A dozen competitors are competing in the qualifying event in West Sussex.
Joey Chestnut, left, and Miki Sudo, last year’s hot dog eating contest winners
Major League Eating president Richard Shea, 54, said it was “high time we visit England to conduct a qualifier for our biggest event of the year”. Mr Shea told the PA news agency that Mr Stanford might be “the odds-on favourite for the Brits in this but I’ve never seen him eat hot dogs so you never know”.
Mr Shea said that, according to oral history, a hot dog eating competition has occurred every July 4 in Coney Island since 1916, the year the first Nathan’s Famous restaurant was opened. Mr Shea said the reasons people undertake competitive eating have “changed dramatically” over the years.
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