The Philadelphia Inquirer has a retrospective on the first Wing Bowl held on January 29, 1993 at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel. Carmen "Beast of the East" Cordero won with 100 wings in 30 minutes.
Yuka Kinoshita, who has 5.24 million youtube subscribers, announced her retirement from competitive eating
In his latest video, Joel Hansen answers questions from fans. He discusses an abdominal tear and other health issues that have recently curtailed his food challenges.
Joey CHestnut appeared on News 3 Las Vegas to promote Saturday's Siegel's Bagemania World Bagel Eating Championship.
Raina Huang will compete in a popcorn eating contest at Clinton Hall in New York City on February 21. Casey Webb of "Man v Food" will host.
Registration is now open for the La Costeña Jalapeño Eating Contest to be held at the WBCA Jalapeño Festival in Laredo, TX on February 22. Previous competitions have awarded $3000/$1500/$750 to the top 3 finishers.
Missouri Food challenger Cody "Your Man Cody" is the guest on the latest Food Challenge News podcast.
Business Insider has a mini-documentary about Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry's preparation for Norm's hotcake eating contest held in Las Vegas in November.
Fat Shack 5K Challenge finals
The Fat Shack youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/live/-9onBN8njls“>will livestream the Fat Shack 5K Challenge finals from Wheat Ridge, CO starting at 2:45 Mountain time / 4:45 Eastern. update results 1) Dan Kennedy $3000 2) Wayne Algenio $1500 3) Scott “Scott Eats” Watkins $500
Millbrae, CA Downtown will hold indomie eating contests on Saturday and Sunday this weekend awarding a 10th generation iPad to the winner and a 50 inch LG TV to the runner up.
The Big Texas Fun festival will hold a crawfish eating contest on March 15 in Selma, TX awarding $600/$250/$100/$50.
The Chicago Street Pour House will hold a wing eating contest in Elgin, IL on February 2 awarding $250 to the winner. The runner up will receive $100.
The Review Journal has an article about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran's latest video in which he and Derek Hendrickson attempt an 18 pound pizza challenge at Super Mario's Pizza in Las Vegas.
Kiplinger has a column by lawyer H. Dennis Beaver about the legality of buffet restaurants expelling diners for eating too much.
PhillyMettle has uploaded a 1935 newsreel about a man reportedly eating 20 pounds of Italian food at Palumbo's in South Philadelphia
Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Geoffrey Esper, James Webb, Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji and George Chiger are expected to compete in Siegel’s Bagelmania World Bagel Eating Championship.in Las Vegas on February 1.
The TakeOut has a list of 13 of America's Most Intense Food Challenges.
The Pic-a-Lilli Inn in Shamong, NJ will hold a qualifier for the Wing Pole on January 22. Bill "El Wingador" Simmons will attend.
Arab News reports that Joe Skaff, a 12 year old Lebanese schoolboy, passed away after choking while attempting to eat a croissant role in one bite.
Joey Chestnut attended the media day for Monday's college football national championship game in Atlanta between Ohio State and Notre Dame. He predicted a 42-36 victory for the Buckeyes.
The Mount Angel, OR Volksfest will hold a sausage eating contest on February 1 awarding $300/$150/$50.
Raina Huang announced that she surpassed one million subscribers to her youtube channel today.
Island Pacific Market will hold its "Superball" fish ball eating contest awarding $1000 to the winner in Los Angeles on February 8.
Trap Hibachi will hold a hibachi eating contest in Las Vegas on February 15 awarding $300 to the winner.
44News has a video about Randy Santel attempting The Oven's "Big O" pizza challenge in Owensboro, KY.