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The team of six competitive eaters finished the 54 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's in Burbank, CA in 46 minutes.
BBC has a segment from The Men Who Made Us Fat about an attempt at the 9.5 pound "Kidz Breakfast Challenge" at Jester's Diner in Great Yarmouth, England.
Wreckless Eating has a video promoting tomorrow's 54 inch pizza eating contest at Big Mama's & Papa's in Burbank, CA. Jippidy has a video about the pizza's construction. "Furious" Pete Czerwinsksi says he will not be participating on the competitive eaters team.
Phil's Last Stand announces that Jamie McDonald won $1000 after he was the first person to finish it's Po Boy sandwich challenge. The prize was raised to $1000 on June 15.
Redeye Chicago has an article about the "Gluttony Tour" where Pat Bertoletti and Tim "Gravy" Brown will attempt to complete four Chicago-area eating challenges in less than 48 hours starting June 29. Additional challengers are welcome; a donation of $250 will be made to the Chicago Food Bank if someone else beats their time on the tour.
Damon "The Omen" Wells announces that he is leaving Major League Eating. He will become the sixth member of the team attempting the 54 inch pizza at at Big Mama's & Papa's on Sunday. This will probably leave the IFOCE top 50 without any southern Californians whenever it is updated (assuming Ben Monson is removed also.)
Kooky Canuck in Memphis will hold a poutine eating contest on July 1 awarding $400 in gift certificates ($250 to the winner).
Jack Loonam has pictures of Erin Duddy, a member of the University of Georgia equestrian team, finishing the 5.5 pound burger challenge at Stuffed Burger in Athens, GA. She was the first woman to finish the challenge and her time of 29 minutes was a quarter of the 1:56 it took Ben Jones, a lineman for the Houston Texans, needed to complete the challenge (gallery). update June 19 The restaurant facebook has a gallery.
GluttonForceFive.com announces Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown will attempt four Chicago eating challenges over 43 hours starting June 29. The participating restaurants will donate a portion of their receipts during the challenge attempts to the Chicago Food Bank. (via Matt Strick)
Sumo Grub in Berkeley, CA is currently awarding $300 to someone that can finish its Six Feet Under challenge. The University of California has more information about the challenge in an article about Berkeley eating challenges.
Additional six person teams are wanted for the 54 inch pizza eating contest at Big Mama's & Papa's in Burbank, CA on June 24. The winning team will receive $1500.
Johnnie Excel announces he will compete in a 54 inch pizza eating contest at Big Mama's & Papa's in Burbank, CA on June 24 against 6 people from Wreckless eating. The other members of Johnnie's team will be Jimmy Lin, Naader Reda, Pete Czerwinski, Tom Gilbert and someone to be named later.
Aaron Wakamatsu has a report on the eating challenges Randy Santel did in Seattle.
Teddy's Burger Joint announces that Alex finished its 8 pound Maverick burger challenge in 14:15 at the Plainfield, IN location. (via Metropolis Shopping Center)
Aaron Wakamatsu has http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb4d7GCFzeM">produced a video about the spicy challenges and a video about eating challenges Naader Reda did in Oregon Memorial Day weekend.
Mayor Bloomberg's ban on large sweetened drinks in New York City has received a lot of publicity. The new poll asks where you think the Nathan's finals should move if they are banned by New York City. Big Pie in the Sky, seen in the Atlanta episode of Man vs. Food is the site for an 11alive.com article about the ban. update International Business Times has apparently been taken by an April Fools Day spoof about a forced switch to tofu hot dogs for the contest.
The Scottish Sun has an article about a 6 pound steak challenge available at The Grill Room in Glasgow which costs £360 ($565). If the steak is finished in under an hour, it is free along with a membership to club 29.
Statesman Journal has an article about Naader Reda attempting a 11.8 pound pizza challenge at Church Street Pizza in Salem, OR. The pizzeria's facebook has pictures of the attempt. update May 29 Statesman Journal has a follow up article, which is currently the most popular on the website.
TV9Kannadnews has a video of Dale Boone's (pronounced "Delay Boone") victory in a burger eating contest in Bangalore last week.
LilMissNYJet has uploaded pictures of her attempt at the Carnegie Deli's "Jetbow" sandwich created in honor of Tim Tebow (before | during | after)
Eric "Silo" Dahl won $500 for finishing Mannie & Bo's calzone challenge yesterday, which he completed in a record time of 16:45.
Kooky Canuck has 21 simultaneous attempts at its Kookamonga challenge last night.
Naader Reda has a blog entry about attempting three Los Angeles area challenge on the same day in December: a pho challenge, a Japanese challenge and a 7 pound burrito challenge that Kevin Ross and "The Spicialist" also attempted.
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