Burger Craze in Deerfield Beach, FL will hold a slider eating contest on September 28 awarding a 2 night stay in Wyndham Deerfield Beach Resort.
Wayne Algenio ate 21 cannolis in 6 minutes to win today's eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro in New York City today.
Eric "Badlands" Booker will appear on this afternoon's episode of NBC Sports' soccer talk show at 5:30 pm after the Chelsea Liverpool game.
An article about the amateur undercard for tomorrow's White Hut burger eating contest in West Springfield, MA also has the professional field: Matt Stonie, Carmen Cincotti, Geoffrey Esper, "Badlands" Booker, Brian Dudzinski, Crazy Legs Conti, Bill Myers, Jon Taylor, Steven Wojick and James Burgess.
Joey Chestnut announces that he failed a 10kg (22 lbs.) curry rice challenge at Gold Curry in Bangkok, Thailand. The prize for finishing the challenge is 100,000 yen or about $950.
CentralJersey.com has an article about Carmen "The Mutiny" Cincotti competing in the Trenton Thunder pork roll eating contest on September 24.
The Terminal Bar in Denver Union Station will hold a pretzel eating contest on Friday awarding a New Belgium Cruiser Bike.
YourCSD.com has the field for the World Pumpkin Pie-Eating Championship in Elk Grove, CA on October 2: Joey Chestnut, Carmen Cincotti, Steve Hendry, Pablo Martinez, Mary Bowers, Alex Perez, Doug Ecks and Jon Davis.
There will be two meatball eating contests in Manhattan this month. A one minute contest will take place at Nino's Restaurant today and the San Gennaro Festival will hold a contest for professionals on September 24 that will be MCed by Tonya Danza. (Flashback Jan 2005: Tonya Danza hosts 10+ pound burger challenge eater Kate Stelnick on his now canceled talk show.) update Ed "Cookie" Jarvis won this morning's contest with a total of 9 meatballs in a minute.
Some Fuddruckers locations will offer a 3 pound burger challenge Sunday. Diners that complete the sandwich will receive a T-shirt and 2 free meals. 24 hours notice is required.
The Carnegie Deli in New York City offers a "Fashion Sandwich" challenge that is free to Fashion Week models that complete it.
Takeru Kobayashi will face off against a Taiwanese competitive eater tomorrow on Japanese television. The stage is labeled "Battle of the Big Eaters" so he might compete on Team Japan in Battle of the Big Eaters 4 later this year.
Tim Janus' appearance on Friday night's episode of the Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim can be viewed online.
Dave Wood wins Kennett Square mushrooms
Results from Saturday’s eating contest at the Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square, PA (via Moe Train Eats email)
Pros
1st 4 lbs Dave “Termite” Wood ($1000)
2nd 3.5 lbs John “Tank” McDowell (also local winner $700)
3rd 3.25 lbs Dave “US Male” Goldstein ($500)
Local Amateurs
1st: 3.5 lbs John “Tank” McDowell ($200)
2nd: 1.5 lbs Tyler “Fungi-Ty” Smith ($100)
Erik "The Electric" Lamkin won the first prize of a trip to Toronto at Saturday's qualifier at Smoke's Poutinerie in Hollywood, CA. Jon Bello was runner-up.
Oktoberfest in Seymour, IN will hold a bratwurst eating contest on October 1 awarding $500/$150/$50.
Joe Menchetti won the first prize of $600 at yesterday's lobster roll eating contest in Hampton Beach, NH with a record total of 22 rolls. Teddy Delacruz was runner up with 21. The contest ran out of food with 30 seconds left.
Molly Schuyler finished a Burritozilla in 1:32 in today's qualifier at Iguana's in Campbell, CA, breaking Matt Stonie's previous record of 1:50. She also appears to have eaten a second Burritozilla after the first.
A Japanese manga titled "The Competitive Eater Who Leapt Through Time" can be read online.
Joey Chestnut is currently in Singapore. Yesterday he faced off against Zermatt Neo in a satay eating challenge and set a record. Today he attempted the burger challenge at BEAST.
Tim "Eater X" Janus is expected to appear on the Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim at midnight tonight.
The University of Florida student paper has an article about Michael Jenkins' victory in a pho eating contest held at Taste Pho and Noodle House in Gainesville, FL last night. He ate 9 lbs. and 1.9 oz in 15 minutes to take the first prize of $300.
TollMan Joe's in South Philadelphia opens today. The bar is named after Wing Bowl 8 winner "Tollman" Joe Paul, who passed away in 2012.
The Feast of San Gennaro will hold a cannoli eating contest in Little Italy, NYC on September 16. The schedule does not say if it will be a MLE contest. update The contest is non-MLE and will award $250 to the winner and $100 to the runner up.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco ate a XXXXL burger, fries and a milkshake in 3:30 to set the house record at Kua 'Ania in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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