Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco discusses pie eating contests on KCRW's Good Food podcast.
Ed "Cookie" Jarvis will coach the firefighters competing in tomorrows's clam eating contest at Peter's Clam Bar in Island Park, NY.
A Taste of Hamburg-er will hold a burger eating contest for professionals on September 3 awarding $750/$500/$250/$125/$75 in Hamburg, PA. There will also be a contest for three person teams of amateurs awarding $300/$150/$75.
NJ.com reports that Dmitry "Ukraine Train" Shchupak won the pork roll eating qualifier at tonight's Trenton Thunder game. Joey Chestnut and Carmen Cincotti were in attendance.
Adrian Morgan and Michelle Lesco are expected to compete in the World Oyster Eating Championship in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland on September 3.
Matt Stonie has been added to the roster of the gyoza eating contest August 20 in Los Angeles, where he is expected to face Joey Chestnut for the fourth time in 2016.
A video of the full ESPN broadcast of the 2016 Nathan's finals is available on youtube.
Naader Reda attempted a 50 patty burger from In-N-Out Burger at Foodbeast headquarters today. update Aug 13 FoodBeast has a blog entry about the challenge.
Direct Action Everywhere disrupted yesterday's Hilary Clinton rally in Des Moines to protest her relationship with wholesale club Costco (video) The vegan activist group previously stormed the stage of last month's Nathan's Famous finals and June's Chicago Ribfest eating contest.
Joey Chestnut and Carmen Cincotti will attend Friday's Trenton Thunder game. A qualifier awarding a spot in the September 24 MLE pork roll eating contest will also take place.
Yahoo! announces that pro wrestler Ryback, famed for his big appetite, is no longer under contract with WWE and will participate on the independent circuit and do restaurant challenges. He will compete as "The Big Guy", having lost the rights to the Ryback name.
milb.com announces that the Brooklyn Cyclones renaming themselves the "Coney Island Franks" on July 3 in honor of Nathan's Famous 100th birthday was awarded minor league baseball Promotion of the Month for July.
Bob Shoudt produced a video about his collaboration project where eaters will consume a unit of food for every medal won by team USA at the Olympics. Molly Schuyler, Nate Figueroa, Wayne Algenio and the "Ukraine Train" will also participate and others are welcome to join.
Courthouse News reports that the family of Debra Harbeck is suing Fire & Ice nightclub in Santa Fe, NM after she choked to death after participating in a corn dog eating contest held on January 27. In the competition, entrants simulated oral sex by eating a corn dog held near the groin area of a another person. Before competing, Debra Harbeck drank at least 7 alcoholic beverages and her blood alcohol level was between .127 and .138. update ABQ Journal also has an article.
PeterboroughToday.co.uk reports that Rob Radcliffe was the first person to finish a 10,000 calorie burger challenge at Rocker's Steak House in Cambridge, England that was topped with the world's spiciest peppers.
MuscleFood.com has an interview with Kate Ovens. She is currently in Los Angeles and might make an appearance on Comedy Central.
Fortune.com has an article about the return of Crystal Pepsi to USA stores today mentioning Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle.
Capewood's Collections has a post about the Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie and Sonya Thomas trading cards produced by Allen and Ginter.
The date for Wing Bowl 25 has been announced as February 3, 2017.
Las Palapas will hold a burrito eating contest in San Antonio on August 27 awarding $1000/$250/$150. Qualifiers will be held on August 13 and 20.
Yesterday, Robert McKinney uploaded a video the Gringo Bandito Chronic Taco Challenge held last month in Las Vegas. Carmen Cincotti noticed that Molly Schuyler's counter did not get updated after she finished a tray at 9:06 and at the 15:11 mark, Kobayashi had his tray swapped with a new one. Kobayashi says that the trays were recounted accurately after the contest. Molly Schuyler has yet to comment.
The Guardian reports that Howard Lorber, chairman of Nathan's Famous, has been announced as a member of Donald Trump's economic policy team.
Angelo Cataldi criticizes Wing Bowl
On Tuesday, PhillyMag did an interview with Wing Bowl co-founder Angelo Cataldi who criticized the current state of his creation:
People who think that Wing Bowl is trash … have a point. Even we have grave misgivings about it. What it is now wasn’t the plan that we designed 24 years ago.
On Wednesday, Cataldi offered additional statements to PhillyVoice
“Wing Bowl will be here long after both Al and I are gone,” Cataldi said. “We have absolutely no say on the future of the event. It is owned by WIP (and CBS) and they have total control over what happens to it. If we had our way, would the next one — the 25th — be the last? Maybe. But since we don’t have that power, everyone can calm down.
“Wing Bowl isn’t going anywhere unless WIP says it is.”
Teddy Delacruz won the Heinkel's Hot Dog eating contest at the Decatur Celebration for the third year in a row. Frank Wach was the runner up. (gallery) update Herald Review has a contest report.
People.com has an article about Ryan Lochte's 6000-8000 calorie / day diet.
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