Joey Chestnut Net Worth 2023 

Joey Chestnut Net Worth is $4 million. Joey Chestnut is a professional competitive eater who is widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history. Born on November 25, 1983, in Vallejo, California.

Chestnut first gained national attention in 2007 when he defeated six-time defending champion Takeru Kobayashi in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, setting a new world record of 66 hot dogs consumed in 12 minutes.

Joey Chestnut Net Worth Details

Joey Chestnut Net Worth is $4 million. He earns about $0.3 million annually from several income sources. Before 2019, Joey Chestnut net worth numbers ranked less than $1 million, but he continues to be a force to reckon with, both at and away from the table.

However, the biggest Joey Chestnut net worth determining factor is his food-eating competitions and his endorsements. Also, he holds world records in various eating competitions, including various foods.

2023	$4.0 million
2022	$3.7 million
2021	$3.4 million
2020	$3.1 million
2019	$2.9 million
2018	$2.7 million

Joey Chestnut Biography 

Joey Chestnut whose real name is Joseph Christian Chestnut was born on November 25, 1983, in Fulton County, Kentucky, in the United States of America to middle-class parents. He was one of the six siblings in the family.

Also, his father had left the family when he was 2 years old. Thus, he and his siblings were raised single-handedly by their mother. He eventually moved with his family to San Jose and joined a high school there.

However, he grew up in San Jose and joined the ‘San Jose University’ to pursue civil engineering. He aspired to work in the construction business. However, he soon found out about eating contests and realized his talent lay somewhere else. While in college, he did not have enough money to eat whatever he liked.

Thus, whenever he moved back to his house from college, he would eat a lot of the food that his mother cooked, which he loved. In 2005, his brother noticed this and asked Joey to participate in an eating contest, which turned out to be a life-altering moment for him.

Real Name	Joseph Christian Chestnut
Nickname	Joey Chestnut
Famous as	Professional eater
Date of Birth	25 November 1983
Age	39 years
Profession	Professional Competitive eater with Major League Eating and a Construction engineer
Birthplace	Fulton County, Kentucky, US
Current Residence	Westfield, Indiana
School	Vallejo High School
Nationality	American
Net Worth	$4 million
Marital Status	Single
Girlfriend	Neslie Ricasa
Religion	Christian
Zodiac sign	Sagittarius
Ethnicity	Unknown
Parents	Merlin ChestnutAlicia Chestnut
Siblings	5 siblings
Social Media	Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn

Career

Therefore, his career as a competitive eater began in 2005 when he entered his first eating championship of deep-fried asparagus. During this competition, Joey came in first place after eating nearly six and a half pounds of deep-fried asparagus in just 11.5 minutes.

Later, he entered the world-famous Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest and won third place as Sonya Thomas and Takeru Kobayashi showed better performances. Also,  Chestnut’s eating stardom continued to rise, defeating Sonya Thomas in the Waffle House World Waffle Eating championship in 2005.

On July 4, 2007, Chestnut won the 92nd Annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, beating six-time defending champion Takeru “Tsunami” Kobayashi by consuming 66 hot dogs and buns (HDB) in 12 minutes, which set a new world record.

In 2008 Joey won the Famous Famiglia World Pizza Eating Championship. In 2010 Joey won another competition, entitled Upper Crust Pizza Eating. On July 4, 2011, he won his fifth-consecutive championship with 62 HDB.

2012 marked his sixth consecutive win when Chestnut tied his world record from 2009 by devouring 68 HDB. However, in his most recent outing at the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, Chestnut earned his eighth straight victory, eating 61 entire hot dogs and buns.

Annual Earnings

The top prize for winning Nathan’s is $10,000. Not a ton of money, but it provides by far the most exposure all these athletes will receive throughout the year. A top competitive eater can easily earn $250,000 – $500,000 per year from prize money and sponsorships.

However, Joey’s longtime rival Takeru Kobayashi has not competed at Nathan’s in recent years ever since Takeru found himself involved in a contract dispute with the Major League Eating organisation. However, Joey has a line of condiments sold under his name. He sells mustard, dipping sauce, coney sauce, hot sauce and more.

Career Carnings

Specific sponsorship details are hard to come by, but in 2014 alone, Chestnut reportedly made $230,000. His 14 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest victories have resulted in a combined $140,000 worth of winnings (before taxes, of course).

Therefore, Chestnut won both the hot dog competition and a worldwide pumpkin pie eating contest in Jacksonville in 2021. He ate 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes for the former and 16 pounds, 12 ounces of pumpkin pie in 11 1/2 minutes for the latter.

Endorsements

Joey Chestnut has several endorsements from a variety of companies, with most of course being food companies. Chestnut has made social media posts endorsing Hooters, Hostess, Coney Island IPA and even Pepto Bismol.

Business Ventures

Chestnut launched his first company that features a line of condiments in 2018.  Joey Chestnut Eats includes Chestnut’s Firecracker Mustard, Boardwalk Coney Sauce and Deli-Style Mustard with prices ranging from $7.50 to $8.

Social Media 

Chestnut doesn’t use social media all that frequently, but does use it sporadically to promote appearances at restaurants or certain food products. His Twitter account has 48.3K followers, and his Instagram profile has 98.6K followers.

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House

The competitive eater Resides in Fulton County, KY, U.S. In 2014, Joey Chestnut purchased this apartment. At the time of purchasing his apartment, the market value of his house was around $0.4 Million.

Cars Collection

The Car collection of Joey Chestnut is quite Small. According to some sources, he owned Range Rover and Ford.

Records

• Joey holds the record for eating hard-boiled eggs (141 in eight minutes),
• bratwurst (70 in 10 minutes),
• Matzoh balls (78 in eight minutes),
• hot dogs (69 in 10 minutes at the 2013 Nathan’s contest),
• steak (4.5 pounds plus sides in under nine minutes),
• pork ribs (13.76 pounds in 12 minutes)
• asparagus (12.8 pounds in 10 minutes).
• He has achieved such results because of his training which includes drinking water and milk to stretch his stomach.

Personal life

Joey Chestnut proposed to his longtime girlfriend Neslie Ricasa just before defending his title at the 2014 Nathan’s Championship. Leslie is well-known because of Chestnut, but she keeps her life somewhat private on social media as her Instagram account has been inactive since around 2015.

Interestingly enough, she’s a huge animal lover and some of her most recent Facebook posts show her hanging out with some exotic animals, like Tigers. Her dog has also been frequently shown on her social media accounts.

The couple split sometime in 2019, according to reports. Other reports have also suggested that Joey Chestnut hasn’t been able to find much success with girls, despite being one of the more known people in the world.

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