Will Takeru Kobayashi win back his title?

This is a valid criticism though most people unfortunately don’t think in such terms. Our world has so many problems and among those food scarcity is a chief concern for hundreds of millions. It is easy to get wrapped up in stupid things like this (as I do on occasion), but Alex’s pov shouldn’t be regarded as simple cynicism. The problems of world hunger are real and being exacerbated as we type.

Perhaps Nathan’s should raise funds for world hunger along with hosting these events. Though maybe that is a bit more grotesque than holding these contests in the first place.

I dont think that food scarcity is the right word.

I’m not sure if you remember this, but there was a reasonably recent disaster in Myanmar ( I believe a cyclone), and the international community was lining up to help. But the ruling party was very slow to accept help from anyone, especially far off foriegners, and even then demanded that it control how the supplies were distributed. There were also rumors that they kept a number of the supplies and replaced them with inferior products to give to the disaster victims.

This is an example of the problem. That in places like Africa, you have rampant civil war where if you try to distribute food aid, you’ll be robbed by militias and war lords. Or in North Korea, where you have a ruler running his nation into the ground at the expense of his own citizens.

The hot dogs saved from not holding a eat off may have fed a few people, but on the large scale, wasting food isnt the issue.