News Herald has a report on Ivan Mendoza's victory in the shortcake eating contest at the Kirtland (OH) Kiwanis’ Strawberry Festival over four-time defending champion Nick Gordish.
Nicky Rottens in Coronado (San Diego area) is looking for burger challengers for an upcoming episode of the Travel Channel's Food Paradise to be recorded on June 24.
Bob Shoudt produced a video of his appearance at "Gluttony Night" at a Reading Phillies game last week. He reports he ate 37 pounds of food over 4 hours.
Sentinel & Enterprise has an interview with Geoffrey Esper about competing in the Nathan's Qualifier at Sail Boston on Sunday.
Former IFOCE MC Ryan Nerz will discuss politics on Fusion TV tonight at 9:30pm.
The Louisana Peach Festival will hold a Cobbler Gobbler eating contest in Ruston, LA on June 24 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Randy Santel announces that he just succeeded at a restaurant eating challenge for the 500th time: the burger challenge at Bare Grill on Bourke in Surry Hills, NSW, Australia.
The Jamaica Star has a profile of competitive eater Jeremy "Gravy" Brown, who reportedly ate 13.5 pounds of dumplings.
Ethan Teske attempted the Rocky Top challenge at It's All So Yummy Cafe in Knoxville for an upcoming episode of Food Network's Ice Cream Nation.
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark, runner-up in the St. Louis Nathan's qualifier, has started a youtube channel.
StarTribune has a report on Kai Phan's (who runs https://www.instagram.com/kaieatsworld/ attempt at the 10 pound pho challenge at iPho in St. Paul, MN. When he is not doing food challenges, Kai, works at Target as a store display designer.
ZBurger will hold its burger eating contest in Washington, DC on July 3. The top 4 places will win $1,500/$850/$500/$400. Molly Schuyler is expected to defend her title.
Nate Figueroa produced a video of his attempt at the 28 inch team challenge at Pizza Xtreme in Orlando with his German girlfriend Livia. (Livia's video)
2017 Norfolk Harborfest Nathan’s qualifier
update Darron Breeden has a video
The Virginian Pilot has a contest report
Official results
More results
1) Darron Breeden 38
2) Josh Peters 16
3) Michael Deitz 12
?) Danny Meyers 5
?) Tias Schuster 5
1W) Deborah Bethea 6.5
Darron Breeden has won with 38 hot dogs. George Shea claimed it was a record (Sonya Thomas retains the top Norfoik qualifier total of 38.5)
Darron Breeden and Michael Dietz are expected to compete.
2017 Pocono Raceway qualifier
update Report of the Week has a video
Fox56 article. Larell Marie Mele planned to be a judge before entering the contest without preparation.
Official Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
| 1st | 34.5 | Yasir Salem | |
| 2nd | 27 | George Chiger | |
| 3rd | 21 | Kevin “Qwazy” Ambs | |
| 4th | 14.5 | Jack “Snack Jack” Diamond | |
| 5th | 14 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 6th | 8.5 | Andrew Kossuth | |
| 7th | 8 | Adam Bergen | |
| 7th | 8 | Anthony Maglio |
| 1st | 13 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | had announced retirement to care for father |
| 2nd | 6.75 | Julie Grey | |
| 3rd | 5 | Rebecca Rakauskas |
Yasier Salem, Kevin Ambs, Bill Myers and three female rookies are expected to compete.
Larell Marie Mele retired from competitive eating to care for her father, so she will not defend her title.
The "boywithnojob" instagram has pictures of an unnamed woman who ate a "Big Tower of Meat" burger challenge then had dessert.
Yuka Kinoshita just hit a billion total views for her youtube channel.
2017 Chicago Ribfest
Official results Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 4.06 | Gideon Oji | |
| 2nd | 3.95 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 3.8 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 4th | 3.675 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 5th | 3.45 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 6th | 2.66 | Sophia Devita | |
| 7th | 2.34 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 8th | 1.99 | Matthew Raible |
It appears Gideon Oji won the contest according to this picture
Sayler's in Portland has posted a request for people who want to attempt its 72 ounce steak challenge on two television shows to be recorded later this month: Travel Channel's Food Paradise and a Japanese program. Entries will close on June 12.
The Vegan Chicago meetup.com page has no plans to disrupt today's eating contest at the Chicago Ribfest. Last year, they announced their intention to crash the competition on the website.
The Reading Eagle has a report on Bob "Notorious B.O.B" Shoudt's appearance at the Reading Fightin Phils game Tuesday night. His final tally was 20 hot dogs, 11 slices of pizza, 23 sodas and 40 cups of ice cream.
Erik "The Electric" Lamkin has uploaded a video of him attempting to eat 60,000 calories over 60 hours.
The BBC has a list of the biggest eaters in the animal kingdom. Elephants can consume up to 528 pounds of food and water a day.
Larry's Deli in San Diego will award $1000 to the first finisher of its Ludicrous Lunker sandwich challenge.
High Fives in Dallas will hold a tater tot eating contest on June 8 awarding $250 to the winner.
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