Joey Chestnut could be barred from this 12 months’s Nathan’s Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest, however he’s already discovered a unique alternative to devour sizzling canines because of Netflix.
Netflix is internet hosting a live-streamed occasion this Labor Day (Sept. 2), that includes Chestnut and one other aggressive consuming G.O.A.T. — Takeru Kobayashi.
The 2 legends will compete within the particular titled “Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef,” wherein they are going to be going head-to-head in a sizzling canine consuming contest.
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Former champion Takeru Kobayashi (R) and reigning champion Joey Chestnut look on on the Nathan’s Well-known Fourth of July Worldwide Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest official weigh-in ceremony July 2, 2009 in New York Metropolis. Chestnut defeated arch rival Kobayashi of Japan in an time beyond regulation battle final 12 months by consuming 64 sizzling canines. (Mario Tama/Getty Pictures)
In line with The Hollywood Reporter, the recent canines will likely be all-beef, and the rationale that’s vital comes from Chestnut’s partnership with Inconceivable Meals, which is launching a vegan wiener. That deal didn’t sit nicely with Main League Consuming (MLE) and Nathan’s, who barred him from this 12 months’s competitors.
Chestnut, a 16-time winner of the Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest, has gained the final eight competitions.
“I used to be gutted to be taught from the media that after 19 years Im [sic] banned from the Nathan’s July 4th Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest,” Chestnut wrote in a press release. “I really like competing in that occasion, I really like celebrating America with my followers throughout this nice nation on the 4th and I’ve been coaching to defend my title.
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“To set the report straight, I don’t have a contract with MLE or Nathans they usually want to change the foundations from previous years because it pertains to different companions I can work with. That is apparently the idea on which I’m being banned, and it doesn’t impression the July 4th occasion.
“Sadly, that is the choice Nathan’s and Main League Consuming are making, and it’ll deprive the nice followers of the vacation’s traditional pleasure and leisure. To my followers, I really like you and recognize you. Relaxation assured that you simply’ll see me eat once more quickly!! STAY HUNGRY!”
In the meantime, the MLE stated that it was permitting Chestnut to take part within the battle in opposition to Kobayashi.
“MLE and Nathan’s went to nice lengths to accommodate Joey and his administration group, agreeing to the looks charge and permitting Joey to compete in a rival, unbranded sizzling canine consuming contest on Labor Day,” their assertion learn.
“Joey Chestnut is an American hero. We’d love nothing greater than to have him on the Nathan’s Well-known Worldwide Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest. We hope he returns when he’s not representing a rival model.”
As for Kobayashi, he just lately revealed on a separate Netflix present, “Hack Your Well being: The Secrets and techniques of Your Intestine,” that he deliberate to retire from aggressive consuming altogether.
“I hear folks say they’re hungry, they usually look very completely satisfied after they’ve eaten. I’m jealous of these folks as a result of I now not really feel starvation,” he stated.
Nonetheless, this battle in opposition to Chestnut is one that may wrap up his profession if he can come out victorious.
“Retiring for me will solely occur after I take him down one final time,” Kobayashi stated in a press release, by way of The Hollywood Reporter. “This rivalry has been brewing for a very long time. Competing in opposition to Joey stay on Netflix means followers everywhere in the world can watch me knock him out.”
Chestnut added: “By means of all of my years in aggressive consuming, Kobayashi stands out as my fiercest rival, Competing in opposition to him pushed me to be so significantly better. I do know that followers have waited a very long time for an additional chapter of our rivalry and I can’t anticipate our large showdown stay on Netflix! It’s time to provide the folks what they need!”
Aggressive eaters Takeru Kobayashi (L) and Joey Chestnut attend the Tribeca Movie Pageant after-party for “The Good, The Unhealthy, The Hungry”, hosted by Tribeca/ESPN Sports activities at Ainsworth FIDI on April 26, 2019 in New York Metropolis. (Monica Schipper/Getty Pictures for 2019 Tribeca Movie Pageant)
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The final time these two went at it over sizzling canines was in 2009, when a five-dog sudden dying spherical was wanted to find out the winner at Nathan’s. Chestnut ended up being victorious.
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