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(All England eating challenges and contests in database)
The student newspaper for Oxford University in England has an article about local eating challenges.

November 10, 2012 at 1:09 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Challenge Lists, College Contests, Oxford | Permalink * Comments

Express and Star has an article about Randy Santel finishing the burger challenge at Smokey's Joint in Walsall, England on Friday. Randy recently completed a tour of the United Kingdom where he completed six eating challenges. update Oct 25 The Glaswegian has an article about Randy Santel finishing the Bunker Buster Burger Challenge.

October 22, 2012 at 4:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Glasgow, Randy Santel, West Midlands | Permalink * Comments

Confused.com has an infographic about American and English eating challenges. The B3 Burrito from the now-closed NASCAR Cafe is listed as a current challenge.

September 22, 2012 at 7:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Galleries | Permalink * Comments

The Guardian has an article asking the question "Is competitive eating too American for the UK?" which includes quotes from Tim "Eater X" Janus.

September 7, 2012 at 8:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Tim "Eater X" Janus | Permalink * Comments

The Daily Mail has an article on the Devastator Burger Challenge available at the Red Dog Saloon in Hoxton, England. The burger is eight inches high and contains 3,000 calories.

September 4, 2012 at 12:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, London | Permalink * Comments

ZoominUK has a mini-documentary about world competitive eating with footage from a mango eating contest in Inida, the Buffalo Wing Festival, the Nathan's finals and a nettle eating competition in England.

August 18, 2012 at 10:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo, Dorset, India | Permalink * Comments

An upcoming documentary about competitive eating for the ITV network will be recorded at Burgers at Blacks in Purley, England on August 16. The restaurant offers an eating challenge billed as Europe's largest burger.

August 6, 2012 at 9:41 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Documentaries, London | Permalink * Comments

Faye Sondergaard finished the Olympic Burger challenge at What's Cooking? in Liverpool, England (before | after).

July 30, 2012 at 3:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Liverpool, Women | Permalink * Comments

Jamie McDonald set the record of 17 minutes for the 72 ounce steak challenge at the Branded Bull Steakhouse in Birmingham, England.

July 19, 2012 at 10:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Jamie McDonald, Steak Eating Challenges, West Midlands | Permalink * Comments (5)

BBC has a segment from The Men Who Made Us Fat about an attempt at the 9.5 pound "Kidz Breakfast Challenge" at Jester's Diner in Great Yarmouth, England.

June 23, 2012 at 12:43 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Breakfast Eating Challenges, East Anglia, Television | Permalink * Comments

WhosJack.com has a list of London eating challenges.

June 7, 2012 at 10:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Challenge Lists, London | Permalink * Comments

GuinnessWorldRecords has a video of "Furious" Pete Czerwinski setting the record for most Jaffa cakes eaten in one minute at the Guinness headquarters in London.

May 3, 2012 at 9:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, London, Records, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Cattlemens in Harrogate, England announces that Tracy Dalkin finished its 72 ounce steak challenge in 21:47, the second fastest time in the history of the restaurant. This might be the best time for a woman to complete a 72 ounce steak challenge meal. The fastest for a female to complete a 72 ounce steak I was previously aware of was Meredith Boxberger's recent mark of 29 minutes.

March 21, 2012 at 4:24 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Steak Eating Challenges, Women, Yorkshire | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Sun, The Daily Mail and the Wimbledon Guardian all have articles about the 15 pound burger challenge (patty weigh 7 pounds) available at Burgers at Blacks, in Purley, South London which is billed as the largest burger challenge in Britain.

March 14, 2012 at 10:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, London | Permalink * Comments

The BBC reports The Robert Pinto was the first person to finish the Kidz Breakfast at Jesters Diner in Great Yarmouth, England. He finished the 9 pound meal which includes 12 rashers of bacon, 12 sausages and six eggs in 26 minutes. In the article, Mike Antolini of MLE discusses the possibility of a future British Nathan's qualifier (the last was held in 2005). Flashback 2005 BBC article about a steak eating contest in England won by Sara Manifold with a total of 100 ounces.

February 8, 2012 at 1:45 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Breakfast Eating Challenges, East Anglia | Permalink * Comments (11)

DailyMail.co.uk has an article about British bodybuilder Rene Campbell, who intends to eat 4200 calories a day until she weighs 20 stone (280 pounds). Her current weight is 13.5 stone (189 pounds).

February 3, 2012 at 10:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, England, Female Athletes | Permalink * Comments (5)

The BBC reports that Lee Palmer and Michael Doggrell ate 19 mince pies in 10 minutes to tie for the lead in today's mince pie eating contest at Wookey Hole caves in England, less than half of the 46 pies Sonya Thomas ate to win the 2006 contest. (Daily Mail article)

November 22, 2011 at 4:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Somerset | Permalink * Comments (3)

Mirror.co.uk reports that Freddie Starr was hospitalized for food poisoning after eating a fermented egg in a gross food eating contest on the British version of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. In addition to the egg, the 68 year old comic also consumed a pig’s anus, cockroach milkshake, camel toe, turkey testicle and mice tails to win the contest.

November 14, 2011 at 7:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Health, Television | Permalink * Comments (3)

71 year old Peter Dowdeswell, probably Britain's most famous competitive eater, announced his retirement after suffering injuries while trying to drink a pint of beer upside down. (A video of a successful upside down drinking attempt by Dowdeswell, who claims he holds 339 world records)

October 28, 2011 at 7:12 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Health | Permalink * Comments (4)

The Grub Run will take place in London, England on September 11. Competitors will run three kilometers, eat five tubs of frozen yogurt and then return to the start.

August 11, 2011 at 12:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:London | Permalink * Comments (4)

The Blues Kitchen in London England will hold a hot dog eating contest tomorrow and Gastrodyne reports that a hot dog eating contest will be held in Erandio, Spain on August 5 (a video of the 2010 contest).

July 19, 2011 at 1:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:London, Spain | Permalink * Comments (4)

The (London, UK) Times Archive has a scan of a 1785 article eating contest about a bet between the Duke of Queensberry and Sir John Lade about who could find the biggest eater. The name of the winner is not listed, only that he won by a "pig and an apple pye".

April 6, 2011 at 5:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Past Trenchermen | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Daily Mail and Shropshire Star have articles about a 2.5 pound burger challenge at Oscar's Diner in Telford, Shropshire, England.

January 28, 2011 at 12:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, England | Permalink * Comments

The pie eating contest in Wigan (Manchester area) is probably the European contest that receives the most press coverage due to its publicity gimmicks. This year's gimmick is the claim that pies intended for the contest were stolen and laced with Viagra. Neil Collier won the contest by finishing his pie in under 24 seconds.

December 14, 2010 at 11:01 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Manchester | Permalink * Comments

The first person to finish a 3kg (6.6 pound) burger in under two hours at Over De Flames pub in Norwich, England will receive a prize of £200.

November 13, 2010 at 2:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:East Anglia, Prizes | Permalink * Comments

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