Joey Chestnut 1 year non Matt Stonie winning streak
Joey Chestnut currently has a one year winning streak against all competitive eaters other than Matt Stonie. His last defeat to someone else was a loss to Miki Sudo in the Buffalo Buffet Bowl on August 31, 2013. A head to head breakdown follows:
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WOWT reports that Molly Schuyler will move to California. Friday's contest for the Omaha Baconfest will be her last Nebraska event for a while.
The LA Beast appeared on last night's episode of Shark After Dark, a talk show promoting the Discovery Channel's Shark Week and ate a cactus after receiving votes from viewers.
The Hampton Beach Seafood Festival in Hampton Beach, NH will hold a lobster roll eating contest on September 6 awarding $1000 ($600 to the winner). A qualifier will take place on August 7 at McGuirk's Ocean View Restaurant and Lounge.
Kyle Hanner won the hot dog eating contest at the Salt Games in Myrtle Beach, SC today. Dale Boone also competed.
The Guardian has an excerpt from Think Like a Freak, the new book by the authors of Freakonomics with a section about Takeru Kobayashi doubling the Nathan's hot dog record. There is also a section about the requirement in Van Halen's contract for a bowl of M&Ms with no brown candies.
Gus Beisel defended his Flancer's Pizza title Sunday.
Girlvssweets.blogspot.com/ is a blog by Jackie Voigt documenting her quest to complete every dessert eating challenge in the country. Her latest entry documents her conquest of the Earthquake sundate at the Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop in San Francisco. (facebook | twitter)
Jonathan "Junk Food Bodybuilder" Clarke was the first person to finish the 6 pound Harp Attack Challenge burger at The Harp Bar & Grill in Saul Sainte Marie, ON and win a trip to Las Vegas (video).
A two ton Ansom, a Khmer tradidional cake, was produced for a Khmer New Year celebration in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and then used for an eating competition. The winner, Kaem Tip, ate 2.85 kg of the cake.
Epic Meal Time has published a cookbook. The total calories for all the recipes exceeds 1 million.
The LA Times has blog entry about Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle's video where he eats every burger available on the Burger King menu in on session. update The Daily Mail claims that the "LA Beast" works as a chef at a Los Angeles McDonald's
The Kung Fu Saloon in Dallas will hold a Dank sandwich eating contest on 4/20 (which is also Easter) awarding a vintage tabletop arcade game. Qualifiers will take place on April 5 and 12.
CP Brand, sponsor of the "Biggest Eater" circuit in 2011-12, held a fried chicken eating contest in Myanmar.
Headline News has a segment about "LA Beast" eating all the burgers on Burger King's menu in one session.
Kyle "The Hammer" Hanner won the CompEat for a Cause "boot camp" held at Lucky's Sandwich Company in Chicago yesterday. Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown served as MCs (gallery)
MSN.com lists competitive eating as one of 7 "masculine" sports that should have more female participants.
A clip from today's episode (syndicated, check for stations & air times) of "The Doctors" where eating stunt performers Glozell, "Chuck from the Bronx" and "LA Beast" are interviewed can be viewed online.
TheDoctorsTV.com has a summary of Tuesday's episode about dangerous viral videos. Chuck from the Bronx and the LA Beast .
Racket Magazine has an interview with Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle.
The New York Post has a slideshow of "Maria" Edible. update Maria has written an article about her competitive eating career concluding with a retirement announcement.
GoViks.com has more information about Takeru Kobayashi's appearances at Portland (Oregon) State basketball games this weekend. He will compete against media members on Friday and against a student champion on Saturday.
The Sporkful has a podcast of an interview with Tim "Eater X" Janus. The interview appears to have been recorded in 2012 or early 2013; Tim is billed as the DC chili champion and his ranking is given as #3)
Deli Fresh Threads has a post about Maria "Edible" billing her as a former competitive eater.
Mick of Time has a blog entry about attempting the burger challenge at Phat Burger in Mui Ne, Vietnam.
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