On the Fourth of July, America's hope for recapturing the championship for hot dog eating from Takeru Kobayashi of Japan will take place at the annual Coney Island hot dog eating competition.

According to press reports, California native Joey Chestnut aims to inhale more than four dozen hot dogs in 12 minutes at the competition.

Joey Chestnut, a resident of California, set a new world record for eating 47 grilled cheese sandwiches in just 10 minutes, which breaks the old record of 36.

Chesnut took first place in the eating contest held at the Las Vegas Golden Palace's World Grilled Cheese Eating Contest on Saturday, June 10. The contest was sponsored by the International Federation of Competitive Eating.

Joey Chestnut went to Las Vegas for an eating competition. He would leave with a world record holder.

In a ten minute period, Chestnut finished off 47 grilled cheese sandwiches to set the new world record. The old record was 36 sandwiches.

An annual British cheese-rolling competition that entails chasing giant cheeses down a steep slope has resulted in twenty-five injured people, organizers say.

A crowd of 3,000 spectators watched dozens of people take part in the event at Cooper's Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, reports Yahoo! News.

A British cheese described as smelling like old socks is being made into a perfume.

The Stilton Cheese Makers Association has hired a company to create Eau de Stilton, a perfume based on the pungent blue-veined cheese.