Ken Excellence has a series of videos recorded at the Chef One Dumpling eating contest held in Brooklyn. Shay Neary, the fourth place finisher in the women's contest, has a blog entry for Citizen Brooklyn. update Sept 25 Chef One has posted their own videos of the contest.

September 25, 2012 at 7:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:New York City, Videos | Permalink * Comments (32)

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  1. anonymous said

    September 25, 2012 @ 10:22 am

    Watching a chef dumpling video and an MLE video is like night and day. I dont get the same thrill out of this

  2. anonymous said

    September 25, 2012 @ 10:24 am

    Does anyone know if MLE is still working with Isle of Capri Casino? I have not seen much of them lately on the upcoming or past events

  3. ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)

    September 25, 2012 @ 10:51 am

    The Isle of Capri Moon Pie contest has been held in the middle of October. I have not seen any news about it or any other future Isle of Capri contests.

    If Isle of Capri did terminate the series, you can’t really blame them. A casino’s livelihood depends on the public belief that it’s games are honestly and competently run. Running out of cupcakes in April’s contest does not help this perception.

  4. anonymous said

    September 25, 2012 @ 11:02 am

    I agree same as running out of pulled pork sliders in Ohio. Another one bites the dust with MLE. Golden Palace, Krystals, Isle of Capri Franks Red Sauce, etc etc

  5. ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)

    September 25, 2012 @ 11:14 am

    La Costena is another corporate sponsor who has apparently discontinued its contest.

  6. anonymous said

    September 25, 2012 @ 11:19 am

    You would never witness a shortage of food with Nathans or in Buffalo. No need to worry about Chilli because there is just so much of that you can eat. Would not surprise me if they run out of Tacos and Pancakes in the upcoming events

  7. Anonymous said

    September 25, 2012 @ 11:41 am

    Sponsors come and go all the time. Big deal. If they didn’t, we’d have about a thousand contests on our hands. What matters is that MLE replaces them, which the do.

  8. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    September 25, 2012 @ 11:52 am

    I have, on occasion, when I was in a VERY imaginitive frame of mind, envisioned CE finally being recognized as a bona fide Olympic event, when in its first, long-anticipated (by some), Olympic contest, they run out of food.

    It seems funny, but it could very easily happen, because CE is just not taken seriously enough to receive more “acclaim” than it is getting these days. Koby and Sonya probably actually do take it seriously, at least somewhat.

    Enjoy CE as it is now, for as Carly Simon stated in her song, 4 decades ago “Anticipation,” “… these are the ‘good ol’ days.”

  9. Anonymous said

    September 25, 2012 @ 12:19 pm

    They HAVE run out of wings in Buffalo, due to poor cleaning of the wings. 2006:

    http://eatfeats.com/query.php?_table=contests&id=299

  10. the great gavonne said

    September 25, 2012 @ 12:54 pm

    Rhonda, CE could never be an Olympic event-that is pure fantasy; for many reasons, the top of the list being there would have to be drug testing & 99% of eaters couldn’t pass one.Does anyone with half a brain believe these huge amounts of food could be swallowed so fast without the aid of muscle relaxers & other drugs to suppress the human gag reflex?Don’t forget, I was in both IFOCE & AICE so I know all the tricks.Of course u will deny this since u work for MLE.U can only fool people for so long.One day soon the general public is going to catch on to what a sham CE is.

  11. BigWillTheChamp said (Registered February 1, 2009)

    September 25, 2012 @ 1:25 pm

    For anyone that hasn’t seen it. Here’s the video I posted: http://bigwillthechamp.blogspot.com/2012/09/contest-video-2012-chef-one-dumpling.html

  12. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    September 25, 2012 @ 1:33 pm

    Gavonne, yes, you’re on to me. You’re as smart as a whip, I say!

    Whom are you trying to impress with your ridiculous posts Jo? Yourself? And about what?

    Frankly, I think you are quite a disappointment to yourself, and you don’t want to deal with the myriad of issues you have. We all have issues, and I hope sooner or later you face yours. That takes real courage; I hope you acquire some.

