Welcome to Randy Santel's YouTube Channel!!

I am a professional eater living in Nashville, Tennessee, originally from St Louis, Missouri in the USA who focuses strictly on winning and promoting restaurant food challenges all around the world!! I currently have wins in all 50 states and 44 countries, and won't be stopping anytime soon!! I focus heavily on nutrition and also on fitness so I'm able to stay lean while winning over 100 challenges per year. I have the most food challenge wins out of all eaters (past and present) around the world and the gap will only grow larger.

I own and operate FoodChallenges.com which includes a full database of all current restaurant eating challenges available in over 50 countries around the world along with over 100 articles teaching people how to train, strategize, and dominate them all.

We post new eating videos every Monday and Thursday so please subscribe to stay updated!!

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Congratulations to ‪@KatinaEatsKilos‬ for surpassing 1 million YouTube subscribers on the final day before her 34th birthday which was yesterday, July 10th!! Happy birthday to her as well!! We had so much fun celebrating both BIG occasions yesterday in London, England with our British friends, including ‪@KateOvens1‬!! We are in England and Wales of the UK until August 4th and will start adding events to our schedule tomorrow once some challenges get confirmed!! Thanks to everybody subscribed to us both and we look forward to meeting everyone these next few weeks!!

2 months ago | [YT] | 6,183

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MINI SEXIFICATION 2025 RESULTS!! For context, I’ve been on a weight loss break since March 21st, after filming the videos you’re all now watching in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri… I tried 4 times this morning, but the scale kept saying the same thing... 308.6 lbs (140 kg)!! That means what within the past 6.5 weeks during my break from food challenges, I've lost 49.8 lbs (22.6 kg), down 13.9% from where I started on 3/21/25. I virtually rode over 1,045 miles, averaging over 10 hours per week, so 64 hours & 33 minutes total. I'm happy with the results!! Now that I'm down to posting just one video per week, I'll have more time available during all my upcoming summer travels with ‪@KatinaEatsKilos‬ for extra activity, so I can better maintain my weight and not gain so much back, like I have on past tours. Thanks for all support, whether positive or utter nonsense, and I look forward to seeing everybody in Eastern Tennessee this weekend, and then Boston & New England!!

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BIG thanks to everyone who has watched our new video this week!! I wanted to post an update that I should’ve let you all know earlier this year!! As many of you know, I started working on my Master of Science in Dietetics in August 2021 after ‪@KatinaEatsKilos‬ and I moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin that July!! Well, I finally finished and graduated this past December 2024!! I didn’t travel back up north to “walk” at the graduation ceremony, but I did receive my diploma earlier this year in the mail!! I’m very excited and relieved to be all finished up with grad school and I’m looking forward to starting my new RDN YouTube channel this Fall ‘25 after we get back from all our upcoming summer travels to New England and parts of Europe!! Thanks everybody for your support and lots more videos are upcoming!!

5 months ago | [YT] | 8,014

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Happy Thursday everyone!! I have some bittersweet news to share, since I'm sad but also excited for everything upcoming in the future. Last week marked the final week of me posting TWO dedicated restaurant food challenge videos per week on this "Randy Santel" YouTube channel. I've been filming videos for over 15 years now. This photo at Stella's in Bellevue (Omaha), Nebraska with their "Stellanator" Burger Challenge was taken on my 24th birthday in June 2010. I'm 38.5 years old now and it's tough to maintain my weight as one of the few food-digesting professional eaters (FDPEs). I've been filming over 104 challenge videos per year ever since I can remember, I think dating back to 2014 when ‪@MagicMitch‬ and I bumped up to posting 2 new videos per week on the channel. Starting this week, I'll just be posting one video consistently on Mondays. I might do a few livestream Q&A videos every now and then, and I'll likely add second videos sometimes, but for now I'll mainly be posting once per week like Adam ‪@Beardmeatsfood‬ and ‪@KatinaEatsKilos‬ do... just not on Sundays. Cheers and BIG thanks to everybody who has been watching both videos each week for the past decade, and I look forward to starting my new nutrition & weight management channel as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) towards the end of summer after we get back from our European travels, filming lots of videos so I can take a long break and get down closer to 250lbs again, which I'll maintain as a dietitian moving forward once I'm actually retired... eventually!!

