Bikinis Bar and Grill in Austin, TX hosted the World French Fry Eating Championship on January 27, 2007. Joey Chestnut continued his domination of the sport by taking home the top prize.
In this segment from Cookie's episode of "Eats of Strength," he seeks to regain his sweet corn title from Jammin' Joe LaRue. LaRue took the record from Cookie in 2006 by eating 34 ears of Florida sweet corn in 12 minutes.
Major League Eater Joey Chestnut beat the great Takeru Kobayashi of Japan for the first time ever, bringing back the title of World Hot Dog Eating Champion to the USA!
Crazy Legs Conti attempts to break Rich LeFevre's record of five lbs. of cake in 11 minutes, 47 seconds. Conti was a guest on the Jay Thomas show, recording from the New York Auto Show.
Joey Chestnut is the new World Champion in the hot dog discipline, eating 59.5 HDBs to Kobayashi's 53.75. (He again broke the record on July 4, 2007 when he ate 66 Nathan's Famous hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes to bring home the mustard yellow belt).
Filmed for the Tour de Gorge on InHD, the 2004 Thanksgiving Invitational features IFOCE heavyweights Badlands Booker, Cookie Jarvis and Hungry Charles Hardy.