Are you a foodie?
Do you want extreme reality TV shows?
Do you like watching eating contests?
This might just be the event for you… even if you might wonder why you are there. It’s a big event tied to Nisei Week Japanese Festival in Los Angeles and a great opp for you to eat great food for little cash. It’s the World Gyoza Eating Championship sponsored by Day-Lee Pride in the Little Tokyo area of Downtown LA!
Competitors get ready to EAT:L to R: Jeff Butler, Michelle Lesco, Miki Sudo, Matt Stonie, Joey Chestnut
The 8th Annual Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship will challenge eaters to devour as many Day-Lee Pride gyoza (Japanese potstickers) as possible in 10 minutes. This is the premiere competitive eating event on the West Coast, and is watched avidly by competitive eating fans and competitors across the nation.
Gyoza
Competitors must eat as many gyoza as possible in 10 minutes.
L to R: Joey Chestnut, Juliet Lee, Juan Rodriguez, Steve Hendry
This year, the 2014 Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship will be an epic showdown between Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (ranked #1 by Major League Eating [MLE]) and Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (#2). In a major upset last year, Stonie defeated Chestnut and set a new world record of 268 gyoza—two more than Chestnut ate in 2012. The two will be vying for gyoza championship glory and competing for a $6,000 cash purse among a field of MLE stars including:
The ladies of the Day-Lee Food World Gyoza Eating Championship.
(numbers in parenthesis are their rank and the number of gyozas they ate in the previous competition)
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (#1 World Rank, Gyoza Best – 266)
Matthew “the Megatoad” Stonie (#2, Defending World Gyoza Eating Champion, WR 268)
Miki Sudo (#4, 204)
Erik “the Red” Denmark (#14, 134)
Marcos “the Monster” Owens (#16, Gyoza Debut)
Pablo Martinez (#17, 141)
Juan “More Bite” Rodriguez (#18, 146)
Eric “Bandlands” Booker (#22, Gyoza Debut)
Steve Hendry (#24, 117)
Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz (#31, Gyoza Debut)
Josh Miller (#36, Gyoza Debut)
Neslie Ricasa (#34, 59)
Mary “I Like ’em Hot” Bowers (#38, 53)
Competing for charity will be the 2013 Nisei Week Queen Lauren Naomi Iwata and her court.
The 2013 Champion Matt Stonie poses with the Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship trophy with the Nisei Week Queen and Court, Aki the Akita, and title sponsor Day-Lee Foods representative Jason Uno.
Part of the 74th Annual Los Angeles Nisei Week Japanese Festival, the eating championship is hosted by the Nisei Week Foundation and sanctioned by MLE and the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE).
The main event will schedule is below
Date: Saturday, August 16 2014
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: City Parking Lot #7
(160 N. Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012, near the cross streets of Temple and Alameda) in downtown Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo district, a short walk from the Metro Gold Line.
The famous Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (ranked #1 by Major League Eating) after his win in 2012 with Aki and the Nisei Week Queen and Court.(2012)
Admission for both the Gyoza Eating Championship and Ramen Matsuri strong>$5 per person.
Hungry spectators with an appetite for fab and delish Japanese cuisine can purchase plates of potstickers and Mandarin Orange Chicken bowls at the Day-Lee Pride and Crazy Cuizine food booths.
For ramen lovers, the Ramen Yokocho Association’s Ramen Matsuri (Festival) will showcase the West Coast’s top ramen shops.
About the Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship
The Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship is hosted annually by the Nisei Week Foundation at the Los Angeles Nisei Week Japanese Festival and sanctioned by Major League Eating (MLE) and the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE).
Since 2006, the contest has quickly become a marquee event on the MLE calendar, attracting the best of the best to see who can eat the most Day-Lee Pride gyoza (Japanese potstickers) in 10 minutes. The current world record is 268 gyoza eaten by the 2013 champion, Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (currently ranked #2 by MLE).
About the 2014 Los Angeles Nisei Week Japanese Festival
First held in 1934 and recognized as one of the longest-running ethnic festivals in the United States, the Nisei Week Japanese Festival is a nine-day event celebrating Japanese and Japanese American culture and history as an integral part of the City of Los Angeles. All proceeds benefit the Nisei Week Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
The 2014 festival will take place in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo district from August 9-17.
For a calendar of events and volunteer information, please visit www.NiseiWeek.org.
About Day-Lee Foods, Inc.
Day-Lee Foods, Inc., a leader in authentic Asian cuisine, manufactures two frozen food brands for retail and foodservice customers: Day-Lee Pride, a line of 5 different types of gyoza (chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, and vegetable); and Crazy Cuizine, a line of premium-quality Asian classics such as Mandarin Orange Chicken, Teriyaki Chicken, Korean BBQ, and Chicken & Pork Potstickers.
Stevie Wilson,
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LOL mad, but I could actually eat a lot of gyoza myself…maybe not THAT many!
This contest will be out of the ordinary. I think it is funny they are so small and eat so much.
Fiona .. one of the entrants from last year ate 98 and didn’t make the cut. It’s interesting to see who enters these things Pam!