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HertsLive reports that Max Stanford ate a 2kg kebab box in 6:37 to win a British Eating League event held at Chip-o-dee in Wrexhan, Wales. John "Food and the Beast" Dawes was runner up.
Food Challenge News has an interview with Max Stanford. He hopes to spend a month in the United States before competing in the Nathan's finals, which he qualified for in August.

2023 Selsey, England Nathan’s qualifier

update Official results
1 Max Stanford 34
2 Radim Dvoracek 21.5
3T Ronnie Hartman 14.5
3T John Dawes 14.5

1 Rhea Jarvis 4

If accurate, Max Stanford’s total of 34 would break the UK record of 32 set by Beard Meats Food in 2019, but there might have been a miscount.

update Ronnie Hartman announced he was third with 14.5 hot dogs, Max Stanford was the male winner, and Radim Dvoracek was the runner up.

MLE is billing today’s contest in Selsey, England at Seal Bay Resort as the first British Nathan’s qualifier, but there was an qualifier in Birmingham, England in 2005 using pork pies instead of hot dogs.

The competition won by Rob Burns was the subject of a documentary, “The Big Eat”, which can be viewed on youtube.

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Max Stanford ate 14 items from Greggs (six bakes, four sausage rolls and four doughnuts) in 3:09 to win the first prize of £100 in a video based British Eating League contest.
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Max Stanford ate a 50 ounce steak in 4:50 to win a British Eating League contest held at The George Pub in Stockton-on-Tees Saturday.
Mirror.co.uk has a report on Max Stanford's victory in a British Eating League Jaffa Cake eating contest held at The George Pub in Stockton-on-Tees. Max's total of 102 cakes in 3 minutes broke his previous record by 88.
Metro UK has a video about Max Stanford eating 57 mince pies in under 10 minutes to set a record.
Results of tonight's British Eating League 10 patty Whopper contest: 1) Max Stanford 2:47 2) Dawesy 4:30 3) Josh Kready 4:46
Max Stanford appeared on the British television program "The Gadget Show". He attempted to eat 100 custard cream biscuits on his appearance but it was cut from the episode.
Max Stanford was interviewed by the BBC about his victory in the British Eating League Jaffa cake eating contest.
Max Stanford ate 88 Jaffa Cakes in 3 minutes to win Saturday's British Eating League event held at The George Pub in Stockton-on-Tees. The total was billed as a world record.
Daily Mail has an article about Max Stanford's attempt to break Emma Dalton's Brussel sprout record of 325.
Mirror has an article about Max Stanford creating a 4.5 kg beef trifle inspired by a Thanksgiving episode of "Friends".
"A British competitive eater (Max Stanford) took down 141 of them in five minutes in 2020" is a clue in today's USA Today crossword.
Max Stanford edged Kyle Gibson by one chicken nugget to win the first prize of £1000 in yesterday's British Eating League chicken nugget championship.
Metro.co.uk has an article about Max Stanford's win over Kyle Gibson in Saturday's British Eating League eating contest. Max's total of 141 cookies in 5 minutes was billed as a world record.
Max Stanford completed the challenge at Manzes Pie and Mash in Peckham, England, which weight 5kg (11 pounds) and consisted of 18 pies and 7 orders of mash.
Max Stanford is the first person to complete the breakfeast challenge consisting of 50 items at Cabin Dairy Cafe in Burnham, England.