Cheerleaders in Philadelphia will hold "Wieners and Wingettes" on May 16, an amateur-only hot dog eating contest awarding $2000/$600/$400 to the top three.
Food League Singapore announced it will be releasing music by the Backshot Boys, a quartet consisting of Geoff Esper on vocals, Zermatt Neo on guitar, Sean Lee on bass guitar and Pat Bertoletti on keyboard.
Mo "MoMotion" Mbengue won the first prize of $500 in Thursday's burrito eating contest at Lloyd Taco Factory in Buffalo
Takeru Kobayashi will appear on tonight's episode of David Blaine: Do Not Attempt at 9pm Eastern.
Pat Bertoletti is in Japan for Big Eater Championship 2025, which will be broadcast on TV Tokyo on May 5. Takeru Kobayashi will also apparently appear on the program. Will he be a commentator or competitor? update Geoff Esper, winner of the 2024 contest, and Zermatt Neo from Singapore will also compete.
On the Critical Banter podcast, Winna Bhun from Australia discusses how competitors intentionally vomiting resulted in his retirement from competitive eating.
Rustler's Rooste in Phoenix will hold a wing eating contest on April 13 awarding $200/$150/$100 to the top 3.
Cape Anime will hold a ramen eating contest in Cape Girardeau, MO on April 6 awarding $200 to the winner.
Carnegie Diner will hold a 24 layer cake eating contest at Taste of Vienna on April 26 in Vienna, VA awarding $500 cash and a $1000 gift card to the winner.
Topanga Social in Los Angeles will hold a tater tot eating contest on April 6 awarding $1000 to the winner. Raina Huang is expected to compete. At the last Topanga Social contest in August, Scott Eats was locked out of the competition after he had arrived from British Columbia, so traveling a long distance to this event may not be wise.
American Legion Post 410 will hold a hot dog eating contest in Mifflinburg, PA on April 12 awarding $250/$150/$100 to the top three.
The Slawburger Festival in Fayetteville, TN will hold a slawburger eating contest on April 19 awarding $500 to both the top male and female.
2025 Uranus Fudge contest
A live video of today’s Intergalactic Eating Uranus Fudge Galactic Championship in Anderson, IN has started.
Official results (8 minutes)
| 1st | 9.125 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 2nd | 9 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 6.625 | Tanner Gray | |
| 4th | 3.875 | Peter Ritter | |
| 5th | 3.25 | John Gora | |
| 6th | 2.75 | Matthew Raible | |
| 7th | 2.5 | Mason Bauer | |
| 7th | 2.5 | Jonathan Reed | |
| 9th | 2.125 | Zach Zona | |
| 10th | 1.125 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 10th | 1.125 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 12th | 0.75 | Elizabeth “Glizzy Lizzie” Salgado |
The field: Jonathan Reed, John Gora (?), Mason Bower, Peter Ritter, Elizabeth Salgado, Zach Zona, Tanner Gray, Cherish Brown, Rene Rovtar, Matt Raible, Nick Wehry, Pat Bertoletti
Barstool Chicago produced a mini-documentary about 70 year old Frank Wach and his three decade long competitive eating career. The spaghetti and meatballs eating contest that concludes the video took place in March 2024. Joey Chestnut and Tim "Gravy" Brown make cameos.
Registration open for 2025 Nathan’s qualifiers
Registration is now open for 6 Nathan’s qualifiers:
May 10 Bristol, CT
June 5 Parma, OH
June 7 Shawnee, KS
June 14 Pleasanton, CA
June 21 Hershey Park, PA
June 21 Washington, DC
The Pinnacle Gazette has a post about 34 year old Japanese female competitive eater Ogose Aya, who weighs only 28.8 kg (63.4 pounds) and is 150 cm (5 feet) tall. The weight of Aya and Angela Sato were monitored on a recent TBS program titled "Why So Thin? Exploring the Mystery of Competitive Eater Weight Changes".
James Webb is listed as a special guest at the Australian Fitness Expo in Melbourne this weekend, so he will apparently not defend his Uranus Fudge title in Anderson, Indiana on Saturday.
El Lechon De Negron in Union, NJ will hold an empanada eating contest on April 8 awarding $300 to the winner.
The Scott, LA Boudin Festival will hold an amateur only boudin sausage eating contest on April 6 awarding $500/$250/$100.
Mo "MohMotion" Mbengue won the first prize of $500 at tonight's cheesesteak eating contest at Taste Cheesesteak in Philadelphia. Dave Brunelli also competed.
Dan Kennedy announced he ate 8.5 sandwiches to win the Delco Steaks Cheesesteak Bowl in Broomall, PA for the fifth straight time. Molly Schuyler was runner up with 5.5 sandwiches.
Raina Huang ate 12 chili cheese dogs in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $400 at Tom's Chiliburgers in Ontario, CA.
Naader Reda was runner up.
Lloyd Taco Factory in Buffalo will hold a burrito eating contest on April 3 awarding $500 to the winner.
To celebrate reopening after Hurricane Helene, Bear's Smokehouse in Asheville, NC will hold a Blue Moon Pie eating contest on March 29 awarding $500 to the winner. Jamie McDonald will compete and there will be a $250 bonus if the winner beats his time.
Taste Cheesesteak Bar in Philadelphia will hold a cheesesteak eating contest on March 24 awarding $500 to the winner.
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