Telegraph.co.uk reports that rugby player Sam Burgess of the South Sydney Rabbitohs successfully applied the Heimlich maneuver after an employee of Decosti Seafood started choking in a fish eye eating contest held at the Sydney Fish Markets. The facebook gallery of the competition has no mention of the incident.
TheOnion.com has an article about the Kansas City Chiefs head coach titled "Andy Reid Furious At Self For Poor Clock Management At End Of 72-Oz. Steak Challenge". (via Stephanie Wu & Randy Santel)
StarNewsPhilly.com has a report on last week's Wing Off at SugarHouse Casino won by Dave Brunelli. The Wing Bowl website has a contest video.
BuzzMill Coffee in Austin will hold a cheesesteak eating contest on February 5 awarding $500 to the winner.
Vice Sports has a video of Takeru Kobayashi receiving a boxing lesson from Eric Kelly, who calls out "Joey Chestnut" during the session for motivation.
Tattletales strip club in Levittown, PA will hold a wing eating contest tomorrow awarding $250 to the winner.
Registration is now open for the Nathan's qualifier in San Antonio on March 19. The contest will take place before the MLB exhibition between the Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals at the Alamodome.
Detroit News reports that the winners of the crack fries eating contest at Hop Cat locations in Michigan (Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing and Ann Arbor) will be eligible to compete in a contest at the Summer Beer Festival in Ypsilanti, MI that will award $2000 to the winner.
Nathan Figueroa has posted a video from Saturday's eating contest at the Key Lime Pie Festival in Port Canaveral, FL where he finished 3rd. He was handicapped by having to use a plastic hand clapper as his utensil. (via Stephanie Wu)
The New Inquiry's essay about Japanese female competitive eaters titled "Little Big Eater Girl" is now available outside the paywall. The article has an account of Pat Bertoletti vs. Hitomi Sato in Battle of Big Eaters 3 along with short profiles of "Gal" Sone and Moe Azuki. The author also describes her experience with an eating disorder.
LA Beast will attempt to qualify for Wing Bowl 24 tomorrow morning by eating shelled eggs. The stunt will be webcast on Ustream. update Jan 19 LA Beast ate 24 shelled eggs in 3 minutes to qualify for Wing Bowl 24 update Jan 21 A video of the stunt is available
Charles & Johnesia Jordan completed the King Kookamonga burger at Kooky Canuck in Cordova, MS yesterday. I think Johnesia is the first woman to be a member of a duo to finish that challenge.
Ram's Pizza Tavern in Clifton Heights, PA will hold a pizza eating contest on January 30 awarding $200 to the winner.
Quartz has an article on mukbang, the Korean trend of eating large meals that are broadcast on the internet.
Finkies Awards results
Results for the first “Finkies” awards
- Male – Matt Stonie
- Female – Miki Sudo
- Rookie – Goeff Esper
- Upset – Michelle Lesco
- Youtube Feat – Nela Zisser
- Appreciation – Crazy Legs Conti
Pedram "In Jaws We Trust" Esmaeel announces that he won the hot dog eating contest at Taste of Folly in Folly Beach, SC.
8 Buck Pizza Truck in Manteca, CA has resumed awarding $2500 for duos that finish its Big Kahuna challenge.
The 5 pound stromboli at Papa Piccione's in Kent City, MI was the top entry in the online poll ran by MLive.com to determine the most extreme food challenge in Michigan. Rockford Corner Bar's chili dog challenge was the runner up.
Sun Sentinel reports that Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo, Adrian Morgan, Geoffrey Esper, Yasir Salem, Gideon Oji and Nate Biller are expected to compete in the World Birthday Cake-Eating Championship on Valentine's Day Eve in West Palm Beach, FL.
DNAInfo Chicago has an interview with Jennifer Saito on how she has been enjoying the prize of free bao dumplings for a year for winning an eating contest at Wow Bao.
The first Nathan's qualifier of 2016 will be held in San Antonio on March 19.
Dave Brunelli won tonight's Wing Off at SugarHouse Casino.
Danielle Gatlos ate 150 mussels to become the first female amateur to qualify for the Wing Bowl since Melissa "White Widow" Perzin competed in Wing Bowl 24. The Marine sergeant previously won the 2014 Mussel Bowl. Tim "Gravy" Brown also qualified by eating 10 hot dogs in 4 minutes while running on a treadmill.
Tickets are available for $10 for LA Beast LIVE! at the Comedy Palace in San Diego on January 22.
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