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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.
updateJoey Chestnut ate 42 24 ounce containers of popcorn to set a record: TMZ | WIBQ The Rural King facebook has started a live video of today's popcorn record attempt in Terre Haute, IN
In Mr. Beast's latest video, "Professionals vs. Amateurs", Joey Chestnut faced off against four sumo wrestlers in a hot dog eating contest for a $100,000 donation to the winner's charity. (Joey's segment starts at 20:40).
Joey Chestnut did an interview for Action Network about his attempt to break his popcorn eating record on Monday in Terre Haute, IN. He says he will be doing a hot dog eating contest somewhere on July 4, but he is not sure if it will be at Nathan's Famous. update Joey also did an interviews with ClutchPoints The Blast in which he says he thinks his return to Nathan's this year is unlikely.
On the Owls Nest BBQ Show, Joey Chestnut says he has yet to reach an agreement about competing in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest this year.
Joey Chestnut will attempt to set the popcorn record at a Rural King in Terre Haute, IN on Memorial Day, May 26.
Joey Chestnut's relationship with Impossible Foods might have ended. Basketball influencer Briana Green appears in a new ad for their plant based hot dogs, when Joey would have been the obvious choice. Joey has not made any videos for Impossible Foods since December.
Joey Chestnut to attempt wing poundage record
update Joey ate 14.4 pounds of wing meat
Joey Chestnut will attempt to set a record tomorrow at Buffalo Wild wings for the most pounds of traditional wings eaten in a session. He does not have the MLE traditional wing poundage record:
| 2011 Apr 13 | 1st | 10.6875 | 12 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship | Dallas, TX |
| 2011 Apr 13 | 2nd | 10.25 | 12 min | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt | Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship | Dallas, TX |
| 2011 Apr 13 | 3rd | 7.9375 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship | Dallas, TX |
| 2011 Apr 13 | 4th | 7.875 | 12 min | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship | Dallas, TX |
| 2012 Sep 2 | 1st | 7.61 | 12 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY |
Joey Chestnut will attend the July 19 Lansing Lugnuts game, in which they will rename themselves as the Capital City Olive Burgers. A Joey Chestnut bobblehead doll will be given away to fans.
2025 Wings for Wishes
The SportsGrill Instagram has started a live video of this afternoon’s Wings for Wishes wing eating contest in Miami. Joey Chestnut will compete. Announced results (10 minutes)
1 James Webb 224
2 Joey Chestnut 192
3 Nick Wehry 147
4 Miki Sudo 141
5 Tanner Gray 122
6 Mirza Selmic 83
7 Brennen Taylor 64
8 Crazy Legs Conti 58
Joey Chestnut will attend the Philadelphia Union MLS soccer game on March 16 in honor of dollar dog day. $98 tickets for a "Meat and Greet" with Joey are almost sold out.
JoBlo on Chestnut/Kobayashi feud
JoBlo has a post about recent critical comments by Joey Chestnut about Takeru Kobayashi that begun when Chestnut objected to Japanese competitive eating fan Fun Doshiyo’s claim on February 27 that Kobayashi would beat Chestnut in foods other than hot dogs. Chestnut’s criticism escalated as the thread continued.
If he competed against me and other great eaters, I can say with almost absolute confidence that Kobayashi would place 2nd, 3rd, or 4th in every contest. He is a shell of his former self. I think his personal life has taken a toll on his professional life.
The Overpromised with Covino and Rich podcast has an interview with Joey Chestnut recorded at the Super Bowl. He says he has yet to reach an agreement with Major League Eating about returning to Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
2025 Siegel’s Bagelmania eating contest
update The Las Vegas Review Journal has an article. Joey Chestnut says he has yet to reconcile with Nathan’s.
Full results are on Instagram. MLE appears to have abandoned X
| 1st | 15 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 14.5 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 3rd | 13.125 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 4th | 13 | James Webb | |
| 4th | 13 | Nick Wehry | |
| 6th | 9 | Gideon Oji | |
| 7th | 8.625 | Tanner Gray | |
| 8th | 7.375 | Stan “Bandana Eats” van Gorden | |
| 9th | 7.25 | George Chiger | |
| 10th | 4 | Mirza Selmic | |
| 11th | 3.75 | Naader “Freak8r” Reda | |
| 12th | 2 | Elizabeth “Glizzy Lizzie” Salgado |
The field: Stan “Bandana Eats” van Gorden, Elizabeth “Glizzy Lizzy” Salgado, Naader Reda, Tanner Gray, the 2024 MLE rookie of the year, Mike Zeldish ?, George Chiger, Gideon Oji, Nick Wehry, James Webb, Geoff Esper, Pat Bertoletti, Joey Chestnut
Fro14 has started a livestream of today’s World Bagel Eating Championship at Siegel’s Bagelmania in Las Vegas.
Joey CHestnut appeared on News 3 Las Vegas to promote Saturday's Siegel's Bagemania World Bagel Eating Championship.
Joey Chestnut attended the media day for Monday's college football national championship game in Atlanta between Ohio State and Notre Dame. He predicted a 42-36 victory for the Buckeyes.
Joey Chestnut did interviews with the San Diego Union Tribune and Times of San Diego to promote his appearance as the Grand Marshal of the Holiday Bowl. He plans to defend his title at Siegel's Bagelmania in Las Vegas in February.
Joey Chestnut has been named the Honorary Chairman at the Holiday Bowl in San Diego on December. He will also serve as "Chief Egg Nog Official" and oversee dousing the winning coach in egg nog. It is not clear if he will perform an eating exhibition or contest at the event.
The Impossible Foods X account posted a video today of Joey Chestnut cooking "meatless" meatballs, so his endorsement deal with that vegan brand apparently continues. Major League Eating had demanded that he terminate the relationship to return to the organization, but he competed in Saturday's shrimp cocktail eating contest.
2024 St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Contest
update Fox 59 article | WTHR video
update Dec 13 The Pat McAfee show did a segment about encountering Joey Chestnut after the contest
| 1st | 21 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | new record |
| 2nd | 14 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 3rd | 11.2 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 10.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 8.2 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 7.3 | George Chiger | |
| 7th | 4.5 | Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz | |
| 8th | 2.9 | Mark Enstrom |
St. Elmo facebook plans to livestream the contest starting at 3:30 pm Eastern
Announced results (8 minutes)
1 Joey Chestnut 21 pounds
2 Pat Bertoletti 14 pounds
3 Miki Sudo 11 pounds
Joey Chestnut has apparently reconciled with Major League Eating. He appeared on WISH and Fox59 this morning to promote Saturday's St. Elmo shrimp cocktail eating contest in Indianapolis. If Joey competes, it would be his first MLE contest since May. Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry are also expected to compete. update Joey confirmed he will compete on the Fox 59 morning news. Geoff Esper and Pat Bertoletti are also expected to compete. update On the Bob & Tom Show, Joey says says he has yet to reconcile with Nathan's Famous and is not sure if he will compete to regain his title on July 4. He also hinted at a possible Unfinished Beef II matchup vs. Takeru Kobayashi in Tokyo.
Joey Chestnut ate 47 pierogies in 90 seconds during halftime of last night's Cleveland Cavaliers game.
NWAHomePage.com reports Joey Chestnut did a "Hot Ones" style spicy chicken nugget challenge at the University of Health and Performance in Benton County, AR as part of its Veterans Day celebration yesterday.
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