  13. anonymous said

    September 25, 2012 @ 2:07 pm

    Rhonda instead of calling his post ridiculous just because you don’t agree with him sounds childish. Maybe they do and maybe they don’t use performance enhancing drugs but can you prove that Joey Chestnut can eat 70 hot dogs by just practicing and drinking 3 gallons of water?

  14. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    September 25, 2012 @ 2:55 pm

    For 2:07: Which rock have you been living under? It’s more than just that “one” post, or are you that ignorant? (Don’t answer; that was rhetorical.)

  15. Anonymous said

    September 25, 2012 @ 3:03 pm

    This idea of performance enhancing drugs has been around for ages, especially when Kobayashi first came on the scene. It is an idea which I think is ridiculous in that being able to relax one’s throat and swallow without chewing is something that people have to practice to get good at and everyone does have different talents and approaches. To think that an eater like Joey or Bob or the top eaters does what they do and are capable of with help from performance enhancing drugs is a myth. There are throat relaxers which are used in medicine for different problems, difficulty breathing is one, there are many. This is only one component of being a great eater. To watch Joey is to watch pain, but we know he trains and trains. To watch Kobayashi is to watch a master technician and eating machine, clean and mechanical. They do each have a unique talent. Others use mental training techniques, many use those, just many are not so successful.

    I think Rhonda’s use of the word ridiculous about Joe’s post is being kind. TheGG wants attention and he gets it but often not for good reasons. He himself says that most of comments would not be published by anyone who is sane. CE is not a sham, it is an activity and entertainment and lots of things, perhaps not Olympic quality in my view but it certainly gets lots of followers.

  16. Deep Throat said

    September 25, 2012 @ 4:20 pm

    I like the idea that eaters use throat relaxers. I will use that reason the next time I get my ass kicked.

  17. Anonymous said

    September 25, 2012 @ 5:41 pm

    Performance enhancing drugs, oral Cialis.

  18. the great gavonne said

    September 26, 2012 @ 7:32 am

    That’s very clever of u Rhonda 2 try & dismiss my comments by character assassination.Of course nobody here is going 2 admit they use, just like u r never going 2 admit that u r not a CE “fan” but that u r a guy who works 4 MLE.But I have been there, done that, & seen it.All the lies & cover-ups by u or anyone else here pretending 2 be someone they’re not is not gonna change the facts.
    By the way, I love that girl on the blog-she looks very familiar…

  19. Anonymous said

    September 26, 2012 @ 10:06 am

    Well this morning apparently tgg is once again on to Rhonda. Silly tgg but you said you hardly ever get your comments published here so here is your one from 25? I find it interesting that everyone who seems to say good things about this website is accused of being with MLE whereas in reality, if you look very closely, it seems that OJ tries to be completely neutral but he certainly leads us to the mishaps and things which are not as they really should be with MLE.

    The same goes for many comments on here, trying to either point fingers or determine the source of a comment and in the process try to take down someone else or some other organization. TGG and BB entertain themselves in this way and keep trying to say who wrote what. Guess what. You will never ever know unless OJ decides to out him or herself. As for the rest, publishing someone’s IP address is not going to get you anywhere BB because apparently people, especially OJ, are pretty clever at easily concealing and having multiple addresses. Keep sleuthing, I guess it keeps you two off the streets where you can cause trouble as well. What was the topic? Oh yes, Chef One and Brooklyn. Very interesting post OJ and with thanks. I suppose I should just sign myself AL or OJ groupie and save someone the trouble of responding. I do not work for or get paid by MLE, just a heads up, and I bet 68 hotdogs and buns, no let’s make that 70 that Rhonda does not either. I have certainly never met her except here, and she is one of my favorites.

  20. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    September 26, 2012 @ 11:00 am

    JR, you are the man, man.

  21. the great gavonne said

    September 26, 2012 @ 11:41 am

    Ha!Wrong Again!LOL

  22. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    September 26, 2012 @ 11:44 am

    JR, I am not in a position to throw stones, as I have enough skeletons in my closet to start a decent-sized haunted house.

