Eric Booker is one of the most popular and richest Competitive Eater who was born on June 21, 1969 in Jamaica, United States.
Since 2004, Booker has performed and recorded competitive eating themed hip-hop as Badlands Booker, and he frequently performs selections from his albums at competitions.
Booker trains for competitions by trying to stretch his stomach and develop jaw strength. He eats large amounts of fruit and vegetables and drinks a gallon of water in a sitting in order to stretch his stomach, and chews over twenty pieces of gum at a time to build jaw strength. He maintains that competitive eating is a healthy sport, and has lost weight since he began competing. He is presently ranked 21st by the IFOCE. Booker is also known for his YouTube channel, BadlandsChugs, in which he primarily performs various chugging challenges. In 2019 over the span of a year, his YouTube channel amassed over 1 million subscribers.
