TGI Fridays announced a partnership with Matt Stonie's restaurant Stonie Bowls to deliver teriyaki and poke bowls out of its virtual kitchens.
The Green Bay Press Gazzette reports that 78 year old Dennis Leffin will compete in the sausage eating contest at Brat Days in Sheboygan, WI this weekend after a 37 year absence from the competition. He first competed at the event in 1953 at the age of 9 and finished second overall.
Food Challenge News has an interview with Czech food challenger Radim Dvoracek. He is planning a food challenge tour of Poland in August and expects to compete in the pork roll eating contest in Trenton, NJ in September.
Geoff Esper wins Mystic Lake ribs
Official results of today’s rib eating contest at the Great Midewest Ribfest at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake, MN (12 minutes,results in pounds)
| 1st | 5.8 | Geoffrey Esper | undefeated in 2022 except for Nathan’s |
| 2nd | 4.2 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 4.2 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 3.2 | Ethan Teske | |
| 5th | 3 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 6th | 1.8 | Matthew Raible | |
| 7th | 0.8 | Kevin Shumaker |
Jim's Steaks South Street location experienced major damage after a fire broke out today. The Philadelphia restaurant's cheesesteak record, which dates back to at least 1977 when Lynda Kuerth ate 11 sandwiches in 90 minutes, was one of the longer running restaurant challenges. Bob Shoudt was the current record holder with 20.
The Taste of Hamburger Festival in Hamburg, PA will hold a Red Robin burger eating contest on September 3 awarding $1000/$750/$500/$250/$125
Joey Chestnut ate 44 chicken fingers in 5 minutes at Raising Cane's in Las Vegas to set a world record. (video)
Bake Magazine has a report about Joey Chestnut eating 17.5 pounds of cherry pie to set a world record last week at Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Summit, an event held at the Washington Nationals ballpark. Ken Hoffman has an article about Three Brothers Bakery in Houston supplying the pies for the attempt.
The Belfast Telegram has a report on Randy Santel and Katina "Eats Kilos" DeJarnett's trip to attempt restaurant challenges in Northern Ireland.
Poncho's Tacos in Wyoming, MI will hold taco eating contests tomorrow awarding $500 to the top male and female.
The Library Pizza Pub in Fort Myers, FL will hold a hot wing eating contest July 29 awarding $300 to the winner.
Dan Kennedy has the top 4 from tonight's corn dog eating contest at the California State Fair: 1 Molly Schuyler 30 (defends title) 2 Dan Kennedy 28 3 Tom Shelton 10 4 Tom Greene 4.
The Saturday Paper has a profile of Australian competitive eater James Webb, third place finisher in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
Riscky's in Fort Worth will have a rib eating contest tomorrow awarding prizes valued at $500/$250/$100.
Dallas Observer reports that Joel Hansen won the $3,000 jackpot for finishing the spicy chicken tender challenge at S&J's Hot Chick in Dallas.
Enrico's in Frankfort, IL will hold a spaghetti eating contest on August 11 awarding $1000 to the winner. Qualifiers will be held on July 28 and August 4.
The Yankee Express has an interview with Geoff Esper.
The Nisei Week festival in Los Angeles has replaced its gyoza eating contest with food demonstrations by local chefs.
On July 4, Michael Jenkins ate 117 oysters in 3 minutes to win a contest in Okeechobee, FL and attain his 100th eating competition victory.
Long Shots in Chesapeake, VA will hold a pizza eating contest on August 6 awarding $1000.
Congratulations to Darron Breeden and his wife Caroline on the birth of their son, Edward Timothy Breeden, announced on July 14. He plans to take some time off from competitive eating, raising the possibility that 3 of the current MLE top 5 (Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie and Darron Breeden) might not compete in that organization in 2023.
1970s Farrell’s Ice Cream menu
Today is National Ice Cream Day. Here is the “Belly Buster” section from a Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor menu from the late 1970s. 
Here is the full menu, which was made to look like an old-timey newspaper. Some of the prices: 1 pound burger $3.25, “Giant Gastro” deli sandwich for 4 $8.25
The Vegan Playground in Los Angeles will hold a vegan hot dog eating contest on July 20 awarding $500.
The field for the World Banana Pudding Championship in Madison, AL on August 5 has been announced: Geoff Esper, Nick Wehry, Pat Bertoleti, George Chiger, Greg Wilson, Crazy Legs Conti, Matt Cohen, Andy Krawczyk and Steven Farlow.
WRBI reports Michelle Lesco ate 5.34 pounds of Van Camp’s Pork and Beans in three minutes to defeat three first responders in an eating contest Wednesday at the Decatur County Fair in Greensburg, IN.
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