YouTube competitive foodie kicked out of Aurora pizza restaurant

AURORA, Colo. — A Los Angeles YouTube competitive eater and influencer seeking to beat a pizza challenge at an Aurora business says the owner accused her of being a professional competitor trying to scam his business, called her explicit names and kicked her off the property.On Sunday, Raina Huang planned to take on the OMG 28” pizza challenge at StevO’s Pizza n Ribs. The competition requires the competitor to eat the pizza in one hour with no breaks for $100. There are no rules or regulations online or inside the business that say certain people cannot take part in the challenge.Surveillance video captured by the restaurant and partially released to Denver7 shows Huang asking for the pizza challenge. The restaurant owner, Steve Wieand, asks Huang if she is a professional eater when she asks to record herself eating the pizza. Huang can be heard telling Steve Wieand she’s done a few food challenges and adds that she records them for YouTube. Video of Steve Wieand’s confrontation with Huang was not released.A separate video posted online by Huang shows her crying and accusing Steve Wieand of calling her explicit names and kicking her off the property.“I’ve never had a restaurant experience…
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