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A list of Wales eating contests and challenges has been compiled (currently with 30 challenges) Subcategories: Cardiff | Swansea

March 16, 2013 at 11:45 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Wales | Permalink * Comments

The Gage restaurant in Chicago will hold an oyster eating contest on Tuesday, March 19 which might award a trip to the Galway Oyster Festival in Ireland.

March 16, 2013 at 7:19 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Ireland, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Digesting England by the pound / eatfeats region

March 15, 2013 at 8:05 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Derby, Devon, Dorset, East Anglia, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicester, Lincolnshire, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Northamptonshire, Nottingham, Oxford, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire


Citizens of Hope & Glory,
Time goes by – it’s “the time of your life”.
Easy now, sit you down.
Chewing through your Wimpey[*] dreams,
They eat without a sound;
Digesting england by the pound.

Young man says “you are what you eat” – eat well.
Old man says “you are what you wear” – wear well.
You know what you are, you don’t give a damn;
Bursting your belt that is your homemade sham.

Genesis, “Dancing with the Moonlit Knight” (1973) (That is Phil Collins on drums)

The English eating challenges (currently totaling 309) and contests in the database have been parceled out into 34 regions which are listed after the jump (all-England list of eating challenges and contests)
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The Ceili Cottage in Toronto will hold an oyster eating contest Saturday awarding a trip to Galway, Ireland.

March 13, 2013 at 9:52 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Ireland, Prizes, Toronto, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Hemingway Room has an interview with Holly Dawson, author of Berlin’s Digestion of Joe ‘Python’ Leach, a story about an American competitive eater's trip to Germany for the World Currywurst Championship.

March 11, 2013 at 1:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books, Germany | Permalink * Comments

British models are doing a Girl vs Food Domino's pizza eating challenge on Friday for charity. More than $3000 / £2000 has already been raised. (donation page, not safe for work)

March 9, 2013 at 10:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Charity Events, England, Female Celebrities | Permalink * Comments

"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has posted a video recorded in Germany in February 2012. Pete is currently in Costa Rica for a taco eating contest on Saturday.

March 6, 2013 at 11:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Central America, Germany, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Man v. Food is the first program in BBC America's list of five US TV shows that are unexpectedly popular in Britain.

March 5, 2013 at 1:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (1)

EatingChallenges.co.uk is a new blog devoted to British eating challenges.

February 27, 2013 at 7:11 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, England, Websites | Permalink * Comments

The Cardiffian reports that Ieuan Lloyd, a member of a Great Britain swim relay in the London 2012 games, won a pie eating contest held in Cardiff, Wales with a total of 6.5 pies in 10 minutes. (video)

February 26, 2013 at 1:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cardiff, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

Wales Online has an article about Welsh competitive eating asking the question "Does the rising popularity of competitive eating make us gluttons for punishment?" in which the 2004 Hillsborough Oyster Festival champion, Steve Tiesteel, says he declined a spot in the 2004 Nathan's finals and that Sonya Thomas visited Wales in 2005 and gave him some competitive eating tips.

February 17, 2013 at 4:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Wales | Permalink * Comments

A gay pair won a spaghetti eating contest for couples held on Valentine's Day at The Barge in Grimsby, England.

February 16, 2013 at 7:44 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:England | Permalink * Comments

Model Sammi Marsh ate 44 pancakes to win an eating contest held at Grosvenor Casino in Blackpool, England.

February 12, 2013 at 7:10 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Unafilliated Contests, Women | Permalink * Comments (6)

Sunday Sport has an interview with Lewis "Biggest Lew" Richards, the 10th place finisher in the Hooters wing finals and the subject of a segment in ITV's recent competitive eating documentary.

February 11, 2013 at 11:15 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, England | Permalink * Comments

The Daily Mail has an article about the Man vs. Duck burger challenge available at the Duck Inn in Redditch, England mentioning Molly Schuyler at the end as a possible candidate for finishing it.

February 8, 2013 at 11:06 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, England, Molly Schuyler | Permalink * Comments

Food.UK.MSN.com has a slide show of 11 eating challenges available in the United Kingdom.

February 5, 2013 at 4:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Challenge Lists, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments

The YankeeStar Grillhouse in Coalisland, Northern Ireland is starting a 52 ounce steak challenge. The amount was chosen to have "an ounce for every american state".

January 29, 2013 at 5:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Northern Ireland, Steak Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (4)

“All You Can Eat” British documentary on youtube

January 24, 2013 at 2:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, England, Hooter's Wing Eating Championship, Larell Marie Mele, Pat Bertoletti

All You Can Eat a documentary that was televised last week on the British channel ITV, can now be viewed on youtube. Featured competitive eaters include:

  • Pat Bertoletti (shows a training session)
  • Larell Marie (behind the scenes coverage of the Nathan’s finals)
  • Hooters Finals sponsor’s exemption Lewis Richards (Hooters contest coverage labels finalist Nate Biller as “Nasty Nick” and calls Sonya Thomas the defending champion of the first-time event.)
  • 72 year old Peter Dowdsewell (attempts 10 hard boiled eggs record)

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The Sun has an article about a 40 item breakfast challenge offered by Gary’s Cafe in Shepton Mallet, England. The most items anyone has eaten is 36.

January 23, 2013 at 4:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Breakfast Eating Challenges, England | Permalink * Comments

The Ad Lib in Glasgow, Scotland is looking for women to attempt its Monster Burger challenge for a feature about slender and healthy female competitive eaters.

January 17, 2013 at 10:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Glasgow, Health, Women | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Sun and Daily Mail have articles about the 150 ounce steak offered for £110 ($176) by The Duck Inn in Redditch, England. The restaurant also has a burger challenge.

January 9, 2013 at 4:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Steak Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

ITV competitive eating documentary / 200+ English eating challenges

January 8, 2013 at 3:14 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, Eating Challenges, England, Television

update Jan 24, 2014 Additional challenges have been added since this list was posted. See http://eatfeats.com/calendar/UnitedKingdom.html (600+ challenges) and http://eatfeats.com/calendar/England.html for updated lists.

ITV in Great Britain are running a documentary about competitive eating in the UK and USA titled All You Can Eat at 9 pm and 10 pm British time tonight. (Liverpool Echo article)

A listing of over 200 English eating challenges in the eatfeats database follows after the jump. Other websites about UK food challenges are The Food Project and MenVsFoodUk Read the rest of this entry »

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Acta Diurna has an article (in French) about Man vs. Food calling it "Pornographie alimentaire".

January 6, 2013 at 9:05 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:France, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

The Sun has an article about Paul Mason, who has lost over 400 pounds since he was labelled the "World's Fattest Man" in 2009. At his peak weight of approximately 1000 pounds, he ate 20,000 calories a day. The treatments required for Mason's condition has resulted in a cost of over a million pounds ($1.62 million) to British taxpayers.

January 5, 2013 at 8:43 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, England, Health | Permalink * Comments (19)

Happy 2013. Emmanuel Holloway, a player on Namika Lahti basketball team based in Lahti, Finland, announces his teammate Jordan Hasquet attempted the burger challenge at Sports Acadamy Grill & Bar in Helskinki on New Year's Eve.

January 1, 2013 at 8:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Finland , Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

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