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Monday, July 28, 2008
| July 28, 2008 |  |
| Eating champs donate wins | |
| SOME people think eating competitions are obscene and disgusting at a time when food prices are rising but two of the biggest names in the competitive eating circuit say they see nothing wrong with what they do. Takeru Kobayashi, 30, from Japan and Joey Chestnut, 24, an American, add that they frequently donate all or part of their winnings to charity. Chestnut, a project engineer, says: 'I try to take part in eating competitions which donate to charity and, often, I donate half or my entire winnings to the charity that's being endorsed.' He says he has donated the proceeds of some eating competitions to America's Second Harvest, a hunger-relief charity that raised funds for Hurricane Katrina victims. His biggest rival, Kobayashi, a professional competitive eater, says: 'At some competitions, the same amount of food I consume will be given to the homeless. Also, there's a competition in Taiwan where all the proceeds go to the poor.' Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times' Life! | |
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