Manchester Evening News has posted a gallery of pictures taken at a tripe eating contest hosted by Sutcliffe's Tripe of Wigan on April 23, 1975.
2023 Wings for Wishes contest
Sports Grill has posted a result video of today’s Wings for Wishes eating contest in Miami: (10 minutes) Official results
| 1st | 173 | Nick Wehry | 2nd victory in 7 days |
| 2nd | 166 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 128 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
| 4th | 64 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 5th | 45 | Jason Ruppert | |
| 6th | 38 | Tracie Dickerson | |
| 7th | 32 | Parker Branton |
Geoff Esper’s 5 contest winning streak (since a 3rd place finish in the Buffalo Wing Festival wing eating contest). He is undefeated in foods besides wings and hot dogs in 2022 and 2023.
ABC Action News has a segment about Nick Wehry, who will be going for his second victory in a week at tomorrow's Wings for Wishes wing eating contest in Miami tomorrow.
Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" attempted to win $1,000 by finishing the 9 pound "Godzadilla" quesadilla challenge in under 35 minutes at Chabelitas Mexican Grill in Las Vegas.
The Big Texas Fun Crawfish Festival will hold a crawfish eating contest on March 11 awarding $500/$150/$50
Matt Stonie's restaurant Stonie Bowls will open at Phipps Plaza in Atlanta when the Citizens Market food hall begins operation.
Bar Roma in Chicago will hold a meatball eating contest on March 9 awarding $100 to the winner.
Nick Wehry wins Wonderful Pistachios, Joey Chestnut last
Official results for this morning’s Wonderful Pistachios Get Crackin’ Eating Championship held at the Santa Monica Pier. Joey Chestnut’s 7th place finish is his worst placing since a first round loss in the 2005 US Open of Competitive Eating, a 32 person tournament.
| 1st | 109 | Nick Wehry | 1st MLE non-qualifier victory |
| 2nd | 102 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 3rd | 100 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 88 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 5th | 85 | Bartley Weaver, IV | |
| 6th | 72 | Gideon Oji | |
| 7th | 70 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 7th is worth placing since 2005 US Open |
Food Challenge News has an interview with Geoff Esper, who says that competitive eating is not as much fun as it used to be and that he is contemplating retiring at the end of the year.
SI.com has an interview with Joey Chestnut about his MMA fandom and competing in the Wonderful Pistachios Get Crackin’ Eating Championship (which the article incorrectly claims will be Monday and not Sunday). Joey says he thinks the broken leg issues which hindered him in 2022 are behind him.
Polkio.com has a report on Derek "Heavy D" Hendrickson and Ryan "Max Carnage" Rodacker facing off against a team of 4 amateurs in a five pound burger eating contest held at Aaron and Jack's Snack Shack in Monmouth, OR.
The British Eating League has started a youtube channel. The latest video is from its Jaffa Cake eating contest won by Max Stanford.
Manny "The Manimal" Cambra ate 11 paczkis in 5 minutes to win this morning's eating contest held in Ansonia, CT. He previously won the competition in 2015, 2016 and 2021.
Max Stanford ate a pancake challenge stack in 5:07 to win the first prize of £200 in a contest held at Polo 24 Hour Bar in London.
Daily Star has an article listing five eating contest fatalities.
The Sun has an article about British competitive eater John Dawes, who says he has lost 6 stone (84 pounds) since he started competing in eating contests.
The team of Frank Wach and Teddy Delacruz ate 27 paczkis in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $200 in today's eating contest at Bennison's Bakery in Evanston, IL.
Raw South in South Miami will hold a vegan taco eating contest on February 25 awarding $200/$100/$50
Polo 24 Hour Bar in London will hold a pancake eating contest on February 19 and 20. The person with the fastest time to eat its pancake challenge will be announced on February 21 and receive £200.
The Yorkshire Post has an article about Josh Gudgeon, co-host of the "Breaking Bread" podcast with Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran.
The death of a competitive eater will be one of the incidents examined in the upcoming episode of CSI: Vegas, which will be televised February 16 on CBS at 10 pm eastern. (preview #1 | preview #2)
Spectrum News has an article about Randy Santel, who plans to write a book after getting his Master's degree and becoming a professional dietician.
Gener De Guzman ate 36 fishballs in one minute to defend his title and take the first prize of $1000 in Saturday's Super Ball: Fishball Eating Contest held at Island Pacific Santa Clarita.
In a promotion for Bounty paper towels, former NFL tight end great
Rob Gronkowski faced off against Austin Ekeler and Aidan Hutchinson in a wing eating contest. Between rounds, they answered questions about their pro football careers.
Geoff Esper appeared on CBS 12 this morning to discuss his competitive eating career and promote the April 30 Sweet Corn Eating Championship in West Palm Beach, which he said he will not be competing in. (youtube video)
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