OC Chow has information about the Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in. The contest will take place on August 3 in Huntington Beach, CA and award $5000 to the winner. update A website about the contest has been set up at http://www.tacocontest.com/

June 29, 2011 at 2:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Orange County, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (5)

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  1. NReda said

    June 29, 2011 @ 2:44 pm

    I wonder who’s going to step up and challenge Kobayashi..

  2. ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)

    June 29, 2011 @ 2:54 pm

    Furious Pete is also expected to compete.

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

    June 29, 2011 @ 3:26 pm

    Well, at contest’s end, he’ll have one more thing to Furiuos about.

    And, I’m not dissing his talent. Pete’s got it going on! But there’s a wide gap between someone who has eaten great and a GREAT eater. He’s simply not in Koby’s league.

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

    June 29, 2011 @ 3:30 pm

    (Actually two things: I mispelled the first word of his moniker.)

  5. Gastroboy said

    June 29, 2011 @ 8:18 pm

    Enough of Kobi VS Pete foretelling. We all know odds are slim for Pete right now (psh, and for almost everybody else if they were to sign up for that matter), let’s see how it turns out and enjoy it! Kobi and Pete make a nice free-pro-eaters-duo! I hope Pete improves though, because since he went independent Koby is stealing a lot of attention from him.

    BTW, 5000$ for an independent contest is pretty big money. Glad to see independent contests purses increasing as well. What about media coverage? That’s what would really get the ball rolling.

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