Chris Santiago won the first prize of $1047 in the wing eating contest held Saturday at the Hudson Valley Wingfest.
Leah Shutkever has started a youtube channel. (via Beard Meats Food)
Mothership.sg has a video of Sarah Oh's meals for one day. The calorie total is estimated at over 9000.
An episode of the NBC series Jay Leno's Garage was recorded at Big Mama's & Papa's pizza in Burbank, CA. A 52 inch USA Giant Sicilian Pizza tribute was created for the occasion.
PhillyVoice has an article about "Arson" Arnie Adkins, who qualified for Wing Bowl 25, but will not compete after being diagnosed with a brain aneurysm for which he will undergo surgery next month. "Arson" Arnie started his Wing Bowl career in Wing Bowl 3.
The New York Mets promotion schedule lists Nathan's Famous as the sponsors of the Father's Day cap giveaway on June 18, so that is the probable date of the 2017 New York City qualifier.
A book containing photos of Yuka Kinoshita was released on amazon.co.jp today.
ESPN has a report on how college football programs try to lure high school prospects with lavish meals during the recruitment process. During his visit to the University of Arizona in Tucson, offensive lineman Michael Eletise attempted the burger challenge at Lindy's on 4th and reversed following his completing the meal after he time limit expired.
Independent.co.uk has an interview with Mark Cohen, owner of The Chicken or The Egg about the recording of Man vs. Food in 2010 at his restaurant in Beach Haven, NJ. He says he had to increase staff to 60 employees after the episode aired.
In time for Australia Day on Thursday, a calendar of Australian eating contests has been started at http://eatfeats.com/calendar/Australia.html
Entrepreneur.com ranks "Furious" Pete Czerwinski #5 in its list of 9 top social media influencers marketers need to follow.
Carmen Cincotti announces that he will live with Yasir Salem for two weeks for the purpose of recording a reality TV show.
Variety.com reports that the Food Network has ordered 13 more episodes of Ginormous Food
A podcast of last weekend's Finkie Awards presented by Fink Meets the Stomach has been uploaded.
Kobayashi announces marriage to Maggie James
Takeru Kobayashi posted the following announcement of marriage to his longtime girlfriend / manager Maggie James on twitter last night: (auto-translated)
We have to get married by the Obama administration to close a few hours. It was three days ago marriage, marriage application, marriage license, marriage. (American marriage is a marriage permit and essential) thank you
GQ.com has an article about the race to create the world's spiciest pepper. Carolina Reaper inventor Ed Currie says he has bred a vegetable twice as hot as the Reaper that will be unveiled if his creation is surpassed.
2007 women only wing contest at Trump Marina
Capture from a video of a 2007 women only wing eating contest held at Trump Marina in Atlantic City:
Donald Trump’s competitive eating timeline from November.
The Manchester Evening News has an article about "Joe Burger Challenge" of Spain being the first person to finish the burger challenge at Shooters.
Flashback 2008: IFOCE produces Obama / Chestnut shirt
Flashback: In the summer of 2008, IFOCE produced a T-shirt with a Obama/Chestnut 2008 logo. Joey Chestnut wore the shirt briefly in 2008 on the Today Show after defending his Nathan’s title, but was forced to cover it up during his interview.
Tomorrows's episode of Ginormous Food (8pm Eastern on the Food Network) will feature Baltimore area restaurants. One of the meals will be the 36 inch pizza challenge offered by Champs Pizza & Subs in Glen Burnie, MD that pays $1000 to a pair that can finish it.
Houston Astro Jeff Bagwell was just announced as a new member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 2007, the IFOCE website CompetitiveEatingNews posted an article falsely claiming that Bagwell would appear in a list of performance enhancing drug users in a report commissioned by MLB.
Loggerheads in Folly Beach, SC will hold a Wing Bowl on February 5 awarding $250 to the winner.
WarDaddyAndy posted an article about a 1908 event in New Orleans where Wolfert Gasses ate 600 oysters in 21 minutes.
The Hops n Hot Sauce Festival will hold a pepper eating contest this weekend in Houston awarding $500 to the winner.
NJ.com has a review of "Snow on the Barb Wire", the recently published autobiography by Bill "El Wingador" Simmons. The five time Wing Bowl champion will give a talk about his book in the Philly Author Series on February 9.
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