BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The ‘World’s Healthiest Eating Championship’ at the Taste of Buffalo Saturday had contestants devouring not wings, not hot dogs, but kale.

Independent Health sponsored the contest called ‘Kale Yeah’ and a big crowd of spectators in front of Buffalo City Hall couldn’t get enough of it.

Competitors ate bowls of kale salad with olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. At the end of a furious 8 minutes of eating by some of the country’s top professional eaters Gideon “The Truth” Oji from Marrow, Georgia took the Kale Cup.

Oji consumed 25 and a half bowls of kale to be crowned champ and claim the top prize of $2,000.