PATRICK BERTOLETTI will be back at the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2025.
‘Deep Dish’ is one of the stars of competitive eating and holds a number of world records.
With 16-time winner Joey Chestnut missing in 2024, Bertoletti took home the Yellow Mustard Belt to win the famed Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Bertoletti guzzled 58 hot dogs and buns in the 10 minutes to take home the prize money.
However, Chestnut is BACK this year and looking to go all out to regain his crown.
Again taking place at Coney Island, it is expected to be one of the biggest contests ever.
On the contest and Chestnut’s return, Bertoletti told TMZ Sports: “I’ll be eating next to [Chestnut] and he’s crazy fast out of the gate.
“That’s just extra motivation and drive. A lot of times in these events, you just kind of lose focus.
“If you have somebody like that next to you pushing the pace, you’re gonna be less in your head thinking about what you’re doing and you’re just gonna be focusing on keeping up with him.
“Anything’s possible,” he added. “I’m done caring about what the internet, people, or trolls think.”
Who is Patrick Bertoletti?
Patrick Bertoletti was born on June 6, 1985, in Palos Heights, Illinois.
He grew up in the Chicago suburb and is a graduate of Morgan Park Academy and Kendall College.
Bertoletti, 40, first started competitive eating at the age of 22 in 2007.
He became the first person to eat a 4lb burger with fries after 679 people failed.
Later that hear, he entered the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest for the first time and finished third after eating 49 hot dogs and buns.
He finished second in the Contest in 2011 and third in 2009, 2010 and 2012 before deciding to step away from hot dogs.
After 10 years away from the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, he returned in 2022 and placed fifth.
He then missed the competition in 2023 but finally got his hands on the Yellow Mustard Belt last year.
Patrick Bertoletti world records
Here is a list of world records held by competitive eater Patrick Bertoletti:
- 16 inches (41 cm) pizza: 47 slices in 10 minutes
- Blueberry pie (hands-free): 9.17 pounds (4.16 kg) in 8 minutes
- Chicken wings: 4.1 pounds (1.9 kg) in 8 minutes
- Chocolate: 1 pound 15.5 ounces (890 g) in 7 minutes
- Corned beef and cabbage: 10.63 pounds (4.82 kg) in 10 minutes
- Corned beef sandwiches: 11 8-ounce (230 g) sandwiches in 10 minutes
- Date Nut Bread: 29.5 date nut bread and cream cheese sandwiches in 8 minutes
- Doughnuts (cream-filled): 47 glazed and cream-filled doughnuts in 5 minutes
- Grits: 21 pounds (9.5 kg) in 10 minutes
- Ice cream (short form): 1.75 pounds (0.79 kg) vanilla ice cream in 8 minutes
- Jalapeño peppers (pickled): 98 after eating 47 donuts in 5 minutes
- Jalapeño peppers (pickled): 191 in 6.5 minutes
- Jalapeño peppers (pickled): 275 in 8 minutes
- Key lime pie: 10.8 pounds (4.9 kg) in 8 minutes
- Kolaches: 44 cherry kolaches in 8 minutes
- Oysters (short form): 34 dozen in 8 minutes
- Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches: 42 sandwiches in 10 minutes
- Posole: 9 pounds 3 ounces (4.2 kg) in 12 minutes
- Shoo-fly pie: 11.1 pounds (5.0 kg) in 8 minutes
- Strawberry rhubarb pie: 7.9 pounds (3.6 kg) in 8 minutes
- Strawberry shortcake: 15.25 pounds (6.92 kg) in 8 minutes
- Waffles: 29 8-ounce (230 g) waffles in 10 minutes
- Whole turkey: 4 pounds 12.8 ounces (2,180 g) of roast turkey meat in 12 minutes
- Whole turkey (short form): 6.91 pounds (3.13 kg) of roast turkey meat in 8 minutes.
His 58 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes beat Geoffrey Esper (53) and James Webb (52) and was a personal best.
This year he has entered the competition once again to defend his title.
Bertoletti also holds a number of world records for competitive eating.
They include eating 4.1lbs/1.9Kg of chicken wings in eight minutes, eating 47 cream-filled doughnuts in five minutes and 42 peanut and jelly sandwiches in 10 minutes.
He was also a part owner of the Taco in a Bag food truck in Chicago, but this no longer functions.
