WSPA 7News has an interview with William Lyons who ate 21 hot dogs in 15 minutes to break Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran's house record at Skin's Hot Dogs in Easley, SC.
WATE has a news video about Knoxville mayor Glenn Jacobs (WWE Hall of Famer "Kane") competing in the Ultimate Bologna Showdown in Knoxville on May 18. Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, James Webb and Gideon Oji are also expected to compete. (youtube video).
Dexerto has a post about accusations that Tiktok star "PinkyDoll" is faking videos of eating large amounts of food due to jump cuts. A video of her appearing to eat a 5kg burger has received almost 20 million views. PinkyDoll's previous focus was "NPC" streaming in which she acted as if she was an algorithm-controlled video game character.
Julia of Hellthy Junk Food uploaded a video of her competing in the Sweet 16 Challenge held at Jojo's Shake Bar in Orlando last month. Wayne Algenio won the local contest. Does anyone know who won the national $2000 prize? With 3 million subscribers for her channel, Julia is now the most followed youtube account for an American or European female competitive eater. updateWayne Algenio won the national contest.
Leah Shutkever and Eddie Hall, World's Strongest Man, faced off in a 100 ounce steak eating contest.
Esstik passes 5 million youtube subscribers
Esttik from Spain recently exceeded 5 million subscribers for his youtube channel, making him the first European to exceed that benchmark. I think these are the competitive eating / food challenge channels with over 3 million subscribers:
- 16.4 Matt Stonie
- 9.31 Tzuyang
- 8.66 Hussain Sallam
- 5.28 Yuka Kinoshita
- 5.22 Wake N Bite
- 5.02 Furious Pete Czerwinski
- 5.00 Esttik
- 4.74 MaddyEats
- 4.68 Chicken Leg Piece
- 4.49 Viwa Food World
- 3.78 Nikicado Avocado
- 3.75 Beard Meats Food
- 3.46 Erik The Electric
Linda Cohn has uploaded an excerpt from Friday night's ESPN Sportcenter of her interview with Joey Chestnut and Los Angeles Chargers defender Joey Bosa about competing in Monday's pistachio eating contest in Santa Monica. Bosa says that his new head coach Jim Harbaugh hoped he would win the contest.
In a new episode of "Idiot Sandwich" on youtube, Matt Stonie faces off against two other chefs to produce a shrimp sandwich in a cooking contest judged by Gordon Ramsay held at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas Matt does not remember Joey Chestnut's Nathan's Famous record of 76 and states that the all time best is 72 hot dogs. updateGordon Ramsay has posted an excerpt on his tiktok consisting of his conversation with Matt and a him training for a hot dog eating contest.
In his latest video, Young Mantis and Joey Chestnut both attempt a single Big Ugly Burger challenge at Bub's Burgers in Carmel, IN. Joey says he wants to return and break James Webb's house record of 6 Big Ugly Burgers.
Geoff Esper offers advice on how to complete the 30 inch pizza at Nick's Place in Lexington, MA on a Chronicle 5 WCVB segement. The channel also produced a video about New England food challenges.
Ethan Gillis has uploaded "The Gravy Bowl" to youtube, a mini-documentary about Darrien "Cheese Curd" Thomas competing in the 2018 Smoke's Poutinerie eating contest in Toronto.
A video of PinkyDollReal eating a 5kg burger has gone viral, with a reposting on twitter receiving 12 million views in less than a day.
MBALE Express has a video of an eating contest held in Butebo, Uganda in which the victor reportedly ate 10kg (22 pounds of food).
In his latest video, Erik "the Electric" Lamkin attempts to break eating records set by Matt Stonie, Geoff Esper, "Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Raina Huang and Joey Chestnut.
Brady Bunch ice cream eating contest
The Brady Bunch youtube channel has posted a clip from a 1971 episode in which Bobby Brady competes in an ice cream eating contest. Hal Smith, “Otis the Drunk” on the Andy Griffith Show, played the MC of the televised competition.
In the latest Airrack video, 50 competitive eaters were invited to dine at a Los Angeles Golden Corral buffet. Participants included Chris "Old Guy Eats" Dale, "Your Man Cody" Cody Dulaney, Naader Reda, Raina Huang, Cherish Brown, Josh Krady, Kyle Hanner, Katie Prettyman, Sean Nichols, Moh Motion, Gal Akbari, Will Morse and Teddy Delcruz. All diners were weighed before and after their meal; the aggregate weigh gain was 500 pounds. update ShastaFood has a behind the scenes video of the event.
In their latest video, the Sidemen, a UK based youtube channel with over 20 million subscribers, attempt food challenges at 3 London restaurants: Man vs Food, the Polo 24 Hour Bar and Orange Buffalo.
Kate Ovens has uploaded her first food challenge video in three years: a fry up breakfast called "The Legend".
"Airsoft Fatty" faced off against Eric "Badlands" Booker in a chug-off held at Times Square in New York City.
StarNow has posted a casting call for eating contest participants for an Ed Sheeran music video that will be filmed in Sydney this week.
Tiktok user @ugh_madison has gone viral recently for her videos of extended stays at buffet restaurants. A twelve hour visit to Golden Corral has received over 13 million views. (Youtube | Instagram).
NBCDFW has a segment about James Webb, who will be competing in the Lewisville, TX tamales contest tomorrow. The Australian has been given the nickname "The Wonder from Down Under".
KC Finn's posted a behind the scenes video of Molly Schuyler and Dan Kennedy attempting their Big A** Burger Challenge in Jackson, TN. (via Little Maxine)
Raina Huang uploaded a video of a dumpling contest in which she faced off against James Webb and Bandana Eats.
The youtube channel for Hell's Kitchen has uploaded a clip from a 2012 episode in which Joey Chestnut faced off against chefs in a wing eating contest.
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