''The Big Eat'' is a one-hour factual entertainment documentary shown on
Channel 4
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and produced by
Twofour
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In ...
which follows the search for and training of a British Champion to compete in the Competitive Eating World Championships in
New York City
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.
The competition was won by Rob "Baby-Face" Burns, a 34-year-old from Wolverhampton. He ate 18 mini-pork pies in 12 minutes, but could only finish last in the 2005
IFOCE
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Nathan's Famous
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competition at
Coney Island, where he finished on 10 hot-dogs. Andy Kocen (a stockbroker, but known as "The Doctor" on account of his medical degree) finished second by only one pork pie, soundly beating Jimmy "Oyster" Glackin, one-time holder of the world record for
Guinness and oyster consumption (a pint and a dozen oysters in 13 seconds).
References
Channel 4 original programming
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