Randall Joseph Santel (born June 24, 1986) is an American YouTuber, competitive eater, influencer, and dietitian. Santel is well known for traveling to restaurants all over the world to take their food challenges.
Early life and education Santel attended Duchesne High School. Santel played as an offensive lineman and got first-team Missouri Football Coaches Association All-State Team. During high school, Santel played on their football team, and worked at Subway as a sandwich artist. Santel was also an Eagle Scout.
Santel attended Missouri State University, and played offensive lineman for 3 years on the Missouri State Bears football team. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Construction management in 2008 Santel get a job working in construction, but within a year he wanted to pursue a different career, and officially retired from working in the construction industry in 2013.
In 2016, Santel went back to Missouri State to obtain a second bachelor's degree in dietetics in 2019. He then attended and graduated from Mount Mary University with a master's degree in dietetics. During his time as a master's student, Santel completed a 1,200-hour long internship.
Career Santel got into competitive eating in 2010 after he entered and won a 12-week long national body transformation challenge called the "Men's Health/Starz "Spartacus" Challenge" alongside a friend. They both celebrated the win by taking on, what would inevitably be, his first official food challenge where he had to eat a 28-inch pizza. After winning the challenge, Santel decided to pursue food challenges as a career.
In 2011, Santel landed a role on the TV show Spartacus: Blood and Sand.
At some point, Santel held the record for Sinful Burger's "Goliath" Challenge in Bellevue, Nebraska, consisting of eating of food including two hamburgers topped with ten slices of cheese, lettuce, tomato and onions, between two large pieces of Indian fry bread, with a side of French fries; however, in September 2012 Molly Schuyler set a new record for the Goliath challenge, of 17 minutes and three seconds. Sinful Burger thus renamed Randy's Wall to Molly's Wall. On November 10, 2012, Molly Schuyler defeated Santel in a Goliath challenge face-off, finishing in 6 minutes and 43 seconds.
In 2014, Santel launched foodchallenges.com: a go-to website for aspiring competitive eaters. In June 2015, Santel's channel surpassed 100,000 subscribers. Santel won his 1,000th challenge in May 2021.
Personal life Santel previously resided in Milwaukee as late as 2023. Santel is married to former bodybuilder and fellow competitive eater Katina DeJarnett (aka Katina Eats Kilos on YouTube) in 2024. The couple has resided in Nashville, Tennessee since 2025.
Food challenges
+DateChallenge TitleRestaurantLocation201028-inch Pointersaurus Pizza ChallengePointer's PizzaSt. Louis, Missouri2021Big JoeFrank's PizzeriaOmaha, NebraskaBrutus' Big BrotherDoo-Dah Diner'sWichita, KansasCulver's Double Deluxe Butter Burger ChallengeCulver'sBrooksville, Florida20225lb Godfather Calzone ChallengeMilano Italian RestaurantShelbyville, Kentucky20236lb Double Cheeseburger ChallengeBean City Bar & GrillNew London, Wisconsin202436" Godfather Pizza ChallengeSal's Family PizzaFranklin, Tennessee28" Pizza ChallengeBenny DiCarta'sKalamazoo, MichiganBamboozler ChallengeVermillion ClubTower, Minnesota2025Piezilla Pizza ChallengeCici's PizzaLebanon, TennesseeGridiron 30" ChallengeEnd Zone Pizza & DeliAugusta, MaineThe Big Pig ChallengeGolden Rule BBQIrondale, AlabamaQuad Scooter Burger ChallengeScooters Sports GrillScottsboro, AlabamaScoop Sink Ice Cream Sundae ChallengeSkylar's SkoopsMuscle Shoals, Alabama
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