••• CLICK HERE FOR AMT217 •••
Steve from Reading‘s eyes are bigger than his stomach:
I’m currently watching Man versus Food, an American show where a crazy man travels around the USA eating silly amounts of food or super spicy food and other such food based challenges set by restaurants.
My friends and I got to thinking, why have we never seen a challenge like “eat your entire weight in chicken wings and get on the wall of fame” over here in the UK? So answer me this: are there any such crazy eating-based challenges in the UK, and do you think you could complete them if there are?
In answer to the second question: no. Gluttonous as we are, we would be incapacitated by tears of shame well before we had cleared our plates.
As for the first question: readers, do you know of any competitive eating challenges in the UK? Go to the comments to inform us, then Steve can start on the rigorous training required for each.
June 28, 2012 at 1:10 pm |
BIt late to the party, but here’s an OBSCENELY big breakfast:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18490459
June 28, 2012 at 1:39 pm |
I think I had a stomach haemorrhage just watching that
June 20, 2012 at 11:13 am |
Last thing on the menu at the Picture House in Canterbury – I give you the Terminator Challenge… http://www.picturehousecanterbury.com/downloads/PH%20GBC%20Menu%20A6.pdf
And someone from my uni actually doing it…
June 15, 2012 at 12:39 pm |
Oh, absolutely. As Finlay mentioned, I give you the Kismot Killer: http://www.kismot.co.uk/kismot-killer/
June 7, 2012 at 9:55 am |
Red Dog Saloon in Shoreditch, London have at least two such challenges. One is called the devastator challenge and involved 18oz beef, 200g pulled pork, lots of bacon and cheese, a milkshake (made with 5 scoops of ice cream) plus others – read more about it here: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/foodanddrink/man-v-woman-v-food-the-big-burger-challenge-7784691.html I’m not sure if it really is timed or not. I’m bullying my friend into it, thats a week from today and I can keep you posted.
They also have a hot wings challenge. From what youtube tells me, it is 6 super spicy wings (1.3million on the scoville scale or something?) which you have to eat and then you are not allowed to drink anything or leave the table for five minutes after so that your soul can slowly burn away. You can turn up and try your hand at these at any time.
I have been hearing something about a phiily cheesesteak challenge too, but sadly I’m not the events manager of this place so I do not really know but it seems terribly intriguing.
Olly, in the last episode you explained that you have a 40-inch waist. Try it. MY brother’s size 8 girlfriend is going to give the devastator challenge a go and I think she can do it – man up, Mann!
June 7, 2012 at 2:33 am |
There’s an incredibly-spicy-curry contest in Edinburgh… apparently they had to have ambulances on standby and two people were taken to hospital…
June 6, 2012 at 7:15 pm |
Atomic Burger in Oxford have one!
http://atomicburger.co.uk/fallout-challenge
I did it in 37 minutes. Incredibly proud.
June 6, 2012 at 5:26 pm |
I won the St Mary’s University College 2002 Rag week eating competition once, that was 3 servings of chicken burger, chips and beans, with 2 pints of ale or lager to wash it down.
However the following year when I went to defend my title, I was sabotagued by copeus amounts of hot sauce to scupper my chances of retaining the title.
June 6, 2012 at 4:25 pm |
Subway have a challenging questionaire before you get to buy your sub. But you have to pay whether you get it right or not.