James Webb ate 100 pieces of sushi and 2 wasabi balls in a record 3:24 to win a contest at Niji Sushi Bar in Hurstville, NSW (Sydney area) (contest video)
James Webb and Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran have received byes to the Nathan's finals.
Current has an interview with James Webb eating six Big Ugly Burgers at Bub's in Carmel, IN on May 25 to break a record previously held by Eli Lessig.
The Big Texan announced James Webb finished their 72 ounce steak challenge in 6:28, breaking Joey Chestnut's mark for the fastest male completion time and placing him 2nd behind Molly Schuyler (4:18) for the best overall time.
2023 Salvation Army donuts
| 1st | 59.5 | James Webb | |
| 2nd | 54.75 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 53 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 40 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 5th | 36 | Mo Mbengue | |
| 6th | 28 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 7th | 26 | Kevin Ross | |
| 8th | 21.5 | Naader “Freak8r” Reda |
James Webb has started a livestream of today’s World Donut Eating Championship in San Diego.
9News.com.au has an article about Australian competitive eater James Webb training for Nathans' Famous hot dog eating contest.
Food Challenge News has an interview with Australian competitive eater James Webb. He recently got engaged and plans to return to the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
aa.com.tr has an article about Australian James Webb tour of Turkey to compete in eating contests. He has quit his job to focus on competitive eating.
Australian James Webb ate 10 pieces of spicy toast to win an eating contest held in Adana, Turkey.
James Webb wins Alameda County Fair Nathan’s qualifier
update Derek Hendrickson, Safeway and Misty Family Vlogs have videos. KCBS has a radio segment
The top 6 men from today’s Nathan’s qualifier at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, CA (top 3 qualify for finals)
1 James Webb 41.5
2 Derek Hendrickson 28.75
3 Pablo Martinez 28.5
4 Erik Denmark 25
5T Gabriel Lucas 7
5T BJ Thompson 7
Austalia’s James Webb broke the UK Commonwealth Nathan’s record previously held by Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran (32)
There were not female entrants according to Pablo Martinez
A LadBible Facebook video about James Webb, billing him as "The King of Enormous Food Challenges", has received 9 million views.
Fox 4 has an article about Australian James Webb attempting the Cookie Dough Sundae Challenge at Wonderland Cookie Dough & Ice Cream in North Fort Myers, FL.