Upcoming United Kingdom eating contests
United Kingdom eating challenges
"The Real Food Savage" has started a youtube channel for his London eating challenges.
The BBC has an article about spicy food challenges titled "Why hot chillies might be good for us" which theorizes that plant spiciness evolved to discourage mammals from eating them so birds could spread their seeds. A television program about the subject will be broadcast today.
Emma Dalton will appear on the British TV channel ITV at 8pm tonight on the Kyle Files. The topic of the program is Britain's obesity crisis. Emma also has a video of her eating 120 pancakes, which she thinks is a world record and has started an instagram at emmadalton2837. update The Sun and Daily Star have articles.
A casting call has been placed for the upcoming UK-based youtube channel Girl vs. Food TV. Their first video will be released soon.
Atlas Obscura on the Great Eater of Kent
Atlas Obscura has a post about Nicholas Wood, known as “The Great Eater of Kent”, titled “Competitive Eating Was Even More Disgusting in the 17th Century”
Taylor’s plan would have had Wood perform daily feats of overeating at the city’s Bear Gardens, which at the time hosted animal fights. Among the suggested meals to give the “most exorbitant paunchmonger†were a wheelbarrow full of tripe, as many puddings as would stretch across the Thames, and an entire fat calf or sheep.
For better or worse, this gluttony exhibition never came to pass, as Wood, who was getting on in his years, and who had lost all but one of his teeth after eating an entire mutton shoulder, bones and all, declined Taylor’s offer, saying that he wasn’t sure he’d be able to perform to expectations.
More on Nicholas Wood: Alpha History | Kent History Forum
The new poll asks who you think is currently the top eater in the UK.
The video for "Consume or be Consumed" in which the UK punk duo Slaves compete in a hot dog eating contest was awarded best music video by the British magazine New Musical Express. Mike "Mike D" Diamond of the Beastie Boys produced and made a cameo in the video.
The competitive eating scene at a French restaurant in the James Bond parody Tremor of Intent by Anthony Burgess was named one of the top five food scenes in British literature by Paste Magazine. The list claims the scene was similar to a crab eating feast in the book Goldfinger (which did not appear in the movie.)
The Manchester Evening News has an article about "Joe Burger Challenge" of Spain being the first person to finish the burger challenge at Shooters.
Battle of Big Eaters 4 videos
Oogui 2016 has videos of the entire broadcast of Battle of Big Eaters 4 on TV Tokyo today (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3). Molly Schuyler did not compete in the final match of the program; Bob Shoudt faced off against Moeno Azuki.
Excite.co.jp has a page (translated) about the competition.
update Jan 4 Whole broadcast in one video
update Jan 11 Previous video removed. Here is one that is still available
Program guide
0 Previous contest highlights & Japanese qualifiers
3 “Defeat Molly” title shown on screen
8 USA qualifier, Joe Menchetti & Wayne Algenio compete
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TV Tokyo has a page about Battle of the Big Eaters 4 that will be televised on New Years Day with pictures of all 4 competing quartets. Team Canada and Australian pro wrestler Shazza Mackenzie do not appear.
Martin Appleton-Clare ate a meat and potato pie in 45.5 seconds at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England yesterday to defend his title in the "World Pie Eating Championships". This is his third victory overall. Vocativ has a video of a pie ascending 19 miles high via weather balloon to promote the contest.
The Indepedent has a profile of Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, who says that he is healthier now after starting competitive eating.
The BBC reports that a pie that ascended to 100,000 feet after being attached to a weather balloon will be used in The World Pie Eating Championships in Wigan, England on December 20. The goal of the flight was to determine how high altitude affects the molecular structure of the pie and makes it easier to eat.
Rachel Hosie has a report in the Independent on eating Christmas lunch specials offered by six fast food chains in England without a break between them. She estimated her total calories at 5,500.
The Daily Star has an article about Emma Dalton eating 7 pounds o sprouts in 36 minutes.
"The Big Eat" a documentary about the 2005 Nathan's qualifier held in the United Kingdom, can be viewed on youtube.
Leah Shutkever has been annouced as having the fastest time for the Parmazone Challenge (4:37) at Rub Smokehouse & Bar in Birmingham, England for the month of November, winning her the first prize of £1000 of vouchers.
Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran faced off against a trio of pantomime performers in a Thanksgiving eating challenge at Huckleberry's restaurant in Darlington, England.
A new website focused on United Kingdom eating challenges has been set up at http://www.ukfoodchallenges.com. The twitter for the site is @ukfoodchallnges.
Oxford University student GraceFitUK has uploaded a video of her attempt
Rub Smokehouse & Bar (locations in Birmingham, Nottingham & Newcastle) will award £1000 in vouchers to the person with the fastest time to finish two of its Parmo sandwiches in November.
The Barnsley Archives twitter has a program for a charities carnival held from August 17 to August 24, 1918. One of the competitions on August 22 was a toffee eating contest for wounded soldiers.
British bodybuilder Ryan John-Baptiste has posted a in one day.
Kate Ovens attended yesterday's NFL UK event to promote todays NY Giants vs. LA Rams game at Wembley Stadium in London. Man vs. Food host Adam Richman was another guest. The LAD Bible has a Facebook Live video of the challenge.
Mirror.co.uk has an article about James McCarthy, who has completed several Northern Ireland food challenges. He dropped from 23 stone (322 pounds) to 16 stone (238 pounds), which has enabled him to hug his daughter for the first time.
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