The new commercial for Burger King hot dogs features an unnamed competitive eater wearing a "Polish Punisher" shirt who I did not recognize.
Jenn Cheng, the 3rd place female in the eating contest at the 2015 New York City Dumpling Festival won tonight's episode of Chopped College Edition on the Food Network. update March 17 MCall.com article about the runner-up
Defending champion Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo and Michelle Lesco are expected at the World Boysenberry Pie-Eating Championship at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA on Saturday. This would make the Palm Beach sweet corn eating contest April 24 the earliest possible 2016 meeting of Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie.
Nela Zisser's interview on The Morning Show can be viewed on Yahoo. Daily Mail has an article about the appearance.
Patch.com lists Matt Stonie, Michelle Lesco, Juliet Lee, Geoffrey Esper, Yasir Salem, Gideon Oji, Crazy Legs Conti, and Bill Myers as expected entrants in the April 2 peeps eating contest. Sonya Thomas is not listed despite the competition taking place in National Harbor, MD across the river from her hometown of Alexandria, VA.
Salem Statesman Journal has a gallery and video of Ryan "Max Carnage" Rodacker and reporter Tom Mayhall Rastrelli attempting the burger challenge at The Hitchin' Post in Keizer, OR. OregonLive has a list of Portland area eating challenges. update Mar 15 The article is available
The Burger & Shakes - Fast Food Maker iPhone / iPad game has a hot dog eating contest mini game.
Jubilee Joe's Crawfish Boil will hold a crawfish eating contest in Pelham, AL on April 23 awarding $500 to the winner.
ChronicleLive reports that curry house Shaheen’s Indian in Durham, England could lose its restaurant license after it held a spicy eating contest for the Durham University Rugby Club. The team was allowed to bring their own alcohol, resulting in a drunken rampage in the streets of Durham following the contest.
Registration is now open for the crawfish eating contest at the Crawfish Mambo in New Orleans on May 7.
The Scott Boudin Festival in Scott, LA will hold a boudin sausage eating contest on April 3 awarding $500 to the winner.
2016 Nathan’s qualifier circuit released
Matt Cohen noticed that 6 Nathan’s qualifiers were added to the MLE contest list:
- Charlotte, NC (Speed Street) 5/28
- Syracuse (Taste of Syracuse) 6/4
- Long Pond, PA (Pocono Raceway) 6/5
- Norfolk, VA (Harborfest) 6/12
- Queens, NY (Mets game) 6/19
- Washington, DC (Giant National Capital BBQ Battle) 6/25
Registration opens March 14.
If that is the final list, there will only be one Pacific & Mountain time zone qualifier (Las Vegas) and one midwest qualifier (St. Louis). 7 qualifiers will take place between Charlotte and Syracuse with no east coast qualifiers outside that region.
SindoNews.com reports that Fredy Jayadi passed away after choking in an eating contest held at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Jakarta, Indonesia. The competition was a qualifier for a nationwide contest that would have crowned a champion on June 3. update March 12 The grand prize for the contest was to have been Rp 5 billion ($385,000), by far the largest contest payout I have seen. The contest website (2nd page in English) announces the competition has been terminated.
Takeru Kobayashi will attend tonight's charity ping pong contest between boxers Boyd “Rainmaker†Melson and Chris Galaeno at SPiN New York. Other guests include Susan Sarandon, Rosie Perez and Kenny Anderson.
The Phantom Gourmet BBQ & Music Festival will hold a hot dog eating contest on June 25 in Rochester, NH, so that is probably another Nathan's qualifier.
NFL quarterback Josh Freeman was a member of the quartet that won a team oyster eating contest at Jax in Kansas City last month. The team wore Real Madrid soccer jerseys.
Chronicle Live has an article about Kate Ovens' new video where she attempts 50 wings at Shark Club Gastro Bar in Newcastle.
The American Diner in Liverpool, NY offers a one pound “The Anti-Michelle Obama, Don’t Tell Me What to Eat or Feed My Kids Burger†that awards a T-shirt or hat to a customer that finishes it. (via foxnews.com)
Nathan Figueroa ate 29 meatballs to win the first prize of $500 in tonight's contest at Fork & Balls in Fort Lauderdale.
Tem-Purr-A, a card game about competitive eating cats, is available for pre-order and will be released on March 17. The game's motto is "It's more than a meowthful!". (Overview video | game rulebook)
Daily Star has an article about LA Beast's latest video where he attempts to drink a gallon of spoiled milk which concludes with him vomiting into a washing machine.
Registration is now open for the Niko Niko's World Gyro Eating Championship in Houston on May 15 and the Denver Outlaws World Burrito Eating Championship in Denver on May 28.
Pedram Esmaeelzadeh and Nathan Figueroa were the first pair to finish the 10 pound burger challenge at Burger Craze in Deerfield Beach, FL. update March 9 A challenge video is available.
The American Council on Science and Health has an article about Molly Schuyler claiming "we just don’t know what to make of" her.
A few days ago, Yuko Kinoshita surpassed one million subscribers on her youtube channel, which is less than two years old. I think that Matt Stonie and Pete Czerwinksi update & LA Beast are the only other competitive eaters to exceed that mark.
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