The Daily Mail has an article about Yuka Kinoshita's latest video where she attempts to eat 100 slices of bread.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski will give a talk at Algonquin College in Ottawa on January 20. During the event, he will compete against selected audience members in an eating contest.
The New Zealand Herald has a profile of Nela Zisser, who hopes to travel to the United States for an eating challenge tour. (via abnormedia)
Randy Santel announces he has completed his tour of the eastern USA and Canada. During the trip, he successfully completed 78 restaurant eating challenges.
New poll: MLE #4
The new poll asks who you think should be ranked #4 in the MLE top 50. The choices:
Tim Janus
- Pro: 3rd best head to head percentage. 4th most hot dogs eaten in 2014-15 Nathan’s circuit.
- Anti: no non-qualifier victory since April 2013. Just 4 contests since July 4, 2014
Adrian Morgan
- Pro: 4th most MLE money won in 2015. Only person besides Matt Stonie & Miki Sudo to defeat Joey Chestnut in 2015. 2 non-qualifier victories in 2015 (both in April)
- Anti: 7th overall best total in 2015 Nathan’s finals
Everyday Actors has posted a casting call for males in their 20s for a short film about competitive eating to be produced in New York City.
Brooklyn Casting has posted a request for amateur competitive eaters to participate in restaurant eating challenges.
2015 MLE head to head results
Here are the head to head results for people with 2 or more MLE contests over calendar year 2015.
| 1 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) | 100% | 103-0 |
| 2 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) | 95.8% | 184-8 |
| 3 | Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) | 88% | 22-3 |
| 4 | Miki Sudo (M Su) | 80.9% | 141-33-1 |
| 5 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) | 79.8% | 74-18-2 |
| 6 | Geoffrey Esper (G Es) | 76.9% | 40-12 |
| 7 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (M Le) | 72.5% | 93-35-1 |
| 8 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) | 68.2% | 52-24-1 |
| 9 | Yasir Salem (Y Sa) | 65.3% | 89-47-1 |
| 10 | Gideon Oji (G Oj) | 59% | 62-43-1 |
The Rake and Herald has a birthday tribute to Molly Schuyler.
The Telegraph has a report on Kyle Hanner winning the fruitcake eating contest at Santa's Candy Castle in Santa Claus, IN for the third yaear in a row.
Victoria's Secret models Adriana Lima, Behati Prinsloo and Taylor Hill competed in a wing eating contest on Monday night's episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert< ?I>.
Adage.com announces the return of Crystal Pepsi. The soft drink will not return to stores; only winners of a sweepstakes starting December 10 will receive the product. The advocacy of Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle was cited as a reason for the comeback. update Time.com article
GQ has an article on Matt Stonie's everyday diet and training regimen.
Tickets for Wing Bowl 24 on February 5 are available online for $10 , update Dec 9 The event has officially sold out
James "Beard Meats Food" Moran will appear on the National Geographic Channel in Australia on Wednesday in a segment about the science of competitive eating.
A commenter noticed the MLE top 50 has changed. Ron Koch has returned at #38 and Tracy Goode has been removed following his retirement.
Bob Shoudt has produced a video documenting the start of his training for Wing Bowl 24.
Registration is now open for the birthday cake eating contest at Palm Beach Outlets on February 13, 2016.
Woman's Day NZ has an interview of Nela Zisser in which she discusses being diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. In her latest video, she takes on the 2kg curry challenge at Gold Curry in Bangkok.
The subscriber count for Matt Stonie's youtube channel now exceeds 1 million.
The Huffington Post has an interview with "Furious" Pete Czerwinski about his new book Stay Hungry.
Ramsey Hinton announces he completed the challenge at TinCup Bar in St. Paul, MN to give him eating challenge victories in all 50 states. (via Stephanie Wu)
2015 St. Elmo’s shrimp cocktail eating contest
WISH-TV has an article and gallery (youtube)
Fox59 has a video
| 1st | 12.25 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | new record |
| 2nd | 7.42 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 6 | Yasir Salem | |
| 4th | 5.5 | Steve Hendry | |
| 5th | 4.75 | Matthew Raible | |
| 6th | 3.5 | Tracy Goode | announced as final MLE contest |
| 7th | 2.67 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 8th | ? | Jeremy “PhilosoFonzie” Ildefonso | did not finish |
update Joey Chestnut ate a record 12.25 pounds in 8 minutes.
Joey Chestnut appeared on RadioNOW and WIBC to promote the contest.
Kate Ovens wrote a report for the Newcastle Tab about her completion of the fish and chips challenge at the Blue Bell Pub in Sandyford, England.
Nathan's Famous will sponsor a hot dog eating contest in Malaysia on New Year's Eve.
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