Male competitive eaters category

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A 2012 episode of "Hell's Kitchen" in which Joey Chestnut faced off against the chefs in a chicken wing eating contest can be viewed on the Kitchen Nightmares youtube channel.

January 24, 2026 at 12:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Rural King, a farm and home retailer, announced a partnership with Joey Chestnut and a popcorn eating circuit in 2026-27. Several popcorn eating qualifiers for amateurs will be held during 2026. Winners of those competitions will take on Joey Chestnut in the finals on National Popcorn Day in 2027.

January 20, 2026 at 12:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments

Dan Kennedy won the first prize of $1,250 in yesterday's World Muffin Eating Championship in St. Petersburg, FL. Nick Dompierre won the influencer division.

January 18, 2026 at 11:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Dan Kennedy | Permalink * Comments

USA Network announces that "Everything on the Menu" starring former WWE star Adam "Braun Strowman" Scherr will return for a second season of 12 episodes. He will be accompanied by additional diners in this season, included WWE wrestler Alexa Bliss.

January 15, 2026 at 11:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Television | Permalink * Comments

Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran will be a commentator at the Las Vegas Wing Bowl on February 7.

January 12, 2026 at 1:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Las Vegas, Wing Bowl | Permalink * Comments

James Webb will be doing British Eating League events in the United Kingdom in February.

January 6, 2026 at 12:05 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:James Webb, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (10)

RIP Bryan "Big Sexy" Beard, who passed away suddenly at the age of 40 on December 21 from a heart attack. Bryan's family has set up a gofundme page. Sports radio host Ben Maller did a tribute to Bryan on his show. 2012 Denver Post article about Bryan.

January 3, 2026 at 7:30 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bryan Beard, Denver | Permalink * Comments (4)

Abema has an interview (select English subtitles) with Takeru Kobayashi about his development of a hot dog made with Japanese Wagyu beef. He hopes to release the frankfurter by his birthday, March 15, and aspires to export it to the United States. (article corresponding to the video) update The Wagyu beef hot dogs will not be Kobayashi's first attempt at a frankfurter line. In 2013 he launched "Kobi Dogs", which was the food item for his July 4, 2013 eating competition

January 2, 2026 at 12:40 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Kobayashi (小林尊), Merchandise | Permalink * Comments

Zermatt Neo has uploaded a video about the fried rice eating contest held at the Singapore Comic Con on December 6. The top 3: 1) Zermatt Neo 28 bowls 7.84 kg in 30 minutes 2) Eater X King 3) Sarah Ow. James Webb choked on a piece of metal and left the stage with about 10 minutes remaining.

December 29, 2025 at 12:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, James Webb, Singapore, Zermatt Neo | Permalink * Comments (13)

George Chiger ate 36 wings in five minutes to win a contest held at the Buffalo Convention Center on December 20. The competition had 499 participants which broke the Guinness World Record for the wing eating competition with the largest field size.

December 28, 2025 at 12:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo, George Chiger, Records, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

"Sweet Little Chippy Tea" is Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran's song for Christmas 2025. All proceeds from the download of the single will benefit the Stroke Association.

December 24, 2025 at 11:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Music | Permalink * Comments

Zermatt Neo did an Ask Me Anything interview session on the SingaporeEats reddit. update Mothership has a writeup of the session focusing on a burger challenge which crushed Zermatt's pancreas and hospitalized him for three days.

December 18, 2025 at 2:34 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Singapore, Zermatt Neo | Permalink * Comments

Zermatt Neo won the Food League SG fried rice eating contest held at the Singapore Comic Con on December 6, defeating James Webb, Eater X Kung and Kelvin "Zarkman" Medina. updateIt appears James Webb left the contest early due to poor health

December 16, 2025 at 12:46 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Singapore, Zermatt Neo | Permalink * Comments (4)

World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall and the Dutch Giant (height 7'2") faced off in a pancake eating contest.

