Jamie Loftus is a hot-dog professional.
Illustration: Maanvi Kapur
Maybe you could have heard the massive information concerning this yr’s Nathan’s hot-dog-eating contest: After sitting out final yr’s battle, Joey Chestnut — by all accounts the GOAT of competitively consuming tubes of beef — will make his triumphant return to Coney Island in an try to reclaim his title. However Chestnut shouldn’t be the one hot-dog legend who shall be again.
Jamie Loftus, the slapstick comedian “Grub Avenue Weight loss program” alum, and, most vital for the needs of this announcement, writer of the e-book Uncooked Canine: The Bare Fact About Sizzling Canine, shall be making her personal return to the common-or-garden frankfurter’s most hallowed grounds. Tomorrow, she’ll be masking the occasion for us, dwell, by way of Grub Avenue’s Instagram Tales. “That is my fourth time masking the competition,” says Loftus. “I believe it’s an indication of maximum psychological wellness.”
So observe alongside and set your notifications accordingly. The ladies’s contest begins at 10:45 a.m. — it’s by no means too early for decent canine — with the boys’s warmth beginning at midday.
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