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The NBC program First Look is looking for two people to attempt the Bacon Bomb challenge at Paddy Long's in Chicago on February 4 for an upcoming episode.
AspiringBackbaker.com has a list of eight New York City eating challenges.
The YankeeStar Grillhouse in Coalisland, Northern Ireland is starting a 52 ounce steak challenge. The amount was chosen to have "an ounce for every american state".
Blondie's Bar and Grill in Vacaville, CA is looking for people to attempt its 5 pound eating challenge on tomorrow's episode of Good Day Sacramento.
FoxNews.com has a list of the five top competitive eating restaurants topped by Big Mama's and Papa's Pizza in Los Angeles. Surprisingly, the Big Texan in Amarillo did not make the list.
The Nindigully Pub in Australia serves a 24kg (53 lb.) burger in a bun shaped like a semi-truck. Article | video
Azteca in Lynnwood, WA is holding a drawing on February 2 awarding a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to someone who has attempted its 7 pound Super Macho Burrito.
Jamie McDonald will attempt to eat three Belly Buster burritos weighing four pounds each at The Scorpion Bar in Foxwoods, CT on Saturday. update Jan 25 The Norwich Bulletin has a blog entry about the event.
The Sun has an article about a 40 item breakfast challenge offered by Gary’s Cafe in Shepton Mallet, England. The most items anyone has eaten is 36.
The Des Moines Register reports that Molly Schuyler broke the record (now 7:08) for the Adam Emmenecker challenge at Jethro's BBQ in Altoona, Iowa today. This was her fourth successful attempt at the sandwich.
The Ad Lib in Glasgow, Scotland is looking for women to attempt its Monster Burger challenge for a feature about slender and healthy female competitive eaters.
The New York Times recently ran a report about the filming of "The Canyons", an upcoming movie directed by Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver" & "Raging Bull" screenwriter) starring Lindsay Lohan and porn star James Deen. The male lead's next project will be "James Deen loves Food" that will record tonight at The Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas.

Molly Schuyler & Eric Dahl finish 36 inch Randy’s Pizza challenge

The Des Moines Register has an article about Molly Schuyler’s attempt to become a four time finisher of the Adam Emmenecker sandwich challenge at Jethro’s BBQ. This afternoon she finished the challenge in Waukee, IA, but did not break the all-time record. Tonight, Molly will attempt the 36 inch challenge at Randy’s Pizza in Oakdale, MN with Eric Dahl and on Friday she will attempt the Adam Emmenecker at Jethro’s Altoona, Iowa location. The challenge will appear on an ABC5 News segment later today.

update Jan 17 Eric & Molly finished the 36 inch pizza as time expired. They complete the challenge at the 37 minute mark of the uStream video.

ABC5 has a video about Molly Schuyler (thanks for the eatfeats mention) finishing the Emmenecker challenge yesterday and USA Today has an article about her.

update Jan 18 More Molly Schuyler coverage: KCCI | Daily Mail | Des Moines Register video

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Jason Iannone has a report on his two pound burger challenge attempt for CBS Local's Man Cave Daily blog.
Smithsonian Magazine has a blog entry about the Scoville Scale used to rank the spiciness of food.
Jamie McDonald finished the new "Fat Jamie" sandwich at Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles last night. Deli co-owner Jerry Ferrara ("Turtle" on Entourage) was impressed.
The International House of Pancakes All-You-Can-Eat Pancakes offer will be available this month until January 27.
The Sun and Daily Mail have articles about the 150 ounce steak offered for £110 ($176) by The Duck Inn in Redditch, England. The restaurant also has a burger challenge.
A six person team including Jamie McDonald, Naader Reda, Kevin Ross and Damon Wells will attempt the 54 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria in Burbank, CA on January 13. Big Mama's & Papa's has also started a blog about its pizza challenge at http://bigmamaspizzablog.com/ update Jan 14 The team did not complete the pizza.

ITV competitive eating documentary / 200+ English eating challenges

update Jan 24, 2014 Additional challenges have been added since this list was posted. See http://eatfeats.com/calendar/UnitedKingdom.html (600+ challenges) and http://eatfeats.com/calendar/England.html for updated lists.

ITV in Great Britain are running a documentary about competitive eating in the UK and USA titled All You Can Eat at 9 pm and 10 pm British time tonight. (Liverpool Echo article)

A listing of over 200 English eating challenges in the eatfeats database follows after the jump. Other websites about UK food challenges are The Food Project and MenVsFoodUk Read the rest of this entry »

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A woman (first name probably Regen) is the first member of Wall of Fame for the 80 ounce steak challenge at Shiloh Brew & Chew in Maryville, TN. (Regen is the second woman I know who finished a steak challenge larger than 76 ounces; Miki Sudo finished a 120 ounce steak last year.)
The LA Times has a blog entry about the 8 pound burger challenge at The Pub at Monte Carlo in Las Vegas.
On Saturday, Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles will unveil the "Fat Jamie", a sandwich designed by Jamie McDonald, who finished the "Big Fat Fatty" challenge last year. Deli co-owner Jerry Ferrara ("Turtle" on Entourage) hopes to attend. update Jan 8 Jamie will be taking on 3 person teams in a "Big Fat Fatty" sandwich eating contest on Saturday.
Naader Reda produced a video of him and John Rivera eating all seven meals on IHOP's $7 menu along with the entire dessert menu.
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