Competitive Eating category

MSN.com has an article about a noodle eating contest between alleged New Zealand gang members conducted over streaming video. The competition was marred by controversy when the amount of food for one participant suspiciously dropped after camera malfunctions.
The Chicago Tribune has a report on "Mommy's Little PIggy" mashed potato eating contest held as part of "A Christmas Story Comes Home" in Hammond, IN on December 15.
Zermatt Neo produced a video of his attempt to eat a 12 pound blue turkey.
Bob Shoudt produced a video of his team consisting of himself, Dan "Killer" Kennedy and Andrew Puhl eating a 14.5 burger at the Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, NJ in 7:17 to win $1000.
Joel Hansen has uploaded a video of his runner-up finish at the Supreme Donair eating conest at King of Donair in Halifax, NS which includes his choking incident.
In the new Girl vs Food video, Leah Shutkever attempts to eat 12 pancakes in under 12 minutes at Crepes and Cones in Croydon (south London).
2ser has an interview with Australian competitive eater "Hulk Smash Food" on how to maximize holiday food consumption.
Joey Chestnut is offering a 3-pack of his condiment line including an extra autographed container for $30 on his website. All profits will go to Toys for Tots.
CBR.com has an interview with Fred van Lente and Crystal Skillman about Eat Fighter, a webtoon with a female competitive eater protagonist.
Man v. Food host Casey Webb announced his program will be moving from the Travel Channel to the Cooking Channel.
Geoff Esper has restarted his youtube channel with an egg nog record attempt and a "Edible Hulk" sandwich challenge narrated by Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark.

Joey Chestnut & Geoff Esper to face off for most 2018 victories

The field for tomorrow’s World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship before the Big 10 football championship has been announced: Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper will seek the most non-qualifier MLE victories in 2018 (currently tied at 11) while Darron Breeden, Gideon Oji, George Chiger, Derek Jacobs, Matt Raible and Mary Bowers will look to preserve the draw. If Mary Bowers does not pull of the upset, there will be no female winners of a mixed-gender MLE competition in 2018.

A list of all 2018 MLE non-qualifier winners sorted by name follows:
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Patch.com reports that a playground will be built in Clark, NJ in honor of Caitlin Nelson, who passed away after choking in a pancake eating contest held at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT on March 30, 2017.
Finnish competitive eater Jesse Pynnönen produced a video of his attempt to eat 50,000 calories.
Sports business reporter Darren Rovell is expected to leave ESPN and join The Action Network, a startup focusing on gambling. Rovell served a sideline reporter on some of the first telecasts of the Nathan's finals (around 2004-2006) and often mentioned competitive eating on his twitter.
Indian food challenger Sanket Sankpal offers 7 tips for competitive eaters in an interview in Vice Asia. His youtube channel, Wake N Bite, has over 200,000 subscribers.
Joey Chestnut will appear at the Kroger in Indianapolis on Thompson Road on Thursday and offer samples of his condiment line.
Brandon Clark, Darron Breeden and Bob Shoudt have posted videos from the successful completion of the 105+ pound "8th Wonder" burger challenge at Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, NJ on Saturday. Other team members were Molly Schuyler, Miki Sudo, Geoff Esper, Nick Wehry, Dan Kennedy, George Chiger and Andrew Puhl.
Eric "Badlands" Booker attempted the burger challenge at Clinton Hall in Manhattan in a video for ABC Localish.
Regality Media has produced a promotional video about Mary Bowers.
Yahoo has an article about how Viggo Mortensen changed his physique to play a big eating driver/bodyguard in Green Book. Director Peter Farrelly estimates he ate 15 hot dogs to film a hot dog eating contest scene.
Girl vs Food TV announces that Leah Shutkever will take on the challenge at Crepes and Cones in Croydon (south London) in an upcoming video.

Clinton Station Diner 105 lb burger conquered

Miki Sudo announced that the 10 person team consisting of herself, Molly Schuyler, Bob Shoudt, Dan Kennedy, Darrron Breeden, Geoff Esper, Brandon Clark, George Chiger, Nick Wehry and Andrew Puhl completed the 105 pound burger challenge at the Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, NJ and claimed a $5,000 prize. Flux Happens has videos of the start and end of the challenge. Molly Schuyler was the last member eating.

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On Thursday night's episode of Jersey Shore Family Vacation, "The Situation" attempted the Super "Brooke Burger Challenge" at the Headliner in Neptune, NJ.
Kate Yup has posted a video of her eating 151 chicken nuggets and has challenged Matt Stonie to better her total.
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