 A total of 15 men and 14 women will compete to take home the $20,000 cash prize. Chestnut was ousted last month because of his partnership with Impossible Foods, a rival company that makes plant-based hot dogs. He'll be competing against soldiers, though, at the Fort Bliss Army Base in El Paso, Texas, and he says his hope is to eat more hot dogs and buns in five minutes than the winner at Nathan's contest manages this year in ten minutes.