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Craig Harker, founder of the British Eating League, announces that he will be publishing a book titled "Competitive Eating - the Ultimate Guide".
The Ultimate Eating Championship will hold its first event in January at the The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint in Ocean Springs. Former Man v Food host Casey Webb will MC the competition.

James Webb wins “Big Eater King Fall 2025”

TV Tokyo just concluded its broadcast of “Big Eater King Fall 2025”. In the final round, James Webb, Tenei Kinoshita and Ryu completed 22 bowls of ramen. James Webb won the contest after he was found to have finished more of his final bowl. Video of broadcast.

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James Webb discussed competing in the 2025 Nathan's Famous finals on the Australian television program "Gogglebox". He says that one of his plates had six hot dogs when it should have had five and that he was not provided with adequate water.
An episode of "America Says" produced by the Game Show Network in which a quartet of competitive eaters consisting of Jimmy Lin, Naader Reda, Aubrey Koehn and Kevin Ross faced off against four yogis has been uploaded to youtube.
"Everything on the Menu", starring the former WWE performer Bruan Strownman, debuted last night on the USA Network. The first two episodes, Fort Worth, TX and Washington, DC can be viewed on youtube.
The Fall 2025 edition of TV Tokyo's "Battle of Big Eaters" was recorded this past weekend. James Webb, Pat Bertoletti and Gideon Oji were invited to compete. The competition will be televised on November 3.
"James Can Eat", the new James Webb documentary, can now be viewed on Amazon Prime. James did an interview with Muscle & Fitness about the film.
The October 9, 2006 episode of "Wife Swap" in which Eric "Badlands" Booker and boxer Jennifer Alcorn exchanged families can be viewed on youtube.
Generation Iron has a preview of "James Can Eat", James Webb's documentary that will be released Friday. The second trailer for the film has been released.
In an upcoming DC / Marvel crossover comic book, the Incredible Hulk and Harley Quinn will face off in "Nateman's Infamous Coney Cram" hot dog eating contest
Rich and Carlene LeFevre are expected to appear on tonight's episode of "America's Got Talent" at 8pm Eastern / 7pm Central on NBC. update Collider has a post about the LeFevres' appearance. They did not advance to the next round. A video of the appearance is on youtube.
A trailer for "James Can Eat", a new documentary starring James Webb has been released. The film will be available on Amazon Prime and other platforms on August 22. I think James is the third competitive eater to have a documentary after "The Story of Furious Pete" and Crazy Legs Conti's "Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating". update July 26A clip of James discussing vomiting and the possibility of water intoxication is available.
ESPN PR reports that an average of 1.62 million viewers watched the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest on July 4, the highest total since 2014.
George Shea, Badlands Booker, Crazy Legs Conti and Miki Sudo appeared on CUNY-TV's "A Slice of New York" program to discuss Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.

2025 ESPN Nathan’s schedule

The ESPN schedule for the men’s and women’s 2025 Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest is finally out. Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo will have personal cameras. The documentary, “The Good, The Bad, The Hungry will also be rerun three times.

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Men’s Nathans contest on ESPN2, women’s not listed


The ESPN schedule for July 4 is out. The men’s Nathan’s contest will be televised live on ESPN2 at noon. The women’s contest is not listed, but will probably be streaming only since ESPN2 will be showing First Take from 10am to noon and ESPN will broadcast Wimbledon.

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TWU Local 100 has a post about Eric "Badlands" Booker recent appearance on America's Got Talent. He recently retired from his day job as a New York City subway conductor.
RIP John Brenkus, host of ESPN Sport Science. In 2014, he did a segment about the science of competitive eating.
Eric "Badlands" Booker is expected to appear on tonight's episode of America's Got Talent on NBC at 8pm Eastern. updateA video of Booker's appearance doing a hot sauce chug is online.

Teinei Kinoshita wins TV Tokyo “King of Gluttony” 2025

Results from the final round of today’s “King of Gluttony” contest televised on TV Tokyo. (video of program, results start at 2:50)

1 Teinei Kinoshita 23 bowls of ramen
2 Kawaxile 22 bowls
3T Geoff Esper 21
3T Pat Bertoletti 21

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Paramount has uploaded a clip from the 2012 film, "The Guilt Trip" of Barbra Streisand attempting a 72 ounce steak challenge at a Lubbock, TX restaurant resembling The Big Texan. Barbra did not eat any actual steak for the scene, watermelon was substituted.
    The contest page for Big Eater Championship 2025, to be televised May 5 on TV Tokyo, has been released. Geoff Esper will look to defend his title and Takeru Kobayashi will serve as commentator.
    Zermatt Neo has uploaded a video of his video of his trip to Osaka, Japan to compete in the qualifier for "Big Eater Championship 2025" that will be televised May 5 on TV Tokyo.
    The competitive eating themed "King of the Hill" episode that originally aired on November 10, 2002 can be viewed on youtube. Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson guest star as competitive eating fans.
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