Kobayashi fails to break Sonya Thomas’ fruitcake record
The New York Daily News has a report on Kobayashi’s attempt to break Sonya Thomas’ IFOCE fruitcake record at Gabriella’s Restaurant. Kobayashi fell 6 ounces short of the mark set by the “Black Widow” in a 2003 contest (and Badlands Booker’s amount in that competition as well). Kobayashi said the density of the fruitcake, which he had never eaten before, made it difficult to consume quickly.
MSNBC has a picture. Cookie Jarvis also attended the event.
NBC San Diego has video from the event. 14 pounds of fruitcake were on hand.
update NBCNewYork has two videos. Cookie Jarvis and Badlands Booker ate alongside Kobayashi at the end of his attempt to get him past the threshold. Kobayashi did not resort to dunking the fruitcake even when the record appeared in doubt.
Sonya Thomas has a comment about Kobayshi’s record attempt on her news page.
Update #2 Kobayashi’s attempt was mentioned on ESPN Sportscenter. Here is a clip (20 seconds .9 MB)
NY1 News also has a video clip
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Anonymous said
December 26, 2008 @ 3:22 pm
Ed Jarvis ahould have been eating and Koby should of ben watching. Ed Jarvis would have killet the girls record.
Luther
Girl Friend said
December 26, 2008 @ 5:26 pm
Koby is wondeful, BUT it was wonderful to see one of Sony’s records remain intact
anonymous said
December 27, 2008 @ 1:49 am
Where was the commissioner?. It seems as though they are grooming Jarvis for the position
Tonto said
December 27, 2008 @ 10:42 am
I’m still a bit confused on how competitive eater can help fight world hunger. Isn’t giving all the food to one person a little bit counterproductive?
anonymous said
December 27, 2008 @ 10:51 am
I could just picture Ed Jarvis talking to Don Lerman or some of his other pals on the phone a few days before the event saying this is going to be big big media coverage and the restaurant will be packed with fans and news reporters from all over the world. It hardly lived up to it’s hype. Glad that Kobe did not break the record or we would be dealing with another black widow temper tantrum. Website message would read “sonyatheblackwidow.com coming soon”
Bronson Fan said
December 27, 2008 @ 11:00 am
Joey or Pat would have beaten the record.
Anonymous said
December 27, 2008 @ 11:10 am
All of these would have beaten the record:
1. Joey Chestnut
2. Patrick Bertoletti
3. Takeru Kobayashi
4. Timothy Janus
4. Bob Shoudt
6. Sonya Thomas
7. Hall Hunt
8. Richard LeFevre
10. Tim Brown
11. Patrick Vandam
12. Juris Shibayama
13. Eric Booker
14. Crazy Legs Conti
15. Erik The Red Denmark
16. Patrick Philbin
17. Allen Goldstein
18. Arturo Rios, Jr.
19. Nathan Biller
20. Pete Davekos
21. Micah Collins
22. Eric Livingston
23. Kevin Ross
24. Mike Fitzgerald
25. Jim Reeves
26. Yellowcake Subich
27. Russ Keeler
28. Dave “US Male” Goldstein
29. Chris Abatsas
30. Nic Fry
31. William Myers
32. Brickhouse Braunstein
33. Jason Erb
34. Joe LaRue
35. Ron Koch
36. Paul Barlow
37. Larry McNeil
38. Brian Seiken
39. Paul Sakelarides
40. Mike Springer
41. Damon Serignet
42. Shawn Kirby
43. El Toro Jimenez
44. Andrew McKirdy
45. Cameron McKirdy
46. Scott Zukowski
47. Timm Dilling
48. David “SyKoBOZO” Cagle
49. Richard Foley
50. Mike Landrich
Furious Pete said
December 27, 2008 @ 11:51 am
Annom you clown, you listed Kobe there…lol you tool.
The Hungman said
December 27, 2008 @ 6:21 pm
And not on that list, but a worthy eater, is the world famous Hangman. How he got over looked in the new ratings just baffles me but I am sure he’ll land in the top 15 once he takes down the next Broadway at the Beach..
Anonymous said
December 27, 2008 @ 7:42 pm
Good to see the Hungman has returned. He has been missed. Without him, we’d forget about the Hangman.
SPBBBMBBB said
December 27, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
I hate fruitcake….I admit I would not eat it in a train, on a plane, in the dark, or in a park. I do not like it with some spam, I do not like it Anonymous you am
anonymous said
December 30, 2008 @ 1:38 am
This is an outrage. Not even a mention of Ed Jarvis appearing or competing in the fruitcake event on IFOCE.com. Now i see why other old school eaters did not bother showing up.
Rhonda Evans said
December 30, 2008 @ 8:33 am
Why does the IFOCE still insist (in their news story) that Sonya set the Fruitcake record in 2001, when it was Dec 30, 2003? They have the right information on the Records page. And they apparently don’t bother correcting the news media, whose stories all maintain that the record was established in 2001. Sonya probably never even knew the IFOCE existed in 2001.
Rhonda Evans said
December 30, 2008 @ 8:34 am
Don’t worry anonymous, I’m sure the people who watched the ESPN segment or the video couldn’t miss him.