December 12, 2025 at 1:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Netherlands, Videos | Permalink * Comments

2025 Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship

December 6, 2025 at 10:06 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Indianapolis, Joey Chestnut

Full results are on the MLE instagram

1st 242 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
2nd 187 Nick Wehry
3rd 144 Miki Sudo
4th 139 Gideon Oji
5th 110 George Chiger
6th 108 Cameron Meade
7th 96 Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz
8th 70 Crazy Legs Conti

The livestream has started. There is an undercard between an Ohio State and Indiana fan.

Major League Eating livestream

Joey Chestnut has mentioned a wing contest losing streak. It appears his last victory in a MLE wing competition was the 2018 Buffalo Wingfest with 8 wing defeats since then.

2025 Mar 8 2nd 192 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship Miami, FL
2024 Mar 9 2nd 198 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Wings for Wishes World Wing Eating Championship Miami, FL
2023 Sep 3 2nd 240 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Wing It On! USA Chicken Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY
2022 Sep 4 2nd 224 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY
2022 Apr 2 4th 108.8 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship Miami, FL
2021 Sep 5 2nd 244 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY
2019 Sep 1 2nd 276 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY
2019 Jun 19 2nd 256 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Hooters World Wing Eating Championship South Lake Tahoe, CA
2018 Sep 2 1st 206 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY

All Joey Chestnut wing results

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The Indianapolis Recorder has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in tomorrow's Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship. The competition will be held inside unlike the St. Elmo shrimp cocktail competitions. (The projected high is 34 F).

December 6, 2025 at 12:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Indianapolis, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments

Geoff Esper did a livestream yesterday in which he answered questions from fans. Starting at 10:45 he discussed his plans for 2026. His MLE contract will expire in February and he does not plan to immediately extend it, but might re-sign in the Spring if he wants to do a Nathan's qualifier.

November 30, 2025 at 1:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contracts, Geoff Esper, Videos | Permalink * Comments (27)

Andrew Levitt produced a video of his family's Thanksgiving dinner. He invited Pat Bertoletti to the meal with the goal of seeing how long it took the diners to realize their guest was a competitive eater.

November 29, 2025 at 1:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pat Bertoletti, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Max Stanford, the British Eating League's eater of the year, was listed by The Guardian as one of seven unsung heroes.

November 26, 2025 at 1:01 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Max Stanford, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (2)

Jamie McDonald, owner of Bear's Smokehouse, received the My Journey Award from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. Jamie used his competitive eating winnings to start his chain of restaurants.

November 25, 2025 at 2:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Jamie McDonald | Permalink * Comments (5)

The Independent Singapore has a post about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran's trip to Singapore to attempt a fried rice challenge.

November 9, 2025 at 3:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Singapore | Permalink * Comments

Max Stanford ate 220 chicken nuggets in 10 minutes to win the first prize of £1000 in the British Eating League's competition at Cattlemans Steakhouse in Paignton, England on November 1.

November 8, 2025 at 1:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Devon, Max Stanford, Uncategorized | Permalink * Comments

James Webb wins “Big Eater King Fall 2025”

November 3, 2025 at 9:21 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:James Webb, Japan, Television

TV Tokyo just concluded its broadcast of “Big Eater King Fall 2025”. In the final round, James Webb, Tenei Kinoshita and Ryu completed 22 bowls of ramen. James Webb won the contest after he was found to have finished more of his final bowl. Video of broadcast.

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The streamer Speed will take on Joey Chestnut in competitive eating in the third episode of "Speed Goes Pro" that will be released today at noon Eastern. (preview)

October 29, 2025 at 7:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Videos | Permalink * Comments

An episode of "America Says" produced by the Game Show Network in which a quartet of competitive eaters consisting of Jimmy Lin, Naader Reda, Aubrey Koehn and Kevin Ross faced off against four yogis has been uploaded to youtube.

October 27, 2025 at 10:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Aubrey Koehn, Kevin Ross, Naader Reda, Television | Permalink * Comments

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