The Carnegie Deli will hold a 24 layer chocolate cake eating contest at a Taste of Vienna in Vienna, VA on April 25. The winner will receive $500 cash and a $1000 gift card. Second and third place will receive $350 and $150 gift cards.
Mystic Lake in Prior Lake, MN will hold the Great Midwest Rib Fest World Rib Eating Championship on June 27.
USA Today's For The Win has an interview with Joey Chestnut about partnering with Major League Eating to produce a version of the 9-9-9 challenge which will be available at six ball parks. The menu item consists of 9 undersized hot dogs, 9 small cups and a 24 ounce beer. SFGate found that the beer was insufficient to fill all the containers.
Registration is open for the ManorPalooza World Texas Sausage-Eating Championship in Manor, TX on May 2.
Extreme Eating Championships announced that Joey Chestnut will be competing in its World Chocolate Cake Eating Championship at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on April 4. I think this will be the first time a Major League Eating competitor has done a contest sanctioned by an organization other than MLE. Buccaneers offensive linemen Tristan Wirfs and Luke Goedeke will also compete.
The Nairobi Times reports that Boniface Ondimu passed away after choking in a bread eating competition held in Nairobi, Kenya. This is the second competitive eating fatality in 48 hours after a tragedy in Jamaica took place this past weekend. The last time this happened was in early April 2017 when Caitlin Nelson and Travis Maloof passed away after choking at events in New Jersey and Denver.
The website for the 2026 Barbecue Battle in Washington, DC does not mention a Nathan's Famous hot dog qualifier.The June event has held a qualifier every year since 2016 (excluding 2020 and 2021).
Irie FM reports that 37 year old Kerron Powell passed away after choking in a bun eating contest held in Jamaica yesterday.
Master Pho in Doraville, GA will hold a pho eating contest on March 29 awarding free pho for one year to the winner and an iPhone 17 to the runner up. 3rd and 4th places will receive $500 and $200 gift cards.
Dexerto reports that a South Korean woman has been charged with defamation for claiming that Tzuyang vomited after her meals, a claim the mukbang star denied. Tzuyang has said she eats up to 30,000 calories in a day.
Island Pacific in Elk Grove, CA will hold amateur and professional lumpia eating contests on March 21 awarding a total of $2000 with the winner of both divisions receiving $500. Raina Huang will attend but not compete.
Registration is open on MajorLeagueEating.com for the Saugus Wing Eating Championship at the Brook Casino in Seabrook, NH on July 11.
The Barnet Post has an article about Max Stanford, Franco's Feasts and Nick of "Lifting Weights, Cleaning Plates" attempting a whole lamb weighing about 15 kg at Goda Restaurant on Ballards Lane in London.
The Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival in Surrey, BC will hold a mini donut eating contest on April 10 and a hot dog eating contest on April 11. Both contests will award $250 to the winner. Entants will need to submit a 30 second video.
On March 2, Andrew Dou from Champaign, IL finished the 26 inch pizza challenge at West Main Pizza in Jefferson City, MO and claimed a $2700 jackpot. The new unclaimed jackpot is currently up to $1650.
The Boudin Festival in Scott, LA will hold an amateur sausage eating contest on April 11 awarding $500/$250/$100 to the top three.
Registration is open for the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship in West Palm Beach, FL on April 26.
Lloyd Taco Factory in Buffalo will hold a burrito eating contest on April 4 awarding $500 to the winner.
The Route 66 Mother Road Festival will hold a MLE Cozy Dog eating contest in Springfield, IL on September 26.
Bam Adebayo scored 83 points for the Miami Heat tonight, the second highest total in NBA history (only surpassed by Wilt Chamberlains's 100 points). In 2019, he faced off against Takeru Kobayashi in a burger eating contest for charity.
The Sun Bum Banana Eating World Championship in Wildwood, NJ has been added to the Major League Eating calendar for May 23. Registration has yet to open.
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.
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