The Owensboro (KY) International Bar-B-Q Festival World Mutton Sandwich-Eating Championship will not be held in 2021 to reduce crowd size. The event has been rebranded as the Bar-B-Q Block Party and is scheduled for May 8.
The 2021 Florida Strawberry Festival will hold its traditional slate of eating contests in Plant City, FL: March 5 Amish Donuts | March 8 Strawberry Spaghetti | March 10 Super Mega Corn Dog | March 11 Strawberry Shortcake | March 12 Strawberry Mashed Potato Pie.
Darron Breeded posted a video of the grilled cheese challenge at Fo Cheezy Twisted Meltz in St. Pete Beach, FL he attempted with George Chiger. He says the restaurant reneged on the $50 reward they would receive if the challenge was completed.
In a comment to her video about the Mugshots burger challenge in Alabama, Raina Huang announces that the she is done making videos with Joel Hansen.
Strongman competitor Robert Oberst ate 15,000 calories of sushi. While dining, he broke the restaurant booth. (video)
Mirror has an article about Kyle Gibson's latest video in which he attempts every starter, burger, main, side, wrap and dessert offered by Nando's restaurant chain.
Hussain Sallam from Saudi Arabia is about to pass a billion total video views for his youtube channel, S7SChallenges. This will be the fourth food challenge channel to hit that milestone after Matt Stonie (2.635B), Yuka Kinoshita (2.091M) and "Furious" Pete Czerwinksi (1.033M).
"Greedy Cats" is a new game for Android and iOS featuring competitive eating cats. The game score is not solely based on eating contest results, it also depends on dressing the cats appropriately. "Greedy Cats" is not the first game about cats in eating competitions, the card game "Tem-Purr-A" was released in 2016 (game trailer) update Touch Tap Play has a strategy guide about the game.
SoraNews24.com reports that Japanese competitive eater Max Suzuki has partnered with the Daisho Group to start a restaurant chain called Max Suzuki's Seabura Hanten. The locations will mainly deliver via Uber Eats but some sites will also offer carry-out orders. Large meals will be focus for the brand, with one menu item, the Triple Mega Serving, coming in at a weight of 1.8kg (3.97 pounds).
The Staten Island Republican Party has endorsed Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa for Mayor of New York City. He competed in several Nathan's Famous finals in the 1990s, finishing 3rd in 1994 with a total of 20.5 hot dogs. In June, Sliwa received coverage after being injured while trying to defend a Manhattan Foot Locker from looters.
Mimi "The Mini Monster" Zhang ate 32 pancakes in an hour to win a eating contest held at the Pancake Manor in Brisbane, QLD. She also won another pancake eating contest held this weekend at the restaurant's Garden City location.
Magical Theme Parks posted a picture of construction work at the site of the former Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest wall of fame. We will see if this results in the construction of a new billboard.
The Sweet Corn Fiesta currently plans to have an in-person event in West Palm Beach, FL on April 25. Previous festivals held a MLE corn eating contest.
The Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City, NJ, site of Nathan's qualifiers from 2009-2012, was demolished yesterday.
NetworthDirary.com claims that Carmen Cincotti has a net worth of $1 million.
Bodybuilder Manny Cambra ate 11.5 paczkis to win an eating contest held this morning in Ansonia, CT. He previously won the contest in 2015.
Idol Net Worth claims that Kate Ovens has a net worth of $30 million.
Darron Breeden's girlfriend Caroline Freeman produced a vlog of their trip to Tampa for the Draft Kings Big Game Snackdown.
A page on peopleai.com estimates that Molly Schuyler's net worth is 6 million dollars.
Fuddruckers will hold its 3 pound Fat Tuesday burger challenge on February 16.
WKFR.com has a list of 6 Michigan restaurant challenges.
Chris Gdula posted a picture of a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle which uses a picture of a competitor (who I don't recognize) in the Chicago Ribfest eating contest. A MLE MC is in the background. The title of the puzzle is "Lewd Little Pig".
Geoffrey Esper will be a guest on the British Eating League's "Eat Night Live" that will be streamed on facebook on Saturday at 7pm UK / 2pm US Eastern time.
The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX has started a youtube channel for videos of attempts at its 72 ounce steak challenge.
VT has a video about Katina DeJarnett ("Katina Eats Kilos") titled "This woman has made a career out of competitive eating!"
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