Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
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Geoff Esper, Pat Bertoletti, James Webb, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Derek Hendrickson are expected to compete in the NORMS Las Vegas: Hotcake Eating Championship on November 9.
Miki Sudo will be competing in a pink donut eating contest during halftime of tonight's UNLV college football game in Las Vegas to raise awareness for breast cancer. (Cofield & Co interview) update Miki Sudo missed the contest with no explanation. Brobible has a post about her absence.
The Ringer on “Unfinished Beef”
Jodi Walker wrote a long article (or short book?) for Ringer.com about the “Unfinished Beef” matchup between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi that was streamed on Netflix on Labor Day. There will probably not that much new in it for people familiar with competitive eating other that some behind the scenes information about how the event was put togther. Nicole Haimes, director of the 2019 documentary about the Chestnut / Kobayashi rivalry “The Good, the Bad, the Hungry” was also the executive producer of “Unfinished Beef”.
But there was still one speed bump: “When negotiating for this whole thing, Chestnut and I with Netflix, we were talking about the possibility of doing this on Fourth of July,” Kobayashi tells me. That would have meant not competing in the Nathan’s competition in 2023, which Joey refused to do (62 hot dogs in 10 minutes). “So I thought, well, if he doesn’t have respect for me, then I don’t think I want to compete against him,” says Kobayashi. Haimes fortunately managed to rope him back into the deal with Netflix by suggesting that they couldn’t “let the perfect get in the way of the good.” Kobayashi relented and even said that Chestnut could compete in the Nathan’s contest in 2024 if he wanted. They would simply find a different (slightly less patriotic) date for their one-on-one. “But then he was banned from the Nathan’s competition, ironically,” Kobi smirks.
After MLE contracts worked against them for years, a contract dispute finally worked in their favor. Kobi and Joey were at Netflix. And people were excited.
Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef
Joey Chestnut has defeated Kobayashi 83 hot dogs to 67 to set a world record for a 10 minute hot dog contest.
In the first undercard, Matt Stonie defeated three aquatic Olympians (Ryan Lochte, Ryan Murphy and Max Irving) in a 3 minute wing eating contest, 53 wings to 36.
Some links about Unfinished Beef
Decider has an interview with Takeru Kobayashi
Brobible has an interview with Chestnut and Kobayashi
NYTimes article
Netflix has an instagram post about the Chestnut / Kobayashi rivalry with two major errors: Kobayashi did not reverse in the 2007 Krystal Square Off, he missed it due to “jawthritis” and Kobayashi did not compete in the 2010 Nathan’s finals, he attended as a spectator and was arrested afterwards.
Fightful.com reports that pro wrestlers Rey Mysterio and Omos will be part of the "Unfinished Beef" broadcast on Netflix from Las Vegas on September 2. Tickets for the poolside undercard with Leah Shutkever, Matt Stonie and the USC Trojan Marching Band are available on 1iota.com
Stonie & Shutkever in “Unfinished Beef” undercards
TVLine announces that there will be two undercard competitions for “Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef” that will be streamed on Netflix from Las Vegas on September 2: Matt Stonie and Leah Shutkever will face off against opponents who have yet to be named. This will be Matt Stonie’s first public eating competition since a Draft Kings event in April 2021 and Leah Shutkever’s first public competition since the Highway 55 burger eating contest in June 2018. The broadcast co-hosts will be actor/comedian Rob Riggle and WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Garcia. Cari Champion and Chris Rose will be the announcers for the competitions.
Project Casting has a casting call for extras for an eating competition show to be produced in Las Vegas that will pay $125. This is almost certainly the Joey Chestnut vs. Takeru Kobayashi matchup that will be streamed on Netflix on Labor Day.
1Iota is offering free tickets to Chestnut vs. Kobayashi - Unfinished Beef in Las Vegas on September 2. Spectators must be 21 or older.
Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef will be streamed on Netflix on September 2 at 3pm Eastern / noon Pacific from an undisclosed location in Las Vegas.
Raina Huang ate 15 hot dogs in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $2,500 in today's "Weenies & Bikinis" competition held at Stadium Swim in Las Vegas.
PT's Tavern in Henderson, NV will hold a wing eating contest for amateurs on August 3 awarding $2500/$1000/$500.
Max Casino in Carson City, NV will hold a hot dog eating contest awarding $1000 to the winner on July 4. The runner up will receive $500.
Stadium Swim in Las Vegas will hold a hot dog eating contest for women wearing bikinis on July 4. The winner will receive $2,500 and the total purse is $5,000.
Jeremiah "El Toro" Jimenez won the first prize of $500 in today's pizza eating contest at Dom DeMarco's in Las Vegas.
Nevada Public Radio has an article about Derek Hendrickson and Raina Huang completing The Feast burger challenge at Area 15 in Las Vegas.
Korean food challenger Tsuyang attempted the "Octuple Bypass Burger" challenge at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas. (English subtitles)
Dom DeMarco's in Las Vegas will hold a pizza eating contest on May 25 for amateurs living in Nevada awarding $500 to the winner. Entrants must win qualifiers that will be held on April 13, 20, 27 and May 4 and 11. (via Heavy D)
La Nova Wings will hold a wing eating contest at the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas on March 19 awarding $1000 to the winner.
In a new episode of "Idiot Sandwich" on youtube, Matt Stonie faces off against two other chefs to produce a shrimp sandwich in a cooking contest judged by Gordon Ramsay held at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas Matt does not remember Joey Chestnut's Nathan's Famous record of 76 and states that the all time best is 72 hot dogs. updateGordon Ramsay has posted an excerpt on his tiktok consisting of his conversation with Matt and a him training for a hot dog eating contest.
Raider defensive lineman Maxx Crosby will host a burger challenge at the Luxor Public House in Las Vegas on February 9.
Derek Hendrickson discusses Las Vegas restaurant challenges on the latest episode of the Visit Vegas Places podcast.
The fourth episode of the "Behind the Buns" podcast co-hosted by Derek Hendrickson and Darron Breeden is a recap of Saturday's bagelmania eating contest in Las Vegas.
2024 Siegel’s Bagelmania eating contest
James Webb is running a live video of today’s Siegel’s Bagelmania eating contest in Las Vegas
Official results: (8 minutes)
| 1st | 15 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 14.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 13 | James Webb | |
| 4th | 10.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 10.25 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 6th | 10 | Miki Sudo | |
| 7th | 7.75 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 8th | 7.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 9th | 3.75 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 10th | 2.25 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | |
| 11th | 1.75 | Elizabeth Salgado |
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, James Webb, Derek Hendrickson and Pat Bertoletti are expected to compete in Siegel’s Bagelmania World Bagel Eating Championship in Las Vegas on January 13.
Registration is now open for Siegel's Bagelmania World Bagel Eating Championship that will be held in Las Vegas on January 13.
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