Fox News interviewed a customer while he was attempting the King (or Queen) of Johnny V's Challenge at Johnny V's Classic Cafe in West Allis, WI yesterday. Splinter News did an investigation about the meal.
Newsday on “The Good, The Bad, The Hungry”
Newsday has an article about the upcoming ESPN competitive eating documentary The Good, The Bad, The Hungry directed by Nicole Lucas Haimes which includes the following quotes from Joey Chestnut about the MLE contract.
“She opened my eyes,†Chestnut, who has won 11 of the past 12 contests, said of Haimes. “Honestly, I’m so competitive that sometimes I don’t understand what other people are going through . . . I realized doing interviews that, ‘Oh my God, I was pretty insensitive to [Kobayashi’s] problems.’
“I had the same problems when I got older. I wanted more freedom, and eventually they gave me the same things he was asking for. So it’s sad that we had to lose years of competing against each other . . . . When he decided to protest his contract, I saw that as a way of not competing, a reason not to compete.
“But later I thought it took some serious guts to step away from the biggest contest of the year, and something you love. He loves it. He loves it as much as I do . . . If we had communicated more we could have helped him to solve his contract issue and continued competing against each other.â€
Fink Beats the Stomach’s latest podcast includes a review of the documentary.
The Arch Cafe in St. Louis will hold a toasted ravioli contest on June 1 awarding $1000 to the winner. Entrants must be residents of Missouri or Illinois and must post a selfie with a Louisa Foods product.
Registration opens Thursday May 9 for the World Hostess® Donettes® Eating Championship to be held in Austin, TX on June 7. The purse will be $8000.
The Sacramento County Fair will hold a corn dog eating contest on May 25 awarding $500/$200/$100.
Brandon Clark defends Bodega taco title
Brandon “Da Garbage Disposal” Clark ate 24 tacos in 10 minutes to defend his title at Bodega in Miami Beach and win $1000.
CDA Casino in Worley, ID will hold a taco eating contest tomorrow awarding $250/$150/$100.
Miki Sudo, Matt Hazzard, Ronnie Hartman, Darrien Thomas and Matt Raible have been listed as expected competitors in the Tivoli Fest World Æbleskiver Eating Championship in Elk Horn, IA on May 25.
King5 has an article about Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez and Sarah Reinecke, who plan to compete in the Denver Nathan's qualifier next Saturday.
Joey Chestnut will appear at Cub Minnehaha in Minneapolis tomorrow as part of its grand opening celebration.
The Cut has a report on an artistic happening titled "Supper" held at Ace Hotel in New York City which included a ramen eating exhibition with Takeru Kobayashi and drag queen West Dakota. The event was organized by Kobayashi's wife Maggie James, who was billed as the "cultural engineer" of the Ace Hotel. update Interview Magazine has an interview with Kobayashi in which he calls Nobuyuki "The Giant" Shirota his great rival.
George Chiger, Brian Dudzinsky, Larell Marie Mele, Bill Myers and Michael Deitz are listed as expected entrants in the Nathan's qualifier to be held at Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster, PA on June 2.
DailyAstorian.com has an article about former MLE competitor Cameron McKirdy, who has reached 10,000 subscribers for his Survival Bros youtube channel.
Molly Schuyler is expected to compete in Zoi's Pizza eating contest in Seymour, CT on June 1, which has raised its pro prizes to $2000/$1000/$500.
Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie and Geoff Esper are expected to compete in the Hooters World Wing Eating Championship at Heavenly Village in Lake Tahoe, NV on June 19.
Chelsea Community News has a review of The Good, The Bad, The Hungry.
Kristen Amy McElhaney ate 223 oysters to break the women's record at Wintzell's Oyster House in Mobile, AL, a mark which had stood for 22 years. The effort raised $5,000 for the Distinguished Young Women program.
Wayne Algenio attempted the challenge at Mac Shack NY with British strongman Eddie Hall for an upcoming episode of Eddie Eats America
Kids Access Press Team has a video of interviews done at the red carpet at the premier of The Good, The Bad, The Hungry. When asked about "reversals", Tim Janus said everyone did it after the competition concluded.
ABC.net.au has an article about Australian competitive eating focusing on the health risks faced by participants.
AwfulAnnouncing.com reports that the documentary The Good, The Bad, The Hungry will be televised on ESPN or ESPN2 on July 2.
The Brazilian youtube channel Corbucci Eats has surpassed a million subscribers.
Joel Hansen ate 9 pizzas in an hour to win the first prize of $1000 in today's eating contest at Arni's Pizza in Lafayette, IN. Eric Dreifuerst was runner up.
2019 Palm Beach Sweet Corn Fiesta
update May 2 AJC.com has an article about Gideon Oji’s victory.
Jason Genova video
Palm Beach Post has a gallery (note the debris in picture #8)
Ruptly has a video
Official top 7 & other results
| 1st | 57 | Gideon Oji | |
| 2nd | 43 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 35.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 34.25 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 5th | 32 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
| 6th | 29.25 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 7th | 23.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| ? | 16 | Tracie Dickerson | |
| ? | 14 | Jason Ruppert |
Jay Ruppert reports that Gideon Oji won today’s contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach.
2019 Las Vegas Nathan’s qualifier
update Apr 30Max Suzuki has a video
| 1st | 41 | Max Suzuki | |
| 2nd | 25 | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | |
| 3rd | 21 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 4th | 16.5 | Doug “Cerebrus” Ecks | |
| 5th | 15 | Ron Koch | |
| 6th | 8.5 | Ryan Dubinsky | |
| 7th | 8 | Dave Ruffalo | |
| 8th | 7 | Luca Spanio |
| 1st | 28 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 2nd | 3 | Jessica Darwin |
Rich Lefevre appeared on Las Vegas Now yesterday.
Previous winners of the Las Vegas qualifier from 2003
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