Upcoming eating contests
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
Val Bromann has posted blog entries and galleries about the 2010 Nathan's Finals and its afterparty.
NYCZombieCrawl has a gallery of the Zombie Crawl held at the Nathan's finals in support of Tim "Gravy" Brown.
New York competitive eater wanted for story
Caroline Shin of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism has emailed the following request for a New York City area competitive eater. Respond to cs2804@columbia.edu if you are interested.
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.
More 2010 Nathan’s Finals links
Galleries: Deadspin | Gothamist | TimeOutNY | FireTheCannon
Deadspin blog entry titled “The 4th Of July Hot Dog Eating Contest Was Just A Big Old Mess Of Sweat And Vomit”
NY Time City Room blog entry
Yahoo MMA blog entry comparing Kobayashi to Fedor Emelianenko
Hungry Sisters blog entry and gallery
Val Bromann blog entries: Day 1
ESPN behind the scenes video, has interviews with Badlands Booker & Gravy Brown
Driven By Boredom blog entry & gallery about the afterparty for the eaters
Slate.com has a column by William Saletan
Shelby Kerin reports that Man vs. Food is recording in Buffalo, NY today. DazzleMeFormal confirms
DanisHouseofPizza.com has a page about its 2010 pizza eating contest. Qualifiers will start on July 17 and award a bonus of %50 to non-competitive eaters (not defined). The finals on August 14 will award $850 ($500 to the winner).
Joey Chestnut Fourpeats Nathan’s, Kobayashi arrested after contest
update July 5 #2 CNN has a video of Kobayashi after his release. Kobayashi’s next appearance in court will be on August 5.
CalorieLab has a human translation of Kobayashi’s July 3 blog entry.
update July 5 The Associated Press reports that Kobayashi has been freed from jail and will have a court appearance today.
update 10:55 pm Some more links
An updated New York Daily News article
Yahoo News has an AP article with over 1000 comments
Deadspin has a blog entry with a video
Youtube has another video
New York Metromix has a gallery
“Kobayashi arrested” is #6 in Google Trends, over 8 hours after the incident
Gastroboy noted that someone claiming to be Kobayashi has started a twitter at http://twitter.com/FreeKobayashi
update 2:39 The New York Post has a more detailed article about Kobayashi’s arrest. (via gastroboy)
Two beefy men, wearing polo shirts with NYPD logos, stopped Kobayashi as he attempted to hop a barricade and reach Joey Chestnut after the San Jose, Calif., eating machine won his fourth consecutive Nathan’s title.
The muscle men put Kobayashi in a headlock and dragged him backstage. Witnesses said that it appeared Kobayashi had no ill intent and wanted to congratulate Chestnut.
update 1:42 The Associated Press reports that Takeru Kobayashi was taken into custody by police after he went on stage after the contest.
The results: Results #4 – #16 from the eating contest twitter
1) Joey Chestnut 54, fourth victory in a row
2) Tim Janus 45
3) Pat Bertoletti 37
4) Sonya Thomas 36
5) Bob Shoudt 34
6) Erik Denmark 32
7) Tim “Gravy” Brown 31
8) Allen “Shredder” Goldstein 28
9) Juliet Lee 27
9) Ben Monson 27
11) Sean Gordon 26.5
12) Eric “Badlands” Booker 24
12) Pete Davekos 24
14) Crazy Legs Conti 20
15) Bryan Beard 15.5
16) Krystopher Adams 11
12:53 Joey Chestnut wins comfortably
12:48 At the halfway point. Joey Chestnut has a comfortable lead. Rich Shea alludes to the controversial escondido qualifier.
12:43 The contest starts. “Joey Chestnut” and “dog eating contest” are twitter trending topics. Kobayashi is shown in the crowd.
12:28 The eaters’ entrances start
The Nathan’s commercial showed Kobayashi, Dale Boone & Cookie Jarvis.
Paul Page called Joey Chestnut “Joey Chitwood”.
It is official that Takeru Kobayashi will not compete. This will be the first finals without a Japanese competitor since 1996.
SillyAmerica, HungrySisters, Will Millender and Gothamist are live blogging
BadlandsBooker and the eating contest twitter have posted a lot of pictures.
Gothamist has a blog entry and gallery from today's weigh in for Nathan's and JoeyJawsChestnut.com has a video from that event.
The 2010 Dani's Pizza contest in Queens will add a 50% bonus to the number of slices eaten by non-competitive eaters. (Competitive eaters are not defined) Qualifiers start July 10.
A Zombie Crawl will be held before the Nathan's finals in support of Tim "Gravy" Brown.
twitter.com/smithandvine reports that Will Millender won the stinky cheese eating contest for the third year in a row by eating 13.75 ounces of cheese in 2 minutes.
Juliet Lee wins Splashdown Park Nathan’s qualifier
update The Poughkeepsie Journal has an article
YNN has a video
3:36 The top 3 have been posted
1) Juliet Lee 28.25
2) Allen “Shredder” Goldstein 25.5
3) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 24
? Drew Altavilla 6.5
Goldstein will be the wild card unless someone breaks 28.75 in the final qualifier in California (or the runner up in the first contest today exceeded that amount)
1:23 The contest has started
Tim Janus wins 2010 NY Mets Nathan’s qualifier
update #2 The top 3
1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 46 HDB
2) Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin 22
3) Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski 21
? Andrew Kossuth 10.5
BeautifulBrian.com has an article and video
update The MLE facebook reports Tim Janus won with 46 HDB.
The MLE facebook lists Tim Janus & Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin as expected entrants.
NYBD has a picture
The broadcast of the 2010 Nathan's finals is now listed in the ESPN schedule. As in previous years, the program will start at noon eastern and last an hour.
Splashdown Beach Nathan’s qualifier preview
LoHud has a preview of Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier at Splashdown Beach in Fishkill, NY listing Juliet Lee, “Buffalo” Jim Reeves, Micah “Wing Kong” Collins, Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston and Allen “Shredder” Goldstein as expected entrants. Contest spectators must purchase park admission.
update Poughkeepsie Journal also lists Russ Keeler, Yasir Salem, Damon Serignet and amateur Drew Altavila as competitors.
HVEcho reports that Juliet Lee is expected to compete in the Nathan's qualifier at Splashdown Beach Water Park in Fishkill, NY on Saturday. Micah "Wing Kong" Collins is also expected.
The blog for Go! Go! Curry! has a gallery of its 2010 curry eating contest.
(via comment) FujiSankei has a Japanese news video about the contest held at Go! Go! Curry!
NewsChannel34 reports that the Italian Fest in Endicott, NY will have a pasta eating contest on Sunday that will award $300 to the winner.
Syracuse.com has an article about the conclusion of Man vs. Food recording in that city yesterday.
(via Patrick Michels twitter) Rebecca Davis has a video from the Go! Go! Curry! finals with interviews of several finalists.
Mike Longo has uploaded videos of the With Cheese Please cheesesteak contest to his youtube page.
Man vs. Food in Syracuse
Sam Skelton relays a rumor that Man vs. Food will record at Dinosaur BBQ in Syracuse today. Dan Hardy reports that the program recorded at Wohl Practice Field at Syracuse University earlier today. update Syracuse.com has an article about the recording. A commenter says the program will record at Mother’s Cupboard on Thursday.
update June 9 Syracuse.com reports that Man vs. Food is recording at Heid’s in Liverpool, NY today
Rocco’s Pizza contest videos
Jill Stoler has uploaded videos of Rocco’s pizza eating contest held in Brooklyn on Sunday.
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