The full roster for Saturday's Hooters wing eating championship in Clearwater, FL is available. Erik Denmark, Adrian Morgan and Michelle Lesco are three recipients of byes that were not previously announced.
Caesar's Palace reports that "El Toro" was the first person to finish the ice cream challenge at Serendipity 3 yesterday.
Molly Schuyler won the professional division of today' Farrell's 6th annual. Splendiferously Superific Summer Spectacular Ice Cream Eating Challenge in Brea, CA. Her time to finish the 7 pound, 30 scoop sundae was reportedly less than 4 minutes. update Naader Reda finished in 6:20. Jon Bello has a post-contest picture of Molly exhibiting an "ice cream baby".
A Minneapolis art gallery is looking for people to participate in an a hot dog eating contest as part of a performance art piece on July 25.
The Amish Market in North Wildwood, NJ will hold a donut eating contest on July 24 awarding the winner a spot in Wing Bowl 24 and 2 tickets for the Eagles vs. Saints game.
ABC30 has an article and video about Pablo Martinez' training session where he ate a 5 pound burrito in 13 minutes.
Shaun Butterworth ate 18 bunless hot dogs in 5 minutes to win today's amateur eating contest at the St. Jo Frontier Casino in St. Joseph, MO.
Molly Schuyler defends CA State Fair corn dog title
update Jul 20 Stephanie Wu has a contest video
Stephanie Wu has the results from tonight’s corn dog eating contest at the California State Fair in Sacramento. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Molly Schuyler1 33 corn dogs $2,500 in 8 minutes
2) Pat Bertoletti 26.3-$2,000
3) Dave Brunelli 24.75- $1,000.
4) Michael Quattrocchi 13 $500
5) Kirk Taylor 11.67
6) Sergio Reyes-Raya 10 $100
7) Zane Glaser 9
8) Jacob Dena 8
9) Nathan Turton 7
No shows: Edward Chin, Ryan Ashburn
Dirtbag Dan reports that Edward Chin ate his Burritozilla in 4:10 to win today's contest at Iguana's in San Jose.
NZ Herald reports that Lulu Huang won the first prize of $1000 in today's ramen noodle eating contest at Wow Wow Wow in Auckland, NZ. Nela Zisser was 3rd place and reports her mouth blistered as a result of the temperature of the noodles. update Jul 20 Stuff.co.nz has an article about Lulu Huang.
Lucca in Windsor, ON will hold a meatball eating contest on Sunday awarding a 42 inch TV.
CA State Fair corn dog qualifier results
Corn Dog Qualifier results from Stephanie Wu Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 (3 minutes, top 10 advance)
1) Molly Schuyler 18
2) Dave Brunelli 12
3) Pat Bertoletti 11
4T) Edward Chin 7
4T) Zane Glaser 7
6) Michael 6
7T) Kirk Taylor
7T) Sergio Reyes-Raya
9) Nathan 5.5
10T) Jacob Debba 5
10T) Ryan Ashburn 5 Stephanie Wu reports that Joey Chestnut will be a special guest at the California State Fair corn dog contest in Sacramento. A qualifier will be held tonight and the finals tomorrow will award $6100.
Pat O'Brien's in St. Claire Shores, MI will hold a five pound corned beef sandwich eating contest tomorrow awarding $500 to the winner.
Nela Zisser offers five tips for aspiring competitive eaters in the Huffington Post. More Nela Zisser coverage: report on 100 sushi piece challenge (time was 8:50) | plans for July 25 1kg burger eating contest | video of pie tasting day
The Lebanon (PA) Motorcyle Show will hold a hot dog eating contest tomorrow awarding $100/$75/$50
The Global Times has an article about Chinese competitive eating focusing on Pan Yizhong, who claims he has finished a 1 meter (40 inch) pizza in Beijing.
The Kansas City Star has a gallery from yesterday's hot dog eating contest held at UpDog in Independence, MO. Teddy Delacruz ate 12 hot dogs in 10 minutes to defend his title.
Geoff Esper, Nela Zisser added to MLE top 50
Stephanie Wu & Pablo Martinez noted that additional changes have been made to the MLE top 50 (the top 10 remain unchanged):
added: Geoff Esper #11, Nela Zisser #22, Lesley Ryder #35,
removed: Ben Do #40, Nicole Rodriguez #49, Neil Sebree #50
update Marcos Owens has been removed; Ben Do remains (via comment)
Terez Owens reports that Matt Stonie, Sonya Thomas and Miki Sudo will receive byes for the Hooters wing finals in Clearwater, FL on July 25, joining Joey Chestnut and 6 other qualifier participants.
2015 Farrell’s finalists
FarrellsUSA.com has a list of qualifiers for Sundays ice cream eating challenge in Brea, CA. Molly Schuyler is the only pro listed with a qualifying time of 45 seconds. Naader Reda and Erik Lamkin also apparently qualified.
SanJose.com has a preview about Saturday's Burritozilla eating contest at Iguana's Taqueria. Dax Swanson, Jake Larry and Edward Chin are the finalists.
Bartolini's announces it will not hold a meatball eating contest, amateur or professional, in Midlothian, IL in 2015.
UpDog in Independence, MO will hold a hot dog eating contest tomorrow for amateurs awarding $300 to the winner.
Molly Schuyler's facebook reports that she finished the "Big Fat Fatty" Challenge at Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles in 14:13, less than half the time needed for the only two previous finishers Miki Sudo (32 min) and Jamie McDonald (40 min). (Eyewitness account calls feat "beautiful?") (via email) Molly also finished the VictorEChallenge at Bulldog Burger in Fresno in 4 minutes. update Jul 16 Erik Lamkin has uploaded a video of his and Molly's atttempt.
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