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Who is Alexander Tominsky? Man finishes challenge of eating entire rotisserie chicken every day for 40 DAYS

Alexander Tominsky, 31, has been consuming one store-bought roast chicken daily for the past six weeks and on the final day of the challenge, a huge crowd joined to cheer him as he finished his chicken

PHILADEPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA: A Philadephia man has been eating a rotisserie chicken for 40 straight days. On the last day of his challenge, the man was gathered by hundreds of fans who had come to see Alexander Tominsky famously known as the 'chicken man' during an extravaganza organized on Sunday, November 6.

Tominsky, 31, who is a waiter at the local steakhouse Barclay Prime, started the bizarre food challenge on September 28, sharing daily updates with his social media fans who were intrigued by his eating habits. On the final day of his challenge, huge Philadelphia folks joined to cheer him as he finished his chicken at an abandoned pier along the Delaware River. 

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Tominsky has been consuming one store-bought roast chicken daily for the past six weeks. Over the weeks he could also be seen growing weary of the challenge and regretting his decision but he does not give up and continues to fulfill his promise. Ahead of the event, Tominsky asserted to his fans that the get-together was not a party and was to be held at 12 pm sharp. Footage from the scene shows Tominsky eating the crowning chicken without any seasoning or sides but some seltzer to wash it down. About 40 minutes into the challenge he could be seen triumphantly showing off the last morsel to the huge crowd who continued to cheer him profusely, calling him "Chicken man."

The event was witnessed by hundreds of people after Tominsky posted about the event on social media and even sent out fliers informing the ordeal. "November 6th will be the 40th consecutive day that I have eaten an entire rotisserie chicken. 12 o'clock noon." adding a cryptic location with no contact or his name, he wrote, "The chicken will be consumed on that abandoned pier near Walmart" and asserted, "This is not a party."

Although his fans soon started to question the vague location asking for more details but he answered by saying that Philadelphians would be able to figure it out. "If you're from Philly, you'd know," Tominsky replied on Twitter. "It's not too hard to find." The venue Tominsky was referring to was one particular pier along the Delaware River in South Philadelphia, near one of the superstore's locations on Christopher Columbus Blvd. When asked why the assertion this "is not a party," a modest Tominsky replied, "I'm not trying to make this- it's just me eating chicken, really."