Upcoming United Kingdom eating contests
United Kingdom eating challenges
Randy Santel and Mitch Dombrowski were the first pair to finish the 40 inch pizza challenge at Toni's Pizzeria in Glasgow today.
Daily Record has an article about Randy Santel becoming the first finisher of the breakfast sandwich challenge at Hogan's in Kilmarnock, Scotland.
Huckleberrys Diner in Yorkshire will award £500 to the first person to finish its 11 pound chicken & waffle challenge.
ITV has posted a casting call for big eaters for an upcoming UK television show.
The Guardian has an excerpt from former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour's autobiography about an eating contest held on a 6 hour bus trip from Newcastle to London. Steve Bould ate 9 dinners to win the competition, which resulted in several players reversing.
The Onion's AV Club produced a video of the English band Basement attempting a chili pepper challenge.
The rightful champion of the 2014 World Pie Eating Championship in Wigan, England was the dispute in today's episode of Judge Rinder, a UK court show (video) update Episode link (UK only)
Yorkshire Evening Post, Daily Star and Metro have articles on how Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran has combined bodybuilding with his competitive eating career.
The instagram for Man vs Food London reports that an ambulance has been required for restaurant customers 17 times.
The rightful champion of the 2014 World Pie Eating Championship at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England will be adjuciated in an upcoming British courtroom television show Judge Rinder. (via Claire Hannah)
ChronicleLive reports that curry house Shaheen’s Indian in Durham, England could lose its restaurant license after it held a spicy eating contest for the Durham University Rugby Club. The team was allowed to bring their own alcohol, resulting in a drunken rampage in the streets of Durham following the contest.
Chronicle Live has an article about Kate Ovens' new video where she attempts 50 wings at Shark Club Gastro Bar in Newcastle.
Kate Ovens attempted to eat 100 jaffa cakes on Captial Scotland radio in Glasgow this morning. She finished 57.
Soccer AM has a video of Adebayo "Beast Mode" Akinfenwa, striker for AFC Wimbledon who has been named FIFA's strongest player by Guinness World Records, doing a chicken wing challenge at the Man vs. Food restaurant in London.
Daily Mail has an article about Kate Ovens' latest video where she ate a 28 ounce burger, fries and a milkshake at the Jam Jar in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England in 9:20.
Adebayo Akinfenwa, a striker for AFC Wimbledon billed as "FIFA's Strongest Player" by Guinness World Records, did a chicken wing challenge at the Man vs Food restaurant in London today.
Cambridge News has a report on Oliver Pritchard and Tania Sevcenko both completing the burger challenge at Rocker's Steak House in Cambridge, England on Valentine's Day.
Metro.co.uk has an article about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran finishing the 20 pancake challenge weighing 7 pounds at My House Diner in Leeds in 18 minutes. Kate Ovens has uploaded a video of her eating 12 pancakes at the Breakfast Club in London.
Leah Shutkever finished the "Pancake Problem" challenge at Huckleberry's American Diner in Flaxton, Yorkshire on Saturday, the 3rd person out of 2000 attempts to complete the challenge. The attempt occured while "Beard Meats Food" and Marc Pitt were recording a television program at the restaurant.
A casting call has been posted on twitter for a UK eating challenge show.
Beavers Lodge in London will award £300 to the winner of its hot dog eating contest on February 4.
The Daily Mail has an article about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran attempting a 5 pound cheesesteak sandwich at Huckleberry's Diner in Leeds, Yorkshire.
2016 Battle of the Big Eaters Teams
TV Tokyo has a page about the Battle of the Big Eaters program that will be televised on January 1. The teams:
- USA: Molly Schuyler, Pat Bertoletti, Bob Shoudt, Tom Gilbert
- UK: Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran, Emma Dalton, Leah Shutkever, Marc
- Japan: Hatsuyo Sugawara, Hitomi “Russian” Sato, Moeno Azuki, male I don’t recognize
- Taiwan: Chien Shu, You Lin (?), Ming Che, Ya Lin
It is interesting that Taiwan got a team when competitive eating appears to be a lot bigger in other Asian countries (Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, …)
update The other Briton is Marc “Bottomless” Pitt the Japanese is probably Takamasa “Max” Suzuki
Express.co.uk has an article about mince pies which mentions Sonya Thomas' victory in a 2006 mince pie eating contest. Her total of 46 is still listed as the record.
WiganToday.net reports 2012 winner Martin Appleton-Clare ate a pie in 38.2 seconds to regain the World Pie Eating Championship title at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England today. update Dec 19 Reuters has a video
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