The Slawburger Festival in Fayetteville, TN will hold a slawburger eating contest on April 18 awarding $500 to the top male and female.
2026 Wings for Wishes
Full results are on the MLE Instagram
| 1st | 221 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 176 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 163 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 125 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 115 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 62 | Jacob Williams | |
| 7th | 61 | Steven Farlow | |
| 8th | 50 | Brad Barker | |
| 9th | 35 | Luke Sobieraj |
James Webb is doing a live video
Registration is open for the Mass Hole's Marathon Donut Eating World Championship in Medford, MA on April 18. This will be the first Major League Eating contest in Massachusetts since 2018.
The Hot Slaw Festival in Cleveland, TN will hold a Slaw Dog eating contest on April 11 awarding $500 to the winner.
Extreme Eating Championships will hold a cake eating contest at the USA FitFest in Tampa on April 4.
The Revel in Frisco, TX will hold a crawfish eating contest on March 15 awarding $750 to the winner.
The BBC has an article about Nick "Wayward Feaster" Marden bicycling 128 miles from Bristol, England to Cattleman's Steakhouse in Paignton, Devon where he attempted the 4.5 kg cottage pie challenge. The event raised money for Bristol Sports and Community Hub.
The Sun-Sentinel has a interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in Saturday's Wings for Wishes wing eating contest in South Miami.
Scott "Scott Eats" Watkins won the first prize of $500 in Great Wings eating contest on February 26.
British Eating League chicken patty contest
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ReThe British Eating League is livestreaming its chicken patty eating contest at the Patty Freaks in Litchfield, England. James Webb is competitng. update Results are on the youtube video
1 James Webb 60 chicken fillets
2 Max Stanford 45 chicken fillets
3 Reese vs. Food
4 Radim Dvoracek
5 Stef2Hungry
Nela Zisser's apparance (as part of Team Australia) on the Japanese program "Dekamori Hunter" has been uploaded to youtube. Max Suzuki leads Team Japan.
The episode of the "Behind the Bastards" podcast about George Shea originally recorded in February 2022 has been uploaded to youtube.
The Texas Country Reporter Fest will hold a Prairie Dog eating contest in Grand Prairie, TX on March 28 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
Z Burger in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, DC has closed. The restaurant has been the site of one of the major non-MLE eating contests since 2009.
KOMU has an article about the 26 inch pizza challenge at West Main Pizza in Jefferson City, MO. The jackpot for the challenge has reached $1,500.
Brockleby's Pies in Melton Mowbray, England will hold a pie eating contest on March 7 awarding £300 to the winner.
The University of Florida in Gainesville has an article about the Lettuce Club at the college. Jennifer Rodriguez Perez ate a head of lettuce in 2:42 to win the contest.
The Smithsonian has an article about eating contests and challenges from 1972 and before.
KEZJ has an article about Randy Santel's food challenge trip in southern Idaho. He attempted the Train Wreck breakfast challenge at the Depot Grill in Twin Falls, ID twice in one session.
The Fulton, TX Oysterfest will hold an oyster eating contest for men on March 7 and a competition for women on March 8. Both contests will award $200/$100/$50 to the top 3.
Registration is open for the Ultimate Bologna Showdown in Knoxville, TN on May 9. The purse is $10,000 with the winner receiving $5000.
I Luv Pho in Kennesaw, GA will hold the Master Pho challenge on February 28. The winner will receive an iPhone 17 Pro Max and 2nd and 3rd place will receive $500 and $200 gift cards. The winner will also receive a spot in a finals competition that will award $10,000.
The Los Angeles Dodgers held a team wing eating contest yesterday. They also held wing eating contests during spring training in 2024 and 2025 and won the World Series both years. The Dodgers official social media asked their players what food they would choose for an eating contest.
Island Pacific Market will hold lumpia eating contests in Las Vegas on March 7, Temecula, CA on March 14 and Elk Grove, CA on March 21. Each competition will award $500 to the winner and $200 to the runner up.
Registration is finally open for Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship to be held in Miami on March 7.
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