Sam Rowe is doing a UK eating challenge every day this week with advice from Randy Santel. The experience will be chronicled in an upcoming article for Men's Health UK.
Nela Zisser has uploaded a video of her eating the 1kg burrito at Mad Mex in 1:44.
Examiner.com lists Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo and Steve Hendy as expected entrants in Sunday's World Gyro Eating Championships in Houston.
DanMang noticed that Gideon Oji was inserted into the MLE top 50 at #26 (probably the first Africa-born member of that list). Dax "The Ginger" Swanson reports that he was ejected.
The LA Beast ate a cactus, a dozen raw eggs with shell and three ghost peppers at the Coupe de Comedy Festival hosted by the University of California at Irvine's Improv Revolution. (video)
The Korean American Journal cancelled a May 2007 cover story about Sonya Thomas after the massacre at Virgina Tech according to a former editors roundtable.
El Toro won the cannoli meatball eating contest at the San Genarro Festival in Las Vegas for the third year in a row on Sunday.
The field for Saturday's Nathan's qualifier is expected to include Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez, Matt Raible & 2014 St. Louis women's winner Marlene Wigginton.
The York Dispatch has a report on the "Gluttony Night" contest held at yesterday's York (PA) Revolution game. No one was able to finish the final item in the 7th inning, an eight pound burrito.
The Sacramento State Fair will hold a corn dog eating contest on May 23 awarding $800 ($500 to the winner).
Terminix produced a commercial where Takeru Kobayashi eats tater tots while performing everyday activities.
Alana Mazurke has started a blog about her Australian eating challenges at moderatelyincapacitated.wordpress.com.
Nathan's Famous will sponsor a Guiness World Records attempt for the most selfies taken at one time in conjunction with the qualifier at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on May 16. Joey Chestnut will be in attendance.
The Doughman Quadrathlon, the challenge in the Durham, NC episode of Man vs. Food, will return on May 23 after a one year hiatus.
The Huffington Post and Mirror.co.uk have articles about Matt Stonie's latest video where he finishes the "Burritozilla" from Iguana's Tacqueria in San Jose in under 2 minutes. At the start of his competitive eating career in 2010, he needed 15 minutes to finish the five pound burrito.
Bud Light Canada has a video of former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell facing a fan in a hot wing eating contest held in Montreal.
JDub's Brewing Company & Tap Room in Sarasota, FL will hold hot dog eating contests on May 23 for men & women. Both divisions will award $200 to the winner.
2011 women's Nathan's finalist appeared on Wheel of Fortune Thursday and mentioned her competitive eating background.
Isaac "Sir Eats-A-Log" Martin ate a 20 patty burger at Cafe 51 in Melbourne in 51 minutes, which is billed as an Australian record.
Uncustomary Art has a galleryie from muffin eating contests held last week in Baltimore on the day of the Freddie Gray funeral. Muffins not used in the contest were donated to the homeless.
Philly.com has a profile of the father of "Notoorious B.O.B" Shoudt, who has coached track and field in high school and college for 51 years. He coached future NFL star Billy "White Shoes" Johnson in the 1970s.
The Whole Enchilada Fiesta has been terminated. The event held a spicy enchilada eating contest awarding $1000 in Las Cruces, NM in September.
WZZM reports that Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA, famous for its large burger challenges, has sent a cease and desist letter to New Holland Brewing Co in Michigan to get it to stop offering "Beer Barrel Bouron".
Takeru Kobayashi faced off against Matsuko Deluxe, a transvestite with a listed weight of over 300 pounds on the Japanese network TBS earlier this week. The program includes clips from Kobayashi's Japanese and American competitive eating careers. The commercial he filmed with Sonya Thomas appears at minute 29 and Pat Bertoletti and Ed "Cookie" Jarvis make cameos at minute 33. The show concludes with a Food Battle Club style eating contest.
Run, a movie filmed in the Ivory Coast, will make its New York City debut at the New York African Film Festival on Monday. In the middle section of the film, the protagonist functions as the manager of a female competitive eater called Gladys "La Mangeuse". The character was reportedly based on a real life male professional eater from Mali.
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