing in Prague) was not penalized for an early start. Other covered contests include Brian Seiken’s 2002 pickle contest victory, the AICE foot long contest held Memorial Day weekend and several contests won by Eric “Badlands” Booker and Ed “Cookie” Jarvis. (Real Player is required to view the videos)

NY1 eating contest clips/articles June 2003-December 2005
NY1 eating contest clips/articles January 2000-June 2003

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(Thanks Patrick Bertoletti) GoldenPalaceEvents.com has a page about their turkey eating contest held on Thanksgiving eve with a video clip and a few pictures.

On the turkey contest page goldenpalace.com announces their intention to sponsor future eating events. They should probably either schedule the final for the grilled cheese eating contest or distribute the promised $20K in bonus money before they set up any other future contests since it has been over a month since the last grilled cheese qualifier was held.

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Reuters has an article and video about Wednesday’s goldenpalace.com turkey eating contest in New York City which was won by Sonya Thomas. Sonya claims the wings were quite dry. Joey Chestnut came in second and Chip Simpson continued his impressive debut with a third place finish.

IFOCE.com has full results of the contest.

Updated 11/24 9:12 AM

The Pittsburg Post-Gazette has an article about the contest focusing on Quaker Staters Chip Simpson and Bob Shoudt.

An AP video of the contest is also available from the Virginia-Pilot (I am not sure if it is the same as the Reuters video.)

Updated 3:18 PM
AP article and photo available (from abcnews.com)

Updated 11/25 12:04 am
Channel 4 (UK) video clip available

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New York Magazine has a short preview of Wednesday’s goldenpalace.com turkey contest in New York City.

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From IFOCE.com and “Beautiful” Brian Seiken

Smirnoff Twisted V Wild Grape World Grape Eating Championship, Grand Central Terminal, NYC

1. Ed “Cookie” Jarvis, 8.95 lb
2. Eric “Badlands” Booker 8.9 lb
3. Tim “Eater X” Janus 7.8 lb
4. “Humble” Bob Shoudt, 6.75 lb.
5. Don “Moses” Lerman 5.75 lb.
6. “Crazy Legs” 5.15 lb.
7. Pat Philbin 4.25 lb.
8. “Beautiful” Brian Seiken, 4 lb.
9. Bobby Bacala (Sopranos) ? lb.

Updated 11/02 9:10 am with complete results – thanks Brian Seiken

Sonya Thomas does not appear despite the $2000 first prize and the apparent ease in travelling to the contest (just hop on Acela and she’s at the contest site)

Updated 11/03 1:01 am “Beautiful” Brian Seiken has uploaded a photo gallery – Thanks Yo Mama

From speedeat.com: “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti attended the contest and challenged Jarvis to a cannoli eating contest to be judged by Brian Seiken. Jarvis declined the challenge.

Corrected 11/03 9:35 pm: Menchetti did not attend the contest and the cannoli challege was issued five weeks ago.

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The blog for Schnäck’s restaurant has the results of their mini-burger contest held Friday. “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti won with 21 burgers in 8 minutes. The contest required picnic-style eating, which decreased the totals as compared with the Krystal burger contests which has no such restriction.

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(from beautifulbrian.com)

Cookie Jarvis wins the cannoli eating contest Friday in Little Italy, NYC sponsored by the Festival of San Genarro. This is Jarvis’ third win in less than a month. Full results:

1. 26 Ed “Cookie” Jarvis
2. 22 Tim “Eater X” Janus
3. 21 “Crazy Legs” Conti
4. 18 Big Brian Subich
5. 11-12 Tim Holden

Eric “Badlands” Booker was present but did not defend his title. There is a rumor that George Shea tried to discourage Jarvis from competing due to his weight. If this is true, it contradicts the assertion by AICE that IFOCE is unconcerned about the health of its heavier eaters.

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“Cheap Seats” is a show on ESPN classic which aims to be the sports equivalent of Mystery Science Theater 3000. The program stars two comedians who watch old footage of minor sports and make comments they consider humerous. The third season of “Cheap Seats” opens Monday at 10 pm eastern and will feature Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating contest. It is not stated what year’s contest will be used, but it will be either 2004 or 2005 since those are the only two years that ESPN has broadcast the event. The show is 30 minutes so probably only the actual contest will be rerun with none of the accompanying profiles. If the “Cheap Seats” comedians are having writers block thinking of witty insults about IFOCE members, AICE would probably be happy to contribute some.

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Photobucket.com has some good pictures of Sonya taken by (and with) Marv after the 2005 Nathan’s hot dog contest. You could never tell from her expression or her mid-section that she had just consumed 37 hot dogs. Despite the looseness of her T-shirt, you would still assume that some stomach swelling would be visible. Her torso must contain an internal trash compactor if not a black hole.

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