"I'm a professional eater - I scoff 100 plates of sushi and 17lbs of steak"
- 5 months ago
Meet the professional eater who scoffs kilos of food in just minutes - including 100 plates of sushi in 35 minutes and 17lbs of steak in 70 minutes.
Raina Huang, 29, has spent the last 10 years traveling the world taking on some of the toughest food challenges.
Her unique line of work has seen her earn $30,000 through competitions - over a 10 year span.
Raina's most recent win in Los Angeles saw her devour almost 100 dumplings in 10 minutes - coming in first place and taking home a $1k prize.
On a recent trip to Taiwan, Japan and Vietnam in Asia, Raina took part in a challenge where she had to consume the equivalent amount of sushi to her 5ft 2ins height - which equated to 108 plates worth.
She completed it in just 35 minutes and ate an extra six plates for good measure.
Petite Raina documents her challenges on TikTok and YouTube - where she has a combined 4.3m followers.
Raina, from Walnut, Los Angeles, California, US, said: "I've just eaten a lot and fast all my life and it's become easy.
"I think it stems from playing video games - I just wanted to eat fast so I could go back to my game.
"I got to restaurants pretty much every day and when I'm on tour I do challenges every single day.
"It's become my full-time job now and I'm very grateful that I'm able to be in this position where restaurants are inviting me to come and try their challenges, but it took a lot of grinding."
Raina had tried all sorts of jobs - including Twitch streaming and singing - before she fell into the competitive eating world 10 years ago.
She said: "I tried to be a part of the entertainment industry as I wanted to be an actor or singer but that's very saturated
"I also tried streaming games on Twitch.
"But it was whilst I was working as a chef that one day someone told me to do a food challenge and I was able to eat a 4lb burrito in six minutes.
"Someone recorded me doing it and the video did so much better than anything had ever done and I thought 'oh my god, people like to watch me eat'.
"I had no clue places would start giving me food for free because I could eat a lot.
"After five months of doing YouTube constantly, I took a leap of faith and decided to go for it full-time.
"My family was questioning it at first but eventually they were very supportive and now they are so happy.
"Now I'm making more than I was a chef - which was $2,000 a month at the time."
Raina's favourite cuisine to eat in bulk is Mexican because of how fast she can wolf it down and she plans to take part in more Mexican-themed competitions over the festive season.
Raina Huang, 29, has spent the last 10 years traveling the world taking on some of the toughest food challenges.
Her unique line of work has seen her earn $30,000 through competitions - over a 10 year span.
Raina's most recent win in Los Angeles saw her devour almost 100 dumplings in 10 minutes - coming in first place and taking home a $1k prize.
On a recent trip to Taiwan, Japan and Vietnam in Asia, Raina took part in a challenge where she had to consume the equivalent amount of sushi to her 5ft 2ins height - which equated to 108 plates worth.
She completed it in just 35 minutes and ate an extra six plates for good measure.
Petite Raina documents her challenges on TikTok and YouTube - where she has a combined 4.3m followers.
Raina, from Walnut, Los Angeles, California, US, said: "I've just eaten a lot and fast all my life and it's become easy.
"I think it stems from playing video games - I just wanted to eat fast so I could go back to my game.
"I got to restaurants pretty much every day and when I'm on tour I do challenges every single day.
"It's become my full-time job now and I'm very grateful that I'm able to be in this position where restaurants are inviting me to come and try their challenges, but it took a lot of grinding."
Raina had tried all sorts of jobs - including Twitch streaming and singing - before she fell into the competitive eating world 10 years ago.
She said: "I tried to be a part of the entertainment industry as I wanted to be an actor or singer but that's very saturated
"I also tried streaming games on Twitch.
"But it was whilst I was working as a chef that one day someone told me to do a food challenge and I was able to eat a 4lb burrito in six minutes.
"Someone recorded me doing it and the video did so much better than anything had ever done and I thought 'oh my god, people like to watch me eat'.
"I had no clue places would start giving me food for free because I could eat a lot.
"After five months of doing YouTube constantly, I took a leap of faith and decided to go for it full-time.
"My family was questioning it at first but eventually they were very supportive and now they are so happy.
"Now I'm making more than I was a chef - which was $2,000 a month at the time."
Raina's favourite cuisine to eat in bulk is Mexican because of how fast she can wolf it down and she plans to take part in more Mexican-themed competitions over the festive season.