Joey Chestnut is offering a 3-pack of his condiment line including an extra autographed container for $30 on his website. All profits will go to Toys for Tots.
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark set the single person record for the XL pizza challege (which is usually attempted by two people) at Ballpark Pizza in Mission Viejo, CA at 41:58 breaking Molly Schuyler's mark of 53 minutes set last year.
Barrie360.com has an article about Darrien Thomas attempting the Kitchen Sink Burger at Kenzington Burger Bar in Barrie, ON.
CBR.com has an interview with Fred van Lente and Crystal Skillman about Eat Fighter, a webtoon with a female competitive eater protagonist.
Registration is open for the amateur division of the croqueta eating contest at Croquetoza in Miami on March 10. The top 3 will receive $250/$150/$50.
Warwich Courier has an article about Kate Ovens completing the 50 ounce burger challenge at Libertine Burger in Leamington Spa, England. (video)
The National Bagel Eating Contest in Long Island will award $500 to the winner on February 9.
Man v. Food host Casey Webb announced his program will be moving from the Travel Channel to the Cooking Channel.
2018 St. Elmos Shrimp Cocktail contest
| 1st | 18.6 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | record, 11th MLE win of year |
| 2nd | 18.4 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 14.4 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 11.5 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 8 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 8 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 7th | 5 | Matthew Raible | |
| 8th | 3 | Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers |
St. Elmo Steak House has a Facebook Live video
Molly Schuyler has posted a picture of her interview in the current issue of Reader's Digest about her Wing Bowl victories.
Geoff Esper has restarted his youtube channel with an egg nog record attempt and a "Edible Hulk" sandwich challenge narrated by Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark.
Joey Chestnut & Geoff Esper to face off for most 2018 victories
The field for tomorrow’s World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship before the Big 10 football championship has been announced: Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper will seek the most non-qualifier MLE victories in 2018 (currently tied at 11) while Darron Breeden, Gideon Oji, George Chiger, Derek Jacobs, Matt Raible and Mary Bowers will look to preserve the draw. If Mary Bowers does not pull of the upset, there will be no female winners of a mixed-gender MLE competition in 2018.
A list of all 2018 MLE non-qualifier winners sorted by name follows:
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Patch.com reports that a playground will be built in Clark, NJ in honor of Caitlin Nelson, who passed away after choking in a pancake eating contest held at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT on March 30, 2017.
Finnish competitive eater Jesse Pynnönen produced a video of his attempt to eat 50,000 calories.
The calendar for the Music City Bowl does not list a hot chicken eating contest, which it has held since 2013.
Cheerleaders Gentlemen's Club in Philadelphia will hold a "Wing Pole 2019" with a wing eating contest on February 1 as a replacement for the cancelled WIP Wing Bowl.
Sports business reporter Darren Rovell is expected to leave ESPN and join The Action Network, a startup focusing on gambling. Rovell served a sideline reporter on some of the first telecasts of the Nathan's finals (around 2004-2006) and often mentioned competitive eating on his twitter.
Indian food challenger Sanket Sankpal offers 7 tips for competitive eaters in an interview in Vice Asia. His youtube channel, Wake N Bite, has over 200,000 subscribers.
Today is the 35th birthday of Joey Chestnut, making him eligible to run for President.
Russ Keeler won yesterday's Middleswarth Chip Eating Contest in Exeter, PA yesterday (gallery).
Joey Chestnut will appear at the Kroger in Indianapolis on Thompson Road on Thursday and offer samples of his condiment line.
The BBC has an article about UK restaurant challenges focusing on Kate Ovens and Andrey Sidorov.
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark ate 55 wings in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in yesterday's Wing King Challenge at Lost River Pizza in Bowling Green, KY. Bartley Weaver IV ate 44 wings to take 2nd place. (video)
King of Donair in Halifax, Nova Scotia will hold a Supreme Donair eating contest on December 8 awarding $500 to the winner.
Brandon Clark, Darron Breeden and Bob Shoudt have posted videos from the successful completion of the 105+ pound "8th Wonder" burger challenge at Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, NJ on Saturday. Other team members were Molly Schuyler, Miki Sudo, Geoff Esper, Nick Wehry, Dan Kennedy, George Chiger and Andrew Puhl.
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