Joey Chestnut
publication date: Sunday, July 20, 2014 (part of Summer 2014)
category: 
Competitions
clue: He loves eating food so much that his last name is a kind of nut and his new fiancée sounds like a chocolatier.
explanation: Chestnut was a competitive eater. A few weeks before this goo was published, he proposed to his girlfriend Neslie Ricasa ("Nestlé") before the annual Nathan's Famous hot dog competition. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, and Erik Bates
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