A press release announces that Nathan's Famous is crossing over to offer chicken wings and Harlem-style chicken and waffles under a new brand, Wings of New York.
Leah Shutkever discusses her eating records in a video produced by the Guinness World Records youtube channel.
The "Hungry Badger" won yesterday's British Eating League Chilli Eating Contest. The event used an exemption for "elite sport played behind closed doors" to bypass the current UK coronavirus lockdown.
Blackwater Distilling & Tavern in Stevensville, MD will hold a hot wing eating contest on November 21 for amateurs awarding $150/$100/$75.
The Fort Worth Pizza Fest will hold an eating contest on November 15 awarding $250/$100/$50.
Joel Hansen attempted a 7 foot long shawarma challenge, billed as the world's largest.
Brian Dickens Barrabee has a story of an eating contest held at the breakfast buffet at a Bob's Big Boy in Massachusetts which resulted in the intervention of the restaurant manager after a competitor was caught cheating.
Flasback May 1997: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore serves as a judge for a Nathan's qualifier held in Boca Raton, FL. She would receive national publicity three years later due to the "butterfly ballot" controversy following the 2000 Florida presidential election.
Block Club Chicago has an article about the closing of Taco in a Bag, the restaurant owned by Pat Bertoletti and Tim "Gravy" Brown. They did not respond to questions about the possible reopening of the business.
Texarkana Gazette has a report on Randy Santel completing the new "All About the Taste" challenge at Taco Tico in Texarkana, TX on Friday, which concluded a his tour of the southeastern United States that started on August 2.
Strongman competitor Eddie Hall will take on a variety of big holiday-themed meals for the upcoming series "Eddie Eats Christmas" for the UK channel Dave TV.
The British Eating League is claiming that the upcoming UK coronavirus lockdown will not apply to their schedule (3 contests later this week) due to an exemption for "elite sport played behind closed doors".
Matt Stonie wins Draft Kings Halloween Candy Bowl
The contest is currently streaming online.
Results from live stream
1 Matt Stonie 4.01 lbs
2 Geoff Esper 3.11
3 Miki Sudo 3.06
4 Nick Wehry 3.04
5 Darron Breeden 3.02
6 Joey Chestnut 2.15
This is the first finish outside the top 4 for Joey Chestnut in a head-to-head MLE contest. (He did not make the final 16 in the 2005 US Open of Competitive Eating tournament).
The first MLE rankings update in over a year, the British Eating League's affiliated organizations, and the new Draft Kings contest trilogy are the topics of the 111th episode of Fink Beats the Stomach.
A video of Gal Akbari (tiktok.com/@q.gal) eating a Popeye's Chicken family meal has gone viral with a current view count of 7.4 million.
Draft Kings Halloween candy details
Draft Kings has a page about its Halloween candy eating contest that will be held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas on Saturday. The event will be streamed on Draft Kings’ youtube and twich channels starting at 7:30 Eastern. The contest will have a first-to-finish or “steeplechase” format with a time maximum of 6 minutes. Entrants will eat in sequence a pound of the following 6 types of candies: candy corn, Kit Kats, M & Ms, Milky Ways, Snickers and Mini Reese’s.
Current odds for the 6 entrants:
Joey Chestnut -110 (bet $110 to win $100)
Geoff Esper +160 (bet $100 to win $160)
Darron Breeden +600
Nick Wehry +700
Matt Stonie +1400
Miki Sudo +1500
Draft Kings is offering a free $10000 prize pool awarding $500 to the winner. Prizes will be awarded based on predicting the following:
1st, 2nd, 3rd and last places
1st to finish candy corn
Will Joey Chestnut finish all 6 pounds of candy
# of entrants to finish all candy
total pounds of candy eaten for all entrants
Leeds Live has an article about Beard Meats Food titled "Watch as Leeds man take on enormous 10.5oz viking burger challenge". (The article has the correct units of measurement.)
The Indian food challenge youtube channel Wake'N'Bite has passed a million subscribers.
The British Eating League will hold its first eating contest in south England Friday when Bobby Jo's Diner in Southend-on-Sea hosts a chilli dog eating contest awarding £100/£30/£20.
Andrew Martin wrote an article for SportsRaid about outfielder Ping Bodie facing off against an ostrich in a spaghetti eating contest held at the New York Yankees training camp in Jacksonville, FL on April 3, 1919. He does not believe the competition was fatal for the bird, as some accounts have described.
The Daily Star has an article about Katina "Katina Eats Kilos" DeJarnett. She plans to spend 2021 doing a food challenge tour with Randy Santel. update Daily Mail article
MLE announces three upcoming contests to be held in Las Vegas in conjunction with Draft Kings: a candy eating contest on October 31, a whole turkey eating contest on Thanksgiving weekend and a Big Game party spread on February 6. update Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Darron Breeden are expected to compete.
Taco in a Bag, the Chicago restaurant run by Pat Bertoletti and Tim "Gravy" Brown, announces it will close on October 30. They hope to reopen in the future.
Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran was the first person to finish the "Heart Attack" breakfast challenge at Harty's Cafe in Lincoln, England.
One of the episodes of Netflix' new series "We Are the Champions" will feature a Carolina Reaper pepper eating contest held at For Mill, SC in August 2019.
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