Cath Panagiotopoulos, fiance of Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek, announces she ate two Mac n' Cheese Big Daddy Patty Melts at Denny's to win a $300 bet today.
Joey of Kiss 107 will attempt to be the first woman to finish the 4 pound pasta challenge at Padrino's in Milford, Ohio tonight. Spectators can receive 20% off of their bill. update Aug 25 Joey ate 3.5 pounds of the challenge
Monsters and Critics reports that actress Olivia Wilde appeared on this morning's episode of Live with Regis and Kelly where she talked about her competitive eating history and mentioned using a special technique to eat 33 pancakes in 20 minutes to win a contest. The possiblity of her competing in the women's division of the Nathan's hot dog contest was raised and she said she would consider it if the competition had a vegetarian option. update A video of Olivia's appearance is available.
AJC.com reports that Paul Barlow will play a lawyer in the upcoming Ryan Reynolds / Jason Bateman movie, The Change Up, which is currently filming in Atlanta. Olivia Wilde, who claims that she lost a brownie eating contest to Chris Farley of Saturday Night Live when she was ten, will also co-star.
Olivia Wilde has posted a picture of a trophy she recieved for her pancake contest victory.
In an interview for Playboy (via Blast Magazine), Olivia Wilde of House and Tron: Legacy has the following comments about eating 33 pancakes to win a contest in Australia: "I've always had a huge appetite and don't get full easily, so I guess I was meant to be a competitive eater, the way some people are born to be long-distance runners."
Miss West Virginia, Erica Jade Goldsmith, has posted a picture of her tater tot eating contest trophy, which she won when she ate like a 400 pound man.
The twitter for Miss Pennsylvania announces she will compete in a spaghetti eating contest at Rizzo's Malabar Inn in Crabtree (Pittsburgh area) on Sunday.
Eva Longoria brought a giant pizza from Big Mama's & Papa's to a recent party. (via Big Mama's & Papa's twitter)
Missosology has pictures of Miss Phillipines, Venus Raj winning the eating contest held for Miss Universe competitors in Las Vegas. (Miss Hungary did not show much hunger and does not appear to have touched her wings ;) )
US Weekly's website has a video of Tori Spelling attempting the 72 ounce steak challenge at the Big Texan in Amarillo from the April 5 season debut of Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood
In an Esquire interview, Miss America Katie Stam talks about the time she faced a 250 pound football player in an all you can eat shrimp contest at a Red Lobster.
(Via the Konformist) Las Vegas Weekly has an article about Playboy Playmate Laura Croft's (Miss July 2008) attempt at the 6 pound B^3 Burrito at the NASCAR Cafe. (The article also confirms that the 9 pound burger challenge at the Plaza is defunct)
San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman on Tila Tequila: "you wouldnt believe how a 4'11'' asian can throw down some food"
Olivia Wilde, co-star of House MD and reported pancake champion (33 pancakes in 20 minutes) is #1 on Maxim's Hot 100 list.
Extended Olivia Wilde “Ellen” clip
The entire appearance of Olivia Wilde on Ellen can be viewed on youtube. A transcript of the section in which Olivia discusses her competitive eating history and techniques is available after the jump. The transcript ends with a reference to Ellen’s partner, Portia di Rossi, which was cut from the official clip.
Olivia Wilde discusses her eating ability on “Ellen”
(From shpwrckd twitter) Olivia Wilde of the Fox Network show House MD appeared on today’s episode of Ellen and a video clip from her segment can be viewed online. The portion of the clip in which Olivia discusses her gastronomic prowess begins around the midpoint of the clip. She says she has a huge appetite and has never lost an eating contest, and that her competitions have been pretty official (but not IFOCE level contests) and include a victory in an Australian event where she ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes. The clip ends with Olivia proposing a vegan eating contest with Ellen.
Link Buffet: January 19, 2009
- Beautiful Brian wants to know who will stop the Shea Stadium rain
- Rice and Bean Pot burrito eating contest at Boston area colleges starts January 27
- Nacho eating contest in Paul Blart: Mall Cop
- Questions about performance enhancing substances in competitive eating
- Picture of 29 inch pizza at American Pie Pizza in Florida
- Oyster Bowl X to award 4 Night All Inclusive Trip to Cancun or Punta Cana for two Adults
- Hot dog eating contest in Hong Kong
- A youtube page by “Kobayashi”
- Don Lerman has resumed competitive eating posts on mosesnews.com
- Olivia Wilde of House MD once ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes to win an eating contest – interview video (from Sebastian Walters)
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