The Mega Night Market in St. Petersburg, FL will hold bao bun eating contests on December 12, 13 and 14. All three competitions will award $250 to the winner.
2025 Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship
Full results are on the MLE instagram
| 1st | 242 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 187 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 144 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 139 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 110 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 108 | Cameron Meade | |
| 7th | 96 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 8th | 70 | Crazy Legs Conti |
The livestream has started. There is an undercard between an Ohio State and Indiana fan.
Major League Eating livestream
Joey Chestnut has mentioned a wing contest losing streak. It appears his last victory in a MLE wing competition was the 2018 Buffalo Wingfest with 8 wing defeats since then.
| 2025 Mar 8 | 2nd | 192 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship | Miami, FL |
| 2024 Mar 9 | 2nd | 198 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Wings for Wishes World Wing Eating Championship | Miami, FL |
| 2023 Sep 3 | 2nd | 240 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Wing It On! USA Chicken Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY |
| 2022 Sep 4 | 2nd | 224 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY |
| 2022 Apr 2 | 4th | 108.8 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship | Miami, FL |
| 2021 Sep 5 | 2nd | 244 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY |
| 2019 Sep 1 | 2nd | 276 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY |
| 2019 Jun 19 | 2nd | 256 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Hooters World Wing Eating Championship | South Lake Tahoe, CA |
| 2018 Sep 2 | 1st | 206 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY |
Female bodybuilder Lee Keyrouz attempted the 7 pound burger at Ridiculous Burgers in Costa Rica, her first food challenge.
The Indianapolis Recorder has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in tomorrow's Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship. The competition will be held inside unlike the St. Elmo shrimp cocktail competitions. (The projected high is 34 F).
The Major League Eating youtube channel is scheduled to show the Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship on Saturday, its first contest livestream.
On December 6 James Webb will be doing a waffle eating contest at the Singapore Comic Con, so he will not be doing the wing eating contest in Indianapolis. Other expected entrants include Zermatt Neo, Eater-X Kung and Kelvin "Zarkman" Medina.
2026 Fat Shack 5K field
Qualifying for the 2026 Fat Shack Challenge closed November 30. The top 8 times made the finals in Colorado on January 10.
| 1st | 4m03s | Molly Schuyler | Harwood, MD | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2nd | 4m59s | Scott “Scott Eats” Watkins | Kelowna, BC, Canada | Bellingham, WA | |
| 3rd | 5m52s | Wayne “wayneywonder” Algenio | Hollis, NY | Orlando, FL | |
| 4th | 6m05s | Dan “killer” Kennedy | West Decatur, PA | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 5th | 7m40s | Justin Thomas | Orlando, FL | ||
| 6th | 11m28s | Mirza “Snowman” Selmic | Las Vegas, NV | ||
| 7th | 12 min | Teddy Delacruz | Wood Dale, IL | Chicago, NV | |
| 8th | 12m11s | Jesse Pynnönen | Fort Worth, TX |
The Poteet Flea Market in San Antonio will hold a taco eating contest on December 13 awarding $100 to the top male and female.
Craig Harker, founder of the British Eating League, announces that he will be publishing a book titled "Competitive Eating - the Ultimate Guide".
Geoff Esper did a livestream yesterday in which he answered questions from fans. Starting at 10:45 he discussed his plans for 2026. His MLE contract will expire in February and he does not plan to immediately extend it, but might re-sign in the Spring if he wants to do a Nathan's qualifier.
Andrew Levitt produced a video of his family's Thanksgiving dinner. He invited Pat Bertoletti to the meal with the goal of seeing how long it took the diners to realize their guest was a competitive eater.
Zach Zona, billed as New England's fastest eater, is the guest on the latest So New England podcast. He discusses having stomach inflammation while competing in the Uranus Fudge eating contest. When asked about competitive eaters throwing up after contests, Zach pleads the Fifth Amendment.
People Magazine reports that Dmitry Nuyanzin, a Russian fitness coach, passed away in his sleep from cardiac arrest after eating 10,000 calories a day for several weeks. Nuyanzin was attempting to gain more than 50 pounds, after which he would demonstrate his fitness plan to lose the weight.
Max Stanford, the British Eating League's eater of the year, was listed by The Guardian as one of seven unsung heroes.
Jamie McDonald, owner of Bear's Smokehouse, received the My Journey Award from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. Jamie used his competitive eating winnings to start his chain of restaurants.
A wing eating contest will be held in Buffalo on December 20 that will attempt to receive Guinness World Record recognition as the largest wing eating competition.
Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Gideon Oji are expected to compete at the World Famous Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship at the Big Ten Fan Fest in Indianapolis on December 6.
The Ultimate Eating Championship will hold its first event in January at the The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint in Ocean Springs. Former Man v Food host Casey Webb will MC the competition.
Ekathimerini.com reports that a 22 year old resident of Athens, Greece passed away after choking while attempting to stuff an entire burger in his mouth on November 12.
The 2026 Fat Shack 5K Challenge will be held in Colorado on January 10. The top 3 will receive $2500/$1500/$1000. Entrants will need to qualify before November 30 by eating a Whole Fat Shack Sandwich, a Classic Double Cheeseburger, a Side of French Fries, 12 Mac N’ Cheese bites, and 5 Deep-Fried Oreos in under 15 minutes. Dan Kennedy plans to defend his title.
Scott Watkins won the first prize of $1,000 in the spicy taco eating contest held November 11 at Mas Por Favor in Las Vegas
Monchi's Night Market will hold a taco eating contest in Los Angeles on November 22 awarding $400 to the winner. Raina Huang and Naader Reda are expected to compete.
Molly Schuyler won the first prize of $1,500 in yesterday's pizza eating contest at Sal's Pizza in Chelmsford, MA. Dan Kennedy was runner-up and Joe Menchetti was third.
Harrah's Ak-Chin in Maricopa, AZ will hold a Dunkin Donuts donut hole eating contest on November 22 awarding $250 cash and $250 free slot play to the winner.
Guinness World Records has a short video about the new taco record of nine tacos in a minute set by James Webb and Miki Sudo at September's taco eating contest at Taco Cabana in San Antonio.
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