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Tom Balmforth reports that a female victor of a vareniki (dumpling) eating contest in Lviv, Ukraine died on stage while receiving her prize. Tass.com has an English article about the fatality. update Nov 20 The Express gives the name of the deceased as 53 year old Lyana Koroleva.

November 17, 2014 at 9:12 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Ukraine , Women | Permalink * Comments

Hope Whitmore has a report for Vice.com about her attempt at the the Killer Curry challenge at Kismot in Ediburgh, Scotland. A 2011 Killer Curry contest resulted in several hospitalizations.

November 16, 2014 at 8:34 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Edinburgh, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

BBC Health News and the Morning Advertiser have articles about criticism the English pub-restaurant chain Hungry Horse is receiving for offering a burger with donuts for buns containing 1,996 calories. update Nov 20 Lynn News and the Guardian have challenge attempt reports. The Guardian also has a critical column about the burger.

November 11, 2014 at 7:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, England, Health | Permalink * Comments

Emma Dalton was the first person to finish the breakfast sandwich challenge at Big Dave's Cafe in Bromsgrove, England. update Nov 10 The Bromsgrove Standard has an article.

November 8, 2014 at 1:24 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Breakfast Eating Challenges, Emma Dalton, Sandwich Eating Challenges, West Midlands | Permalink * Comments

The Northern Echo has an article about a 67 pound burger created by The George in Stockton, England which is billed as Britain's biggest.

November 4, 2014 at 11:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Newcastle | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Total Guide to Manchester has a list of Manchester, England eating challenges and Chronicle Live has a list of restaurants offering challenges in northeast England.

November 1, 2014 at 11:14 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Challenge Lists, Manchester, Newcastle | Permalink * Comments

Emma Dalton has a video of her victory in a spicy pizza eating contest at Little Italy Pizza Company in Sleaford, England where she defeated "Furious" Pete Czerwinski, who gave up after one slice (via Bear Grills). update The Daily Star has an article and "Furious" Pete has a video of his trip with no footage of the pizza eating. update Nov 1 Emma has uploaded a video of the whole challenge to youtube. Furious Pete reverses (around the 5 minute mark) after finishing one slice.

October 28, 2014 at 9:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Emma Dalton, Lincolnshire, Pizza Eating Challenges, Spicy Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

2Night.it has a list of eating challenges (in Italian) in the Treviso, Italy area.

October 13, 2014 at 2:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Challenge Lists, Italy | Permalink * Comments

Bear Grill's Cafe in Congleton, England reports that Emma Dalton was the first person to finish (with a time of 59:39) its "Hibernator" breakfast challenge. update Oct 13 The Daily Star has an article and Totally Flaggergasted has a video update Oct 29 Ruptly TV has a video of the entire challenge.

October 11, 2014 at 3:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Breakfast Eating Challenges, Cheshire, Emma Dalton | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Express and Metro.co.uk have articles about Emma Dalton and her 8000 calorie / day diet.

October 9, 2014 at 11:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Emma Dalton, England | Permalink * Comments

Emma Dalton appeared on the British network ITV this morning and was the first person to finish the giant breakfast challenge offered by the Wonder Cafe. She has a twitter at https://twitter.com/emmadalton16 update Metro.co.uk has an article. update #2 The Daily Mail also has an article.

September 29, 2014 at 9:15 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Breakfast Eating Challenges, Emma Dalton, England, Television | Permalink * Comments

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

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