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The Daily Mail has an article about Emma Dalton's wedding to David Jones in Bromsgrove, England on Friday. The nuptials had a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory theme, with guest receiving golden tickets.

August 15, 2016 at 12:16 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Emma Dalton, West Midlands | Permalink * Comments

Adrian Morgan and Michelle Lesco are expected to compete in the World Oyster Eating Championship in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland on September 3.

August 12, 2016 at 8:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Cardboard Shell", Adrian Morgan, Belfast | Permalink * Comments (38)

PeterboroughToday.co.uk reports that Rob Radcliffe was the first person to finish a 10,000 calorie burger challenge at Rocker's Steak House in Cambridge, England that was topped with the world's spiciest peppers.

August 9, 2016 at 8:40 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Cambridge, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (1)

Munchies.vice.com has a report on My Slice Fest held in London Saturday where a shortage required festival goers to compete in the pizza eating contest if they wanted any pizza.

August 2, 2016 at 7:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:London | Permalink * Comments (1)

The appearance of Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran and Marc "Bottomless" Pitt can be viewed online.

July 29, 2016 at 4:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, England, Television | Permalink * Comments

Chubblife.co.uk has an interview with Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran.

July 28, 2016 at 10:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, England | Permalink * Comments

The Wall Street Journal has an article about British golfer Andrew "Beef" Johnston eating burgers at three Manhattan restaurants in one night before the PGA Championship in New Jersey. He hopes to do an eating challenge and win a T-shirt.

July 26, 2016 at 4:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Male Athletes, New York City, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (1)

17 pubs in n England will hold Wing It 2016 Thursday. The overall national winner of the hot wing eating contest will receive a year's worth of beer.

July 22, 2016 at 10:11 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, London | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Northern Echo reports that Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran had his stomach and taste buds insured for £1,000,000.

July 16, 2016 at 11:59 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Yorkshire | Permalink * Comments (2)

Leah Shutkever won a £250 voucher from the Rub Smokehouse in Birmingham, England for having the fastest time to finish the cookie burger challenge in June.

July 15, 2016 at 8:44 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Leah Shutkever, West Midlands | Permalink * Comments

Leah Shutkever finished the Bavarian Bierkeller Belly Buster Challenge at the Biekeller in Cheltenham in 6:22, less than a third of the previous record of 22 minutes set by Ry Williams.

July 3, 2016 at 8:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Gloucestershire, Leah Shutkever | Permalink * Comments (1)

Postman / bodybuilder Ry Williams finished the Belly Buster Challenge consisting of two sausages, a whole pizza, one side item, two orders of fries and a giant pretzel at the Bierkeller in Cheltenham, England.

June 28, 2016 at 11:39 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Gloucestershire, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

The Daily Star has an article about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Morgan finishing the challenge at the George Pub and Grill in Stockton-On-Tees, England, billed as the largest mixed grill meal in the UK. (video)

June 23, 2016 at 1:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Newcastle, Videos | Permalink * Comments

The Daily Mail reports that two customers who attempted the hot wing challenge at The George in Stockton on Tees, England were hospitalized. The wings are coated in a sauce containing the Carolina Reaper pepper, billed as the world's spiciest.

June 17, 2016 at 2:27 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Newcastle, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

Randy Santel announces that he completed Casey's Whale Challenge at Casey's Fish N Chip Shop in Ossett, England today to bring his total of successful restaurant challenges to 400. He and Mitch Dombrowski will face "Beard Meats Food" at Skippers Cafe to attempt the Kraken breakfast challenge tomorrow.

June 7, 2016 at 11:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Eating Challenges, England, Randy Santel, Seafood Eating Challenges, Statistics | Permalink * Comments (27)

BBC Match of the Day has a video of a former member of the Danish national soccer team recounting how the club had a burger eating contest at McDonald's before upsetting Germany in the finals of the 1992 European soccer tournament.

June 6, 2016 at 2:45 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Denmark, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

Former boxing champion Ricky "Hitman" Hatton ordered a breakfast challenge at a restaurant in Spain. (Daily Mail article)

June 1, 2016 at 3:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Breakfast Eating Challenges, Male Athletes, Spain | Permalink * Comments (1)

Randy Santel and Mitch Dombrowski were the first pair to finish the 40 inch pizza challenge at Toni's Pizzeria in Glasgow today.

May 28, 2016 at 11:58 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Glasgow, Pizza Eating Challenges, Randy Santel, Team Challenges | Permalink * Comments (3)

Daily Record has an article about Randy Santel becoming the first finisher of the breakfast sandwich challenge at Hogan's in Kilmarnock, Scotland.

May 26, 2016 at 11:32 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Breakfast Eating Challenges, Randy Santel, Sandwich Eating Challenges, Scotland | Permalink * Comments (2)

Huckleberrys Diner in Yorkshire will award £500 to the first person to finish its 11 pound chicken & waffle challenge.

May 23, 2016 at 11:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Yorkshire | Permalink * Comments (1)

A 2km ((1.25 mile) long pizza was produced in Naples, Italy.

May 20, 2016 at 6:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Italy, Pizza Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

ITV has posted a casting call for big eaters for an upcoming UK television show.

May 18, 2016 at 5:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Guardian has an excerpt from former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour's autobiography about an eating contest held on a 6 hour bus trip from Newcastle to London. Steve Bould ate 9 dinners to win the competition, which resulted in several players reversing.

May 16, 2016 at 12:05 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:London, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

The Onion's AV Club produced a video of the English band Basement attempting a chili pepper challenge.

May 3, 2016 at 1:19 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Music, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

Guinness World Records has a clip from an Italian television program where "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and two challengers attempted to break the record for eating a 12 inch pizza (a fork and knife is required). The record has since been broken by Filipino Kelvin Medina with a time of 23.62 seconds.

April 27, 2016 at 4:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Italy, Records, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments

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