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TV Tokyo has a page about Battle of the Big Eaters 4 that will be televised on New Years Day with pictures of all 4 competing quartets. Team Canada and Australian pro wrestler Shazza Mackenzie do not appear.
PhillyVoice has an article about Bill "El Wingador" Simmons and his new memoir, Snow on the Barb Wire. According to the article, he uses the book to "settle some scores with old Wing Bowl opponents".
FoodNetwork.com has a section about its new series Ginormous Food that will premier January 6 at 8pm eastern with an episode recorded in Louisville. The first six cities visited will be Louisville, Baltimore, Cincinatti, Nashville, Philadelphia and Richmond.
The 2008 Major League Eating game or the Wii has made Geek.com's list of "The Most Shameless Food Product Placement in Video Games".
Kobayashi's appearance on Italian television where he faced off against Vittorio Noschese to set the Guinness record for hamburgers eaten in three minutes can be viewed on youtube.
Host Josh Denny announces that Ginormous Food will debut on the Food Network on January 6 at 8pm eastern. I think this will be the first food challenge series on a US network since Man vs. Food was discontinued in 2012.
Pat Bertoletti's appearance on America's Got Talent where he chugged 120 raw eggs has been uploaded to youtube.
"The Big Eat" a documentary about the 2005 Nathan's qualifier held in the United Kingdom, can be viewed on youtube.
Steven Schuster attempted the Don Juan Taco at Juan in a Million in Austin on NBC's First Look last night.
Observer.com interviews Adam Richman
Observer.com has an interview with Adam Richman, who addresses Anthony Bourdain’s claim that Man vs. Food is responsible for Islamic terrorism:
Last question. I heard that Anthony Bourdain blamed you for the creation of ISIS, arguing that…Someone watches my show, and they supposedly say, “America’s a very bad place. Tomorrow I bomb it.†Tony is actually a friend of mine and I talked to him about it. I was like ‘You threw me under the bus.’ I understand the need for a good line but I hope that his want of a good friend is greater than that, and he made it clear that it was.
An outtake video from the competitive eating documentary "Hungry" has been uploaded to youtube consisting of hot dog eating contests between directors Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart.
5 time WIP Wing Bowl champion Bill "El Wingador" Simmons has published a book titled Snow on the Barb Wire about the path that led to his incarceration for narcotics distribution and his quest for redemption. He has also started a website at elwingador.com and a twitter at @elwingador. (via comment)
The Biography Channel will rerun the episode of Wife Swap starring Badlands Booker tonight at 10pm Eastern.
TV Tokyo televised its mixed-gender "Gluttonous King" contest today (
video). Max Suzuki was the winner, Tanisaki Takahito runner up and Angela Sato 3rd.
City Journal has an account of the Amarillo Opera's meal at the Big Texan where a Croatian tenor attempted the 72 ounce steak challenge.
The full video of Tuesday's episode of Tosh.0 guest starring Kate Ovens can be viewed on youtube (starts around 5:15).
Kate Ovens appeared on yesterday's episode of Tosh.0 on Comedy Central (promo video).
The November 30 episode of Wahlburgers (10:01 pm eastern on A&E) will have a burger eating contest at the chain's Coney Island location.
RealityWanted.com has posted a casting call for the host of an upcoming food challenge show. Votes can be submitted for candidates for the job. update The casting call on on craiglist says "professional" eaters are not wanted and that it will be on a large popular cable network.
Don Chingon in Brooklyn has a request for people to attempt their burrito challenge today for Japanese television. This will probably be a segment for Battle of the Big Eaters 4 to be broadcast on Jan 1, 2017.
ESPN's Sport Science segment about Nathan's hot dog eating contest can be viewed on youtube. update The link has been fixed, but the video is now private.
Kate Ovens attended yesterday's NFL UK event to promote todays NY Giants vs. LA Rams game at Wembley Stadium in London. Man vs. Food host Adam Richman was another guest. The LAD Bible has a Facebook Live video of the challenge.
The Cell in Manhattan will present a sneak peek of Hot Diggity!, a new musical set at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest by Jesse Lozano on November 7.
The Food Network's new eating challenge program "Ginormous Food" will record at Bard's Burgers & Chili in Latonia, KY later this month. The challenge meal will be an 11 patty "Triple Cincinnasti Burger.
Kim Guilfoyle, co-host of Fox New's, The Five, says a July 4, 2012 wing eating contest was one of her favorite memories of working on the program. She will do a hot dog eating contest against fellow co-host Greg Gutfeld in the future.
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