Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark won the first prize of $400 in Saturday's hotwing eating contest at the Southern Hotwing Festival in Memphis.
The Slawburger Festival will hold a slawburger eating contest in Fayetteville, TN on April 20 awarding $500/$200/$100 to the top 3. The top female and Lincoln County resident will receive $100.
Joel Hansen ate 9 sandwiches to win the first prize of $300 in yesterday's sandwich eating contest at Via Panini in Maple, ON.
2019 Fort Myers Nathan’s qualifier
News-Press.com has a gallery and video
Joni Mederios has an instagram gallery.
Winners
1) Nick Wehry 34
1W) Mary Bowers 10.25
FortMyersBeachTalk.com has an interview with Mary Bowers.
Chien Shu of the Taiwanese "Battle of the Big Eaters" team has surpassed a million subscribers to her youtube channel.
The Southern Hotwing Festival will hold a hot wing eating contest on April 14 awarding $400 to the winner.
Statesman Journal has an interview with Ryan "Max Carnage" Rodacker of the Big Eaters Club.
The Good, The Bad, The Hungry will be shown at the Independent Film Festival Boston on April 27.
Nick Wehry, Mary Bowers and 12 Floridians are expected to compete in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Cape Coral, FL.
Molly Schuyler has uploaded a video of her breaking the record for the "Don Juan" breakfast tacos at Juan in Million in Austin, TX. The caption mentions an upcoming documentary series.
ABC 13 reports that Brandon "Da Garbpage Disposal" Clark finished the 28 inch Cici's Pizza challenge by himself in Katy, TX and claimed a $500 prize.
Foodbeast will hold a streaming session on twitch.tv/foodbeast today starting at 10:30 am Pacific today in which Molly Schuyler, Dan Kennedy and Naader Reda will attempt to set eating records. The person who predicts Molly Schuyler's chicken nugget total will win a prize. update a video is available
Michael Jenkins reports that a pair from Chicago probably consisting of Pat Bertoletti and Tim "Gravy" Brown had the fastest time for Cici's Pizza 28 inch challenge and won a prize of $2500. update The official time for Bertoletti and Brown was 7:25, about four minutes faster than the St. Louis team consisting of Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark and Kyle Hanner.
The National Library of Israel has an post about an eating contest held in Tel Aviv in 1953 which took place during a time of austerity and food rationing.
Takeru Kobayashi defends Chronic Taco title
update April 12
Full official results have been posted:
| 1st | 157 | Takeru Kobayashi | |
| 2nd | 146 | Molly Schuyler | |
| 3rd | 107 | Dan “killer” Kennedy | |
| 4th | 94 | Jesse Pynnönen | |
| 5th | 78 | David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli | |
| 6th | 59 | Kevin Ross | |
| 7th | 47 | Naader “Freak8r” Reda | |
| 8th | 41 | Jimmy “The Spicialist” Lin |
Naader Reda has uploaded a video of his choking incident
update #2 The Los Angeles Daily News has a contest report giving the official results as
1) Takeru Kobayashi 157 tacos
2) Molly Schuyler 146 tacos
Naader Reda required the Heimlich maneuver during the contest, but completed the competition.
Takeru Kobayashi ate 157 tacos in 10 minutes to defend his Gringo Bandito Chronic Tacos Challenge title at the Sabroso Taco Fest in Dana Point, CA. update Eric Anderson has a video of the contest. Kobayashi and Molly Schuyler were announced as having both eaten 160 tacos at the conclusion of the competition.
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark ate 4 pounds of Boudin sausage in 2 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in yesterday's eating contest at the Boudin Festival in Scott, LA. Ray Smith was runner up.
Banditos in Baltimore will hold a taco eating contest on April 14 awarding $200 to the winner.
Zoi's Pizza in Seymour, CT will hold a pizza eating contest for professionals on June 1 awarding $1500/$500/$250 (entrants must raise at least $200 for charity). There will also be contests for pairs of male amateurs, female amateurs and first responders awarding $750/$350/$200 (teams must raise $300).
Via Panini in Maple, ON, Canada will hold a sandwich eating contest on April 13 awarding $300/$150/$75.
The Scott Boudin Festival will hold a boudin sausage eating contest in Scott, LA on April 6 awarding $500/$250/$100.
Today is the 100th anniversary of the day that New York Yankees outfielder Ping Bodie faced off against an ostrich in an eating contest in Jacksonville, FL.
Henry "Nacho Extreme" Laun, who performed several eating stunts on the A & E series Wahlburgers and competed in Wing Bowl 23, will face off in a Celebrity Boxing match on June 29 against Thomas Markle Jr., half-brother of the Duchess of Sussex.
Voyage LA Magazine has an interview with Raina Huang.
KyleVFood set the record for the 3.5 kg Belly Buster burger challenge at Man vs Food in London and won £250.
Chando's will hold a four pound burrito eating contest in Sacramento on April 4 awarding $250 to the winner.
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