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(All England eating challenges and contests in database)
Pixelate, a Guitar-Hero-style eating game where players compete to eat the most food in the correct order was exhibited at the Henry Moore Gallery in London. (via autOmat)

August 12, 2013 at 11:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:London, Video Games | Permalink * Comments (1)

Coroner Paul Kelly says he will write to the North East Lincolnshire Council to warn licensing officers about the dangers of pub eating contests after Sharon Dixon died after an egg eating contest at the Wellington Arms pub in Grimsby, England in April.

August 2, 2013 at 5:12 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Fatalities | Permalink * Comments

The Guardian has an interview with Margaret Rhodes who says she defeated her cousin, the future Queen Elizabeth, in a bread eating contest during a visit to Balmoral Castle.

July 17, 2013 at 1:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Female Celebrities | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Independent has an article about UK eating challenges focusing on the Triple Chilli Challenge at MEATliquor in London.

July 12, 2013 at 9:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:London, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments

"Furious" Pete Czerwinski choked today while attempting a pizza eating record on the English TV program Let's Do Lunch. Fortunately, he appears to be all right. Competitors are being sought for Pete's Guinness burger eating record attempt in London tomorrow. update A video of the appearance is available.

July 9, 2013 at 10:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, England, Health | Permalink * Comments (16)

Mirror.co.uk picks up parody story as factual

June 23, 2013 at 7:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Humor, Little Rock

update June 24 Huffington Post UK has an article about the parody.

The Mirror has pulled its story without any commentary. The Daily Mail and The Sun have also ran the story and quietly deleted their articles.

The Globe and Mail and MSN ran the story, but have corrected their articles.

Uncorrected articles are still accessible on Examiner PerezHilton.com Daily Star and NewsTalkFlorida.com .

Mirror.co.uk reports that Kevin “The Mighty Rib” Shalin passed into a coma after eating 413 biscuits at Red Lobster. The story originated on Rock City Times, which bills itself as Arkansas 2nd most unreliable news. Kevin Shalin admitted the story was a parody on his facebook.

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TNT Magazine has a list of London eating challenges.

June 19, 2013 at 7:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Challenge Lists, London | Permalink * Comments

Yahoo! Shine has a blog entry about former anorexic Matthew Booth from Manchester, England who has gained 110 pounds since he dropped to 60 pounds. He credits "Furious" Pete Czerwinski with inspiring his recovery after his heart stopped for 20 minutes.

May 30, 2013 at 3:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Health, Manchester | Permalink * Comments (3)

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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