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ChronicleLive reports that curry house Shaheen’s Indian in Durham, England could lose its restaurant license after it held a spicy eating contest for the Durham University Rugby Club. The team was allowed to bring their own alcohol, resulting in a drunken rampage in the streets of Durham following the contest.

March 13, 2016 at 8:09 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Newcastle, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

Chronicle Live has an article about Kate Ovens' new video where she attempts 50 wings at Shark Club Gastro Bar in Newcastle.

March 10, 2016 at 4:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kate Ovens, Newcastle, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Kate Ovens attempted to eat 100 jaffa cakes on Captial Scotland radio in Glasgow this morning. She finished 57.

February 29, 2016 at 6:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Edinburgh, Kate Ovens | Permalink * Comments (2)

Soccer AM has a video of Adebayo "Beast Mode" Akinfenwa, striker for AFC Wimbledon who has been named FIFA's strongest player by Guinness World Records, doing a chicken wing challenge at the Man vs. Food restaurant in London.

February 28, 2016 at 10:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:London, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

GVA.be has an article about Damianos "Crossfeater" Iosifidis finishing the Balense Reus burger challenge at Broodjeshoek to claim the prize of 275 euros. (via Randy Santel) (video)

February 25, 2016 at 7:04 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Belgium, Burger Eating Challenges, Prizes | Permalink * Comments

Daily Mail has an article about Kate Ovens' latest video where she ate a 28 ounce burger, fries and a milkshake at the Jam Jar in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England in 9:20.

February 23, 2016 at 3:32 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Kate Ovens, Newcastle, Videos | Permalink * Comments

World War I Live has reposted an article from February 21, 1916 about Kaiser Wilhelm eating 7 partridges to defeat General von Hindenburg in an eating competition by a margin of one partridge. (via ww1liveblog)

February 21, 2016 at 9:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Germany | Permalink * Comments

Adebayo Akinfenwa, a striker for AFC Wimbledon billed as "FIFA's Strongest Player" by Guinness World Records, did a chicken wing challenge at the Man vs Food restaurant in London today.

February 17, 2016 at 4:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:London, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

Cambridge News has a report on Oliver Pritchard and Tania Sevcenko both completing the burger challenge at Rocker's Steak House in Cambridge, England on Valentine's Day.

February 16, 2016 at 12:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Cambridge, Women | Permalink * Comments

Metro.co.uk has an article about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran finishing the 20 pancake challenge weighing 7 pounds at My House Diner in Leeds in 18 minutes. Kate Ovens has uploaded a video of her eating 12 pancakes at the Breakfast Club in London.

February 9, 2016 at 9:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Kate Ovens, London, Pancake Eating Challenges, Videos, Yorkshire | Permalink * Comments (2)

Leah Shutkever finished the "Pancake Problem" challenge at Huckleberry's American Diner in Flaxton, Yorkshire on Saturday, the 3rd person out of 2000 attempts to complete the challenge. The attempt occured while "Beard Meats Food" and Marc Pitt were recording a television program at the restaurant.

February 1, 2016 at 8:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Leah Shutkever, Pancake Eating Challenges, Television, Women, Yorkshire | Permalink * Comments (5)

A casting call has been posted on twitter for a UK eating challenge show.

January 28, 2016 at 10:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Television, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments

Beavers Lodge in London will award £300 to the winner of its hot dog eating contest on February 4.

January 26, 2016 at 8:24 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:London, Prizes | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Daily Mail has an article about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran attempting a 5 pound cheesesteak sandwich at Huckleberry's Diner in Leeds, Yorkshire.

January 2, 2016 at 10:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Sandwich Eating Challenges, Yorkshire | Permalink * Comments

2016 Battle of the Big Eaters Teams

December 26, 2015 at 7:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Taiwan, Television, United Kingdom

TV Tokyo has a page about the Battle of the Big Eaters program that will be televised on January 1. The teams:

  • USA: Molly Schuyler, Pat Bertoletti, Bob Shoudt, Tom Gilbert
  • UK: Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran, Emma Dalton, Leah Shutkever, Marc
  • Japan: Hatsuyo Sugawara, Hitomi “Russian” Sato, Moeno Azuki, male I don’t recognize
  • Taiwan: Chien Shu, You Lin (?), Ming Che, Ya Lin

It is interesting that Taiwan got a team when competitive eating appears to be a lot bigger in other Asian countries (Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, …)

update The other Briton is Marc “Bottomless” Pitt the Japanese is probably Takamasa “Max” Suzuki

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Express.co.uk has an article about mince pies which mentions Sonya Thomas' victory in a 2006 mince pie eating contest. Her total of 46 is still listed as the record.

December 25, 2015 at 1:05 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Sonya Thomas | Permalink * Comments

WiganToday.net reports 2012 winner Martin Appleton-Clare ate a pie in 38.2 seconds to regain the World Pie Eating Championship title at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England today. update Dec 19 Reuters has a video

December 17, 2015 at 10:40 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Manchester, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Morning Advertiser and Daily Mail have articles about Adam "Beard Meats Food" attempting a 23 pound Christmas challenge at the George in Stockton-on-Tees, England which includes a 5 pound turkey crown.

December 14, 2015 at 1:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Newcastle | Permalink * Comments

Kate Ovens wrote a report for the Newcastle Tab about her attempt at the 27 inch pizza at Toni's Pizzeria in Glasgow, Scotland (video).

November 11, 2015 at 3:03 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Glasgow, Kate Ovens, Pizza Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

Mirror.co.uk reports that an attempt to cook the world's spiciest chilli produced toxic fumes which required the evacuation of four student houses at the University of Manchester. The firefighters responding called it "the most stupid thing they'd been sent out for in 20 years."

November 10, 2015 at 4:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Manchester, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

The BBC reports that Hull University Students' Union in Yorkshire held an event that started as a cracker eating contest that evolved into a competition where people reproduced sexual positions on-stage.

November 9, 2015 at 2:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Contests, Yorkshire | Permalink * Comments

The Wall Street Journal has a report on how Frankfurt, Germany is responding to the World Health Organization report claiming that consumption of processed meats increase the risk of cancer.

November 5, 2015 at 11:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Germany, Health | Permalink * Comments

The Sun has a profile of Kate Ovens titled "I am a size ten eating machine".

November 5, 2015 at 12:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Kate Ovens | Permalink * Comments (17)

Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran reports that he is in New York City to represent the UK in the third edition of TV Tokyo's Battle of the Big Eaters.

October 31, 2015 at 7:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, New York City, Television, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (48)

Joe.co.uk has a report on an attempt at the Chilli Challenge at Meat Liquor in London which includes five tips for competitive eaters.

October 29, 2015 at 11:34 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, London, Spicy Eating Challenges, Training | Permalink * Comments

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