5 months ago | [YT] | 7,417

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Friends around Boise (Caldwell and Notus), Idaho and also Idaho Falls and Twin Falls!! I’ll be in all three areas these next four days!! Later today, Sunday 2/2 at 4pm MST, I’ll be at Indian Creek Steakhouse in Caldwell to take on their 72oz Steak Challenge!! At 1pm MST tomorrow, Monday 2/3 afternoon (they close at 3pm), I’ll be at The Garage Cafe in Notus, taking on their “Hemi” Burger Challenge!! I know neither of those are in Boise, but the brewery I wanted to visit is permanently closed and I’ve already beaten the “Big Jud” Burger. On this upcoming Tuesday night 2/4 at 5pm MST, I’ll be at Sully’s GastroPub in Idaho Falls, taking on their undefeated 6lb Burger Challenge. Finally, to end the trip on Wednesday night 2/5 at 5pm MST, I’ll be at Depot Grill in Twin Falls, Idaho, taking on their giant “Trainwreck” Pancake Breakfast Challenge!! All the events are on my master schedule page and I look forward to meeting everyone during my trip!! www.randysantel.com/schedule

7 months ago | [YT] | 931

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Friends around the Salt Lake City, Utah metro area!! I'm headed there on Tuesday and have five food challenges planned, including a 36" Team Pizza Challenge with ‪@natefiggs‬ on next Saturday, February 1st in Brigham City. On Tuesday 1/28 at 6pm MST, I will be at the Burly Burger location in Ogden, taking on their famous 10-Patty "Brigham" Cheeseburger Challenge. The rest of my schedule is all confirmed and on my website's master schedule page. I'll also get to Boise, Idaho and maybe Wyoming too, but I am still working on the rest of the schedule, all weather permitting. Thanks for all support and lots more videos upcoming!! www.randysantel.com/schedule

8 months ago | [YT] | 948

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Happy New Year and best wishes to you all in 2025!! Win before you begin!! I'm completely out of videos and therefore must start a big food challenge tour TOMORROW, January 2, 2025. I'll be traveling around until Thursday, January 16th doing all the eating challenges I can in southern Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and a few other states as well. I haven't really decided where I will go, but have four of the initial challenges on the schedule now. I'll get to Santa Claus, Indiana, Louisville & Owensboro, Kentucky, and Florence, KY near Cincinnati as well!! Here is the schedule and I look forward to meeting everyone along the way!! Thanks for all support and I hope you continue to enjoy the many upcoming videos, edited by our friend ‪@natefiggs‬ :) www.randysantel.com/schedule

8 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 1,573

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Happy Monday everyone!! Because I posted a video this past Friday, and live-streamed a 6lb BBQ Sandwich Challenge yesterday in Edwardsville, Illinois, I'll post our next new video tomorrow, rather than today. A 70 Chicken Wings Challenge in Grand Rivers, Kentucky!! A BIG life event happened for ‪@KatinaEatsKilos‬ and me yesterday, in front of lots of family and friends, after I finished my sandwich challenge. The link is in the comments for anybody interested in watching either the challenge or just the surprise ending!! Thank you all for your continued support and we will post details in 2025 when a date is set and more details are figured out!! youtube.com/live/2377kQeZuz4

9 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 5,535

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Happy Labor Day Weekend!! ‪@KatinaEatsKilos‬ and I just got back this weekend from a 2-month long tour that included Florida (Treasure Coast & Orlando), Norway (Bergen), Sweden, Denmark, and Finland!! Not to give away any results, but I have food challenge victories in 44 countries now!! Six more to go, to reach 50 countries total. Best of all, I filmed 26 videos during the trip, which will post in order, two videos per week, for the next 13 weeks, starting tomorrow!! Sexification 2024 begins tomorrow as well, to kick off my long break, and I'm excited for the initial weigh-in and "before photos." Thanks everybody for your support and I hope you all enjoy the many videos upcoming, courtesy of ‪@natefiggs‬ who produces them all!!

1 year ago (edited) | [YT] | 2,087

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Katina and I are officially just Nashville, Tennessee residents now, since the Milwaukee house closed and transferred ownership yesterday!! ‪@KatinaEatsKilos‬ and I celebrated by going out to see ‪@BillBurrOfficial‬ who was hilarious once again!! It has been a big week, since my graduate school research courses finished up, and also yesterday I started serious weightlifting again, rather than just spinning (cycling) for a huge majority of my exercise time. Lots to be thankful for, and we are excited for everything upcoming, since we will be focused on doing food challenges in other parts of the USA and rest of the world, now that the Milwaukee home is sold. BIG thanks again to all our friends in Wisconsin we met the past three years, and we look forward to meeting everyone around Tennessee soon!!

1 year ago | [YT] | 6,346