Miki Sudo is expected to compete in the World Championship Pepperoni Roll Eating Contest at the Three Rivers Festival in Fairmont, WV on Saturday. She was previously announced as a competitor in the Chico, CA pancake eating contest. upate May 26 WVGazetteMail has an interview with Miki saying that Geoff Esper will also compete.
Wayne Algenio produced a video of him facing off against Thomasina Owch of Singapore in a race to finish the curry challenge at Kenka in New York City.
Huckleberrys Diner in Yorkshire will award £500 to the first person to finish its 11 pound chicken & waffle challenge.
Eat This Book author Ryan Nerz produced a documentary for Fusion about Washington, DC marijuana laws.
Dave Brunelli ate 21 1/4 lb. meatballs in 4 minutes to win the first prize of $1000 in today's contest at Mille's Old World in Morristown, NJ. Bob Shoudt was the runner up with 19.
On twitter, Tim "Eater X" announced that he will not be competing in Nathan's in 2016. This should result in a tight race for the men's third place in the Nathan's finals.
The Summer Soulstice in Milwaukee will hold an egg roll eating contest on June 25 awarding $1500 to the top male and female. The competition is for amateurs only.
The New York Daily News has an article about the history of Nathan's Famous which treats the 1916 origin story for the hot dog eating contest as factual. Competition co-founder Mortimer Matz admitted the tale was a fabrication in a 2010 New York Times interview.
The Syracuse Polish Festival will hold a pierogie eating contest on June 12 awarding $250 to the winner.
Vegan Chicago announces plans to disrupt Ribfest contest
Vegan Chicago has posted a meetup.com page about their attempt to disrupt the eating contest at the Chicago Ribfest June 10. A screen capture of the plan follows in case the page is deleted:
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A 2km ((1.25 mile) long pizza was produced in Naples, Italy.
In Nela Zisser's video of last month's Nathan's qualifier in Houston, George Shea reuses Crazy Legs Conti's "popcorn sarcophagus" / "David Blaine of the bowel" biography to introduce a competitor around the 4 minute mark. In Sunday's gyro contest, he recycled Allen "Shredder" Goldstein's introduction.
Herald Sun has an article about the 3kg burger eating contest the "Feed Force" will hold at Tradies and Ladies Cafe in Beaconsfield, VIC, Australia on June 5.
The Salt Games in Myrtle Beach, SC will hold a hot dog eating contest on June 5 awarding $300 to the winner and $100 to the runner up.
The new poll asks what action, if any, Nathan's / MLE should take regarding HB2, North Carolina's controversial transgender bathroom law. Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam have cancelled concerts in the state to protest it and the NBA says it could move the 2017 All Star Game from Charlotte if the law is not repealed. The next Nathan's qualifier will be on May 28 at the Speed Street Festival in Charlotte.
The Roadhouse Diner in Great Falls, MT will hold a "Road Hawg" burger eating contest on June 4 awarding $500 to the winner.
ITV has posted a casting call for big eaters for an upcoming UK television show.
The Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team will rename themselves the Coney Island Franks for the July 3 game in honor of Nathan's Famous centennial.
Singapore Food & Beverage has a joint interview with competitive eaters Zermatt Neo and Thomasina Ow.
The Wall Street Journal has an article about New York City eating challenges and a video of Randy Santel and Wayne Algenio attempting the burger challenge at Clinton Hall in Manhattan last month.
The event page for a May 24 qualifier at Illegal Pete's awarding a spot in the World Burrito Eating Competition at the May 28 Denver Outlaws game lists the MLE roster for that contest: Joey Chestnut, Adrian Morgan, Michelle Lesco, Yasir Salem, Josh Miller, Lesley Ryder, Mary Bowers, Bryan Beard and Mark Sutherburg. If Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie (who will do pancakes in Chico, CA) do not compete May 28, they may not compete until July 4.
The Blossom Festival will hold a 64 ounce steak eating contest in Magnolia, AR on May 20 awarding $500 to the winner.
Goodtime Burgers in Sydney will hold a burger eating contest on May 28 awarding $500 to the winner.
6'6" bodybuilder Shiwalla Singh finished the Mac Daddy pancake challenge in 18 minutes at Mac 24/7 in Honolulu, one of the faster times.
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