Burger & Grill in Tito, Italy will award 500 Euros to the fastest person to finish its burger challenge.
Dave's Famous T&L Hot Dogs will hold a hot dog eating contest in Bridgeport, WV on May 30 awarding $500 to the winner.
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won today's "King of Gluttony" competition televised on TV Tokyo. For the first time in several contests, all competitors were Japanese. Kawaxile was runner-up and Angela Sato was third. A video of the whole broadcast is currently available on youtube.
Saucey's Pizza in West Chester, PA has started a 28 inch pizza challenge with a jackpot. The current prize is $500. With every failed attempt, the jackpot will increase by $20.
Zois Pizza will hold a pizza eating contest in Seymour, CT on May 30. The top three professionals will win $4000/$1000/$500 and the top male and female amateurs will both receive $1500/$500/$350. Entrants must raise at least $300 for Project Purple.
The field for the Mass Hole Donut Eating Championship in Medford, MA on April 18 is expected to include Geoff Esper, Pat Bertoletti, Nick Wehry and Crazy Legs Conti.
2026 Nathan’s qualifier “line segment” announced
Registration is now open for the 2026 Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest qualifiers. With just two competitions, the qualifier schedule can be more accurately described as a line segment than a circuit. Both contests will be held at northeastern USA theme parks in the middle of June:
There were 16 qualifiers for the 2019 Nathan’s Famous finals, 6 for 2025.
The 242 Pub & Grill in Spring, TX will hold a crawfish eating contest on April 18 awarding $300 to the winner and $200 to the runner up.
The field for the Ultimate Bologna Showdown in Knoxville, TN on May 9 has been announced: Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Geoffrey Esper, James Webb, Nick Wehry, Radim Dvoracek, Cameron Meade, Tanner Gray, Crazy Legs Conti, Andrew Kogutkiewicz, Matthew Raible, Rene Rovtar and Cherish Brown.
Stable Craft in Waynesboro, VA will hold a wing eating contest on April 25 awarding $1000 to the winner.
The Extreme Eating World Cake Eating "Championship" will be livestreamed today starting at 11:45 am eastern. Despite the title, the only listed opponents for Joey Chestnut will be two Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive linemen. update Joey Chestnut ate 10.5 pounds of chocolate cake in 5 minutes. Four Buccaneers linemen combined for 9.5 pounds.
The Mega Night Market in St. Petersburg, FL will hold amateur eating contests for spicy lao sausages on April 24, spicy papaya salad on April 25 and chicken skewers on April 26. All three contests will award $750 to the winner.
Smashburger UK will hold a hot dog eating contest in Bath, England on April 24 awarding £500 to the winner.
Rustler's Roost in Phoenix will hold a wing eating contest on April 12 awarding $200/$150/$100 to the top three.
Sussex World has an article about Franco Angelini of Franco's Feasts attempting the "Honky Tonk Platter" challenge at H's Diner in Terminus Road.
The Dallas Pizza Fest will hold a pizza eating contest in Grand Prairie, TX on April 26 awarding $150/$100/$50 to the top three.
Wings & Wheels will hold a hot wing eating contest on May 9 in Park Hills, MO awarding $350 to the winner and $150 to the runner up.
Food Challenge News has an article about the British Eating League and its founder Craig Harker.
The Carnegie Deli will hold a 24 layer chocolate cake eating contest at a Taste of Vienna in Vienna, VA on April 25. The winner will receive $500 cash and a $1000 gift card. Second and third place will receive $350 and $150 gift cards.
Mystic Lake in Prior Lake, MN will hold the Great Midwest Rib Fest World Rib Eating Championship on June 27.
USA Today's For The Win has an interview with Joey Chestnut about partnering with Major League Eating to produce a version of the 9-9-9 challenge which will be available at six ball parks. The menu item consists of 9 undersized hot dogs, 9 small cups and a 24 ounce beer. SFGate found that the beer was insufficient to fill all the containers.
Registration is open for the ManorPalooza World Texas Sausage-Eating Championship in Manor, TX on May 2.
Extreme Eating Championships announced that Joey Chestnut will be competing in its World Chocolate Cake Eating Championship at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on April 4. I think this will be the first time a Major League Eating competitor has done a contest sanctioned by an organization other than MLE. Buccaneers offensive linemen Tristan Wirfs and Luke Goedeke will also compete.
The Nairobi Times reports that Boniface Ondimu passed away after choking in a bread eating competition held in Nairobi, Kenya. This is the second competitive eating fatality in 48 hours after a tragedy in Jamaica took place this past weekend. The last time this happened was in early April 2017 when Caitlin Nelson and Travis Maloof passed away after choking at events in New Jersey and Denver.
The website for the 2026 Barbecue Battle in Washington, DC does not mention a Nathan's Famous hot dog qualifier.The June event has held a qualifier every year since 2016 (excluding 2020 and 2021).
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