The Daily Telegraph has a report on Isaac Harding-Davis' victory in a contest at Niji Sushi in Sydney where he ate 51 pieces in 1:50.
A hot dog eating contest will be part of the "Fan Pro Day" the Ole Miss football program will hold in Oxford, MS on March 25. The event was inspired by the testing sessions that NFL draftees undergo.
Scotty Gordon won a contest to determine "Austrlia's best eater" and received a prize of a trip around Australia to attempt restaurants' eating challenges.
Carseldine Markets in North Brisbane, QLD, Australia will hold a hot cross bun eating contest on March 24 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Cooper's Alehouse in Seattle will hold a Peeps eating contest on March 31 awarding $250 to the winner.
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark ate 10 tacos in 53 seconds to win a Jack Daniel's electric guitar at Leinenkugel's in Kansas City.
Joe Menchetti won the first prize of $500 in Saturday's wing eating contest at Arooga's at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT.
Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers posted a meatball eating contest on his Instagram story. He claimed to have bet $40,000 on the contest.
Buzzfeed has an interview with television presenter An-Qi, from Zhejiang, China. A video of her quickly defeating her male co-host has received over 3 million views on twitter.
Jalen Mills of the Philadelphia Eagles was impressed with a video of Bob Shoudt eating 31 Wendy's Double Stackers to pay homage to the defensive back's jersey number.
Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle ran the New York City Half Marathon in 2:06:39 this morning.
All Pro Eating announced that The Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries World Hamburger Eating Championship will return to Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh, NC on June 2. The contest format has been changed to a fixed time of 5:55 and the purse will be $2500/$1250/$500/$250. Beard Meats Food reported that Leah Shutkever had received an invitation in a recent podcast with Wayne Algenio an Darron Breeden. (around 19 minute mark)
Top Dog in Town in Wangara, WA, Australia will hold a Megadog eating contest on April 8 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Leinenkugel's in Kansas City will hold a taco eating contest on March 20 awarding a Jack Daniels electric guitar.
Chronic Tacos will hold a taco eating contest in Raleigh, NC on March 24 as part of its grand opening celebration. "Wee Man" of Jackass is expected to attend. (I have not seen anything about the return of the Gringo Bandito Chronic Tacos Challenge in 2018; the Sabroso Taco Fest website has no mention of an eating contest.)
Darron Breeden and Wayne Algenio have started a video podcast series. Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran is the guest on the first episode.
Takeru Kobayashi turns 40 years old today according to his Wikipedia page.
Nathan Figueroa has uploaded a video of his victory of in the amateur division of Sunday's eating contest at Carnaval Miami where he ate 25 croquetas to win the first prize of $500.
Hungry, a film about competitive eating directed by Barry Rothbard and Jeff Cerulli, made Sports Illustrated's list of the 10 best unknown sports documentaries.
The team consisting of Raina Huang, Naader Reda, Jimmy Lin, Nadia White, Doug Sakmann and Matt Slayer and two others came close to finishing the 54 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's in Northridge, CA, but had about 9 slices left.
Irish 31 in Tampa will hold a "Guinness Car Bomb Wing Eating Contest" on March 17 awarding $250 to the winner.
DevonLive.com has an article about the 200 ounce steak challenge offered by Cattlemans Steakhouse in Paignton, England. The meal costs £179 but is free if four diners can finish it in under an hour. update Fox News has an article about the challenge
The World Pie Eating Championship, held in December at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England, will be recreated tomorrow for a commercial for online betting firm Casumo. The ad will feature non-traditional sports and the public is welcome to attend the filming.
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