Registration open for 2023 Nathan’s qualifers

Registration is now open for four Nathan’s qualifiers awarding a spot in the July 4 contest to the top male and female finishers.

May 27 Berea, OH
June 9 Dayton, OH
June 17 Pleasanton, CA
June 24 Washington, DC

update Registration for a June 17 qualifier in Cincinnati will open May 6 at 9 am. This places 3 out of the 6 announced qualifiers in Ohio.

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Nick Wehry announces that he, Geoff Esper and Miki Sudo will compete in the sausage eating contest at Manorpalooza in Manor, TX on Saturday.
Larell Marie Mele has set up a gofundme to help pay for George Chiger's surgery which took place three weeks ago that included amputation of a toe. He is currently experiencing issues with an incision on his big toe.
A pepperoni roll eating contest does not appear on the schedule of the Three Rivers Festival, which will take place in Fairmont, WV from May 25-27. A MLE competition had been held at that event every year since 2011 (excluding 2020).

Miki Sudo wins Palm Beach Sweet Corn Fiesta

Full Results:

1st 52 Miki Sudo
2nd 51.5 Gideon Oji
3rd 44 Nick Wehry
4th 41 Wayne “wayneywonder” Algenio
5th 40 Andrew Krawczyk
6th 39 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
7th 31 Eric “Badlands” Booker
8th 21 Sergio Reyes-Raya
9th 13 Jocelyn Young
10th 12 Peter Rovtar
10th 12 Rene Rovtar

Miki Sudo ate 52 ears of corn in 12 minutes to win this afternoon’s corn eating contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL, ending Gideon Oji’s three contest winning streak.

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The Doncaster Free Press has an article about Kyle v Food's failed attempt at a 20 pound menu item billed as "Britain's Biggest Burger" at Shepherd's Place Farm cafe in Haxey.
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce will host a chicken wing eating contest tonight as part of his KelceJam festival in Kansas City. This is not the Kelce family's first experience with wing eating contests; brother Jason Kelce competed in the 2014 Wing Bowl.
Smashmouth Burgers will hold a burger eating contest in Rehoboth, DE on June 24 awarding $250 to the winner.
Joey Chestnut will attend the grand opening celebration for Inked Tacos in Woodstock, GA on May 6. This will probably prevent him from competing in the sausage eating contest at Manorpalooza in Manor, TX.
Joey Chestnut threw out the ceremonial first pitch at tonight's Toronto Blue Jays game. The appearance was to promote $1 "Loonie" hot dogs which were purchased more than 48,000 times during the event.
The Memphis Flyer has an interview with Brett Healey about Donuts & Dogs, an event in Memphis he founded combining road running and eating Krispy Kreme donuts which raises money for the Streetdog Foundation, a charity that rehabilitates feral dogs.
Zilantros Tacos will hold a taco eating contest in Hudson, MI on May 6 awarding $150/$75/$50.
ExpressNews.com has a list of five San Antonio restaurant challenges.
TechCrunch has a post about youtube updating its policy on eating disorder content to ban videos showing "imitable content". Since anyone can imitate a restaurant challenge video by ordering the oversized menu item, this policy could theoretically result in the termination of all food challenge videos.
Joey Chestnut will attend the April 25 Toronto Blue Jays game in honor of "Loonie Dog Night".

Nathan’s qualifier May 13 in Kissimmee, FL

A facebook event page claims that the first Nathan’s Famous qualifier of 2023 will take place May 13 at Old Town in Kissimmee, FL (south Orlando). BBQ in DC will also hold a qualifier in Washington, DC on June 24. The traditional New York Mets Father’s Day qualifier might also return. Nathan’s will sponsor the giveaway promotion for their June 18 game, which has previously been a hint that a qualifier will take place during the event.

update April 21 A press release says there will also be qualifiers in Cincinnati on June 17 (probably a Reds game) and Pleasanton, CA (probably a return to the Alameda County Fair)

Registration opens today (April 21) at noon eastern for the Kissimmee qualifier.

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Eric "Badlands" Booker will take on 5 people in a meat pie eating contest Saturday at the Food Truck Festival for Autism in Philadelphia.
Nick Wehry announces that he will be competing in the Sweet Corn Eating Championship at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL on April 30 along with 3 time champion Gideon Oji, Miki Sudo, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Darrien Thomas and Rene Rovtar.
Ryan Rogers ate 2.49 pounds of sausage in 3 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in yesterday's eating contest at the Scott, LA Boudin Festival.
Japanese competitive eater Hitomi "Russian" Sato just attained a million subscribers for her youtube channel.
Brixx and Barley in Long Beach, NY has moved its wing eating contest from April 8 to April 22. The competition will award $1000 in cash.
The USS Midway in San Diego will host its National Donut Day eating contest on June 2. The naval museum has held MLE competitions in previous years.
Registration is now open for the The ManorPalooza World Texas Sausage-Eating Championship to be held in Manor, TX on May 6.
Meatstock in Toowoomba, QLD, Australia will hold a slider eating contest for professionals on April 15 awarding $1000/$500/$250. An amateur division will award $200/$100/$50.
Fox Sports produced a video in which five offensive linemen NFL draft prospects attempted to gain as much weight as possible from a meal at an all you can eat buffet.
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