Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut is making a return appearance at this year’s Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest.

Joey Chestnut will return to Coney Island for the 2025 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest this Fourth of July. The legendary competitive eater announced Monday in a series of posts on X that he will return to the annual event after he was banned from it last year due to his affiliation with Impossible Foods.

Joey Chestnut, 41, who has won the competition 16 times, announced via a three-part post on the social media platform X that he would be "be back on the Coney Island stage, doing what I live to do, and celebrating the Fourth of July with hot dogs in my hands!"