Casey Webb is an American actor and television host. He is best known as the host of the hit television series, ''

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''.

Early life

Webb was born and raised in New Jersey, and worked as a child model during his youth. He grew up in

Little Silver, New Jersey Little Silver is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,131, an increase of 181 (+3.0%) from the 2010 ...

and attended

Red Bank Regional High School Red Bank Regional High School (often abbreviated RBR) is a comprehensive regional four-year public high school and school district that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from the boroughs of Little Silver, Red Bank and Shrewsb ...

, where he played for the school's football team and competed on the school's wrestling team.

Career

Webb's first job in the restaurant industry was as a dishwasher at Danny’s Pizzeria along the

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, and he eventually rose to the role of restaurant manager and has also worked as a bartender. At the same time, he pursued an acting career, with appearances in the television series ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2017 he became the new host of the television series ''

'', in which Webb attempts to consume large dishes in a competition style at various restaurants across the United States – he has referred to the challenges as a "sport". He remained host of the series when it made the move from the

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to the

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. Webb's run with the series has also been aired on the

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. In his second season with the series,

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called him "TV's monumental eater". In addition to his own show, he has also appeared on the series ''

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'' and ''Santa's Baking Blizzard''.

References

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