Champion competitive food eater Joey Chestnut of San Jose. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

If a lack of major league sports action has been eating at you lately, an online food competition starting Friday promises to offer more than a taste of what you’ve been craving.

Dubbed the BetOnline Quarantine Challenge by promoter Major League Eating, the event boasts an appearance by San Jose’s Joey Chestnut, 36, the No. 1 eater in the world. The broadcast begins at 4 p.m. Pacific Time April 17 on MLE’s YouTube channel as well as other platforms.

Continue reading for free

Sign in to read this story and receive the weekly roundup in your inbox.

Or

Terms & Conditions

Success! Your account was created and you’re signed in.
Please visit My Account to manage your account.

Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.