Independent.co.uk has an account of a reporter who competed in last week's noodle eating contest in Morioka, Japan.
Battle of the Big Eaters 4 recording in NYC
Battle of the Big Eaters 4 recorded in Union Square Park in Manhattan today. Here are what the teams appear to be:
- USA: Molly Schuyler, Erik Lamkin, Bob Shoudt, Dave Brunelli
- Japan: Moeno Azuki, Tanisaki Takahito & two other males
- UK: Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran, Leah Shutkever, Emma Dalton, Marc Pitt
- Australia Issac Martin, Isaac Harding-Davis, Cal “Hulk Smask Food” Stubbs, Shazza McKenzie
The Malay Mail has a report on Japanese female competitive eater Yuri Ishizeki's trip to Sabah, Malaysia where she attempted several eating challenges.
Don Chingon in Brooklyn has a request for people to attempt their burrito challenge today for Japanese television. This will probably be a segment for Battle of the Big Eaters 4 to be broadcast on Jan 1, 2017.
The Guardian has a report on the noodle eating contest that will be held in Morioka, Japan on November 6. Competitive noodle eating has reportedly been practiced in that city since the 17th century.
Joey Chestnut has posted the third video from his recent trip to Singapore: setting a record in a 3kg chicken and rice challenge.
Joey Chestnut has started a youtube channel with a video of his trip to southeast Asia last month.
The facebook for Kalamazoo Restaurant & Cafe in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia announces that Joey Chestnut set the record of 2:26 for its burger challenge.
Bromsgrove Advertiser has an article about Emma Dalton's recent video where she ate 8 Subway foot longs in 36 minutes. Her goal was to eat her height of 5 1/2 feet. She competed against Singaporean Zermatt Neo via youtube.
Joey Chestnut announces that he failed a 10kg (22 lbs.) curry rice challenge at Gold Curry in Bangkok, Thailand. The prize for finishing the challenge is 100,000 yen or about $950.
Takeru Kobayashi will face off against a Taiwanese competitive eater tomorrow on Japanese television. The stage is labeled "Battle of the Big Eaters" so he might compete on Team Japan in Battle of the Big Eaters 4 later this year.
A Japanese manga titled "The Competitive Eater Who Leapt Through Time" can be read online.
Joey Chestnut is currently in Singapore. Yesterday he faced off against Zermatt Neo in a satay eating challenge and set a record. Today he attempted the burger challenge at BEAST.
KickerDaily reports that Rix Francisco ate 5 quarter pound burgers in Manila in a minute, a feat that was acknowledged by Guinness as a world record that broke a mark previously held by "Furious" Pete Czerwinski.
A woman billed as "Super Eater Mizijun" ate 4kg (9 pounds) of rice to win a contest in Hangzhou, China. update Shanghaiist has a blog entry and video with a link to her Chinese social media page with 500K subscribers.
GoAway.sg has an interview with Singaporean competitive eater Sarah "Thomasina" Ow.
Manila.coconuts.com reports that some Chinese consider Yuka Kinoshita's recent video where she ate bananas as an insult to their country. One viewer theorized that the 137 bananas Yuka ate was intended to be a reference to the Chinese population of 1.37 billion.
France24 has an article on how ISIS has been holding activities like eating contests in Raqqa, Syria after banning soccer and other ball sports for being non-Islamic.
Hangzhou, China held an eating contest where competitors ate hot peppers while sitting in ice buckets.
Takeru Kobayashi ate 22 plates of Indomie Goreng noodles in 3 minutes at the Jakarta Fair in Indonesia this weekend.
Chien Shu, star of the Taiwanese team in Battle of the Big Eaters 3, has started a youtube channel.
Dale Boone won the Burgerthon at a Hard Rock Cafe in India today, so he will probably be unable to cause problems at tomorrow's Z-Burger eating contest in Washington, DC.
The Straits Times has an article about Singaporean competitive eating with mini-profiles of competitive eaters. The SmartLocal has a video of Singaporeans trying competitive eating including Zermatt Neo and Thomasina Ow. update May 31 Time Out has an interview with Thomasina Ow. updat June 2 Today Online also has an interview with Thomasina Ow.
Wayne Algenio produced a video of him facing off against Thomasina Owch of Singapore in a race to finish the curry challenge at Kenka in New York City.
Singapore Food & Beverage has a joint interview with competitive eaters Zermatt Neo and Thomasina Ow.
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