Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
Midtown Lunch has a blog entry about Will Millender's contest that will award one of his spectator tickets for the June 5 Go! Go! Curry! finals to a "a Flavor Flav style Hypeman (or hypewoman) to cheer him on."
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded videos of his record setting qualifiers yesterday at Go! Go! Curry! and Rocco's Pizza.
Will Millender reports that "Furious" Pete Czerwinski did his qualifier at Go! Go! Curry! in 35 seconds, the best time in 2010. If no one else qualifies today, the five finalists will be Pete Czerwinski, Will Millender, Joe Menchietti, Paul Arcaria and Brian Kenny Pham. Brian Seiken did a qualifier in 57 seconds, which would have qualified if he opted to participate in the finals.
The New York Daily News has an article about Hot Dogs: The Competitive Eating Musical. Characters in the play include Crazy Arms Conway, Venus Flytrap, Eater Q and Miro Atakoshi.
twitter.com/bigwillthechamp: "whew, they gave us a bottle of water. winner here - 17 slices in 10 mins [@ Hell's Kitchen pizza contest]. joel the cannon 2nd with 14. 3rd to damon serignet"
To entice Lebron James to sign with the New York Knicks, the Carnegie Deli has added a "Lebron MVP" sandwich to its menu costing $19.95 containing pastrami, corned beef, brisket, turkey and American cheese.
Go! Go! Curry! is holding a lottery for tickets for spectators for the finals of the curry eating contest June 5, which will be televised on Fuji TV in Japan.
Will "the Champ" Millender is the profiled Midtown Lunch'er of the Week on MidtownLunch.com
VietBlackBoi has videos of "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti and Will Millender's qualification attempts at Go! Go! Curry!
Don Lerman reports he tied for first place with Will Millender in the burrito eating contest held today at two Baja Fresh locations in Manhattan.
A Moses can be found on the recently updated Go! Go! Curry! qualifying leader board. Moses Perez is in the #5 spot.
Eater.com has an interview with Kristyn Pomranz and Katherine Steinberg, the writers of Hot Dogs: The Competitive Eating Musical which will hold a staged reading in New York City Monday. One of the play's characters is named Joey Cashew.
GJoe & Big Will lead Go! Go! Curry! qualifying
Will Millender has the current qualifying leaders at Go! Go! Curry! after tonight’s attempts:
1) Joe Menchetti 41:90
2) Will Millender 42:31
3) Paul “porkslap” Arcaria 1:15:45
4) Brian Kenny Pham 1:25:47
Joe Menchetti had the fastest time last year of 37:57
A contest has started at NathansSweepstakes.com awarding the winner a trip to New York City to judge the Nathan's finals (video). A Nathan's judgeship is also on sale in a charity auction (current bid $395)
Tickets ($10) are on sale for the May 10 staged reading of Hot Dogs: The Competitive Eating Musical at The Red Room in Manhattan. (via Kelly Reeves)
The Wall Street Journal has an article about Goldman Sachs' mortgage unit, which reports that the division held White Castle burger eating contests in which about 10 mortgage traders participated.
Emizzle03 reports that Man vs. Food recorded at Port Royal Pub and Grille in Islip, Long Island yesterday.
Will Millender reports that Brian Kenny Pham won today's cupcake eating contest at Ivy Bakery in Brooklyn by eating 19 cupcakes in 12 minutes.
The New York Daily News has an article about tomorrow's all-amateur cupcake eating contest at the Ivy Bakery in Brooklyn containing a disparaging quote from George Shea.
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.
Defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh, expected to be a high draft choice in the upcoming NFL draft, ate at the Carnegie Deli in New York City and got a giant sandwich.
Tonic.com reports that a Nathan's finals guest judgeship is an item for sale in an online auction at BiddingForGood.com to benefit the Children's Museum of the Arts. The minimum bid is $340 and the closing date is May 13.
The Go! Go! Curry! twitter reports that Paul "Porkslap" Arcaria did his qualifying run tonight in 1:15. Last year's cutoff for the finals was 1:02.
Auditions for "Hot Dogs: The Competitive Eating Musical" will take place in New York City on April 17.
The Wall Street blog Dealbreaker will hold a Kentucky Fried Chicken Double Down Sandwich eating contest. The most notable feature of the new menu item is its lack of bread. update The contest will take place on April 14 and the objective will be to eat 7 Double Downs in 30 minutes. update Apr 14 The challenge report has been posted.
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