Australian badminton player Sawan Serasinghe ordered a meal from McDonald's including a Big Mac, two McChickens, a Quarter Pounder with Cheese, two hamburgers, 40 Chicken McNuggets, six large fries, a smoothie and brownie after losing in the Olympics. McDonald's food is free to athletes in the Olympic Village with a limit of 20 items per person.
sde.co.ke reports that a man named Otange passed away after choking at an eating contest held at a funeral in the Nyang’iela area in Homa Bay County in Keyna. Feasts are commonly held at Kenyan funerals as a way of honoring the deceased.
The Daily Mail has an article about Emma Dalton's wedding to David Jones in Bromsgrove, England on Friday. The nuptials had a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory theme, with guest receiving golden tickets.
Dave Brunelli ate 300 clams yesterday to win the first prize of $1000 at Peter's Clam House clam eating challenge in Island Park, NY.
Joe Menchetti won both the Royal Caribbean Bakery National Bun & Cheese Eating Championship and the Caribbean Food Delights National Jerk Chicken Wing Championship held Sunday in East Islip, NY. Wayne Algenio was the runner-up in both contests and Paul Donnelly was third in both.
UFC President Dana White competed in a hot dog eating contest in Bangor, ME on August 5. The footage will appear in "Lookin for a Fight", an upcoming Netflix series about grassroots mixed martial arts.
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.
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