Quartz has an article on mukbang, the Korean trend of eating large meals that are broadcast on the internet.
Daily Mail reports Chinese competitve eater Pan Yizhong ate 36 boiled eggs and a box of mealworms at Shiniuzhai Geopark in Hunan, China to promote the opening of a 984 foot glass-bottomed pedestrian suspension bridge, billed as the longest in the world.
2016 Battle of the Big Eaters
The 2016 Battle of the Big Eaters is now being televised on TV Tokyo. You can try to follow on twitter with this query https://twitter.com/search?vertical=default&q=%E5%A4%A7%E9%A3%9F%E3%81%84%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C
update Rhys Hocking has uploaded a video of the program. If you are interested, watch it soon, because it may not be available in the near future.
2016 Battle of the Big Eaters Teams
TV Tokyo has a page about the Battle of the Big Eaters program that will be televised on January 1. The teams:
- USA: Molly Schuyler, Pat Bertoletti, Bob Shoudt, Tom Gilbert
- UK: Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran, Emma Dalton, Leah Shutkever, Marc
- Japan: Hatsuyo Sugawara, Hitomi “Russian” Sato, Moeno Azuki, male I don’t recognize
- Taiwan: Chien Shu, You Lin (?), Ming Che, Ya Lin
It is interesting that Taiwan got a team when competitive eating appears to be a lot bigger in other Asian countries (Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, …)
update The other Briton is Marc “Bottomless” Pitt the Japanese is probably Takamasa “Max” Suzuki
TV.Yahoo.co.jp has a page about the 2016 edition of "Battle of the Big" Eaters that will be televised on TV Tokyo on New Year's Day. Molly Schuyler, Pat Bertoletti and more will compete. (preview video) (Via Tom L)
Woman's Day NZ has an interview of Nela Zisser in which she discusses being diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. In her latest video, she takes on the 2kg curry challenge at Gold Curry in Bangkok.
Nathan's Famous will sponsor a hot dog eating contest in Malaysia on New Year's Eve.
Nela Zisser appeared Australia's Daily Edition to talk about her latest video where she ate 10 scorpions in Thailand. She hopes to surpass Yuka Kinoshita's mark of 62 McDonalds burgers in an upcoming video. (Daily Mirror article)
Gold Curry in Bangkok, Thailand reports that Nela Zisser finished the 2kg curry challenge in 8:37.
Mediaite reports that John Oliver suggested pie eating contests as a test for screening Syrian refugees in yesterday's episode of Last Week Tonight on HBO. (That might not be 100% effective, since ISIS held an ice cream eating contest in Aleppo, Syria in 2013).
In a recent video, Yuka Kinoshita ate 5 one pound steak meals from Steak Gusto. She claims the total weight of her feast was 6kg (13.2 pounds).
Philly Voice has a report on how mukbang, the practice of eating meals that are broadcast on the internet, has spread outside its Korean home.
Battle of the Big Eaters 3 is recording today in Times Square. Team USA appears to be represented by Bob Shoudt and Tom Gilbert. update Team Japan reportedly won its matchup vs. Shoudt/Gilbert Pat Bertoletti faced off against a blondish girl I had not seen before. update #2 Pat competed against Hitomi Sato. It appears Molly Schuyler faced off against Hatsuyo Sugawara.
Gulf News has a gallery of a pizza eating contest held in Baghdad, Iraq on Halloween won by Walid Aladdin.
Valerie Pondering, a blog by a Mormon missionary in Japan, was at a festival holding an eating contest in which an entrant required CPR from paramedics. She does not know the fate of the competitor.
The Daily Mail has an article about Li Yongzhi of Shawoli, China, who reportedly eats up to 5.5 pounds of chilli peppers daily.
Channel NewsAsia has a segment about Singaporean competitive eater Zermatt Neo.
The Jakarta Post has an interview with Takeru Kobayashi in English. He says that his peak year for Japanese competitive eating income was 2001, when he earned about $250,000. He also says he has landed an endorsement deal with Nike and that he has no plans to retire.
Times of India reports that 67 year old Govind Lunagariya ate 21 ladoos weighing over 4 pounds to win an eating contest in Rajkot, India. The third place finisher, Auchar Chhatroda, was 85.
For his latest video, "Furious" Pete Czerwinski has posted an excerpt from his 2013 tour of Japan where he faced off against female competitive eater Mio Takahashi in a noodle eating contest.
Cafe Hot Seat has an interview with Singaporean competitive eater Zermatt Neo.
Mariska Tracy met with Takeru Kobayashi in Jakarta and gave him Happy Tummy, a book she wrote about Indonesian competitive eating.
Takeru Kobayashi appeared on CNN Indonesia to promote tomorrow's eating contest at Bread Life.
Global Voices has an article about Yuka Kinoshita and her eating challenge youtube channel, which has reached 460,000 subscribers. English subtitles have been added to several of her videos, including a Q & A session.
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