The Phuket News reports that Russian tourist Svetlana Makovskaya ate 12 pieces of cake to win the Royal Phuket City (Thailand) Hotel’s cake eating contest. Defending champion Kanit Yingpitpor ate 10 pieces.
The Times of India has an article about the "Hogathon" eating contest that will be held in Mangalore, India this weekend. update March 20 A gallery of the event
A Reuters video about the May 2010 wonton eating contest held in Singapore won by Joey Chestnut has been posted on youtube. The contest would be the final MLE event for Takeru Kobayasi, who says he expected to compete against Joey Chestnut in the 2010 Pizza Hut Chowl-enge (Pat Bertoletti would replace him at that contest.)
A 62 year old woman ate a bowl of natto (fermeneted soybeans) in 48.67 seconds to win an eating contest held in Mito, Japan.
The University of The Phillipines Geology Majors Society is holding a "Starve Wars" eating contest in Quezon City Thursday.
Nando's in Muscat, Oman will hold a chicken wing eating contest today.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski is currently in Japan and just competed against a female competitive eater (not "Gal" Sone or Hatsuyo Sugawara) in a noodle eating contest. (Travelog video focusing on heated hotel toilet).
University of the Philippines Psychology Society is holding a "Super Bowl LX" eating contest on February 7. (Super Bowl LXVII will take place on February 3, 2013.)
A new facebook page has been started at http://www.facebook.com/PhilippinesCompetitiveEater.
The January 27 episode of Fox's "The Cleveland Show", titled "The Wide World of Cleveland Show" will have a competitive eating segment taking place in Japan.
The Telegraph of Calcutta has an article about 13 year old schoolboy Bharat Sharma choking to death on idlis. He reportedly stuffed his mouth with three of the savory cakes after being bullied about sharing his lunch. (Times of India article)
The Chicago Tribune has an article about the novel "POW!" by Chinese author Mo Yan. The protagonist of the book is a meat eating champion who ate five pounds of steak in an hour to win an eating contest at the age of 12.
RocketNews24 reports that a man in Wuhan, China was diagnosed with a hole in his stomach after he consumed a spicy "hot pot" soup. (via DailyMail)
Shigeo Okamoto has posted videos from Food Battle Club and other Japanese competitive eating programs. In the Food Battle Club posted, Nobuyuki Shirota defeated Takeru Kobayashi.
MumbaiBoss has a list of five eating challenges in Mumbai, India.
TokyoHive reports that Japanese female competitive eater / talento gave birth to a 7 lb. 1 oz. baby boy on November 5.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has produced a vlog from The Great Wall of China recorded during a recent trip to China to produce an episode of Abenteuer Leben.
The Japan Times credits competitive eater Natsuko "Gal" Sone with increasing the popularity of B-kyū gurume (B-grade gourmet) dishes like ramen noodles.
The Hindu reports that Akin Emmanuel from Nigeria won a WLOCE laddoo eating contest held in Bangalore, India. (via WLOCE facebook).
Khmer440.com announces a hot dog eating contest will take place at the Golden Sorya Mall in Phnom Penh, Cambodia today. The event is organized by the Cambodian Federation of Competitive Eating (CFOCE).
ZoominUK has a mini-documentary about world competitive eating with footage from a mango eating contest in Inida, the Buffalo Wing Festival, the Nathan's finals and a nettle eating competition in England.
Today's burrito eating contest at Naval Air Facility in Atsugi Japan was cancelled. The winners would have paired off with visiting Major League Eaters in an August 18 burrito eating contest.
MyKMTV has produced a trailer for an upcoming documentary about Filipino competitive eater / weightlifter Justin Cardano. (I thought the project might be a parody, but here is a blog entry about a contest won by Cardano.)
Major League Eaters will be competing in a wing eating contest at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan on Wednesday. update August 8 Crazy Legs Conti, Sean Gordon and Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston are the MLE members on tour.
The facebook for Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan reports that unnamed Major League Eaters will appear in an eating contest on August 7.
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