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Upcoming eating contests
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(All England eating challenges and contests in database)
The World Pie Eating Championships held at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England are mentioned in a New York Times article about Wigan Athletic's relegation from the Premier League after a bottom 3 finish.

May 21, 2013 at 7:04 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Manchester | Permalink * Comments

Salt Dog Slim's in Liverpool, England will hold a hot dog eating contest tomorrow awarding £400.

May 9, 2013 at 9:30 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Liverpool, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Frank's Red Hot will sponsor a wing eating circuit in England this year. The first qualifiers will take place at Grillstock in Bristol on May 11 and 12 and the finals will be held in London in November.

April 27, 2013 at 9:48 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:London, Somerset | Permalink * Comments

The Oxford University student paper has a list of six types of eating challenges partners.

April 22, 2013 at 7:49 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Oxford, Team Challenges | Permalink * Comments

The Grimsby Telegram reports that Sharon Turner passed away after choking in an egg eating contest held at the Wellington Arms in Grimsby, England held on Easter Monday.

April 12, 2013 at 7:23 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Lincolnshire | Permalink * Comments

The Daily Mail has an article about the Saltdean Sizzler challenge at Paul's Pizza in Saltdean, England billing it as the hottest pizza in the world. The challenge has been completed 9 times out of the 1,307 times it has been purchased.

March 28, 2013 at 9:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pizza Eating Challenges, Spicy Eating Challenges, Sussex | 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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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

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

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

“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 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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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)

The Daily Mail has an article about the Christmas sandwich challenge offered by B.E.S.T. Cafe in Birmingham, England which contains a kilogram of turkey, 8 bacon-wrapped sausages, a box of stuffing and over a pound of Christmas pudding.

December 24, 2012 at 11:12 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Sandwich Eating Challenges, West Midlands | Permalink * Comments (1)

BBC America has a blog entry about an upcoming program, British Man vs. Food. The host will be Arthur Richerman and the inaugural challenge will be Harridge's "Born to Be Mild" challenge, where diners will take afternoon tea at an improper hour.

December 15, 2012 at 4:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Humor, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

The Guardian has a preview of tomorrow's pie eating contest at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England, which has adopted a six-ringed logo and renamed itself the "Pielympics" in honor of the London summer games. update Dec 12 Martin Clare won the contest with a time of 23.5 seconds to eat one pie.

December 11, 2012 at 12:10 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Manchester | Permalink * Comments

Yahoo's Dirty Tackle blog has an entry about Adam Richman crying after visiting White Hart Lane stadium in London, England, home of his favorite Premier League team, Tottenham Hotspur.

December 4, 2012 at 2:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:London, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

The Guardian reports that the BBC will be investigated by Ofcom (the British equivalent of the FCC) after an episode of Dick and Dom's Hoopla held a contest where a boy and girl competed by drinking a blended concoction containing mayonnaise and apple sauce. The girl experienced a "reversal of fortune".

December 4, 2012 at 9:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:England | Permalink * Comments

The Sun has an article about Lee Price's attempts at five British eating challenges. Randy Santel has also produced four videos of his recent eating challenges in England and Scotland.

November 24, 2012 at 6:34 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Challenge Lists, England, Randy Santel, Scotland | Permalink * Comments

The Daily Mail reports that Arif Ali was hospitalized after attempting a Bhut Jolokia pepper hot wing challenge at Jimmy's restaurant in London's O2 arena.

November 18, 2012 at 10:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, London, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

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