Upcoming United Kingdom eating contests
United Kingdom eating challenges
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.
The Oxford University student paper has a list of six types of eating challenges partners.
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.
One of the upcoming episodes of Coming Up on Channel 4 in Britain, "Burger Van Champion", is about a female competitive eater who considers competing in the USA.
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.
New listing: Northern Ireland eating challenges and contests
A list of Wales eating contests and challenges has been compiled (currently with 30 challenges) Subcategories: Cardiff | Swansea
Digesting England by the pound / eatfeats region
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)
Man v. Food is the first program in BBC America's list of five US TV shows that are unexpectedly popular in Britain.
EatingChallenges.co.uk is a new blog devoted to British eating challenges.
The Cardiffian reports that Ieuan Lloyd, a member of a Great Britain swim relay in the London 2012 games, won a pie eating contest held in Cardiff, Wales with a total of 6.5 pies in 10 minutes. (video)
Wales Online has an article about Welsh competitive eating asking the question "Does the rising popularity of competitive eating make us gluttons for punishment?" in which the 2004 Hillsborough Oyster Festival champion, Steve Tiesteel, says he declined a spot in the 2004 Nathan's finals and that Sonya Thomas visited Wales in 2005 and gave him some competitive eating tips.
A gay pair won a spaghetti eating contest for couples held on Valentine's Day at The Barge in Grimsby, England.
Model Sammi Marsh ate 44 pancakes to win an eating contest held at Grosvenor Casino in Blackpool, England.
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.
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.
Food.UK.MSN.com has a slide show of 11 eating challenges available in the United Kingdom.
The YankeeStar Grillhouse in Coalisland, Northern Ireland is starting a 52 ounce steak challenge. The amount was chosen to have "an ounce for every american state".
“All You Can Eat” British documentary on youtube
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)
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.
The Ad Lib in Glasgow, Scotland is looking for women to attempt its Monster Burger challenge for a feature about slender and healthy female competitive eaters.
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.
ITV competitive eating documentary / 200+ English eating challenges
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 »
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.
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