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2019 Finkies winners

Winners of the 2019 “Finkies” awards announced Saturday:

Contest Sponsor – Original Nathan’s
Rising Star – George Chiger
Media – Juan Rodriguez & Sarah Reinecke nude photos in Men’s Health
Breakout – Geoff Esper
Rivalry – Rene Rovtar vs Kay Rovtar

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Chien Shu of the Taiwanese "Battle of the Big Eaters" team has surpassed a million subscribers to her youtube channel.
The Good, The Bad, The Hungry will be shown at the Independent Film Festival Boston on April 27.
Molly Schuyler has uploaded a video of her breaking the record for the "Don Juan" breakfast tacos at Juan in Million in Austin, TX. The caption mentions an upcoming documentary series.
Foodbeast will hold a streaming session on twitch.tv/foodbeast today starting at 10:30 am Pacific today in which Molly Schuyler, Dan Kennedy and Naader Reda will attempt to set eating records. The person who predicts Molly Schuyler's chicken nugget total will win a prize. update a video is available

Takeru Kobayashi defends Chronic Taco title

update April 12
Full official results have been posted:

1st 157 Takeru Kobayashi
2nd 146 Molly Schuyler
3rd 107 Dan “killer” Kennedy
4th 94 Jesse Pynnönen
5th 78 David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli
6th 59 Kevin Ross
7th 47 Naader “Freak8r” Reda
8th 41 Jimmy “The Spicialist” Lin

Naader Reda has uploaded a video of his choking incident

update #2 The Los Angeles Daily News has a contest report giving the official results as
1) Takeru Kobayashi 157 tacos
2) Molly Schuyler 146 tacos

Naader Reda required the Heimlich maneuver during the contest, but completed the competition.

Takeru Kobayashi ate 157 tacos in 10 minutes to defend his Gringo Bandito Chronic Tacos Challenge title at the Sabroso Taco Fest in Dana Point, CA. update Eric Anderson has a video of the contest. Kobayashi and Molly Schuyler were announced as having both eaten 160 tacos at the conclusion of the competition.

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KyleVFood set the record for the 3.5 kg Belly Buster burger challenge at Man vs Food in London and won £250.
Molly Schuyler collaborated with Brazilian Corbucci Eats in an attempt to break the record for eating McDonald's Big Macs.
Will Moritz produced an animation of Randy Santel.
Spanish competitve eater Esstik has been recognized as the Guinness World Record holder for most hot dogs eaten in 3 minutes with 9.
24 year old beauty therapist Bethan Gaskin passed away after she choked after attempting to see how many Jaffa Cakes she could fit in her mouth in Bourne, England on February 22.
Piper, an American competitor on the Australian reality show My Test Kitchen claimed she ate 52 baby back ribs to win an eating contest. (video)
The Good, The Bad, The Hungry, an ESPN documentary about the rivalry between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi will debut at the Tribeca / ESPN Sports Film Festival Gala in New York City on April 26. Tickets will go on sale March 26.
Znak.com reports that a 45 year old man died on March 8 while competing in a pancake eating contest in Vladimir, Russia. (via XSovietNews)
Molly Schuyler is the guest on the latest Human Performance Outliers Podcast.

4th “Finkies” Awards announced

The 4th annual Finkie’s competitive eating awards that will take place April 13 at Flannery’s Bar in Manhattan were announced on Tuesday night(podcast | videos). The categories and choices, which can be voted on online are:

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Joey Chestnut appeared on the Hochman and Crowder show yesterday to promote Sunday's croqueta eating contest in Miami.
Geoff Esper posted a video of him eating 71 KcDonald's hamburgers, besting a mark of 67 previously set by Bob Shoudt.
Caters News has an article and video about Leah Shutkever.
LadBible has a video of Nela Zisser attempting a 10,000 calorie English breakfast challenge which labels the New Zealand resident as an "Aussie". According to Facebook statistics, the video has received 885K views in 8 hours.
An episode of TV Made Me Do IT about the 2009 AICE USA vs. Canada burger eating contest focusing on "Furious" Pete Czerwinski.
The hot dog eating contest from the Oscar nominated movie "The Green Book" can be viewed on youtube. The clip opens with Viggo Mortensen's character claiming that he can eat 48 White Castle burgers.
Kate Ovens attempted a 10 foot sandwich inspired by a hoagie Homer Simpson ate to celebrate the 30th season of the animated series.
Fink Beats the Stomach have returned from their hiatus with a new episode which consists primarily about commentary on Leah Shutkevers pancake challenge video for Girl vs Food recorded at Crepes and Cones. A video version of the podcast is available.
CNN has an article and video about the wanko soba noodle eating challenge available at restaurants in Morioka, Japan. The record is 570 small bowls.
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