Independent.com has an interview with Raina Huang about competing in æbleskiver eating contests during the Danish Days Celebration in Solvang, CA this weekend.
Nate Figueroa ate 9 burgers in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in Saturday's Miami New Times Burgerfest Burger Throwdown.
"UK Chilli Queen" Shanina Waseem defeated Duston "Atomik Menace" Johnson in last night's showdown at The Pepper Festival in Auburn, CA.
Stephanie Wu has posted the top 4 in yesterday's corn dog eating contest at the Tulare County Fair: 1) Edward Chin 13.5 corn dogs 2) Scott Rubin 10 3T) Stephanie Wu 7.5 3T) Israel 7.5
Maui Burgers in Kihei, HI will hold a burger eating contest on September 28 awarding $500 to the winner, $100 to the runner up.
Takeru Kobayashi will appear at the Burger Fi in Pinecrest, FL September 18 and face off against current and former pro athletes in a burger eating contest.
ABC7 has a live video of the cannoli eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan. Wayne Algenio is competing. update Wayne Algenio defended his title with a contest record 38 cannolis (previous record Marcos Owens 34 in 2014) update The Aladino Show has a video
Nicon.co.uk has an interview with photographer Nina Berman about her series of eating contest photographs.
The Fishermen's Fall Festival in Seattle will hold a lutefisk eating contest September 21 awarding $300/$150/$50.
Newsday has a list of 11 eating challenges offered by Long Island restaurants.
Hangar 11 Bar in Queens will hold a wing eating contest September 16 awarding 2 tickets to the Dallas Cowboys at New York Jets game on October 13.
Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Juan Rodriguez, Sergio Reyes Raya and Mary Bowers are expected to compete in the Pacific Park World Taco-Eating Championship in Santa Monica, CA October 4.
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Miki Sudo attempted the South Side Six challenge in Bowling Green, OH consisting of 6 gyros weighing a total of 16.5 pounds. The challenge has paid $666 to finishers. (video)
The Tulare County Fair will hold a corn dog eating contest on September 14 awarding $500/$200/$100 to the top 3 finishers.
Raina Huang ate 14 hot dogs in 3 minutes to win the first prize of $200 in Sunday's hot dog eating contest at Down and Out in Los Angeles.
The Nampa (ID) Farmers Market will hold a hot chili pepper eating contest September 14 awarding $250 to the winner.
The schedule for Oktoberfest Zinzinnatti does not list a bratwurst eating contest. A MLE competition had been held every year since 2010.
RIP Juliet Lee 1965-2019
MajorLeagueEating.com has sad and shocking news: an obituary for Juliet Lee has been posted. No details about her passing are provided and I have not been able to track down any additional sources of information.
update Fox 5 has an article with these quotes from George Shea
“Juliet was in very good health and if you think of the number of times competitive eaters attend contests each year, it might be 3-10 contests a year so its not over the course of a year, an extraordinary addition of calories or both. …i have never heard of any impact like that. I can say that it certainly had nothing to do with competitive eating,” said Shea.
update Sept 23 A commenter gives the date of Juliet’s passing as August 16, more than three weeks before the date of September 9 in the MLE obituary. A comment on a Germantown Pulse facebook post also gives August as the month of passing.
Erin DeGregorio reports that the Chef One dumpling eating contest will not take place at the Atlantic Antic festival in Brooklyn. Previous contests paid out $7000.
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Darron Breeden, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, George Chiger, Ronnie Hartman, Larell Marie Mele, Crazy Legs Conti, Prudence DiBenedetto, Rene Rovtar and Julie Goldberg have been listed as expected entrants in the Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship on September 21.
Birmingham Mail has an article about Leah Shutkever completing the mixed grill challenge at Rowley Bar and Grill.
Miki Sudo ate two 72 ounce steaks in 63 minutes at the Big Texan last night, making her the second female (after Molly Schuyler) to complete multiple challenges at the iconic Amarillo, TX steakhouse. update The official times were 26:40 and 34:30. I think 26:40 is the female non-Molly Schuyler record for the challenge.
Manny Cambra ate 21 lobster rolls in 10 minutes to win the eating contest held at the Hampton Beach (NH) Seafood Festival. Defending champion Joe Menchetti ate 16 rolls.
Molly Schuyler ate 9.5 pounds of mushrooms to win yesterday's eating contest at the National Fried Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square, PA yesterday. update Video Dan Kennedy was runner up and Bob Shoudt did not compete.
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