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Adam Richman was the guest on the debut episode of Men in Blazers, NBC Sports Network new soccer show.

September 24, 2014 at 11:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments (1)

Virgin Atlantic has a list of the 10 craziest food challenges in London.

September 24, 2014 at 8:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Challenge Lists, London | Permalink * Comments

The Telegraph has an article about Trek vs. Food, a tour by the UK travel company TrekAmerica, which will start in New York City, finish in New Orleans and stop at several Man vs. Food restaurants along the way.

September 19, 2014 at 2:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments (3)

Express and Star reports that Emma Dalton ate a 7 pound burrito at Smokey's in Walsall, England in 15 minutes to defeated member of Insane Championship Wrestling.

September 18, 2014 at 10:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burrito Eating Challenges, Emma Dalton, West Midlands | Permalink * Comments

Youtube has a video of a student at University College in Dublin, Ireland slipping and falling into a vomit trough after he competed in an "Iron Stomach" contest where participants ate and drank disgusting things. (via reddit.com)

September 17, 2014 at 4:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Contests, Dublin, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Hungarian film Taxidermia, which has a segment about an aging competitive eater, is ranked #9 in Pop Matters list of the 10 best body horror films of all time.

September 17, 2014 at 12:01 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hungary, Movies, Rankings | Permalink * Comments

The Birmingham Mail a article and gallery about Emma Dalton, whose eating challenge winning streak when she failed to finish two waffle challenges at Crust in Shirley, England in under 20 minutes. (Leah Shutkever did the double challenge in 12 minutes.)

September 12, 2014 at 5:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Breakfast Eating Challenges, Emma Dalton, Leah Shutkever, West Midlands | Permalink * Comments

Bob Shoudt reports that he tied for second place with Miki Sudo at today's eating contest at the Oyster Festival in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland. (presumably Colin Shirlow defended his title) update Sep 7 Love Belfast has the top 3 1) Colin Shirlow 208 2T) Miki Sudo 145 2T) Bob Shoudt 145

September 6, 2014 at 1:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Belfast, Contest Results, Miki Sudo | Permalink * Comments (17)

The Belfast Tegraph has a preview of Miki Sudo and Bob Shoudt competing in tomorrow's Oyster Festival in Hillsborough, NI titled "With her slim frame Miko has the unlikely title of champion hotdog eater"

September 5, 2014 at 9:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Belfast, Contest Previews, Miki Sudo | Permalink * Comments (26)

The Belfast Telegraph has an interview with Hillsborough Oyster Festival champion Colin Shirlow, who claims he came in 11th place at the men's Nathan's finals last month. According to the official results, he finished in last place with 3 hot dogs; Erik Denmark reports he ate 11, which would put him at 14th place.

August 29, 2014 at 1:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2014 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Belfast | Permalink * Comments

Miki Sudo and Bob Shoudt have been announced as the American competitors at the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland on September 6.

August 26, 2014 at 8:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Belfast, Miki Sudo | Permalink * Comments (17)

Buzz's American Diner in Southampton, England reports that Emma Dalton was the first person to finish its "Big One" burger challenge. (video). update Aug 27 The Daily Star has an article.

August 25, 2014 at 12:01 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Emma Dalton, Hampshire | Permalink * Comments

Emma Dalton has started a youtube channel documenting her eating challenges. She currently has videos of her successfully completing 6 challenges at restaurants in the West Midlands of England.

August 20, 2014 at 12:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Emma Dalton, Videos, West Midlands | Permalink * Comments

Food for Thought has a blog entry about her successful completion of the Man v. Ribs eating challenge (total weight 1.5 kg) at Porky's in London England.

August 12, 2014 at 2:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Barbecue Eating Challenges, London, Women | Permalink * Comments

A commenter on bodybuilding.com from Italy, "TearsOfIce", started a thread about her desire to attempt eating challenges. She cites Furious Pete and Molly Schuyler as her inspirations.

August 8, 2014 at 10:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Female Athletes, Italy | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Wire has an article about the daily diets of Tour de France riders which contain up to 9,000 calories. (via Justin Zoradi)

July 26, 2014 at 11:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:France, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

Niel Thomas has a blog entry in krank.ie about founding the Irish Competitive Eating Association.

July 17, 2014 at 7:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Ireland | Permalink * Comments

The Argus announces that two of its reporters were hospitalized after they attempted a spicy burger challenge at Burger Off in Hove, England.

July 10, 2014 at 7:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Spicy Eating Challenges, Sussex | Permalink * Comments

Wendy Lam ate 6 racks of ribs in 30 minutes to win an eating contest held at the Big Easy in London Sunday. No other competitor ate more than 4 racks.

July 9, 2014 at 11:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, London, Women | Permalink * Comments

Flashback November 2013: Joey Chestnut was the first person to finish the Balense reus burger challenge at Broodjeshoek in Balen, Belgium and won a prize of 785 Euros (picture).

July 1, 2014 at 6:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Belgium, Burger Eating Challenges, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments (2)

The April edition of Glamour Italia had pictures of models competing in eating contests.

June 30, 2014 at 10:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, Italy, Women | Permalink * Comments (1)

Flashback: Brigit Felden (2nd from right) of Cologne, West Germany is the first non-American to win the Nathan's finals in 1984 (9.5 hot dogs in 10 mminutes). She is also the last female winner of the pre-2011 unified-gender contest.

June 26, 2014 at 1:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Germany, Nathan's History, New York City, Women | Permalink * Comments (1)

Stroud News & Journal reports that a 56 year old man died after choking in a pickled egg eating contest held at the Boars Head Inn in Berkeley, England.

June 12, 2014 at 8:08 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Gloucestershire | Permalink * Comments

The Sheffield Star has a report on Adrian Morgan's use of Henderson's Relish at the Acme Oyster Eating Championship in New Orleans. He reportedly almost threw up four times during the contest, which did not prevent him from finishing second.

June 11, 2014 at 2:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adrian Morgan, New Orleans, Yorkshire | Permalink * Comments

Phil Thorne ate 80 feet of nettles at the World Nettle Eating Championships held at the Bottle Inn in Marshwood, England to set a record, breaking a 13 year old mark by 4 feet.

June 10, 2014 at 12:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dorset | Permalink * Comments

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