Western Days Festival World Tamale Eating Championship Presented By Market St

JOEY CHESTNUT CLAIMS LEWISVILLE TAMALES CROWN!

Major League Eating is proud to announce the return of the Western Days Festival World Tamale Eating Championship Presented By Market St. The world's greatest eaters will again descend upon Lewisville, TX, for their annual assault on tamales. Saturday the 27th of September, 2014, is a bad day to be a tamale in Lewisville, TX. Tamales: Consider yourself on notice. Get out while you can.

At last year's event, the Greatest Eater in The World, the man they call Jaws, the #1-ranked MLE eater—Joseph Chestnut of San Jose, CA—triumphed with 91 tamales in 10 minutes. He is the current world record holder in this discipline, having consumed a staggering 102 tamales in 12 minutes in 2012. Chestnut is returning to the event in 2014 with but one thing on his mind: Smashing his record and scattering it into the warm fall Lewisvillian air so that all may know his name and speak it in hushed, reverent tones.

This is the Western Days Festival World Tamale Eating Championship Presented By Market St—a 12-minute battle of man and woman versus tamale. Tamales. Plural. In the crowd or at the table, don't you ever miss it!

This contest will take place at 1pm Central, on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at the City Hall Stage at the Lewisville Western Days Festival, 151 W Church Street, Lewisville, TX 75057!

FULL RESULTS!! 1st: Joey Chestnut, 75, $1,500 2nd: Miki Sudo, 65, $1,000 3rd: Nate Biller, 32, $500 4th: Wade Peck, 21. $250 5th: Jesse Martinez, 18, $150 6th: Matt Hall, 16, $100 7th: Alex Perez, 14 8th: Pierce Mohammadi, 8 9th: Ben Hanne, 7.5 10th: Glen Laferriere, 7

About The Western Days Festival In Historic Old Town Lewisville! The Western Days Festival World Tamale Eating Championship Presented By Market St* is a highlight of the annual Western Days Festival in historic Old Town Lewisville, TX. This MLE-sanctioned competition is organized by the Lewisville Convention and Visitors Bureau. Market Street is the official provider of contest tamales at the World Tamale Eating Championship. Past champions of this 12-minute consumption marathon include Tim “Eater X” Janus, Sonya Thomas and current world record holder, Joey Chestnut. Other festival events include live music, car and boat shows, an art exhibit, children’s activities and more.

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*All applicants must be 18 years of age or older and fully acknowledge and understand the inherent dangers and risks associated with participating in an eating contest. The applicant further acknowledges and understands that the MLE/IFOCE coordinates with event sponsor(s) to select and approve eligible participants, and that the MLE/IFOCE shall decide, at its sole discretion, whether an applicant is eligible to participate in any eating event, and/or related activities. The MLE/IFOCE may revoke an applicant's eligibility to participate in the eating contest, or related activities, at any time, for any reason, at its sole discretion. The MLE/IFOCE and the event sponsors reserve the right, at any time, to change any and all details concerning the event, including, e.g., time, duration, location and prize structure.