The NOLA crawfish festival will hold a crawfish eating contest In New Orleans on April 30 awarding $100 to the winner.
Scott "Scott Eats" Watkins won the first prize of $500 at yesterday's hot dog eating contest at the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival in Surrey, BC.
The Takedown Twins youtube channel has been rebranded as the Extreme Eaters podcast. The format is similar to "Hot Ones", but instead of a hot wing gauntlet, guests will attempt a speed or capacity challenge while they are being interviewed. Two episodes featuring Geoff Esper and Sean "BasketLockerBall" Butler have been released.
Dan Kennedy won the first prize of $1000 at tonight's pizza eating contest at Sal's Pizza in Boston. "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti was runner up and Shawn "BasketLockerBall" Butler was third.
Registration is now open for the ManorPalooza World Texas Sausage-Eating Championship in Manor, TX on May 3.
The Bulldog in Lafayette, LA will hold a crawfish eating contest on April 13 awarding $500 to the winner.
The Dallas Pizza Fest will hold an eating contest on April 27 awarding $250/$150/$100 to the top 3.
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.
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