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MLive.com has an article about Mark Gdd's trip to Michigan to successfully complete four restaurant challenges, which included setting the house taco record at Downtown Trini's & Margarita Joe's in Sparta, MI. October 21, 2020 at 8:30 pm by
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WZZM13 reports Mark Gdd ate 41 tacos in 1:26 to set the house record at Downtown Trini's Mexican Restaurant in Sparta, MI. October 18, 2020 at 2:57 am by
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Beth's Cafe in Seattle, home of a famed 12 egg omelet challenge, will suspend operations due to coronavirus mandates. The restaurant hopes to reopen when the restrictions are lifted. October 14, 2020 at 8:48 pm by
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The British Eating League announced that it will start a Las Vegas Eating League in 2021. October 13, 2020 at 7:08 am by
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October 6, 2020 at 6:55 am by
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The segment from NBC's First Look about Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest that was televised on Sunday morning's episode can be viewed on youtube (segment starts around 16:10). Miki Sudo, Badlands Booker, Nick Wehry and Rich Shea make appearances. October 5, 2020 at 7:37 am by
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Greg Foster attempted to eat 123 Carolina Reaper peppers Saturday to set a world record. The feat would have placed him at the top spot in the League of Fire rankings. October 5, 2020 at 7:15 am by
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Juan-A-Taco in New Port Richey, FL will hold a taco eating contest on October 4 awarding $200 to the winner. October 4, 2020 at 12:37 am by
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La Tapatia in Phoenix, Oregon was recently incinerated by wildfires. The restaurant was the site of a Mega Taco Challenge. October 3, 2020 at 1:16 am by
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Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest will be featured on the next episode of NBC's First Look, which will be televised at 1 am Sunday morning after Saturday Night Live. Nick Wehry, Miki Sudo and Badlands Booker will appear. September 30, 2020 at 11:15 pm by
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On the latest episode of Kermit's Kitchen, Kermit the Frog oversees a 10 pound burger challenge at Burly Burger in Utah. September 30, 2020 at 11:06 pm by
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September 26, 2020 at 12:53 pm by
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Official results
The Western Days Festival World Tamale Eating Championship can be viewed online at http://lewisvillewesterndays.com/. Joey Chestnut will be competing for the first time since 2014.
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MyHorryNews.com has an article about Randy Santel completing the 8.25 pound food challenge at Crooked Oak Tavern in Conway, SC which included a four pound ribeye steak. September 26, 2020 at 1:45 am by
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Darron Breeden and Gideon Oji attempted the Grand Sicilian deep dish pizza challenge at Beau Jo's in Denver, CO. September 21, 2020 at 10:07 pm by
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Raina Huang and Joel Hansen both attempted the 28 inch pizza challenge at Studebaker's in Gatesville, TX. September 21, 2020 at 10:02 pm by
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Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo and Gideon Oji are expected to compete in the Western Days Festival World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewisville, TX on September 26. update Miki Sudo says that Nick Wehry, Katie Prettyman, Alex Perez and Jocelyn Walker will also compete. September 19, 2020 at 1:34 am by
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The Big Ten college athletic conference voted to start playing football games on October 24, with the conference championship deferred to December 19 in Indianapolis. This raises the possibility that St. Elmo's Shrimp Eating Championship can be held in conjunction with that event as in the previous 7 years. update Sept 21 The Big Ten has confirmed its football championship will be December 19 in Indianapolis. September 16, 2020 at 6:08 pm by
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Tiffin the Indian Kitchen restaurant in Chicago will hold a samosa eating contest on October 25 awarding $500 to the winner. Pat Bertoletti will be a celebrity judge at the event. September 14, 2020 at 8:18 am by
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GastonGazette has an article about Randy Santel attempting the new challenge burger at Bad Daddy's Burger Bar in Gastonia, NC Friday. The crowd for the challenge was the restaurant's largest since February. September 13, 2020 at 10:42 am by
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The owner of a Dallas food truck says $1000 will be awarded if its burger challenge is completed. September 13, 2020 at 10:26 am by
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CBS Denver has an interview with Bryan "Big Sexy" Beard about his 11 year competitive eating career. September 11, 2020 at 4:13 pm by
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September 10, 2020 at 10:24 pm by
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Today marks the one year anniversary of Fox 5 DC’s article about the passing of Juliet Lee, which was announced on the MLE website the day before. This remains the only significant information about the shock death, with no additional salient media coverage, autopsies, or criminal investigations having been promulgated since that date. A statement about the passing was picked up by Patch.com and several other outlets, which gave a date for the tragedy as September 9, 2019. Several social media comments contradicted that infomation, and gave her final date as August 16, 2019.
Searching the Montgomery County (MD) police database for mid-August 2019 events in Germantown, MD (Juliet’s hometown) brings up the following incident on which appears to correspond to Juliet Lee’s passing. The record is of minimal interest until the penultimate field, which is “SUDDENDEATHUNDETERMIND”. [I have redacted the address field even though it has only a street name and lacks a house number]
Direct linking to the entry is not allowed; if you want to view it for yourself, the easiest way is probably to go the police database website and search for Crime Report #190039103. This brings up the question: if the incident was labeled a crime, what was the result of the criminal investigation? Other unanswered questions include:
- If the August 16 date is accurate, why did 24 days elapse between the tragedy and any announcement of it?
- Who contacted Major League Eating about the fatality and when was that information provided?
- Was Juliet Lee transported to a hospital and what medical personnel attended her?
- Other than the Fox 5 article, why was there minimal media coverage of the incident? As far as I know. the Washington Post (Motto: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”) and its associated social media outlets have made absolutely no mention of Juliet Lee’s passing. (Washington Post search link)
- Why was the record in the Montgomery County police database categorized as “WORKING CODE” ?
- Why was Juliet Lee’s husband (or ex-husband), Joe Callow, not mentioned in the statement about her death; Juliet’s daughters are the only relatives mentioned.
- Juliet Lee’s final video for Major League Eating was uploaded on August 22, six days after August 16. When was that video filmed and who recorded and uploaded it?
- Why was there was no posting about Juliet Lee’s passing on MLE social media until the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest in July? A post at the bottom of majorleagueeating.com was the sole mention by the organization.
2019 EatFeats post about the fatality. An anonymous comment appears to have some inside information about the incident.
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Fat Boy's Pizza has opened a location in Baton Rouge. Like the original site in Metairie, LA, the restaurant will award $2500 if Joey Chestnut's time of 40 seconds for its 2 foot pizza slice challenge is broken. September 9, 2020 at 12:13 am by
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BestDocumentaryTV has uploaded a short documentary about the 1999 matzoh ball eating contest held at Ben's Deli won by Russell Machover. Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa makes an appearance but does not compete. September 8, 2020 at 7:04 am by
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