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Get Ready to Gobble! 7-Eleven Hosts Biggest Eating Competition in the Philippines

// September 1st, 2009 // Announcements

Are you hungry enough to win?

Apparently these 25 gobblers are—check out the top gurgitators who made it to 7-Eleven’s Big Bite Challenge:
1.    Donald “Top Gun” Jao
2.    Kyle “The Beast” De Guzman
3.    Crisaldo “Dominator” Mendiao
4.    Seth “Raging Demon” Rubian
5.    Cermino “Super” Dela Cruz
6.    Rodrigo “Airstrike” Villamor
7.     William “Chomp” Amba
8.    Rey “Gun” Mahilum
9.    Eldebrando “Matador “Guevarra:
10.    Jowel “Em Pacho” Lazaga
11.    Marvin James “Magic Man” Alzola
12.    John Paul “Macho Man” Aragoncillo
13.    James “Super Spy” Pierce
14.    Marvin “More, More” Mora
15.    Daniel “Gigantic” Janoras
16.    Leonardo “Epic” Reataza
17.    Paolo Jonas “Eating Rage” Paguio
18.    Leopoldo “Black Hole” Quinto, Jr.
19.    Domingo “Symphony of Digestion” Beltrano
20.    Jose Lucrecio “Running Devil” Rivera
21.    Edwin “Lightning Strike” Duque
22.    Michael “Jaws” Samonte
23.    Raymond “Exploding Bazooka” Bagoncia
24.    Reynate “Alien” Irarte
25.    Eduardo “Anaconda” Nariz

Proving that  Filipinos are a veritable match for any competitive sport, these names have proven the strength of their gut—literally—by making it to the semi-finals of the country’s first hotdog eating competition hosted by 7-Eleven Philippines.

Tom "The Goose" Gilbert, devouring hot dogs at the Big Bite Challenge Launch

These Filipino eating machines will gather on September 26, 2009, Saturday for the culmination of one of the biggest and widest gastronomic competition ever assembled in Southeast Asia. The fastest eaters gathered from 7-Eleven stores nationwide are set to battle it out at the final Big Bite Match where the champion gurgitator will bring home P500,000 in cash.

“Our culture has a natural affinity for food and if there’s one sport we can excel in—as evidenced by the exceptional time that our semi-finalists have set, competitive eating is one of them,” said Armi Andrade, 7-Eleven’s Food Service Division Manager. “We believe that Filipinos will appreciate a different kind of exhilaration with this spectator event.”

Expect nothing short of a digestive grandstanding at the challenge culminates on September 26, Saturday at the Music Hall of SM Mall of Asia. For questions and inquiries, please visit www.eatingmachinesphilippines.com.

7-Eleven is celebrating its 25th year of being the largest convenience store chain in the Philippines. For inquiries about franchising, please contact the Customer Hotline at 724-10-31 or the Mobile Hotline at 0920-945-2036.
Big Bite ® Match is the biggest competitive eating event in the Philippines visit www.eatingmachinesphilippines.com/ for more information.