Joey Chestnut, the undisputed champion of hot-dog consuming for all however one of many final 17 years — the proverbial winner of the wieners for almost twenty years — will not compete on this yr’s Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest, a July 4 custom going again greater than half a century.
That’s as a result of Chestnut just lately signed a deal to turn into a spokesperson for Unimaginable Meals, the plant-based meat firm. And that is the Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest — which means shilling for an additional model is in opposition to the foundations.
The governing physique of the NHDEC, Main League Consuming, launched this assertion about this shocking flip of occasions:
We’re devastated to be taught that Joey Chestnut has chosen to symbolize a rival model that sells plant-based sizzling canine slightly than competing within the 2024 Nathan’s Well-known Fourth of July Scorching Canine Consuming Contest. MLE and Nathan’s went to nice lengths in latest months to accommodate Joey and his administration crew, agreeing to the looks payment and permitting Joey to compete in a rival unbranded sizzling canine consuming contest on Labor Day. For almost twenty years we now have labored below the identical primary sizzling canine exclusivity provisions. Nevertheless, it appears that evidently Joey and his managers have prioritized a brand new partnership with a unique sizzling canine model over our long-time relationship.
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Chestnut has received each Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest since 2007, besides one; he was briefly dethroned in 2015 by rival canine chomper Matt Stonie in 2015. Chestnut returned to dominance in 2016 and received yearly since. Final July 4, he topped the competitors by consuming 62 sizzling canine and buns in 12 minutes. He presently holds the competition’s all-time file, with 76 sizzling canine and buns, which he achieved in 2021. That’s simply bonkers.
In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, Chestnut will as a substitute seem on an upstart sizzling canine consuming competitors on Netflix over Labor Day weekend.
You’ll be able to watch the Chestnut-less July 4th Scorching Canine Consuming Contest on ESPN. I suppose Chestnut’s absence does make the sector a bit extra aggressive for the primary time in a very long time. Different aggressive eaters will lastly have an opportunity to ketchup to a couple of Chestnut’s information.
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