“Gluttonous King” rookie women’s qualifier videos
A space in this fall’s “Gluttonous King” contest has been reserved for a novice female competitor. The qualifier for this slot, which was won by Mio “Sakura” Takahashi, can be viewed at http://youtube.com/user/euromach2 Gal Sone serves as a co-MC.
Environmentalist eater emerges
R Suzuki reports that Sakura Takahashi won a qualifer for a spot this fall’s “Gluttonous King” contests which was restricted to novice females. In her blog, Ms. Takahashi announces that she intends to use her prominence as a competitive eater to promote environmental awareness: (automatically translated)
As for me, the habit of being connected to protecting such terrestrial environment, it has becoming aware first in everyone, and that really it can have practicing, doing the kind of activity which is appealed to keep it would like, that thinks that anyone can practice simply.
Keira Knightley vs. Sienna Miller
ShowbizSpy.com reports from the set of Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller’s new movie:
A source said: “Both Keira and Sienna have bigger appetites than many of the men on set. Keira was told to beef up for the role and she and Sienna have been having food competitions to see who can eat the most.
Grandmother is runner up in Chinese corn contest
RecordChina has a picture and article from a corn eating contest held in Wuhan, China last Saturday. A 60 year old grandmother came in second place in that event.
Big eating car model
Import Tuner has an interview with car model Tanya Ann Schafer, whose trim waist belies a big appetite:
TS: Hang out? What’s that?! I don’t do too much of that anymore because I’m always working, but when I do go out it usually involves dancing. Anywhere, anytime, as long as some kind of music is playing. Oh, and I love to go out to restaurants because I love to eat. People are usually in shock when they see me eat.
2nr: Really… you have to describe.
TS: It’s not all over my face or anything! I can just eat a lot, and people are surprised because I’m pretty thin.
2nr: It must be your hollow leg. So what is your favorite food to stuff yourself with?
TS: Everything! But if I have to name one type, it would have to be Italian.
Female attempts gallon challenge youtube video
A video of a woman, apparently named “Sam”, attempting to drink a gallon of milk in under an hour can be found on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6CJDDUpgBA She almost finishes a gallon in under 8 minutes and takes rather long intervals between sips.
Austin veggie dog competitor report
Indiana James competed in the 2 person team vegetarian hot dog eating contest held in Austin, TX Saturday and wrote a blog entry about her experience. She ate 10.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes, a half hot dog more than her male teammate “Honeybun”. Their total of 20.5 hot dogs was good for second place. Fans of picnic style rules will be glad to know that apparently no teams took advantage of the blender.
“In second place, with 20 and a half, we have Honeybun and Indiana!” We smiled, happy that our prides were still in tact. The girl to my left was like, “OMG! I could only eat three!”
What’s cool is that for the rest of the day, I felt like a local celebrity. Everyone kept high fiving me, and asking me how many dogs I choked down. Even after we left, I was recognized. We made a stop over at End of an Ear to pick up the Voxtrot CD for Honeybun, and the clerk was all like “You were that girl from the hot dog contest!”
Shishaldin – 2005 TripRewards entrant
This afternoon, TripRewards will sponsor a chicken wing eating contest. The previous TripRewards contest was a birthday cake eating contest in 2005. AnchoragePress.com has an article about Shishaldin, who participated in that event.
Readers might remember Shishaldin as the Brooklyn, New York-based performance artist so starved for attention that she ran the New York Marathon draped in cold cuts, auctioned her DNA on eBay and willed her remains to the Guggenheim Museum to be freeze-dried and displayed after her death. She also once attempted a diet solely of her own breast milk by using imported lactation-inducing drugs and a breast pump. (She described the results on her website: “Weeks of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea ensued… project abandoned. Some people are just not the nurturing kind.â€)
Now Shishaldin is training to become a competitive eater. Last month she beat out ex-NFL celebrity William “The Refrigerator†Perry in a cake-eating contest that she entered dressed as Marie Antoinette, complete with a corset that she unzipped once she got onstage. Perry, a “guest eater†who was paid for his appearance, placed 10th out of 10. Winner Rich Lefevre ate a five-pound cake in 11 minutes, 20 seconds. Other results were not reported on the International Federation of Competitive Eating website. Shishaldin said there were problems weighing cake after the contest and some controversy over the rules, which didn’t allow eaters to dip cake in water. “Some of the eaters were really upset,†she said.
