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Bodega in Miami Beach will hold a taco eating contest on May 5 awarding a suite staycation for the winner, $250 to the runner up and $100 to third.

Adrian Morgan wins Miami Nathan’s qualifier

update April 16 Adrian Morgan reports no females competed. I think this is the first time there were no women in a Nathan’s qualifier since the women’s division was started in 2011.

Results Part 1 | Part 2

1) Adrian Morgan 33
2) Steve Schuster 22
3) Victor Aldrich 15
4) Ricardo Nagan 14.5
5) Jeff Marlow 13.5
6) Richard Cochran 10.5
7) Michael Rodriguez 8.5
8) Robert Herzberg 6
9) Lenny Lieder 3

Adrian Morgan has won tonight’s Nathan’s qualifier at the Miami Marlins ballpark with a total of 33 hot dogs.

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Michael Jenkins ate a 2.5 pound burrito in 2:22 to win the first prize of $250 at tonight's contest at Taco Bus in Tampa. Noah Pransky of WTSP, who claims he had a 13 contest winning streak, was the runner up. update Apr 8 813area has a contest writeup reporting Meredith Marsh was third in her first eating contest.
Registration is now open for a Nathan's qualifier at the Tampa RiverFest on May 6. A qualifier in Valdosta, GA on May 13 has also been listed.
Joey Fatone of NSYNC will be present in Orlando from 5 - 8 pm today for the launch of a hot dog eating challenge at his restaurant, Fat Ones Dogs.

2017 Nathan’s Fort Myers, FL qualifier

update Mar 26 Naples News has an article

Nate Figgs has a video

update News Press has a contest report and video

Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Pablo Martinez 25.5
2) Nate Figueroa 21.5
3) Crazy Legs Conti 19
4) Andrew Renfrow 13.5
Tom Riordan 6.5
Stewart Beck? 6.5

1W) Mary Bowers 10

The MLE facebook has a live video

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Taco Bus will hold a burrito eating contest in Tampa on April 6 awarding $250/$150/$50/$25/$25. Entrants will need to eat an El Jefe burrito by March 31 to qualify.
News Press has an interview with Pablo Martinez about competing in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Fort Myers, FL. Mary Bowers, Crazy Legs Conti, Nate Figueroa, Bill Weller and Steven Rossomando are also expected to compete. The article incorrectly claims the competition will be the first qualifier in southwest Florida; contests were held in Naples, FL in 2012 and 2013.
Irish 31 Pub House & Eater will hold a "Guinness Car Bomb" wing eating contest tonight awarding $250 to the winner.
Registration is now open for two Nathan's qualifiers at MLB ballparks next month: Miami Marlins (April 15) & St. Louis Cardinals April 28.

Carmen Cincotti conquers croquetas

<>update March 15 Carme Cincotti has a video

Update March 14 Nate Figueroa has a video

The Miami Herald reports that Joey Chestnut dropped out due to illness at the last minute.

Carnaval Miami croqueta results (Part 1 | Part 2)

1) Carmen Cincotti 158
2) Geoff Esper 144
3) Eric “Badlands” Booker 92
4) Michelle Lesco 90
5) Nate Figueroa 80
6) Erik Denmark 74
7) Victor Aldrich 10

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El Nuevo Herald has the field for Sunday's croqueta eating contest in Miami: Joey Chestnut, Carmen Cincotti, Geoff Esper, Gideon Oji, Adrian Morgan, Michelle Lesco and Erik Denmark.
The BBC World Service has a feature about Miki Sudo competing in the Orlando Chili Cookoff last month. She says that an injury hurt her training for that competition.
An amateur croqueta contest awarding $300/$150/$50 will take place before the MLE competition on Sunday at Calle Ocho in Miami.
Ginormous Food will record at three Atlanta area restaurants next week from February 28 to March 2. update Columbia, Charleston and Jacksonville will also be visited.

2017 Orlando Chili challenge

A birthday cake eating contest does not appear on Palm Beach Outlets events calendar. A MLE event was held at that location the previous two Februaries.
Joey Chestnut, Carmen Cincotti, Miki Sudo, Geoff Esper, Gideo Oji, Badlands Booker and Nate Biller are expected to compete in the World Chili Eating Challenge in Orlando Saturday.
Registration will open today for the first Nathan's qualifier of 2017 at Germain Arena in Estero, FL on March 25. update Registration is also open for a San Antonio qualifier on March 18.
A croqueta eating contest in Miami awarding $3,500 has been added to the MLE calendar for March 12. Registration will open Monday.
The Florida Key Lime Pie Festival will hold a pie eating contest in Cocoa Beach, FL awarding $250/$150/$100 on January 14. The contest organizer says he will change the details each year and not publicize them until the start of the competition.
A clip about the Terminator breakfast challenge at Shelby's in Deerfield Beach, FL (now closed) has been seen over 34 million times according to the Food Network's facebook page (via Compeating.com.au)
MLE's contest page has been updated with the World Chili Eating Challenge in Orlando on February 18, 2017. Registration will open December 9. update There will also be a chili eating contest at the Spirit of Texas Fest in College Station, TX on March 4.
PizzeRizzo in Disney World's Hollywood Studios created a "hall of fame" for a fictional pizza eating contest.
Sparks Magazine has an interview with Nate Figueroa about his competitive eating hobby.
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