Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut Hopes for a Comeback Victory in Annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest

Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut Hopes for a Comeback Victory in Annual Nathan's ...

Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut hopes for a comeback victory in annual Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest

NEW YORK (AP) — The Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest is back, and famed competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut is hoping for a comeback 17th win on Friday.

Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut hopes for a comeback victory

Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut hopes for a comeback victory in annual Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest

NEW YORK (AP) — The Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest is back, and famed competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut is hoping for a comeback 17th win on Friday. The 41-year-old, from Westfield, Indiana, was not in last year's event due to a contract dispute involving a deal he had struck with a competing brand, the plant-based meat company Impossible Foods. But now he's back, saying things have been ironed out. Patrick Bertoletti…

How Nathan’s Famous turned competitive eating into a national spectacle

By Elise Hammond and Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Every Fourth of July, starting when she was 15, Jacqueline Lewis and her family come together to honor a great American tradition: the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating competition. “I think people want to know how many hot dogs a human can eat in that amount of time.” Lewis, now 26, told CNN on a warm June day last year while eating miniature corn dogs (at a leisurely pace) outside…

Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut hopes for a comeback victory in annual Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest - Regional Media News

NEW YORK (AP) — The Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest is back, and famed competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut is hoping for a comeback 17th win on Friday. The 41-year-old, from Westfield, Indiana, was not in last year’s event due to a contract dispute involving a deal he had struck with a competing brand, the plant-based meat company Impossible Foods. But now he’s back, saying things have been ironed out. Patrick Bertoletti…