Shishaldin has apparently shifted from competitive eating to running. Her old blog announces a goal of running a marathon in every state before she reached the age of 30. Her current blog has an entry about participating in a six day race.
Plymouth State hot dog contest results
The Plymouth State newspaper has an article about a hot dog contest held there. Jared Rennie won the men’s division by consuming whopping 12.5 dogs in 12 minutes, while Maria Crawford bested the other females with a mark of 11.5 hot dogs (Surprisingly, there were 7 entrants in the men’s adult divison, while 11 women over 18 competed. I wonder if there are any other women besides, Sonya, Carlene and Takako Akasaka to do the “half deuce”
The most prolific competitive eating blogger
(From R Suzuki) If you cannot find enough competitive eating material on the internet, you might want to check out Kana Kanisawa’s blog at http://ameblo.jp/kana-de/ She might have more entries than all other competitive eating blogs combined. She made 615 posts in March (there were 145 entries last month on this website)
Introducing Gal Ikeda (ギャル æ± ç”° 亜紀)
(Image from ken-blo)
Natsuko “Gal” Sone was not the only entrant in Sunday’s “Gluttonous Queen” contest with dyed blonde hair. Aki Ikeda, who has the nickame Gal Ikeda (ギャル æ± ç”° 亜紀) also sported non-natural hair coloring (she also has the nickname girayunee (ギャルãƒã‚¨) ). Ikeda finished 5th overall and reportedly is missing a front tooth, which might facilitate bone stripping in a chicken wing eating contest.
Indian hot pepper eating champion news video
An English language news video clip from 2006 about Indian hot pepper eating champion, Anandita Dutta Tamuli, who is currently trying to gain entrance into the Guinness Book of Records can be viewed at http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/videos.aspx?id=5897
Columbia, SC area eating challenges
The University of South Carolina has an article about restaurants in the Columbia, SC area that have eating challenges or contests. The article describes an attempt to break The Whig’s 40 taco record held by Joseph Tolbert:
Self-proclaimed taco-lover Patti Carson aspires to surpass Tolbert’s record some day.
“I’m positive that I have a chance,” 28-year-old Carson said.
She gave it a try earlier this year and managed to eat 24 tacos, 16 shy of Tolbert’s record.
She said she had trained by eating loads of hamburgers, cheeseburgers and eggplant parmesan the week before her attempt. She even created jerseys and foam fingers for her friends reading “Team Taco,” and crafted a homemade taco-shaped hat for herself. She is commonly referred to at The Whig as the “Taco Mascot.”
“Las Vegas” hot dog eating contest clip uploaded
A clip from a recent “Las Vegas” episode has been uploaded to http://eatfeats.com/videos/LasVegasHotDogContest.wmv (2 minutes 5MB) The video shows Sam (Vanessa Marcil) winning a hot dog eating contest for casino employees by eating the contents of a tray filled with of 50-80 bunless hot dogs (We only see her eat about two or three)
Chinese women’s eating contest
A women’s eating contest from Chinese television can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j9gmk8OIBs
Indian woman seeks Guinness hot chili pepper eating record
(From slashfood) Yahoo News has an AFP article about an Indian woman’s quest for a Guinness world record:
Anandita Dutta Tamuly, a 26-year-old mother, is headed from Assam to London at the invitation of the record-noting institution to see how many Bhut Jolokia peppers, native to the state, she can eat at one sitting.
Tamuly, who hails from a remote village, believes she will have little trouble in beating the previous record, set by South African Anita Crafford, who ate eight jalapenos in a minute in 2002.
