{"id":2266408,"date":"2024-06-12T19:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T23:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hot-dog-legend-joey-chestnut-signs-with-vegan-brand-gets-booted-from-july-4th-competition\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T19:51:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T23:51:42","slug":"hot-dog-legend-joey-chestnut-signs-with-vegan-brand-gets-booted-from-july-4th-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hot-dog-legend-joey-chestnut-signs-with-vegan-brand-gets-booted-from-july-4th-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Chestnut, famed hot dog eater, partners with vegan brand and is ousted from July 4th contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhot-dog-legend-joey-chestnut-signs-with-vegan-brand-gets-booted-from-july-4th-competition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2266408&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Joey Chestnut, a \u200bcelebrated figure in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-joey-chestnut-manhandles-protester-while-scarfing-down-63-hot-dogs-in-15th-july-fourth-contest-win\/\" title=\"WATCH: Joey Chestnut Manhandles Protester While Scarfing Down 63 Hot Dogs In 15th July Fourth Contest Win\">competitive eating<\/a>, will not participate in the upcoming \u2064July 4th Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating \u2062Contest\u2014a competition he has dominated for years\u2014due to his recent endorsement deal with Impossible Foods, a\u200c company known for its plant-based hot dogs. Chestnut, who has won the event 16 times including every year since 2016, has completely changed the dynamics of his participation in the competition \u200cby aligning with a rival \u200dbrand. Major League Eating (MLE), which oversees the event, expressed their disappointment,\u200d stating \u2062they\u200d had tried\u200c to accommodate\u2063 Chestnut&#8217;s demands but were unwilling\u200c to compromise on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meryl-streep-and-other-top-actors-sign-letter-saying-theyre-prepared-to-strike\/\" title=\"Meryl Streep, along with other leading actors, vow to strike if necessary.\">exclusivity provisions<\/a> which have been traditionally upheld. The \u2064organizers felt compelled to draw\u200c the line as Chestnut became the face of this competing brand, marking a\u200c significant turn in their longstanding relationship.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hot Dog eating legend Joey Chestnut signed with a vegan weiner brand and now he\u2019s out of the annual July 4th <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Competition he wins every year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">California-born Chestnut, who recently signed up with a brand called Impossible Foods, won\u2019t be allowed to compete in the Coney Island tradition and defend the title he\u2019s won 16 times, including every year since 2016, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/11\/business\/joey-chestnut-banned-from-2024-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York Post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The food champ has completely dominated the competition earning a world record in 2021 with 76 dogs and buns and last year keeping the crown after chomping down on 62 wieners and buns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The July 4th Nathan\u2019s competition has taken place every year at the corner of Stillwell and Surf avenues, just steps away from the Boardwalk, since 1916.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A representative for Major League Eating (MLE), which runs the event for Nathan\u2019s told the outlet that \u201cthe organizers bent over backwards to meet Chestnut\u2019s various other demands,\u201d but had to draw a line when he became the face of a different hot dog brand, with beef wieners it says are made by plants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are devastated to learn that Joey Chestnut has chosen to represent a rival brand that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/16-time-champion-joey-chestnut-banned-from-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-report\/\" title=\"Joey Chestnut, 16-time winner, barred from Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, according to reports\">sells plant-based hot dogs<\/a> rather than competing in the 2024 Nathan\u2019s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest,\u201d a statement from MLE read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMLE and Nathan\u2019s went to great lengths in recent months to accommodate Joey and his management team, agreeing to the appearance fee and allowing Joey to compete in a rival, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/food-fight-joey-chestnut-disqualified-from-nathans-hot-dog-contest-for-representing-vegan-rival\/\" title=\"Joey Chestnut disqualified from Nathan's hot dog contest due to ties with vegan competitor\">unbranded hot dog eating contest<\/a> on Labor Day,\u201d the statement added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\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 the statement continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Major League Eating addresses Joey Chestnut\u2019s choice to represent a rival brand, expressing disappointment and hope for his return to Nathan\u2019s Famous. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NrbK4aRUc8\">pic.twitter.com\/NrbK4aRUc8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Major League Eating (@eatingcontest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eatingcontest\/status\/1800607390636875792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MLE closed out its statement by labeling Chestnut \u201can American hero.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe would love nothing more than to have him at the Nathan\u2019s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest,\u201d the company said. \u201cWe hope he returns when he is not representing a rival brand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One source told the outlet that the hot dog-eating champ was paid $200,000 to appear in the contest last year, and was offered a four-year contract for $1.2 million going forward.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe two sides could still come to a resolution before July 4, but it depends on Joey,\u201d an insider said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHe\u2019s the Michael Jordan of competitive eating,\u201d the source added. \u201cBut imagine if Michael Jordan said to Nike, \u2018I love being the face of Nike but I want to do commercials for Adidas too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chestnut took to social media and disputed some of the claims for why he\u2019s out this year. He wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joeyjaws\/status\/1800663578070131189\">X<\/a>,\u00a0 \u201cI do not have a contract with MLE or Nathans and they are looking to change the rules from past years as it relates to other partners I can work with. This is apparently the basis on which I\u2019m being banned, and it doesn\u2019t impact the July 4th event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/nathan-s-bans-joey-chestnut-over-vegan-demands-on-demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nathan\u2019s Bans Joey Chestnut Over Vegan Demands<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut, now endorsing vegan brand Impossible Foods, is barred from the annual July 4th Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Contest. 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