The Daily Mail has an article about Randy Santel and Katina DeJarnett focusing on their relationship and food challenge trips.
Australian James Webb ate 10 pieces of spicy toast to win an eating contest held in Adana, Turkey.
Registration is now open for the Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship in Miami on March 4.
India.com reports that Shankar Kant ate 3.647 kg of cheese curds in 3 minutes to win a contest held in Patna, India. Prema Tiwari ate 2.718 kg to win the women's division. The contest had a total of 500 entrants.
Registration will open later today for the Wonderful Pistachios Get Crackin' Eating Championship to be held in Santa Monica on February 26. A press release lists Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Gideon Oji as expected entrants. This probably implies that Joey Chestnut has extended his MLE contract and dropped plans for a rematch with Takeru Kobayashi.
Harry Harkins ate 5 bagels in 8 minutes to win the first prize of $500 in Sunday's eating contest at Bagelfest in Brooklyn (News 12 video)
The World Pie Eating Championship, probably the best publicized UK eating contest, to be held Jan 23 at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England. The competition has not been held in the 2020s due to COVID and was postponed from its traditional December date due to transportation strikes.
The New York Post has an article about Raina Huang creating a "Land, Air and Sea" burger consisting of patties from a Big Mac, Filet-o-Fish and McChicken.
GMToday has an article about Randy Santel and Katina Eats Kilos attempting a breakfast challenge at The Kitchen in Sussex, WI.
Australian competitive eater James Webb has started a podcast called "Bloated".
Geoff Esper wins Bagelmania contest
Official results from today’s bagel eating contest at Bagelmania in Las Vegas, 8 minutes
update Las Vegas Sun has a gallery Slomoproductions22 has an Instagram video
| 1st | 17.75 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 14.75 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 12.75 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 10 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 9.25 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 6th | 7.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 7th | 5.5 | Naader “Freak8r” Reda | |
| 7th | 5.5 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 9th | 5 | Kevin Ross | |
| 10th | 4.5 | Ryan “Max Carnage” Rodacker | |
| 11th | 3.5 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
Scoops 'N Cups Cafe in Greenwood, SC will hold an ice cream eating contest on January 25 awarding $200 to the winner.
Australian food challenger "Hulk Smash Food" announced that he completed the Sarlacc Burger Challenge at Mod Eisley Cantina to attain his 1500th food challenge victory.
A press release announces that former New England Patriot Rob Gronkowksi will face off against surprise NFL guests in a wing eating contest later this month at an event sponsored by Bounty paper towels.
Token in Dublin will award €300 cash to the person who has the fastest time for eating 1kg of mozzarella bites in January.
Nick Wehry has posted some of the field for Sunday's Bagelmania eating contest in Las Vegas which will include himself, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Gideon Oji, Derek Hendrickson, Juan Rodriguez and Naader Reda. l
In Neptune City, NJ, Connor Brenna finished a XXL pizza in under 2:30 to set the record for Pete and Elda's Whole Pie Eater's Club pizza challenge (video)
The Mahchester Evening News has an article about Katina "Eats Kilos" DeJarnett attempting the chocolate challenge at Slattery's in Whitefield, England.
Joey Chestnut's appearance on a 2009 episode of "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" can be viewed on youtube.
Double Barrel Taphouse in Vancouver, WA will hold a wing eating contest on February 1 awarding $500 to the winner.
Cherish "Five Pounds" Brown has an article for Food Challenge News about the rising popularity of spicy food challenges.
The Hudson Valley Wingfest will hold a wing eating contest in Poughkeepsie, NY on February 4 awarding $5,000. Qualifiers will be held at Hudson Valley restaurants.
APP.com has an article about Carmen's XXL Pizza Challenge at Pete and Elda's Bar in Neptune City, NJ which is ordered 1,000 times a month, making it probably the restaurant challenge with the most attempts. The T-shirt which is awarded to diners who can finish an 18 inch pizza in under 30 minutes has a design which is frequently changed. The record is 3:32 by an anonymous male in 2017.
The BagelFest Winter Games will hold a bagel eating contest in Brooklyn on January 15 awarding $500 to the winner.
Joel Hansen has produced a video about what he considers the hardest food challenges of 2022.
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