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Darron Breeden has uploaded a 2021 personal highlight video with a soundtrack of his guitar playing. He has also passed 50,000 youtube subscribers.

December 30, 2021 at 12:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Darron Breeden, Music, Videos | Permalink * Comments

New Vision reports that Gad Sentenekora, a 55 year old from Kanungu, Uganda, passed away after competing in an eating contest held on Christmas. This is the second African eating contest fatality in less than a week. A 16 year old Kenyan died after choking in a bread eating contest held at his school on December 22. update The Ugandan Police say that the contest organizers are on the run; after arrest, they will be charged with "negligent acts likely to cause death".

December 26, 2021 at 11:21 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Africa, Fatalities | Permalink * Comments

Nation.africa reports that Harrison Odour Ouma, a 16 year old student from Busia county, Kenya, passed away after choking during a bread eating competition held at Sikura Primary School.

December 22, 2021 at 8:24 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Africa, Fatalities | Permalink * Comments

Andrew Puhl posted a video of him cooking and attempting to eat a 30 pound breakfast sandwich with Dan Kennedy and Josh "the Goat" Kready.

December 21, 2021 at 1:03 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Breakfast Eating Challenges, Dan Kennedy, Sandwich Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Spanish food challenger Esstik uploaded a video of his attempt at an 11 pound pizza challenge in the United States. Molly Schuyler and Dan Kennedy also attempted the challenge.

December 20, 2021 at 1:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dan Kennedy, Molly Schuyler, Pizza Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Brett Healey attempted the 14 pound pizza challenge at Beau Jo's in Denver with Ricardo Corbucci.

December 20, 2021 at 1:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Beau Jo's, Brett Healey, Ricardo Corbucci, Team Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Andrew Puhl posted a video of his attempt at the 72 ounce steak at Stikcy Face BBQ in North Tonawanda, NY. Molly Schuyler also attempted the challenge.

December 15, 2021 at 12:42 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo, Molly Schuyler, Steak Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Koktail has an interview with Thai twins Pong and PUn Harnharuiharn. Their food challenge youtube channel TheFadd currently has 789K subscribers.

December 13, 2021 at 2:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Thailand, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Aaron Osthoff commits suicide after attempted murder

December 11, 2021 at 8:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Aaron Osthoff, Fatalities, Iowa, Wisconsin

Some shocking and tragic news:

In the early morning of November 19, Aaron Osthoff forced his way into the home of Megan Breuer in Potosi (in southwest Wisconsin about 20 miles from Osthoff’s hometown of Dubuque, Iowa). She called 911 and after police arrived, Osthoff fired his gun multiple times. He severely injured Breuer and then took his own life with his firearm. She was hospitalized and was listed in stable condition as of November 22. Police said that Breuer and Osthoff knew each other, but no additional information about their relationship has been divulged.

Osthoff was a member of Major League Eating from 2011 to 2014. He competed in the 2011, 2013 and 2014 Nathan’s finals, finishing 6th in the men’s division in 2013. In 2012, Osthoff and his wife Heather both qualified for the Nathan’s July 4 championship, but they did not participate in that competition that year. In 2015, Osthoff retired from Major League Eating. He concluded his competitive eating career with a victory in the Dubuque Wing Bowl later that year.

In February 2020, Osthoff was featured in a New York Time article about his acquisition of a copy of the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment report that was autographed by former President Trump. The document was sold by Goldin Auctions for a price of $81,180.

On June 30, 2021, Osthoff’s 20 year old daughter Brielle took her own life. Her struggle with mental health was the subject of a September article by the Telegraph Herald. The Osthoffs have two other children: Brittany Murphrey and Brock Osthoff.

Osthoff’s social media offers minimal clues into what might have triggered the tragedy. His final facebook post on November 17 was an uncaptioned picture of himself in a room with no visible items other than high heeled shoes on a shelf. His twitter and instagram have not been updated for over a year.

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Daily Mail has an article about Max Stanford's attempt to break Emma Dalton's Brussel sprout record of 325.

December 9, 2021 at 2:12 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Max Stanford, Videos | Permalink * Comments

News.com.au has a profile of Australian competitive eater Mimi "the Mini Monster" Zhang, who appeared on the latest episode of the "I Swear I Never" podcast.

December 8, 2021 at 1:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Mimi Zhang, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments

Leah Shutkever attempted a 120 ounce steak challenge at the Greyhound Inn in Yarlet, Staffordshire.

December 3, 2021 at 12:44 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Leah Shutkever, Staffordshire, Steak Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Pachiko District produced a video (in English) about Tokyo's top 10 restaurant challenges.

December 2, 2021 at 1:46 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Japan, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Men's Health has an article about Randy Santel losing over 100 pounds in 15 weeks.

November 28, 2021 at 12:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Randy Santel | Permalink * Comments (2)

Mirror has an article about Max Stanford creating a 4.5 kg beef trifle inspired by a Thanksgiving episode of "Friends".

November 26, 2021 at 11:02 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Max Stanford, Television | Permalink * Comments

The Big Story produced a video about Australian competitive eater Mimi “the mini monster” Zhang.

November 25, 2021 at 12:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Mimi Zhang, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Joey Chestnut appeared on Fox 59 this morning to discuss his Thanksgiving leftover recipes and promote his line of condiments.

November 24, 2021 at 1:49 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Merchandise, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Buzzfeed produced a video about Raina Huang.

November 23, 2021 at 12:52 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Raina Huang, Videos | Permalink * Comments (4)

In a pancake eating contest on tonight's episode of "Riverdale", big eater Jughead was defeated by Archie. The program this season has been rebranded as "Rivervale" to hint that it might be set in an alternate universe.

November 17, 2021 at 1:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Nation's Restaurant News reports that Creating Culinary Communities will partner with Matt Stonie on a virtual restaurant which will not have any physical locations and only offer delivery/takeout. The brand is expected to launch before the end of 2021.

November 12, 2021 at 1:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Merchandise | Permalink * Comments

Beard Meats Food has started a podcast called Breaking Bread co-hosted with Josh Gudgeon. The podcast is currently #25 on the British comedy podcasts spotify.com rankings.

November 9, 2021 at 1:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments

Larry David and comedian Patton Oswald faced off in a hot dog eating contest on tonight's episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" on HBOMax.

November 8, 2021 at 12:18 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Humor, Television | Permalink * Comments

MoneyControl.com has an article about Indian food challenge videos. Viwa Food World (4.3M subscribers) Wake N Bite (1.95M) and Chicken Leg Piece (987K) are three of the youtube channels mentioned.

November 6, 2021 at 11:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, India, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate in today's NYC mayoral election, competed in several Nathan's Famous finals in the 1990s, finishing 3rd in 1994. He appeared in "Footlong", a 2002 documentary about the hot dog using the 1998 Nathan's circuit as its framework which can be viewed on youtube. In interview starting around the 8:15 mark, he claims that defending champion Hirofumi Nakajima has been surgically altered with digestive enzymes.

November 2, 2021 at 12:19 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, Nathan's History, New York City | Permalink * Comments (1)

Joey Chestnut was the guest star on a 2020 episode of "Scooby Doo and Guess Who?" in which Scooby and Shaggy crash a hot dog eating contest where Joey is facing off against "Big Eddy". Boomerang Africa has a clip of his appearance (starts at 3:00)

November 1, 2021 at 1:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Comics, Joey Chestnut, Videos | Permalink * Comments

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