Competitive Eating category

Wayne Algenio announces that he will appear on the Action Bronson show tomorrow on the Viceland televison channel.
Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" Janus, competing as Team Chomp, managed to avoid finishing in last place in yesterday's debut episode of the 30th season of The Amazing Race and will appear in week 2. The most daunting challenge of the episode was traversing a gorge in Iceland using a zipline. Teams also had to imbibe Icelandic alcohol; Team Chomp's drinking did not appear in the episode. This is not the first reality TV show, the duo appeared in. In a 2010 episode of Shaq vs. Joey Chestnut faced off in a hot dog eating contest against the NBA great after he was coached by Tim Janus (via 2 paragraphs)
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark has started selling T-shirts.
Chicago.CBSLocal.com has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in The Amazing Race with Tim "Eater X" Janus as Team Chomp. He says he hopes to have an undefeated 2018 in competitive eating. The season will premier tomorrow on CBS.
Earlier today, Takeru Kobayashi faced off against a lion in an eating contest on a New Year's Day special for Japanese TV called Battle of Beauty and Beast. In 2003, Kobayashi competed against a bear in a hot dog eating contest on Fox's Man vs. Beast program. update Shrugu702 has a video clip of the program.
Youtube has an interview with Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" Janus about competing in the 30th season of The Amazing Race as "Team Chomp". The first episode of the series will be televised on January 3.
An interview with Mort Hurst after he returned to competitive eating after a quarter century absence followning a 1991 stroke is one of the News and Observer's favorite videos of 2017.

2017 MLE contest winners

The following is a list of people who won a MLE contest in 2017 and their total number of victories excluding qualifiers according to the database.

16 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
6 Geoffrey Esper
5 Carmen Cincotti
4 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie
3 Gideon Oji
2 Miki Sudo
1 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco

List of all contest winners
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2017 Christmas videos

Some recent Christmas themed videos

 

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Leah Shutkever has started a facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/ShutkeverOfficial

2018 Finkies Awards nominations

The Fink Beats the Stomach Podcast announces that they will hold their Finkies award ceremony at Flannery’s in Manhattan on January 13. The public can vote for the nominees who are: Read the rest of this entry »

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Times Herald Online has an article about Merlin Chestnut, father of Joey Chestnut, who works as a music teacher at Solana, CA Middle School. His students will perform a concert on December 20 at the 105 year old Empress Theater in Vallejo, CA.
The website for the Wing Bowl has been moved to http://wingbowl.radio.com/ and updated with information about Wing Bowl 26. The rules say that 4 people from outside the Philadelphia market area will be allowed to qualify via a stunt on streaming video and that all previous champions will get a bye. Three Wing Off qualifiers will be held at P. J. Whelihan's (dates have yet to be determined). The entrants list has also been updated with the current Wing Bowl 26 roster. Tickets officially went on sale today and Ric Flair will return as the celebrity guest.
"Deep Fried Diva" Meredith Boxberger appeared in an ad for qīī , a tea that claims it improves oral health. She also did a testimonial video about the product.
"Beard Meats Food" produced a video where he attempted three of Donald Trump's typical McDonald's meals, which reportedly consists of 2 Big Macs, 2 Filet O Fish and a chocolate milkshake.
The Cube has an interview with Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy about the wing eating contest his company held in Las Vegas that received recognition from Guinness as the largest wing contest. 3829 wings were eaten during the competition, with the winner consuming 59.
Josh Hockett will start the Big Bite Podcast, a new competitive eating podcast series. Erik "The Electric" Lamkin is expected to be the first guest. Other episodes will feature Randy Santel, Nate Figueroa, Naader Reda and Mitch Dombrowski.
Men's Health has an article about King Schratz, who posts pictures of his 3000+ calorie meals on his instagram account https://www.instagram.com/kingschratz/.
CBS officially announced the two-person teams that will compete on season 30 of The Amazing Race starting on January 3. Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" will be competing as "Team Chomp". In an interview, Joey Chestnut says he hopes to show the world "that competitive eaters are the best at solving problems". (video interview)
48 ounce steak eating contests are listed as part of "a toxic culture of sexual harassment" in an article by statnews about biotech hedge fund OrbiMed Advisors and its managing partner Sam Isaly. The company claims that the eating competition, which awarded $200 to the winners, were voluntary and were discontinued in 2013.
Leah Shutkever attempts to eat 10 pounds of cereal in her latest video.
Season 30 of The Amazing Race will run on CBS from January 3, 2018 to February 21, 2018. One of the two person teams will consist of Joey Chestnut and Tim Janus.
Raina Huang defeated the 4-time defending champ in yesterday's eating contest at the Tamale Festival in Indio, CA yesterday.
The second season of Man v Food with new host Casey Webb will debut tomorrow night on the Travel Channel with new episodes recorded in Boston and Los Angeles. Other locations in the season will include Louisville, KY, St. Louis, Boise, ID, Daytona, FL, Grand Rapids, MI, the Ozarks, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Seattle and Burlington, VT.
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