The Hudson Valley Pizza and Meatball Fest will hold a meatball eating contest in Wallkill, NY on June 12 awarding $500 to the winner. (via Will Millender)
Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie are expected to compete at Niko Niko's World Gyro Eating Championship at Greek Fest in Houston May 15. This would be their first meeting since October 3 in Toronto.
Molly Schuyler has uploaded a video of her eating the five pound "747" burrito at Habanero's in Lee's Summit, MO in 1:37, 13 seconds faster than Matt Stonie needed to finish the Burritozilla at Iguana's Tacqueria.
There was a donut eating contest between Khalil Roundtree and Cory Hendricks on last night's episode of The Ultimate Fighter on Fox Sports 1. The loser had to have makeup applied. There was also an eating contest between Khalil Roundtree and Miesha Tate on TUF Talk after the show. (via Will Millender)
Rocco's Pizzeria in Brooklyn will hold a pizza eating contest on June 5 awarding $800/$200/$100
KSWO has a report on the 28 inch "Gut Buster" pizza challenge at Fat Boys Pizza in Lawton, OK that awards $300 to a pair that can finish it in under an hour.
Taco Del Mar locations will offer a 5 pound burrito on Thursday in honor of Cinco de Mayo.
Japanese competitive eaters on “Matsuko Deluxe” show
Takeru Kobayashi appeared on today’s episode of Matsuko Deluxe a show starring a plus-size transvestite. Additional guests include:
- Takako Akasaka, 3rd place in 2000 Nathan’s and first woman to exceed 20 hot dogs in a Nathan’s July 4 contest
- Nobuyuki “The Giant” Shirota 3rd place in 2004 Nathan’s and winner of 3 out of 4 Food Battle Club contests
- Kaz Arai 2000 Nathan’s winner and 2001 Nathan’s runner up
The Onion's AV Club produced a video of the English band Basement attempting a chili pepper challenge.
Monrovia Days will hold a pie eating contest for five person teams on May 14 in Monrovia, CA awarding $300/$150/$50
Stephanie Wu was the first person to finish the 9 pound Rock Top sundae challenge at It's All So Yummy! in Knoxville, TN today.
Registration is now open for the Slugburger eating contest in Corinth, MS on July 9.
The New Paper has an article about Singaporean competitive eaters Kent Phoa and Zermatt Neo. It also produced a video about Zermatt titled "The Art of Competitive Eating"
Core Media Group filed for bankruptcy due to the decline of its most visible property, American Idol. The company also owns Sharp Entertainment, the producer of Man v. Food
Pelican Larry's in Naples, FL will hold a wing eating contest today awarding $300/$200/$100.
Adrian Morgan & Nela Zisser win Houston qualifier
update May 13 Nela Zisser has a contest video
update May 1 The Houston Chronicle has a contest report
Winners from today’s Nathan’s qualifier in Houston. update George Shea has the rest of the men’s top 3
1) Adrian Morgan 39
2) Peter Rottman 22
3) Steven Schuster 20.5
1W) Nela Zisser 17
Runners World has an article on the history of the Beer Mile, an event where runners drink four 12 ounce beers while running a mile. Record holder James Nielsen sought advice from Joey Chestnut.
The Sacramento County Fair will hold a corn dog eating contest on May 28 awarding prizes of $500/$200/$100.
While walking Wednesday, Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle was handcuffed by the Los Angeles Police who claimed he was a suspect in an assault. Yesterday, he went to the police station to seek information about his detainment.
Adrian Morgan's facebook says he plans to attend the Saturday Nathan's qualifier at Memorial City Mall in Houston. Nela Zisser will headline the women's field.
Fiesta on the Bayou in Cut Off, Louisiana will hold a jalapeno eating contest on Saturday awarding $250 to the winner.
Vice.com's new documentary "How American Men Are Redefining Masculinity" opens with Wayne Algenio attempting the MotherLoad Sloppy Joe challenge at Lunch Box in Staten Island with host Gavin Haynes.
Guinness World Records has a clip from an Italian television program where "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and two challengers attempted to break the record for eating a 12 inch pizza (a fork and knife is required). The record has since been broken by Filipino Kelvin Medina with a time of 23.62 seconds.
Odds are now available for the 2016 Nathan's finals at Bovada Sportsbook. Matt Stonie (-170) and Miki Sudo (-150) are the favorites. Joey Chestnut (+130) and Sonya Thomas (+110) are underdogs. The over/under for the winner's totals are 63.5 and 39.5.
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