The Bhut Jolokia peppers are 100 times hotter than a jalapeno. The government of Assam is helping sponsor Ms. Tamuly’s trip. (Critics of competitive eating would probably say that subsidy could be better spent on the poor of India 😉 )
Sugawara wins Iwate noodles contest
R Suzuki reports that Sugawara won the Iwate noodles contest on Sunday by eating 225 small cups of noodles on 5 minutes. Sugawara won the regional qualifying tournament for this spring’s “Gluttous Queen” contest. A news video of the contest can be viewed at http://news.tvi.jp/wvx/16226/video.wvx Each entrant has a personal noodle refiller who is busy throughout the contest. Yama3 wrote a blog entry about his 6th place finish. He received an award for best technique.
Candace Kelsey wins Wing Fling III
951wayv.com reports that Candace Kelsey won the women’s only Wing Fling III wing eating contest at Trump Marina in Atlantic City by eating 25 wings in 15 minutes, an 8.5 wing drop from the amount eaten by last year’s winner. The website claims that bigger wings were used this year. There is a gallery and video of the contest.
Official Oyster Bowl VIII results
from JMGroupPrinceton.com:
Kristina Costa, 82 oysters in 2 minutes, women’s & overall winner, repeat winner
Dan Schwartzmann, 76 oysters in 2 minutes, men’s winner
New Poll: US female who should enter a sanctioned contest
Several women who have had success in independent contests and/or restaurants eating challenges have never entered an IFOCE or AICE contest. The new poll asks which woman below would you most like to see enter a sanctioned contest:
“Nurse” Caterina, Heart Attack Grill quadruple bypass burger
Kristina Costa, Oyster Bowl
Balinda Gould, Rockford Corner Bar, chili dogs
Christina Gumola, Roethlisburger radio contest
Keighrah 24 wings in 45 seconds on youtube
Margaret Rappart, spoonbread (on MTV’s True Life)
Gretchen Salyer, Garlicky Greens winner
Kate Stelnick, Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub 11 pound burger finisher
Amy Walter, Frank’s Red Hot wings contest
Lori Weiss, Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub
Wing contest for South Jersey females
95.1 FM WAYV is sponsoring a wing contest on Saturday for women from southern New Jersey:
The radio station’s website describes how to qualify:
Mike & Diane’s 3rd Annual Super Duper Wing Fling is bigger and better than ever! This year’s live event takes place Saturday February 3rd at 1pm in Trump Marina’s Atrium – right where everyone can see! The local South Jersey woman who eats the most Hooters buffalo wings in 15 minutes wins a brand new big screen HDTV! Wanna be a contestant? Listen to the Mike & Diane morning show for opportunities to qualify every hour 6am-9am! You can also head to Hooters @ Trump Marina for more chances to win!
Dawn wrote a myspace blog entry about her preparation for the contest.
Last year’s winner, Lisa MacNeir, ate 33 wings in 15 minutes.
Juliet Lee article in Fredrick News Post
The Fredrick News Post has an article about Juliet Lee, the only woman competing in tomorrow’s Chock full o’Nuts World Date Nut Bread-Eating Championship. Ms. Lee taught chemistry at a community college in China before emigrating to the United States and opening a beauty salon in Germantown, MD.
Garlicky Greens contest video on youtube
A video of the Garlicky Greens contest held at b.good won by Gretchen Salyer last month is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNUxC3I8mUM. The clip has more content from the “Lord of the Rings” movies than the actual contest and provides only brief glimpses of the victor. One brief segment (capture available after jump) shows that Ms. Salyer might be the first person to experience the “spinach sweats.” b.good has an online newsletter about the contest.
Gretchen Salyer picture on b.good website
The b.good website has a picture and brief article about Gretchen Salyer, who won the Garlicky Greens championship two weeks ago. If Ms. Salyer is a female impersonator, s/he is doing a much better job than “Helen Haggerty” 😉
updated boston.com has a paragraph about Gretchen’s victory, which states she ate 2.9 lbs. in five minutes. The Harvard article says she ate 2.73 lbs.
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