Pedram "In Jaws We Trust" Esmaeelzadeh and Matthew "Ice Cream Buy the Pint" Schuster finished the Carnivore Challenge at Big Pie in the Sky in Roswell, GA.
People.com has a video interview with "Furious" Pete Czerwinksi about how he got started in competitive eating and his struggles with cancer and anorexia. He hopes to marry his fiancee before the end of the year.
Cartoon Network's Adult Swim produced an animation where Batman and Superman face off in a hot wing eating contest and other competitions. (via comicbook.com)
There are now at least three eating challenge / fitness youtube channels by women: Gina Maiorana (twitter | Instagram) | Sophia DeVita (Instagram) | Jen Mann (Instagram). In her latest video, Jen announces she will be competing in the WV pepperoni rolls eating contest in May.
The new commercial for Burger King hot dogs features an unnamed competitive eater wearing a "Polish Punisher" shirt who I did not recognize.
Chronicle Live has an article about Kate Ovens' new video where she attempts 50 wings at Shark Club Gastro Bar in Newcastle.
Daily Star has an article about LA Beast's latest video where he attempts to drink a gallon of spoiled milk which concludes with him vomiting into a washing machine.
A few days ago, Yuko Kinoshita surpassed one million subscribers on her youtube channel, which is less than two years old. I think that Matt Stonie and Pete Czerwinksi update & LA Beast are the only other competitive eaters to exceed that mark.
Nela Zisser has started a store at http://nelazisser.bigcartel.com/ selling T-shirts with her logo on it. She is soliciting questions for a Q & A video in the comments of her latest video documenting her victory in a college Thickburger contest.
Daily Mail has an article about Kate Ovens' latest video where she ate a 28 ounce burger, fries and a milkshake at the Jam Jar in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England in 9:20.
In her latest video, Nela Zisser attempts to eat 10 foot long sandwiches from Subway. In the comments, she is soliciting questions for a future Q & A video.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video of a spaghetti eating contest where he faced Brian Shaw, winner of the World's Strongest Man contest. Vice.com produced a video about his diet and everyday life in Denver last year.
A clip from the most recent episode of Duck Dynasty where Godwin attempts to eat 10 chili dogs in 2 minutes for a T-shirt can be viewed on youtube.
CapitalFM.com has an article and video about Isaac Harding Davis eating 100 chicken McNuggets in 4:44, which was billed as a world record.
Metro.co.uk has an article about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran finishing the 20 pancake challenge weighing 7 pounds at My House Diner in Leeds in 18 minutes. Kate Ovens has uploaded a video of her eating 12 pancakes at the Breakfast Club in London.
Hazem Khaled has uploaded a video of him competing in the Super Bowl 12.1 pound Burger Challenge at the 82 American Diner in Dubai, UAE. The restaurant will pay $1362 to someone finishing the challenge in under 15 minutes.
USA Today has a video of New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski attempting a hot wing challenge, which he says is more difficult than winning the Super Bowl. (via foxsports.com)
Sanctified and Swole has uploaded a video of a GoGo Curry eating contest he did versus Jenn Cheng, the third place female at September's NYC Dumpling Festival. Her instagram is https://instagram.com/jennfierce.
LA Beast has uploaded a video of a training session for Wing Bowl 24 that questions the safety of water training.
In one week, the New York Post's facebook video about Nela Zisser has received 17,158 comments, 49,769 shares, 51,105 likes and 5.9 million views, which I think exceeds the view count of all youtube videos by female competitive eaters.
StarNewsPhilly.com has a report on last week's Wing Off at SugarHouse Casino won by Dave Brunelli. The Wing Bowl website has a contest video.
Vice Sports has a video of Takeru Kobayashi receiving a boxing lesson from Eric Kelly, who calls out "Joey Chestnut" during the session for motivation.
Nathan Figueroa has posted a video from Saturday's eating contest at the Key Lime Pie Festival in Port Canaveral, FL where he finished 3rd. He was handicapped by having to use a plastic hand clapper as his utensil. (via Stephanie Wu)
Black Sports Online has a blog entry about Nela Zisser's latest video where she attempts a breakfast challenge containing 10,782 calories. (Daily Mirror article)
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