Stock Daily Dish has a list of food challenges offered by Las Vegas restaurants.
Sam Thurman reported that Takeru Kobayashi was on his flight to Japan, so he might have returned his home country for good. The six-time Nathan's champion announced earlier that he was moving to Kyoto due to high New York City rent.
The MLE video game made the geek.com list of "The Most Shameless Food Product Placement in Video Games"
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco completed the 72 ounce steak meal at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX in 21:13, which I think is the fastest time for a female excluding Molly Schuyler's results.
Kevin Ross won the first prize of $500 in tonight's Bad Ass Burrito Eating Contest held at El Chingon in San Diego.
The Grand Casino in Basel, Switzerland will hold a veggie burger eating contest on November 16 awaring 1000 / 500 / 250 Swiss Francs (about $1000/$500/$250).
Hentgee Lim has an article in medium.com about pretending to be a college friend of Keigo Kirino, who passed away due to choking in a rice ball eating contest, and interviewing his family.
The UC Berkeley student newspaper has a column asking if Joey Chestnut will wind up in hell for the sin of gluttony.
Uncle Jack's in Astoria, NY will hold a burger eating contest on November 23 awarding $3000 to the winner. Entrants need to submit a video by November 13. (video)
Pizza 9 in Gallup, NM will hold a pizza eating contest on November 22 awarding $500/$250/$100.
Wayne Algenio will face off against World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall in an eating contest on an episode of "Eddie Eats America" that will be televised on the UK channel Dave on Sunday. The competition was recorded at Mac Shack NY, whose owner Kevin "BlaccLyte" James recently passed away.
El Santaneco Restaurant in Chelsea, MA will hold a pupusa eating contest on November 10 awarding $250/$125/$75. Registration closes today.
A Creators.com column by Scott LaFee mentions the recent passing of Juliet Lee, which still has a completely unknown cause.
The New York Post has an article about Englishwoman Charna Rowley quitting her job to focus on a youtube channel (currently at 3,040 subscribers) in which she eats meals containing up to 5,500 calories. Boy George,former lead singer of the Culture Club, was unimpressed by the the career decision.
Julie Sephi set the record for the Cruiseschip sandwich challenge at Broodjeshoek in Balen, Belgium (video).
Mary Bowers will give a talk at Hasting College in Nebraska tomorrow titled:“Eating for Equality: Opportunity and Representation in Sportsâ€.
Takeru Kobayashi apparently returning to Japan
It appears Takeru Kobayashi will be moving to Kyoto, Japan due to high New York City rent. He recently posted a picture of moving boxes on his twitter. Another tweet has the following automatic translation:
By the time you find a Kyoto townhouse you want to live in
And
For the time being, the room That Maggie decided to live in
In a room as small as New York,
Less than one-third of the rent
I feel like I’m being made a fool of by NY.
Daily Mail reports that Subhash Yadav passed away after being challenged by his friend to eat 50 eggs in Uttar Pradesh, India. Doctors ruled that his death was due to complications from overeating.
Youtube has an Alka Seltzer commercial set at a pie eating contest recorded at Yankee Stadium in the 1960s. (I am not aware of any actual eating contests being held at Yankee Stadium.)
2019 Circuit of the Americas Brisket
Official results Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 27 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | failed to break record due to larger sandwiches according to George Shea |
| 2nd | 17.5 | Nick Wehry | announced as 4th |
| 3rd | 17 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 4th | 16.75 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 5th | 16.1 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 6th | 15 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 7th | 14 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
| 8th | 13.5 | George Chiger | |
| 9th | 10.25 | Greg “The Savage” Wilson | |
| 10th | 9 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 11th | 5.5 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 12th | 5 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
George Shea said that larger sandwiches prevented Joey Chestnut from breaking the MLE brisket sandwich eating record (34.75) held by Bob Shoudt.
Live video of brisket eating contest at Circuit of the Americas in Austin
2019 Fortune Bay Indian taco eating contest
| 1st | 39 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 31.5 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 27 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 13 | John Gebhard | |
| 5th | 10 | Jake Becker | |
| 6th | 8.5 | Jason Krause | |
| 7th | 8 | Sean Lien | |
| 8th | 5 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 9th | ? | Chad Johnson |
Defending champ Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Gideon Oji and Rene Rovtar are expected to compete.
Registration will open November 5 for the St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship to be held in Indianapolis on December 7, probably the final MLE contest of the 2010s.
LeagueOfFire.com has started a blog about spicy eating competitions.
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark announces he won the first prize of $1000 in tonight's Ghost Taco eating contest at Sugar Taco in Los Angeles.
Japanese competetitive eater Sachiyo Masubuchi, Nate Figueroa, Michael Jenkins and others are expected to compete in the Bad As's Sandwich eating contest in Orlando November 3. Free beer will be provided to spectators.
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