Hot Dog eating legend Joey Chestnut signed with a vegan weiner brand and now he’s out of the annual July 4th Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Competition he wins every year.
California-born Chestnut, who recently signed up with a brand called Impossible Foods, won’t be allowed to compete in the Coney Island tradition and defend the title he’s won 16 times, including every year since 2016, the New York Post reported.
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.
The July 4th Nathan’s competition has taken place every year at the corner of Stillwell and Surf avenues, just steps away from the Boardwalk, since 1916.
A representative for Major League Eating (MLE), which runs the event for Nathan’s told the outlet that “the organizers bent over…
