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2025 Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship
Full results are on the MLE instagram
| 1st | 242 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 187 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 144 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 139 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 110 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 108 | Cameron Meade | |
| 7th | 96 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 8th | 70 | Crazy Legs Conti |
The livestream has started. There is an undercard between an Ohio State and Indiana fan.
Major League Eating livestream
Joey Chestnut has mentioned a wing contest losing streak. It appears his last victory in a MLE wing competition was the 2018 Buffalo Wingfest with 8 wing defeats since then.
| 2025 Mar 8 | 2nd | 192 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship | Miami, FL |
| 2024 Mar 9 | 2nd | 198 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Wings for Wishes World Wing Eating Championship | Miami, FL |
| 2023 Sep 3 | 2nd | 240 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Wing It On! USA Chicken Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY |
| 2022 Sep 4 | 2nd | 224 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY |
| 2022 Apr 2 | 4th | 108.8 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Wings For Wishes Professional Wing Eating Championship | Miami, FL |
| 2021 Sep 5 | 2nd | 244 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY |
| 2019 Sep 1 | 2nd | 276 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY |
| 2019 Jun 19 | 2nd | 256 | 10 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Hooters World Wing Eating Championship | South Lake Tahoe, CA |
| 2018 Sep 2 | 1st | 206 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY |
The Indianapolis Recorder has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in tomorrow's Ale Emporium Hermanaki Wing Eating Championship. The competition will be held inside unlike the St. Elmo shrimp cocktail competitions. (The projected high is 34 F).
The streamer Speed will take on Joey Chestnut in competitive eating in the third episode of "Speed Goes Pro" that will be released today at noon Eastern. (preview)
The Clay Hot Dog Contest claims that Joey Chestnut will attend the event in Green Cove Springs, FL on October 25.
Joey Chestnut ate 114 crab and mozzarella balls at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas during halftime of the Dallas Trinity FC vs Club Club América Femenil soccer game.
Joey Chestnut will do an eating contest during halftime of the Dallas Trinity FC vs. Club América Femenil soccer game at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on October 18.
Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti are in Japan today for an eating contest at Gorilla Steak. Their opponents were Ryu and Kawaxile. (video)
2025 Lewisville, TX tamales
Nate Biller has competed in the Lewisville tamale contest for 20 18 years in a row. Does anyone have a longer streak?
Official results:
| 1st | 96 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 90 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 68 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 4th | 43 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 5th | 31.5 | Christopher “Old Guy Eats” Dale | |
| 6th | 27 | Albert Bravo | |
| 7th | 18 | “Nasty” Nathan Biller | |
| 8th | 16.5 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 9th | 13 | Alex “Moose” Perez | |
| 10th | 8 | N Mayer |
James Webb has started a livestream of the World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewisville, TX.
The audio of the Instagram is working
Jack Legath defended his title in the spicy hot dog eating contest held at MustardFEST in Springfield, OH on Saturday. Joey Chestnut was contest judge.
Joey Chestnut will attend Woeber's Mustard Fest in Springfield, OH on September 20, so he will not be competing in the MLE taco or hotcake eating contests on that date. He attended the festival in 2024, but did not compete in the hot dog eating contest.
Joey Chestnut ate 275 plant-based nuggets from Impossible Foods during last night'San francisco Giants game.
2025 Smoke’s Poutinerie
update Toronto Star article
James Webb live video
Official results (10 minutes)
| 1st | 26.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 19 | James Webb | 4 contest winning streak ended |
| 3rd | 16 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 14.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 4th | 14.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 6th | 14 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 7th | 12 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 8th | 9 | George Chiger | |
| 8th | 9 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 10th | 7.5 | John “Step Daddy J” Jugovic | |
| 10th | 7.5 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 12th | 3 | Rene Rovtar |
Smoke’s Poutinerie has started a livestream of today’s poutine eating championship in Toronto.
Joey Chestnut will attempt to eat 99 Impossible Foods nuggets during the San Francisco Giants game on September 12. Joey's partnership with the plant-based brand resulted in him missing the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest last year.
Joey Chestnut and Bob Shoudt finished the "Land of 10,000 Calories" giant hot dog challenge at last night's St. Paul Saints game in 28:49. A WCCO video claimed that Stan "Bandana Eats" van Gorden was Chestnut's partner.
