Hot dog eating champ Joey Chestnut banned from 2024 event for promoting vegan brand Instagram: Joey ChestnutJoey Chestnut has been banned from the 2024 Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Competition after making a deal to represent Impossible Foods with their launch of vegan frankfurters. In a report from the New York Post on June 11, 2024, it was revealed that 16-time champion Joey Chestnut was banned from participating in this year\u2019s July 4, 2024 contest. The news comes after the California-born professional eater partnered up with Impossible Foods for an ad campaign surrounding the launch of their new vegan hot dog impostor made from plants. \u201cWe are devastated to learn that Joey Chestnut has chosen to represent a rival brand that sells plant-based hot dogs rather than competing in the 2024 Nathan\u2019s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest,\u201d said a rep for Major League Eating. \u201cMLE and Nathan\u2019s went to great lengths to accommodate Joey and his management team, agreeing to the appearance fee and allowing Joey to compete in a rival, unbranded hot dog eating contest on Labor Day.\u201d \u201cFor nearly two decades we have worked under the same basic hot dog exclusivity provisions. However, it seems that Joey and his managers have prioritized a new partnership with a different brand over our long-time relationship,\u201d they added. They went on to add that they want \u201cnothing more\u201d than to have the man return to the contest in 2025 when he is no longer representing a \u201crival brand.\u201d Just hours after the news broke, Chestnut shared his thoughts about the sudden ban on Twitter\/X. \u201cI was gutted to learn from the media that after 19 years Im banned from the Nathan\u2019s July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest. I love competing in that event, I love celebrating America with my fans all over this great country on the 4th and I have been training to defend my title,\u201d he said. Joey also claims that he doesn\u2019t have a contract with Nathan\u2019s or Major League Eating, and says \u201cthey are looking to change the rules from last years\u201d but assures fans that they\u2019ll see him eat again soon. (3\/3) Sadly, this is the decision Nathan’s and Major League Eating are making, and it will deprive the great fans of the holiday\u2019s usual joy and entertainment. To my fans, I love you and appreciate you. Rest assured that you\u2019ll see me eat again soon!! STAY HUNGRY! \u2014 Joey Chestnut (@joeyjaws) June 11, 2024 The pro eater continued: \u201cSadly, this is the decision Nathan\u2019s and Major League Eating are making, and it will deprive the great fans of the holiday\u2019s usual joy and entertainment. To my fans, I love you and appreciate you. Rest assured that you\u2019ll see me eat again soon!! STAY HUNGRY!\u201d Not having Chestnut for the 2024 event means that there will be another break in his ongoing streak of winning the competition. According to Nathan\u2019s website, the pro eater has won every event since 2007 with the exception of 2015. That year, Chestnut lost by just two hot dogs, but still managed to eat 60 during the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hot dog eating champ Joey Chestnut banned from 2024 event for promoting vegan brand Instagram: Joey ChestnutJoey Chestnut has been banned from the 2024 Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Competition after making a deal to represent Impossible Foods with their launch of vegan frankfurters. In a report from the New York Post on June 11, 2024, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}