Jeremy Wheeler

It’s not every day that a person can compete on national television, but Menomonie native Jeremy Wheeler lived the dream on a huge appetite. Wheeler started munching food competitively at Fuzzy’s. His eventual goal was to compete on Man vs. Food, a Travel Channel program, and Wheeler felt he had the girth to go pro. After Man vs. Food aired a clip of Wheeler dominating a six-and-a-half pound burger, he was contacted by a producer, eager for him to participate in a Milwaukee event. Thus, Wheeler entered the Unforgiven Challenge: plow through two half-pound burgers, a chicken breast, an egg, one pound of fries, and six wings, within 23 minutes. Wheeler appeared on another segment with his 6-year-old son. “It was the perfect finish,” he told Chippewa Valley Post. “I took my last bite, threw the wing on the plate and the crowd started cheering.”