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Joey Chestnut announced on Monday that he would return to the Nathan Hot-Dogs restoration competition next month after his absence from the event in 2024.
Chestnut, which holds the record for the competition for most hot dogs eaten with 76 in 2021, wrote on social networks that he and the competition organizers found common ground on his sponsorships. Chestnut’s partnership with impossible Foods caused a problem to Nathan’s famous last year, and she kept the champion outside the competition.
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Joey Chestnut, winner of the famous international Hot-Dog Competition of Nathan July 4, poses photos in the Maimonides Park of Coney Island on July 4, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP photo / Brittainy Newman, file)
On July 4, he will be back in Coney Island.
“I am delighted to go back to the famous Hot-Dogs restoration competition of Nathan July 4. This event means the world for me. It is a expensive tradition, a celebration of American culture and a large part of my life,” wrote Chestnut on X.
“Although I have and that I continue to associate myself with a variety of companies, some of which in plant spaces, these relationships have never been a conflict with my love for hot dogs. To be clear: Nathan’s is the only hot dog with whom I have ever worked.
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The competitive eater Joey Chestnut poses with his mustard yellow championship belt in a match between the Bulldogs of Georgia and the Cardinals of Ball State at Sanford Stadium on September 9, 2023 in Athens, in Georgia. (Brandon Sloter / Image of Sport / Getty Images)
“I respect that there were differences in interpretation, but I am grateful that we could find common ground. I am delighted to be back on the stage of CONEY Island, to do what I live to do and celebrate on July 4 with hot dogs in my hands! Stay hungry!”
Last year, Chestnut ate 83 hot dogs in a special Netflix event nicknamed “unfinished beef” while he faced the Takeu Kobayashi competition rival.
It was the most hot dogs ever eaten in the history of competition competition without being soaked in the water.
Joey Chestnut applauded after finishing in first place in the famous Nathan International Hot-Dog Competition of Nathan on July 4, 2023 in Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The chestnut won after eating 62 hot dogs. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld / Getty Images)
Patrick Bertoletti won the competition last year with 58 hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes.
