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Brigid Kennedy

2025 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Full Schedule: Start Time, Location, and More

Participants compete at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4, 2024. | Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Glizzy nation, our time is (almost) now. After a sponsorship snafu left him sidelined in 2024, everyone's favorite professional eater, Joey Chestnut, will be back in action for this year's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, the 2025 iteration of which will get underway at 10:45 a.m. on July 4, 2025.

The 2024 female champ, Miki Sudo, will also return to defend her title, as will male victor Patrick Bertoletti, who took the crown with 58 dogs consumed (albeit in a contest sans Chestnut).

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