Former Austalian soccer start Brendan Favola stopped breathing after attempting an on-radio hot sauce challenge. Paramedics were able to treat his condition.
That Meetball Place will hold meatball eating contests in Patchogue, NY and Farmingdale, NY on March 9. The overall winner will receive $1000.
Alana8What ate a six patty burger to set the house record at Maribyrnong, VIC then she ate another similar-sized sandwich because she was still hungry.
Beyond Bagels in Jericho, NY will hold a bagel eating contest for high school and college students only on March 5 awarding $250 to the winner and $100 to the runner up.
Charlene Sunny Williams has started a food challenge youtube channel. Her first video is the 28 inch pizza at Big Guy's in Charlotte.
Larry Thomas, who played the "Soup Nazi" on Seinfeld, will host the Ultimate Brutus Burger Challenge on March 30 at the Hard Rock Cafe and Casino in Tulsa. $5000 will be awarded to the winner and qualifiers will be held on March 16 and 23. The registration deadline is February 28.
Atlas Obscura on the Great Eater of Kent
Atlas Obscura has a post about Nicholas Wood, known as “The Great Eater of Kent”, titled “Competitive Eating Was Even More Disgusting in the 17th Century”
Taylor’s plan would have had Wood perform daily feats of overeating at the city’s Bear Gardens, which at the time hosted animal fights. Among the suggested meals to give the “most exorbitant paunchmonger†were a wheelbarrow full of tripe, as many puddings as would stretch across the Thames, and an entire fat calf or sheep.
For better or worse, this gluttony exhibition never came to pass, as Wood, who was getting on in his years, and who had lost all but one of his teeth after eating an entire mutton shoulder, bones and all, declined Taylor’s offer, saying that he wasn’t sure he’d be able to perform to expectations.
More on Nicholas Wood: Alpha History | Kent History Forum
The new poll asks who you think is currently the top eater in the UK.
Ginormous Food will record at three Atlanta area restaurants next week from February 28 to March 2. update Columbia, Charleston and Jacksonville will also be visited.
Christi Williams has a video of Molly Schuyler's pinup photo shoot at Stella's Bar and Grill in Omaha, NE.
Kyle Hanner is mentioned in a Marketwatch.com article about Snapchat Spectacles. He plans to use the device to record a wing eating contest tomorrow.
Deccan Herald has an interview with Dale Boone about living in Bengaluru, India. He bills himself as "the present world champion of competitive eating".
According to an instagram caption by "Beard Meats Food", the annual Battle of Big Eaters produced by TV Tokyo will not return on New Years Day 2018.
2017 Orlando Chili challenge
update Feb 20 King Carb has a video
update Joey Chestnut reportedly defended his title
| 1st | 8.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 8.25 | Carmen Cincotti | |
| 3rd | 7.25 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 4th | 6.25 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 6 | Miki Sudo | |
| 6th | 3.25 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 7th | 0.75 | Carlos Gonzalez |
Joey Chestnut will go for a five-peat. His previous winning totals:
| 2016 Feb 6 | 1st | 7 | 6 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Chili Eating Challenge | Orlando, FL |
| 2015 Mar 7 | 1st | 8.75 | 6 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | World Chili Eating Challenge | Orlando, FL |
| 2014 Feb 8 | 1st | 8.5 | 6 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | RP Funding World Chili Eating Challenge | Orlando, FL |
| 2013 Feb 9 | 1st | 2 | 6 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | RP Funding World Chili Eating Challenge | Orlando, FL |
Fuddruckers will offer a 3 pound burger for Mardi Gras on February 28.
The video for "Consume or be Consumed" in which the UK punk duo Slaves compete in a hot dog eating contest was awarded best music video by the British magazine New Musical Express. Mike "Mike D" Diamond of the Beastie Boys produced and made a cameo in the video.
Radlasses, an upcoming television show about "six women who are changing the culture, the community" announces that Miki Sudo will be a cast member.
Abe Macchio finished two of the previously undefeated Five Patty Smash burgers at Blue Duck in Philadelphia today.
Some sad news: "Furious" Pete Czerwinski announced today that he started chemotherapy on February 6, his third treatment for testicular cancer since his initial diagnosis in 2014. He uploaded a vlog about his first day of taking drugs.
Nathan’s Finals disruption organizer to give talk
Montclair State in Little Falls, NJ will hold a presentation titled “Ending Racism and Inequality in the Food System” on February 28. One of the speakers has the following biography:
Raffaella Ciavatta- Raffaella Ciavatta is an art director/graphic designer, immigrant, queer, activist, radical dreamer and the co-founder of Collectively Free. She has organized disruptions at Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, St Patrick’s Cathedral on Easter Mass and the Chick-Fil-A grand opening, generating significant media attention for animals.
NtNews.com.au has an article about Ollie "The Ressler" Ressom from Pascoe Vale, VIC, Australia. He hopes to compete in the Nathan's Finals
A birthday cake eating contest does not appear on Palm Beach Outlets events calendar. A MLE event was held at that location the previous two Februaries.
"Joe Burger Challenge" from Valencia appeared on tonight's episode of "Got Talent España"
The UK gambling website Paddy Power is already taking bets on the 2017 men's Nathan's Famous championship. Joey Chestnut is a 1/5 favorite, all other competitors are a combined 3/1 underdog.
The Barrel Saloon in Albany will hold a wing eating contest February 18 awarding $250 to the winner, $50 to the runner up.
Joey Chestnut, Carmen Cincotti, Miki Sudo, Geoff Esper, Gideo Oji, Badlands Booker and Nate Biller are expected to compete in the World Chili Eating Challenge in Orlando Saturday.
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