Joey Chestnut ate 14 banana dogs in 3 minutes to win a competition held at Saturday's Savannah Bananas game in Philadelphia. The contest was held on the field while gameplay was taking place.
Joey Chestnut and Stan "Bandana Eats" van Gorden will attempt the "Land of 10,000 Calories" challenge, a 6 foot hot dog weighing 23.5 pounds, at the August 8 St. Paul Saints game.
Joey Chestnut and 8 Barstool Sports personalities will attempt to consume a combined 99 hot dogs and beers at tonight's Chicago Cubs game. Joey will restrict himself solely to beverage consumption.
2025 Nathan’s men’s final
ESPN coverage of introductions and contest
| 1st | 70.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 46.5 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 3rd | 45.5 | James Webb | |
| 4th | 43.875 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 5th | 41.75 | Nick Wehry | |
| 6th | 40 | Ricardo Corbucci | |
| 7th | 36.5 | Max Stanford | |
| 8th | 31.17 | Gideon Oji | |
| 9th | 30.5 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 10th | 30 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 11th | 29.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 12th | 25 | George Chiger | |
| 13th | 23.5 | Jerome Burns | |
| 14th | 23 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 15th | 20.75 | Cameron Meade |
The New York Post has an interview with Joey Chestnut about his return to Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. He also discusses his fiancee Brie, but says he has yet to set a wedding date. He says a guy from Montreal (most likely Australian James Webb) is his only threat.
Joey Chestnut ate 40 chicken tenders in 5 minutes to defeat two teams of four celebrities at Fanatics Fest in New York City today.
Joey Chestnut to return to Nathan’s
update TMZ has an interview with Joey. He hopes to hit 80 hot dogs.
Joey Chestnut announced that he will be returning to Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest after missing the 2024 competition due to a sponsorship dispute. With two qualifiers remaining on Saturday, this makes the current field for the 2025 contest:
Champion Byes:
Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti
Miki Sudo, Michelle Lesco
Qualifier Winners
| 2025 May 10 | 1st | 43 | Geoffrey Esper | Bristol, CT |
| 2025 Jun 5 | 1st | 47.5 | Nick Wehry | Parma, OH |
| 2025 Jun 7 | 1st | 29.5 | Radim Dvoracek | Shawnee, KS |
| 2025 Jun 14 | 1st | 33.5 | Derek Hendrickson | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2025 May 10 | 1st | 12 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | Bristol, CT |
| 2025 Jun 5 | 1st | 10.5 | Kelly Lewis | Parma, OH |
| 2025 Jun 7 | 1st | 11.25 | Jocelyn Young | Shawnee, KS |
| 2025 Jun 14 | 1st | 23.5 | Domenica “Dee Street Eats” Dee | Pleasanton, CA |
There have been three or four wild card entrants the past two years, but the number has yet to be officially announced. Here are the wild card leaders:
| 2025 Jun 5 | 2nd | 37 | Max Stanford | Parma, OH |
| 2025 Jun 5 | 3rd | 29.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | Parma, OH |
| 2025 Jun 7 | 2nd | 25 | Cameron Meade | Shawnee, KS |
| 2025 May 10 | 2nd | 23 | Jerome Burns | Bristol, CT |
| 2025 Jun 5 | 4th | 17.5 | Greg Sines | Parma, OH |
| 2025 Jun 14 | 2nd | 16 | Tandra Childress | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2025 Jun 14 | 3rd | 15 | Katie Prettyman | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2025 Jun 14 | 4th | 11.5 | Isabeau Pearl Prettyman | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2025 Jun 5 | 2nd | 8.5 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | Parma, OH |
| 2025 Jun 14 | 5th | 8.5 | Elizabeth “Glizzy Lizzie” Salgado | Pleasanton, CA |
Non American competitors have also received international byes the previous two years.
TMZ reports that Joey Chestnut is negotiating a return to Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest next month. According to the article, Joey's relationship with Impossible Foods is no longer impeding his return. It is possible the deal has been terminated; Joey Chestnut has not made any videos or appearances for the plant-based meat company in 2025.
Joey Chestnut ate 79 boneless wings in 5 minutes at last night's Syracuse Mets game, defeating a team of three amateurs who combined for 67.
Joey Chestnut will do a boneless wing eatigg contest at the June 4 Syracuse Mets game.
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