Before Joey Chestnut became the face of the event, Takeru Kobayashi turned the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest into ...

We followed the No. 1 ranked female eater, Miki Sudo, and her husband, Nick Wehry, as they trained for one of the last MLE contests of 2024 — the Norms hotcake eating championship in Las Vegas. Over ...

Even people who know little to nothing about competitive eating have heard of this famous contest. It’s held annually on the Fourth of July at Coney Island, outside New York City, where participants ...

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Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest is around the corner, and this year's competition features the return of one of the most famous competitive eaters in American history: Joey Chestnut. The ...

Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi, the six-time Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion, has announced his retirement from the sport due to rising health concerns. "I’ve decided to retire ...

On Monday, Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, the Vallejo-raised competitive eater, announced his return to Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, the world’s preeminent eating competition, one year after he was ...