Fox40 reports that Hamdy Rounin took his own life after murdering his two daughters in West Sacramento. He reportedly won a hot wing eating contest two weeks earlier.
Randy Santel announces that he finished the 28 inch pizza challenge at Carmine's in Kerrville, TX and won $150. The restaurant opened solely for him to do the challenge. He did not win the announced $500 prize because Juan Neave claimed it on December 30.
Chicago.CBSLocal.com has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in The Amazing Race with Tim "Eater X" Janus as Team Chomp. He says he hopes to have an undefeated 2018 in competitive eating. The season will premier tomorrow on CBS.
Joey Chestnut drank 12 pints of beer in under 75 seconds last night in a New Year's Eve show in Indianapolis hosted by Pat McAfee of Barstool Heartland.
Earlier today, Takeru Kobayashi faced off against a lion in an eating contest on a New Year's Day special for Japanese TV called Battle of Beauty and Beast. In 2003, Kobayashi competed against a bear in a hot dog eating contest on Fox's Man vs. Beast program. update Shrugu702 has a video clip of the program.
The University of Georgia football team reportedly ate more meat than the University of Oklahoma Sooners did at their pregame meal at Lawry's to win the "Beef Bowl". The event has been held for teams competing in the Rose Bowl.
Youtube has an interview with Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" Janus about competing in the 30th season of The Amazing Race as "Team Chomp". The first episode of the series will be televised on January 3.
An interview with Mort Hurst after he returned to competitive eating after a quarter century absence followning a 1991 stroke is one of the News and Observer's favorite videos of 2017.
The 36 inch pizza challenge awarding $500 that was to have taken place December 10 at the Watering Bowl in Denver has been moved to January 28.
update Dec 29 The Tennessean has a video
update "Orvile Fartwell" has a video of the contest
The top five from todays Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl World Hot Chicken Eating Championship Featuring Hattie B's Hot Chicken in Nashville
| 1st | 4 | Molly Schuyler | defends title |
| 2nd | 3.33 | Brandon Clark | |
| 3rd | 3 | Dan "killer" Kennedy | |
| 4th | 2.75 | Bob "The Notorious B.O.B." Shoudt | |
| 5th | 1.75 | Ryan Best |
Stephanie Joshi of https://instagram.com/nuttyfoodiefitness has produced a video of her attempt at eating 10,000 calories in a day.
2017 MLE contest winners
The following is a list of people who won a MLE contest in 2017 and their total number of victories excluding qualifiers according to the database.
| 16 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
| 6 | Geoffrey Esper |
| 5 | Carmen Cincotti |
| 4 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie |
| 3 | Gideon Oji |
| 2 | Miki Sudo |
| 1 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco |
List of all contest winners
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Defending champion Molly Schuyler, Bob Shoudt, Dan Kennedy and Brandon Clark are expected to compete in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl World Hot Chicken Eating Championship featuring Hattie B's Hot Chicken in Nashville on Thursday December 28. Spots remain available for competitors.
Carmine's in Kerrville, TX has a 28 inch pizza challenge that will award $500 to a diner that can finish it in under an hour.
2017 Christmas videos
Some recent Christmas themed videos
- 4000 Calorie Cheat Day, Erik the Electric
- 3 Gallons of egg nog, Darron Eats
- Christmas Movie Meals Mukbang, Beard Meats Food
- 100 cookies & milk Santa challenge, Furious Pete
- Cheat Day in German Christmas market, Nate Figgs & Olivia
The Ranch Roadhouse in Edmonton will hold a pyrohy (dumpling) eating contest on January 20 awarding $1000 to the winner in honor of Ukrainian New Year's Eve.
Leah Shutkever has started a facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/ShutkeverOfficial
The Palm Beach Post has an interview with Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Sam Young in which he recounts his victory at a Rock the Tot tater tot eating contest held at a Bar Louie location.
The Wing Bowl twitter announced that Wing Bowl 26 has sold out.
The Florida Key Lime Pie Festival will hold a pie eating contest on January 13 in Merritt Island, FL awarding $250/$150/$100.
Martin Appleton Clare ate a pie in a record 32 seconds to win the World Pie Eating Championship in Wigan, England for the third year in a row.
Nela Zisser announced that she was accepted by medical school.
Cal "Hulk Smash Food" Stubbs announces he ate 54 bunless hot dogs in 4 minutes to win an eating contest held on the Indonesian television program XtraOrdinary.
Graham Kist ate 50 latkes in 20 minutes to win an eating contest held last night at The Crown Market in West Hartford, CT.
Brandon Clark ate 15 scoops of mashed potatoes in 3 minutes to win "Mommy's Little Piggy" eating contest held Saturday in Hammond, IN.
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