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Daily Sabah has a report on a tomato eating contest between Russian and Turkish female farmers to celebrate the resumption of Turkish tomato imports by Russia. Ela Karakaya of Turkey won ate 1.6 kg of tomatoes in 3 minutes to win the contest. The imports were stopped in 2016 to punish Turkey for shooting down a Russian aircraft near the Syria border.

November 18, 2017 at 11:59 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Russia, Women | Permalink * Comments (2)

NorwegianFolkTales.blogspot.com has a story about a boy named Askeladden who faces off against a forest troll in a porridge eating contest. (via Simon)

November 12, 2017 at 8:46 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Norway | Permalink * Comments (1)

Radim Dvořáček finished the 7 pound Big ol’ Belly Buster Burger Challenge at Man vs Food in London in 27:45 to win £250.

November 10, 2017 at 9:12 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, London | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Scottish Sun reports that Elizabeth Branning was hospitalized after she ate a Carolina Reaper pepper, billed as the world's spiciest, in a charity challenge.

November 5, 2017 at 8:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Scotland, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (3)

Stephanie Joshi of https://instagram.com/nuttyfoodiefitness has started a food challenge youtube channel with a Q & A session. She says that her favorite channels include Beard Meats Food, Erik the Electric and Matt Stonie.

November 4, 2017 at 10:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:London, Stephanie Joshi, Videos, Websites | Permalink * Comments

Czech Radim Dvořáček was the first person to finish the 96 ounce steak challenge which includes five side dishes at The Ashville in Bristol, England yesterday.

November 3, 2017 at 12:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Czech Republic, Somerset, Steak Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (4)

Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran appeared on Monday's episode of The Digital Human produced by the BBC. The topic of the episode is super normal stimuli. (Download link)

November 1, 2017 at 11:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Podcasts, Science, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments

Smoke Stop in Ford, England will hold a Belly Buster burger eating contest on November 24 or December 1 awarding £750 to the winner. The contest is closed to those considered "professional" eaters.

October 29, 2017 at 1:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Shropshire | Permalink * Comments

Irish bodybuilder Rob Lipsett produced a video of him attempting to eat 10,000 calories in one hour.

October 26, 2017 at 11:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, Ireland, Videos | Permalink * Comments

The second part of BBC's World Service Food Chain podcast about competitive eating is available online. This program focuses on the health aspects of competitive eating with Erik Lamkin discussing his history with eating disorders. Andrei Sidorov also attempts the Iron Pig Challenge at Porky's BBQ.

October 19, 2017 at 10:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Erik Lamkin, Health, Podcasts, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (15)

Kate Ovens, Yasir Salem and Takeru Kobayashi will appear on BBC's Food Chain program tonight. The program will also visit an eating contest in Singapore. update The podcast is now available online (mp3 file)

October 11, 2017 at 7:40 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kate Ovens, Kobayashi (小林尊), Podcasts, Singapore, United Kingdom, Yasir Salem | Permalink * Comments (1)

sueddeutsche.de has an article in German about the Denver Oktoberfest Bratwurst eating contest won by Andrew Renfrow with a total of 13.5 sausages in 10 minutes.

September 30, 2017 at 7:48 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Denver, Germany | Permalink * Comments (2)

Physical Culture Study has a blog entry about the food consumption of the Saxon brothers, three German strongmen who were active around 1900. A typical day's diet included 24 eggs, 3 pounds bacon and 10 pound of meat for each brother. Via Iron Heaver

September 27, 2017 at 8:15 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Germany, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

"Chilli Queen" Shahina Waseem has started her youtube channel with a video of her victory in the chilli eating contest at the Alexandra Palace Foodies Festival in London Saturday, her 19th straight win in a spicy eating contest.

August 31, 2017 at 5:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:London, Spicy Eating Challenges, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments

Radio Prague reports Pat Bertoletti ate 198 dumplings in an hour to win a contest in Vizovice in the Czech Republic. Kamil Hamerský was runner up with 166 and Radim Dvořáček was 3rd with 156.

August 20, 2017 at 8:13 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Czech Republic, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Jersey Evening Post reports that "Beard Meats Food" was defeated in a spaghetti eating contest at Gorey Fete in Gorey, Jersey Thursday by a local female whose name was not announced. update A new article gives the name of the victor as Kerri Brown. "Beard Meats Food" disputes the results due to the heat of his pasta. update Aug 21 The Jersey Evening Post has another article giving Adam Moran's side.

August 19, 2017 at 7:39 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (5)

The York Maze in York, England will hold the UK Sweetcorn Eating Championships awarding £200/£100/£50 to the top 3. A £1000 bonus will be paid if Carmen Cincotti's record of 61.75 ears in 12 minutes is broken.

August 10, 2017 at 6:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Unafilliated Contests, Yorkshire | Permalink * Comments

Leah Shutkever has produced a video of her attempting to eat 10,000 calories in an hour at the Rub Smokehouse in Birmingham.

July 16, 2017 at 10:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, Leah Shutkever, West Midlands | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Scotsman has an article about Rab Ha’, or Robert Hall, who was famed for his huge meals in early 19th century Glasgow which included 14 pounds of potatoes and an entire calf turned into pies.

June 21, 2017 at 8:04 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Glasgow | Permalink * Comments

Nate Figueroa produced a video of his attempt at the 28 inch team challenge at Pizza Xtreme in Orlando with his German girlfriend Livia. (Livia's video)

June 12, 2017 at 7:34 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Darron Breeden, Germany, Nate Figueroa, Orlando, Pizza Eating Challenges, Team Challenges, Women | Permalink * Comments (4)

In her latest video, Leah Shutkever attempted two challenges from the Flaming Grill in one session.

May 31, 2017 at 7:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Leah Shutkever, West Midlands | Permalink * Comments

The Sun has an article about Leah Shuktever titled "The Perfect Woman?" focusing on her video of eating 12 Krispy Kreme doughnuts in 72 seconds.

May 26, 2017 at 6:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Leah Shutkever, West Midlands | Permalink * Comments (9)

The Belfast Telegraph reports that the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland has been canceled after losing funding. The event's eating contest had brought in MLE competitors including Sonya Thomas, Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo and Bob Shoudt. Michelle Lesco broke Colin Shirlow's ten-year winning streak in the competition last year.

May 23, 2017 at 10:11 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Belfast | Permalink * Comments

Inapub.co.uk has list of tips for restaurants about holding eating challenges.

May 11, 2017 at 7:33 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Eating Challenges, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (9)

Saltdog Slims in Liverpool will hold an eating contest tomorrow awarding £500 in cash, an Xbox one, a Nintendo 64, a Wii, a Skateboard and more.

May 9, 2017 at 3:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Liverpool, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

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