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InYourAre.co.uk has an article about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran eating 3.5 kg of doner kebabs in 30 minutes at German Doner Kebab in Reading on Saturday, which was billed as a world record.

May 16, 2018 at 7:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Berkshire, Records | Permalink * Comments (1)

Spanish food challengers "Joe Burgerchallenge" and "Dave Cheats" have started a trip in Chicago in which they will do food challenges in restaurants along Route 66. The tour will conclude in Los Angeles where they will be part of a team attempting the 54 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's. update May 16 A four person team finished the 10 pound meatball sub challenge at Bartolini's in Midlothian in 4:48, IL and won $2500.

May 15, 2018 at 4:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Big Mama's and Papa's, Chicago, Joe Burgerchallenge, Los Angeles, Sandwich Eating Challenges, Spain | Permalink * Comments (1)

Parisian Kate Yup has started a food challenge / ASMR youtube channel. In her latest video, she eats 5kg (11 lbs) of salmon, which she bills as a world record.

April 24, 2018 at 9:30 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:France, Kate Yup, Videos | Permalink * Comments (4)

Seiska.fi has an article (in Finnish) about Jesse Pynnönen competing in the Gringo Bandito Chronic Taco eating contest in Dana Point, CA.

April 18, 2018 at 8:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Finland , Jesse Pynnönen, Orange County | Permalink * Comments (6)

Cook and Indi’s World Buffet will hold an eating contest in Glasgow, Scotland on May 28 awarding £500 to the winner. Entrants need to qualify.

April 17, 2018 at 7:32 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Glasgow, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Daily Star has an article about Kate Ovens finishing a 2.5kg Yorkshire pudding in 55 minutes at the York Roast Co in York, England.

March 29, 2018 at 6:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Kate Ovens, Yorkshire | Permalink * Comments (4)

Nicki Chan Lam announces she finshed the Easter pancake challenge at Polo Bar in London, which is topped with a Cadbury egg.

March 25, 2018 at 10:14 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:London, Pancake Eating Challenges, Women | Permalink * Comments (2)

Mission Burrito announces that Leah Shutkever was the first person to finish its "El Criminal" burrito challenge with a time of 10 minutes in Birmingham, England. update Leah has uploaded a video

March 25, 2018 at 9:44 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burrito Eating Challenges, Leah Shutkever, West Midlands | Permalink * Comments (4)

Joe Burgerchallenge announces his youtube channel has passed 100,000 subscribers.

March 24, 2018 at 11:51 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joe Burgerchallenge, Spain, Websites | Permalink * Comments (2)

DevonLive.com has an article about the 200 ounce steak challenge offered by Cattlemans Steakhouse in Paignton, England. The meal costs £179 but is free if four diners can finish it in under an hour. update Fox News has an article about the challenge

March 13, 2018 at 6:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Devon, Steak Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (1)

The World Pie Eating Championship, held in December at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England, will be recreated tomorrow for a commercial for online betting firm Casumo. The ad will feature non-traditional sports and the public is welcome to attend the filming.

March 13, 2018 at 6:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Manchester | Permalink * Comments (1)

Mission Burrito has an interview with Lee vs. Food about his inability to complete its new El Criminal Burrito Challenge, his first defeat in 9 Bristol, England area food challenge attempts. He has a facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/LeeVsFood/ to document his competitive eating experiences.

March 10, 2018 at 11:33 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burrito Eating Challenges, Somerset, Websites | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Spanish food challenge youtube channel Esstik has surpassed 500,000 subscribers.

March 5, 2018 at 11:59 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Spain, Videos, Websites | Permalink * Comments (2)

Finnish competitive eater Jesse Pynnönen, a competitor in last year's Gringo Bandio Chronic Tacos eating contest, produced a video about Carmen Cincotti calling him the "Future of Competitive Eating".

February 25, 2018 at 10:13 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Carmen Cincotti, Finland , Jesse Pynnönen | Permalink * Comments (1)

Russian competitive eater/bodybuilder arrested in Thailand

February 13, 2018 at 3:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Russia, Thailand

The Daily Mail reports that Russian competitive eater/bodybuilder Sergey Medvedev was arrested in Thailand on February 2. He is the alleged co-founder of the cybercrime organization “Infraud”, which has defrauded $530 million from Americans since 2010 according to federal prosecutors. The arrest followed a two year probe by the US Justice Department and Medvedev is expected to be extradited to the USA in about a month. “The Bear” labeled himself “the first Russian competitive eater” on his Instagram and had a youtube channel devoted to food challenges and strength training. update The FBI claims that Medvedev possessed over $800 million worth of bitcoins at the time of his arrest. (Bangkok Post article about arrest)

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The Independent and the London Economic have articles about Kate Ovens attempting a three foot long sausage roll at the Red Lion in London.

February 1, 2018 at 10:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kate Ovens, London | Permalink * Comments (2)

Team Chomp, consisting of Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" Janus, was eliminated from season 30 of The Amazing Race after they had difficulty solving a puzzle based on a Van Gogh painting at the end of last night's episode recorded in south France. They were beat out for the final spot by Team Wellstrung, a pair of bodybuilding violinists. Other challenges Team Chomp did yesterday included boating with a single person sailboat, catapult construction, sandal making and a bocce style game called petanque. Team Chomp was the only duo to attempt the painting challenge; other teams did a challenge in a Roman arena now used for bullfighting.

January 25, 2018 at 8:58 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:France, Joey Chestnut, Television, Tim "Eater X" Janus | Permalink * Comments (2)

Cambridge University will hold a presentation about competitive eating on March 7. Dr. Barak Kushner of the University of Cambridge and Dr. Eric Rath of the University of Michigan will be the speakers. The talks are part of the Imaginative Things: Curious Objects 1400–2000 series.

January 22, 2018 at 2:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cambridge | Permalink * Comments (3)

Greg Roberts has posted a drawing of a Hasty Pudding eating contest from 1794 that awarded a gold laced hat to the winner.

January 21, 2018 at 1:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:London | Permalink * Comments (2)

Rub Smokehouse in the UK will award £500 in Rub Vouchers to the fastest finisher of its Nugzilla giant chicken nugget challenge if he or she can break 6 minutes. Andy Salisbury currently has the fastest time of 6:20. (via Chronicle Live)

January 16, 2018 at 11:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Newcastle, Nottingham, Prizes, West Midlands | Permalink * Comments (2)

Martin Appleton Clare ate a pie in a record 32 seconds to win the World Pie Eating Championship in Wigan, England for the third year in a row.   

December 20, 2017 at 10:12 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Manchester, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (4)

Brandon Parry won the first prize of £750 in last night's burger challenge at Smoke Stop BBQ in Ford, England. The competition was closed to people considered "professional" eaters.

December 2, 2017 at 11:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Contest Results, Prizes, Shropshire | Permalink * Comments (1)

Kate Ovens and Beard Meats Food produced videos of the Thanksgiving dining event held yesterday at Pickle & Rye in London to promote NFL UK.

November 23, 2017 at 11:52 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Kate Ovens, London, Videos | Permalink * Comments (4)

News UK Archives has an article about a 1846 eating contest held in Ballybrannon, Ireland. The crowd size was reportedly 3000.

November 21, 2017 at 11:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dublin | Permalink * Comments (2)

Elena Semikhova has a picture of a burger at a Krasnodar restaurant that is billed as the tallest burger in Russia.

November 20, 2017 at 4:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Russia | Permalink * Comments (1)

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