The Above Average Joe Show has an interview with Paul Barlow Jr.
Australian competitive eater Jesse "Food Coma" Freeman appeared on The Morning Show to discuss his plans to eat 40,000 calories in a day.
Matt Stonie appeared on tonight's episode of The Doc G Show.
The Bulldog Uptown will hold a hot dog eating contest on June 2 in Minneapolis awarding $300 to the winner.
Landmark Public House in Dorchester Center, MA will hold a hot dog eating contest for amateurs awarding $500 to the winner.
Joey Chestnut appeared on SI Now to talk about his training techniques. Full video.
Bob Shoudt will face off against Corbucci Eats in a burger eating contest in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Saturday.
A Spanish team part of a group doing a Mississippi valley food challenge tour is the first four person group to finish the 12 pound Humonga Kookamonga burger challenge at Kooky Canuck in Memphis.
Leah Shutkever announced she has received two Guinness World Records for egg and burrito eating. The feats will appear on a Channel 4 program next month.
The ViewHouse in Denver will hold a watermelon eating contest on May 26 awarding a $200 Visa gift card.
2019 Cincinnati Reds Nathan’s qualifier
Results men
1 Ronnie Harman 29.5
2 Derkek Jacobs 29
Results women
1T Katie Prettyman 14
1T Sophia Devita 14
An eat-off could not be held due to lack of time. Apparently finals spots will be awarded to both women.
Ronnie Hartman appeared on WKRC (video) today to promote tonight’s Nathan’s qualifier that will take place after the Cincinnati Reds game concludes (around 10 pm eastern if the game does not go into extra innings). Derek Jacobs, Sophia Devita and Katie Prettyman are also expected to compete.
Dan "Killer" Kennedy and Jordan Tracy attempted the 30 inch pizza challenge at Family Chill and Grill / Firehouse Pizza in a segment for WTAJ.
Man vs. Food in London has a request for eaters to face off against Leah Shutkever and Kyle Gibson on Friday for an upcoming program on Channel 4.
Registration will open today on majorleaugeeating.com for Mack's Tenders World Chicken Tender Eating Championship to be held in St. Johns, FL on July 27. Registration is also open for Fat Boy's Pizza Eating Championship to be held in Metairie, LA on July 14.
MetropolisJapan has an interview with Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran about his fitness regimen.
Exit 4 Pizza in Etna, PA will hold a pizza eating contest on May 25 awarding $250 to the winner.
A new playground in Clark, NJ was dedicated to Caitlin Nelson, who passed away after choking in a pancake eating contest on April 2, 2017 at Sacred Heart University.
2019 Mutton Glutton
| 1st | 52 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 43 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 31 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 4th | 25 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 5th | 24 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 21 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
| 7th | 20 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 8th | 15 | Matt Hannan | |
| 9th | 12.5 | Matthew Raible | |
| DQ | ? | John Wells |
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Gideon Oji, Matt Hazzard, Derek Jacobs, Darrien Thomas and Bartley Weaver are expected to compete.
2019 Valdosta qualifier
Winners
Adrian Morgan 26
Jocelyn Walker 10
Adrian Morgan, Jocelyn Walker and Brittany Powell are expected to compete. Adrian Morgan will have the chance to match Larell Marie Mele as the only people with qualifier wins every year since the 2011 gender split.
Most Nathan’s qualifier victories since 2011.
Shaina Waseem, the "UK Chilli Queen", extended her streak of spicy eating contest victories to 50 with a victory in a pepper eating contest at the Foodies Festival in Bristol, England.
Molly Schuyler will attempt to eat as much shrimp as possible in a one hour session on FoodBeast's twitch channel today starting at 3PM Pacific.
A 1991 episode of the cable public access show Beyond Vaudville has an interview with Frank "Large" Dellarosa, the Nathan's champion of 1991 and 1992, (starts at 8:45). He says he broke a the overall contest record from 1959, which he calls the first year of the contest.
2019 Long Island Ducks Nathan’s qualifier
Results via Fink Beats the Stomach (More results)
| 1st | 47 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 29 | George Chiger | |
| 3rd | 22.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 4th | 19 | Roderick Buenviaje |
| 1st | 18 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | has won qualifier every year since gender split in 2011 |
| 2nd | 7 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 3rd | 4 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
Facebook Live video by Fink Beats the Stomach
Previous winners of Nathan’s qualifiers held at the Long Island Ducks ballpark. A gap of almost 13 years between competitions might be a record for qualifier sites.
| 2006 Jun 24 | 1st | 21.5 | 12 min | Allen “Shredder” Goldstein |
| 2005 Jun 25 | 1st | 24 | 12 min | Ed “Cookie” Jarvis |
| 2004 Jun 26 | 1st | 18.75 | 12 min | Oleg Zhornitskiy |
Sandbar Sports Grill in Coconut Grove, Miami has a request for a challenger to face off against strongman Eddie Hall in a five pound burrito eating contest on May 11.
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