Hot Dog Eating Champ Breaks New Ground
Posted October 13, 2008 12:00 pm.
This article is more than 5 years old.
Your mom always said to eat from the five food groups – but she probably didn’t mean this much.
Joey Chestnut, the reigning hot-dog eating champ is expanding his repertoire to include pizza.
He took his quest from the boardwalk of Coney Island to the downtown of New York City, in the heart of Times Square.
Chestnut managed to down a whopping 45 slices of pizza in just 10 minutes to win the first Famiglia World Pizza Eating Championship Sunday.
His recipe for success? Chestnut fasted for more than a day to prepare, and he folded and squeezed the slices to make them easier to swallow.
Didn’t Mom also have something to say about playing with your food?
