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Philly Mag has an obituary for Abner Silver, owner of Jim's Steaks in Philadelphia, who passed away earlier this month. The restaurant maintains a cheesesteak eating record (Pat Bertoletti is the current holder) which was started when Lynda Kuerth won a 1977 competition. The University of Pennsylvania student newspaper has a report on that event (on page 15).
The Derailed Pour House in Durango, CO will hold a 6 pound burger eating contest Thursday awarding an 8 day trip to Mexico.
Tim "Gravy" Brown was the first person to finish the 35 taco challenge at Mercadito in Chicago.
AllKPop.com has a post about Yura of the k-pop group Girl's Day finishing a spicy pasta challenge.
The South China Morning Post has a list of five Hong Kong eating and drinking challenges.
LiveLeak.com has a video of Randy Santel becoming the first man (Emma Dalton was the first finisher) to complete the Hibernator breakfast challenge at Bear Grills in Congleton, England which concludes with a post-challenge reversal. LadBible has a blog entry about Randy's UK tour.
Erik "The Electric" Lamkin has uploaded a video of him eating 25,000 calories over 12 or 13 hours. The Broken Yolk Ironman omelet challenge is part of the food eaten. Josie Mai has a video where she attempts 10,000 calories.
Olivia Ragni announces that she completed the Pointersaurus challenge in St. Louis. She did the 30 inch pizza challenge at Gusano's in Arkansas two months ago. update Jan 28 Blake Ahrendsen was Olivia's partner
Good Food has a list of eating challenges offered by restaurants in Sydney, Australia.
I am not sure why the Monster Mega Breakfast challenge offered by the Corner Cafe in Portishead, England consisting of 59 conventional breakfast items is particularly newsworthy, but it has is the subject of over 10 recent news articles.
Hell Yeah Detroit has a report on an attempt at the 10 pound burger at Mallie's in Southgate, MI.
Christian Ucles says he waited in line during halftime and most of the third quarter of yesterday's Greeen Bay Packers game, only to be told that they were no longer available when he ordered. Stacey Dales and Mike Silver attempted the burger on the NFL network. Flashback: 2003 article about Stacey Dale's appetite when she was a WNBA player.
Leah Shutkever finished the burger challenge in 7 minutes at Stacked Samui in Bophut, Thailand to set a house record.
The Green Bay Packers will offer a 3.5 pound "Big Game Burger" (1.5 pounds of meat) for $20 at Sunday's playoff game vs. the Dallas Cowboys.
IHOP announces all you can eat pancakes are now available at participating locations until February 8. Pictures tagged with #panuary will be submitted to a virtual "Hall of Fame". The IHOP website has no mention of a 2015 Pancake Bowl eating contest.
Romagnanoi.it has an article about the 1.2 kg burger challenge offered by the Bounty pub in Rimini, Italy. Caterina Bianchi is the overall record holder for the challenge with a time of 10:56.
The Lad Bible has a post on Kate Ovens finishing the 24 ounce Gut Buster burger challenge at the Stateside Diner in Newcastle, England, which took place 11 months ago.
John McQuaid has an article for the Wall Street Journal about why people enjoy eating pain-inducing spicy food.
Anne Bermans announces she set the women's record (27:30) for the Balense Reus burger challenge at Broodjeshoek in Balen, Belgium.
The Guardian reports that its story about the Hungry Horse's doughnut burger was the fourth most viewed article about "sustainable food" in 2014.
The Ohio Deli, site of the Dagwood sandwich challenge in the Columbus episode of Man vs. Food was destroyed by fire early this morning.
The facebook page for Bartolini's in Midlothian, IL reports that Miki Sudo failed to break Molly Schuyler's record for the 10 pound meatball sub challenge. (via email)
Bartolini's Restaurant facebook reports that Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez attempted to break Molly Schuyler's record for the 10 pound meatball sub. (He did not succeed).
The Daily Mail has an article about Lauren Jackson's attempt at the 5kg (11 pound) Brussel sprout challenge at Smokey's in Walsall, England. (video)
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