Leah Shutkever faced off against Damian the Builder in a 6 pound Christmas dinner eating contest at The George Pub in Stockton on Tees England for an On the Tools TV video.
King of Donair in Halifax, NS has an instagram video of Joel Hansen eating its 12 pound "World's Largest Donair" in 42 minutes.
Alexandra's Pizza in Sidney, NS will award a $1000 cash prize along with a $1000 charitable donation if its 12 pound donair is finished in under 90 minutes.
Tubefilter has an interview with Erik "The Electric" Lamkin about how he built his youtube channel which mentions an upcoming appearance on the Food Network.
The 2019 "World Pie Eating Championship" will take place tomorrow at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England. The competition will be restricted to the top 2 finishers from the 2018 contest with the general public relegated to an undercard.
The Ivy Buckhead in Atlanta will hold a spaghetti eating contest December 20 awarding $250 to the winner.
Bright Side has a video asking "What if You Ate 100,000 Calories in One Day?"
Raina Huang was challenged to eat 15 pounds of milk & cookies in a video for Buzzfeed's "Bring Me" series.
"“El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer", a 1997 episode of the Simpsons in which a Homer's spicy chili challenge induces hallucinations, is #7 in Time Magazine's list of the top 10 episodes of the animated series.
2019 MLE victories count (excluding qualifiers)
Total MLE (non qualifier) victories in 2019, counting the Chestnut vs. Stonie waffle matchup as an official contest:
| 13 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
| 10 | Geoffrey Esper |
| 3 | Miki Sudo |
| 2 | Darron Breeden |
| 1 | Gideon Oji |
| 1 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan |
| 1 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie |
All first place results are after the jump
Read the rest of this entry »
Registration will open December 18 for the MLE Blue Runner Foods World Red Beans And Rice Eating Championship to be held February 8 at The Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans.
The Hotdog Man in Vicsksburg, MS will hold a hot dog eating contest on December 23 awarding $200 to the winner.
The Guinness World Records youtube channel has a video of Leah Shutkever's attempt to break her burrito eating record.
The latest Fink Beats the Stomach episode has an interview with Oliver Brooks, the stage master for the Nathan's finals.
Molly Schuyler turned 40 today and ate a 7 pound cake from Sam's CLub to celebrate. Japanese competitive eater Hatsuyo Sugawara posted a tribute drawing.
Bartley Weaver IV ate 47 slices of pizza in 30 minutes at Larry's Pizza in Bowling Green, KY to raise $5,000 for Kentucky State Police's "Shop with a Tropper" charity. (BG Daily News video)
AOL.com has a video about Crazy Legs Conti as part of its In the Know series.
Vice.com has a post about the attempts by four amateurs to eat 50 Chicken McNuggets as part of its "Drunk Brag" series.
Reddit.com has a thread about the dangers of competitive eating currently with 63 comments which was started by a tweet with a scan of a competitive eater who experienced acute pancreatitis after completing a burger challenge.
2019 St. Elmo’s shrimp cocktail contest
Official results 8 minutes
| 1st | 10 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | wins for 7th year in a row |
| 2nd | 7 | George Chiger | |
| 2nd | 7 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 6.2 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 5th | 5.1 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 6th | 4.9 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 7th | 3.2 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 8th | 3.1 | John Gebhard | |
| 8th | 3.1 | Matthew Raible |
St. Elmo’s said they will stream the contest at https://www.facebook.com/stelmosteakhouse/ at 3:30 but a video has not started yet. update The video has started
Joey Chestnut, Gideon Oji, George Chiger, Derek Jacobs and Darrien Thomas are expected to compete.
The absence of Geoff Esper guarantees that Joey Chestnut cannot be tied for the most MLE non-qualifier victories in 2019, even if the San Jose Waffle matchup is not counted as an official competition.
A video of the book Hot Dog Eating Champ by "Jimmie Chestbump" being read aloud with captions can be viewed on youtube.
The "Wing Pole" eating contest to be held at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia January 31 will award $3000/$750/$400. The competition is apparently limited to amateurs from the Delaware valley.
Inside Edition has a video about Molly Schuyler's (billed as "underdog") victory in the burger eating contest held at Uncle Jack's Meat House in Astoria, NY last month.
The twitter for Russia Today posted an excerpt from a Raina Huang video where she attempted an eight pound sushi roll at Octopus Restaurant in Glendale, CA. The tweet currently has 364 comments.
Ringer.com has an article about last month's SopranosCon held in Seacaucus, NJ which reports that one of the entrants in the cannoli eating contest believed it had been rigged. Rolling Stone TV critic Alan Sepinwall agreed that "shady stuff" happened during the competition.
Loading ...