Radim Dvoracek from the Czech Republic, Max Stanford, John "Food and the Beast" Dawes along with Ronnie Hartman are expected to compete in the Nathan's qualifier at Seal Bay Resort in Selsey, England on August 26.
Defending champ Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji, Darrien Thomas and Matt Raible are expected to compete in Saturday's Great Midwest Rib Eating Championship in Prior Lake, MN.
Sean Yeager and Andrew Puhl are expected to compete in Saturday's ShuBrew hot dog eating contest in Zelienople, PA. The competition will award $1000 if the winning total exceeds 20 hot dogs.
2023 Nathan’s Famous finals qualifiers
It was announced earlier today that Prudence DiBenedetto has received a wild card spot in the Nathan’s finals, which implies four wild cards will be granted. Here are the current fields with the currently announced international byes assuming four wild cards. It is not clear if all the female wild cards will compete, since they will have to pay for their own travel.
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Current 2023 Nathan’s Famous field
Here is the current Nathan’s field based on the byes posted on the MLE twitter
Men
Champions bye: Joey Chestnut
International byes: Ricardo Corbucci, Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran, Max Suzuki, James Webb
Qualifier winners:
| 2023 May 13 | 44 | Nick Wehry | Kissimmee, FL |
| 2023 May 27 | 50 | Geoffrey Esper | Berea, OH |
| 2023 Jun 9 | 40 | Bartley Weaver, IV | Dayton, OH |
| 2023 Jun 17 | 34.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | Cincinnati, OH |
| 2023 Jun 17 | 32.5 | Derek Hendrickson | Pleasanton, CA |
Women
Champions byes: Miki Sudo, Michelle Lesco
International bye: Mary Bowers
Qualifier winners:
| 2023 May 13 | 10 | Jocelyn Young | Kissimmee, FL |
| 2023 May 27 | 15.5 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | Berea, OH |
| 2023 Jun 9 | 10 | Kelly Wong | Dayton, OH |
| 2023 Jun 9 | 10 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown | Dayton, OH |
| 2023 Jun 17 | 7.5 | Rene Rovtar | Cincinnati, OH |
| 2023 Jun 17 | 14 | Katie Prettyman | Pleasanton, CA |
James Webb and Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran have received byes to the Nathan's finals.
Nick Wehry announces that he will be competing in Saturday's strawberry shortcake eating contest in Mattituck, NY along with Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo and Badlands Booker. If Joey Chestnut misses this contest, he will be coming into Nathan's Famous contest on July 4 with just two victories in nine contests over the past 18 months.
Nick Wehry announces that he will compete in Friday's World Donut Eating Championship at the USS Midway in San Diego along with Miki Sudo, Derek Hendrickson and James Webb.
Defending champion Geoff Esper, Nick Wehry, James Webb, Derek Hendrickson and Nate Biller are expected to compete in the Outlaw Egg Rolls’ World Egg Roll Eating Championship in Lubbock, TX June 10.
Nick Wehry announced that he, Joey Chestnut, defending champ Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo and James Webb are expected to compete in Jack's Donuts donut hole eating contest in New Castle, IN on May 26.
Nick Wehry, Bartley Weaver IV, Rene Rovtar and Jocelyn Walker are expected to compete in Saturday's Nathan's Famous qualifier in Kissimmee, FL
On today's episode of Indy Now on Fox 59, it was announced that Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper will compete in Jack's Donut Holes Eating Championship in New Castle, IN on May 26.
Nick Wehry announces that he, Geoff Esper and Miki Sudo will compete in the sausage eating contest at Manorpalooza in Manor, TX on Saturday.
Nick Wehry announces that he will be competing in the Sweet Corn Eating Championship at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL on April 30 along with 3 time champion Gideon Oji, Miki Sudo, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Darrien Thomas and Rene Rovtar.
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Pat Bertoletti and Badlands Booker are expected to compete in the Qdoba World Burrito Eating Championship in Milwaukee on Thursday.
Registration will open later today for the Wonderful Pistachios Get Crackin' Eating Championship to be held in Santa Monica on February 26. A press release lists Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Gideon Oji as expected entrants. This probably implies that Joey Chestnut has extended his MLE contract and dropped plans for a rematch with Takeru Kobayashi.
Nick Wehry has posted some of the field for Sunday's Bagelmania eating contest in Las Vegas which will include himself, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Gideon Oji, Derek Hendrickson, Juan Rodriguez and Naader Reda. l
Nick Wehry has announced that he, Miki Sudo, Geoff Esper and Joey Chestnut will compete in the Bagelmania eating contest in Las Vegas on January 15. If Chestnut competes, then he will have extended his MLE contract which was to have expired today.
The field for Saturday's St. Elmo's Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship in Indianapolis has been announced and will include the top 5 ranked active MLE competitors: defending champion Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry and Gideon Oji. Derek Jacobs and Matt Raible are also expected to compete.
Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Steve Hammond, Derek Jacobs, John Gebhard, Matthew Raible and Andy Krawczyk are expected to compete in the Destination Outlets World Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship in Jeffersonville, OH on October 9.
Miki Sudo, Michelle Lesco, Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Derek Hendrickson, Katie Prettyman, Nate Biller, Ryan Rodacker, Jocelyn Walker and Kathryn Tesch are expected to compete in Saturday's World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewisville, TX.
The field for Saturday's Trenton Thunder World Famous Case’s Pork Roll Eating Championship will include: Geoff Esper, Nick Wehry, Pat Bertoletti, George Chiger, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Crazy Legs Conti, William Myers, Andy Krawczyk, Rene Rovtar, Prudence DiBenedetto, Radim Dvoracek, Sean Yeager and Jeff Bonacorda.
Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, George Chiger, Derek Jacobs and Eric "Badlands" Booker are expected to compete in Sunday's bratwurst eating contest at Oktoberfest Zinzinnati in Cincinnati. Joey Chestnut, who has won the previous 10 contests, will apparently not defend his title. update Joey Chestnut says he will be having leg surgery on Thursday and will be out of competitive eating for a while.
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Gideon Oji, George Chiger, Ronnie Hartman, Darrien Thomas, Bill Myers, Jim Reeves and Rene Rovtar are expected to compete in Saturday's Buffalo Buffet Bowl and Sunday's wing eating contest at the Buffalo Wing Fest. An amateur wing eating contest will be held on Saturday which has previously awarded its winner a spot in Sunday's wing eating contest.
The field for the World Banana Pudding Championship in Madison, AL on August 5 has been announced: Geoff Esper, Nick Wehry, Pat Bertoleti, George Chiger, Greg Wilson, Crazy Legs Conti, Matt Cohen, Andy Krawczyk and Steven Farlow.
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