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Joey Chestnut has apparently reconciled with Major League Eating. He appeared on WISH and Fox59 this morning to promote Saturday's St. Elmo shrimp cocktail eating contest in Indianapolis. If Joey competes, it would be his first MLE contest since May. Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry are also expected to compete. update Joey confirmed he will compete on the Fox 59 morning news. Geoff Esper and Pat Bertoletti are also expected to compete. update On the Bob & Tom Show, Joey says says he has yet to reconcile with Nathan's Famous and is not sure if he will compete to regain his title on July 4. He also hinted at a possible Unfinished Beef II matchup vs. Takeru Kobayashi in Tokyo.
James Webb, Nick Wehry and Dave "US Male" Goldstein are expected to compete in Benny’s Invitational Pizza Eating Championship in Manayunk, PA on November 16. This will be Goldstein's first MLE competition since 2010. update Geoff Esper, George Chiger, Larell Marie Mele, William Myers, Rene Rovtar and Cherish Brown are also expected to compete.
Geoff Esper, Pat Bertoletti, James Webb, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Derek Hendrickson are expected to compete in the NORMS Las Vegas: Hotcake Eating Championship on November 9.
Defending champion Geoff Esper, James Webb, Nick Wehry, George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti, Larell Marie Mele, Bill Myers and Julie Goldberg are expected to compete in the Trenton Thunder World Famous Case's Pork Roll Eating Championship in Trenton, NJ on September 21.
Pat Bertoletti, Geoff Esper, James Webb, Miki Sudo and Darrien Thomas are expected to compete in Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship in Toronto on August 10.
Pat Bertoletti, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, James Webb and Nick Wehry are expected to compete in Wendy's Chicken Nugget Eating Championship before Friday's Long Island Ducks game in Central Islip, NY. Webb is now billed as a resident of Little El, TX.
James Webb, Nick Wehry, Geoff Esper and Pat Bertoletti are expected to compete in Saturday's Great American Blueberry Eating Championship in Grand Rapids, MI.
The field for Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, DC has been announced: George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti, Gordon Hazzard (first contest since 2021) and Valentin Ferrer from Spain. Three female rookies will also make their debut.
Defending champion Geoff Esper, James Webb, Darrien Thomas, Badlands Booker, Crazy Legs Conti, Max Stanford, Radim Dvoracek, Kylan Lee, Sean Yeager, Josh Krady and Peter Ritter are expected to compete in tomorrow's strawberry shortcake eating contest in Mattituck, NY.
Nick Wehry announced that he will be competing in the Nathan's qualifier at the Parma, OH Rib N Rock Festival on June 6 along with Pat Bertoletti, Katie Prettyman and influencer "Sir Yacht".
James Webb, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, George Chiger and Larell Marie Mele are expected to compete in the Salvation Army World Donut Eating Championship in Washington, DC on June 7.
Gideon Oji, George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti and Larell Marie Mele are expected to compete in Friday's Nathan's qualifier in Times Square. The competition is part of a "Hot Dogs in the City" exhibition that features a 65 foot long hot dog that can rise up and shoot confetti.
WATE has a news video about Knoxville mayor Glenn Jacobs (WWE Hall of Famer "Kane") competing in the Ultimate Bologna Showdown in Knoxville on May 18. Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, James Webb and Gideon Oji are also expected to compete. (youtube video).
Knoxville Mayor Glenn Jacobs, who competed in WWE as "Kane", will be the only amateur entrant in the Ultimate Bologna Showdown in Knoxville, TN on May 18. Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper are also expected to compete.
Defending champion Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Yasir Salem, George Chiger and Darrien Thomas are expected to compete in the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach on April 28. This will be Yasir Salem's first MLE contest since 2018.
Miki Sudo, Gideon Oji, Nick Wehry and Jocelyn Walker are expected to compete in the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach on April 28.
Expected entrants (Part 2) for the Eating Uranus Fudge Galactic Championship on March 30 in St. Robert, MO: Geoffrey Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, James Webb, Michelle Lesco, Gideon Oji, Pat Bertoletti, George Chiger, Crazy Legs Conti, Rene Rovtar, John Gebhard, Greg Wilson, Matt Raible and Jocelyn Young.
Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Joey Bosa will compete in the Wonderful Pistachios eating contest at Pacific Park in Santa Monica on February 26. Other expected entrants include defending champ Nick Wehry, Joey Chestnut, James Webb, Bartley Weaver IV and Darrien Thomas.
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, James Webb, Derek Hendrickson and Pat Bertoletti are expected to compete in Siegel’s Bagelmania World Bagel Eating Championship in Las Vegas on January 13.
Raina Huang, Zermatt Neo, Kelvin "Zarkman" Medina and Xiao Hui from Taiwan will compete in the noodle eating championship at the Singapore Comic Con on December 9
Nick Wehry announced he intends to compete in Saturday's St. Elmo's shrimp cocktail eating contest in Indianapolis along with Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo and Alex "Moose" Perez.
The full field for Saturday's tamale eating contest in Lewisville, TX has been posted: Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Michelle Lesco, James Webb, Adrian Morgan, Derek Hendrickson, Darrien Thomas, Greg Wilson, Nathan Biller, Sergio Reyes Raya, Jocelyn Young and Albert Bravo (Nick Wehry was also listed but he will be doing the Cheesesteak Egg Roll Bowl.)
The field for the Cheesesteak Egg Roll Bowl at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City on September 30 has been announced. Joey Chestnut, Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji, Darrien Thomas, George Chiger, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Rene Rovtar, William Myers, Alex Perez, Michael Dietz, Peter Ritter and Nicholas Bard are expected to compete.
Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper are expected to compete in the Trenton Thunder pork roll eating contest on September 23.

2023 Buffalo Wing Fest fields

Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji, James Webb, George Chiger, Ronnie Hartman, Badlands Booker, Crazy Legs Conti, Jim Reeves and Mike Harris are expected to compete in the Wing It On! USA Chicken Wing Eating Championship at the Buffalo Wing Fest September 3.

Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji, George Chiger, Ronnie Hartman, Badlands Booker, Crazy Leg Conti, Jim Reeves, Rene Rovtar and Cherish Brown are expected to compete in the Buffalo Buffet Bowl Eating Championship on September 2.

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