    I have always considered myself as very good at sizing up people, and I learned long ago that if we are to make positive changes in our lives we have to do two things: a) take personal responsibility for our actions, and b) treat others as ourselves. I fail often enough at both, but when I succeed at either, there’s a good feeling associated with it.

    A 10:06, you are correct that I do not work for MLE—-never have, and I don’t see that I ever would. That would be one HECK of a commute. I suppose I could work for them at-a-distance, but that’s not the case either—-nor am I OJ, Tim, BB, Rich, George, Sonya, CL, Rona, etc., etc.

    I’m not sure what the issue is about wanting to know who OJ is or who I “am,” but I strongly suspect breaking that “code” is a way to for some people to divert negative attention away from themselves. Knowing is really a non-issue. It will, in no way, improve anyone’s lot in life, and if people use something as feeble as that to feel good about themselves, they probably need more constructive activity in their lives.

  23. the great gavonne said

    September 26, 2012 @ 1:28 pm

    Words r meaningless without proof to back them up.The only thing you’ve ever proven Rhonda is that u r a phony

  24. Anonymous said

    September 26, 2012 @ 4:41 pm

    Gavonne where is your proof, besides 86 proof?

  25. anonymous said

    September 26, 2012 @ 5:38 pm

    What bothers me is that many eaters claim they do not enjoy the food in contests. What is the point of comp eating? i realize there comes a point in the contest when flavor is no longer an issue and becomes a matter of how much food you can slam down your throat in order to win but at some point the food should be enjoyable to the tastebuds

  26. Anonymous said

    September 26, 2012 @ 6:52 pm

    Usually competitive eaters do very much enjoy food, but they must enjoy it away from the competitive eating table since the contests are based upon time, the more you eat in a certain amount of time, the closer your are to the winning top spots. No one who hates food or does not enjoy food would be a competitive eater. If you read about many of them, they may be chefs and in search of all kinds of gourmet treats and plain home cooking, but all enjoy food. Hope this makes sense. Imagine if you were eating lots in a short time, you almost have to not taste the food. You cannot savor the flavor if eating for speed.

  27. Larellmarie said (Registered May 9, 2010)

    September 26, 2012 @ 7:22 pm

    Rhonda I always enjoy your comments. Intelligently written and witty – perfect combo. Anon 5:38 I can only speak for myself but I find I can barely even taste the food when competing either dunking or drinking a lot pretty much gets rid of any taste for me. Just my personal opinion. I think OJ does one fantastic job of running this site, having the latest information ( I don’t care how it’s obtained), timely reporting and remaining neutral even with all our different opinions/posts.

  28. More Salt said

    September 26, 2012 @ 7:58 pm

    If you taste it, you might as well sit back and enjoy, cause you already lost.

  29. anonymous said

    September 26, 2012 @ 9:20 pm

    More salt , then you might as well be competing in a shit eating contest if taste of food is irrelevant when competing

  30. Anonymous said

    September 26, 2012 @ 9:44 pm

    Its the thrill of the competition that competitive eaters enjoy. You get an adrenaline rush from just being on that stage!

  31. Anonymous said

    September 26, 2012 @ 9:58 pm

    9:20, not very appetizing comment but that was clearly intentional. It is called competitive eating, not competitive dining. Over and out.

  32. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    September 27, 2012 @ 9:39 am

    Ditto to you Larell! Thanks!

    To add to 9:44’s comment, Crazy Legs said it best: If you can afford lunch, you can be a competitive eater! Everybody eats, and there are no barriers prohibiting a person from becoming a competitive eater. Major League Eating and their sponsors provide the setting, both figuratively and literally, to make ordinary people feel like, and sometimes be, celebrities.

    Yeah, we can, and do, complain about the way contests are run, and we sometimes criticize the fairness with which eaters are “selected” / contests are judged. But there are few opportunities in this world, whereby any person off the street can garner local, national, and sometimes world-wide media attention for participating in an every-day activity, dining with some of the best in the world at their craft.

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