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2023 Alameda County Fair Nathan’s qualfier

update Contest video by Misty Family Vlogs

Official results update Men’s results have been fixed

1st 32.5 Derek Hendrickson
2nd 18 Abraham Reynaga-Withrow
3rd 13 Kirk Taylor
4th 10 Jon Davis
1st 14 Katie Prettyman
2nd 8.75 Elizabeth Salgado
3rd 5 Abby Horowitz

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2023 Salvation Army donuts

Nick Wehry announces that he will compete in Friday's World Donut Eating Championship at the USS Midway in San Diego along with Miki Sudo, Derek Hendrickson and James Webb.
Registration is now open for The Salvation Army National Donut Day World Donut Eating Championship that will take place at the USS Midway in San Diego June 2.

Registration open for 2023 Nathan’s qualifers

Registration is now open for four Nathan’s qualifiers awarding a spot in the July 4 contest to the top male and female finishers.

May 27 Berea, OH
June 9 Dayton, OH
June 17 Pleasanton, CA
June 24 Washington, DC

update Registration for a June 17 qualifier in Cincinnati will open May 6 at 9 am. This places 3 out of the 6 announced qualifiers in Ohio.

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Nathan’s qualifier May 13 in Kissimmee, FL

A facebook event page claims that the first Nathan’s Famous qualifier of 2023 will take place May 13 at Old Town in Kissimmee, FL (south Orlando). BBQ in DC will also hold a qualifier in Washington, DC on June 24. The traditional New York Mets Father’s Day qualifier might also return. Nathan’s will sponsor the giveaway promotion for their June 18 game, which has previously been a hint that a qualifier will take place during the event.

update April 21 A press release says there will also be qualifiers in Cincinnati on June 17 (probably a Reds game) and Pleasanton, CA (probably a return to the Alameda County Fair)

Registration opens today (April 21) at noon eastern for the Kissimmee qualifier.

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The USS Midway in San Diego will host its National Donut Day eating contest on June 2. The naval museum has held MLE competitions in previous years.
Raina Huang ate 21 lumpias in one minute to win the first prize of $1000 in Saturday's eating contest at Island Pacific Market in Lake Forest, CA. Kevin Ross tied for third. (video)
Kevin Ross reports that Juan Water Bottle finished his burrito in about 4:30 to win the first prize of $1,000 in Friday's Blue Burro eating contest in Long Beach. Raina Huang was runner-up.
Blue Bur*ro in Long Beach will hold a burrito eating contest on March 10 awarding $1000 to the fastest person to eat a McLovin Burrito.
Wonderful Pistachios announces they have recalculated the totals for the top 3 finishers in its February 26 eating contest, almost doubling their amounts: Nick Wehry 109->188, Adrian Morgan 102->176, Miki Sudo 100->173

Nick Wehry wins Wonderful Pistachios, Joey Chestnut last

Official results for this morning’s Wonderful Pistachios Get Crackin’ Eating Championship held at the Santa Monica Pier. Joey Chestnut’s 7th place finish is his worst placing since a first round loss in the 2005 US Open of Competitive Eating, a 32 person tournament.

1st 109 Nick Wehry 1st MLE non-qualifier victory
2nd 102 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan
3rd 100 Miki Sudo
4th 88 Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond
5th 85 Bartley Weaver, IV
6th 72 Gideon Oji
7th 70 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut 7th is worth placing since 2005 US Open

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Gener De Guzman ate 36 fishballs in one minute to defend his title and take the first prize of $1000 in Saturday's Super Ball: Fishball Eating Contest held at Island Pacific Santa Clarita.
Registration will open later today for the Wonderful Pistachios Get Crackin' Eating Championship to be held in Santa Monica on February 26. A press release lists Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Gideon Oji as expected entrants. This probably implies that Joey Chestnut has extended his MLE contract and dropped plans for a rematch with Takeru Kobayashi.
Insider Food produced a video about the 54 inch square pizza challenge available at Big Mama's and Papa's locations in Los Angeles County.
Raina Huang will be competing in a shrimp eating contest at San Pedro Fish Market's ShrimpFest in Long Beach on October 22.
Dan Kennedy has the top 4 from tonight's corn dog eating contest at the California State Fair: 1 Molly Schuyler 30 (defends title) 2 Dan Kennedy 28 3 Tom Shelton 10 4 Tom Greene 4.
The Nisei Week festival in Los Angeles has replaced its gyoza eating contest with food demonstrations by local chefs.
The Vegan Playground in Los Angeles will hold a vegan hot dog eating contest on July 20 awarding $500.
The Schedule for the 2022 Nisei Week Festival in Los Angeles does not list a gyoza eating contest. The facebook page for the competition has no information about an upcoming event.
The California State Fair corn dog eating contest will award $2500/2000/$1000/$500/$100 July 23 in Sacramento. A qualifier will be held on July 22.
Naader Reda and Kevin Ross tied for first place in Paul's Pantry cinnamon roll eating contest in Mission Viejo, CA on July 4.
Paul's Pantry in Mission Viejo, CA will hold a cinnamon roll eating contest on July 4 awarding $1000/$500/$100.
ESPN has a press release about its telecast of the 2022 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. The men's contest will be live on ESPNews while the women's contest will be streamed on ESPN3 while ESPNews shows Sportscenter. (The two main ESPN channels will be showing Wimbledon.) John Anderson will replace Mike Golic Jr. as Rich Shea's broadcast partner.
Janns Marketplace in Thousand Oaks, CA will hold a pie eating contest on July 4 awarding $300 to the winner.
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