The Takedown Twins youtube channel has been rebranded as the Extreme Eaters podcast. The format is similar to "Hot Ones", but instead of a hot wing gauntlet, guests will attempt a speed or capacity challenge while they are being interviewed. Two episodes featuring Geoff Esper and Sean "BasketLockerBall" Butler have been released.
Food League Singapore announced it will be releasing music by the Backshot Boys, a quartet consisting of Geoff Esper on vocals, Zermatt Neo on guitar, Sean Lee on bass guitar and Pat Bertoletti on keyboard.
Pat Bertoletti is in Japan for Big Eater Championship 2025, which will be broadcast on TV Tokyo on May 5. Takeru Kobayashi will also apparently appear on the program. Will he be a commentator or competitor? update Geoff Esper, winner of the 2024 contest, and Zermatt Neo from Singapore will also compete.
Benny’s Invitational Pizza Eating Championship
Full results (10 minutes)
| 1st | 11 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 9.5 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 8.25 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 5.25 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 3.75 | Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein | |
| 6th | 3.25 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 7th | 2.875 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 8th | 1.25 | Rene Rovtar |
James Webb did alive video
James Webb appeared on PHL 17 yesterday to promote Benny’s Invitational Pizza Eating Championship in Manayunk, PA today.
2024 Lewisville tamale eating contest
Official results (10 minutes). James Webb was apparently disqualified.
| 1st | 88 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 68 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 65 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 55 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 5th | 35 | Tanner Gray | |
| 6th | 25.5 | Albert Bravo | |
| 7th | 24 | “Nasty” Nathan Biller | |
| 8th | 20 | Tandra Childress | |
| 9th | 19 | Edgar Martinez | |
| 10th | 15 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 11th | 12 | Shawn “The Vacuum” Kirby |
James Webb is doing a livestream of today’s Padrino Foods World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewisville, TX.
2024 Trenton Thunder pork roll contest
update Full results
| 1st | 44.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 44.25 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 42.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 20.25 | Tanner Gray | |
| 5th | 19 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 14 | Peter Ritter | |
| 7th | 10 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 8th | 10 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 9th | 7 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 10th | 6 | Kevin Ackerman | Trenton Thunder employee |
Results from Aaron Cohen live video
1 Geoff Esper 44.5 pork rolls (10 minutes)
2 James Webb 44.25
3 Nick Wehry 42.5
4 Tanner Gray 20.25
5 George Chiger 19
James Webb is running a livestream of today’s Trenton Thunder World Famous Case’s Pork Roll Eating Championship.
2024 Colorado State Fair Slopper contest
The Pueblo Chieftain has a gallery
Announced results 8 minutes
1 Geoff Esper 31.5 Sloppers
2 James Webb 31
3 Steve Hammond 19.5
4 Tanner Gray 15
5 Mo Mbengue 14
6 Sergio Reyes Raya 10
7 Mark Sutherberg 8.5
James Webb is running a live video
The field: Mark Sutherberg, Tanner Gray, Mo Mbengue, Sergio Reyes Raya, Steve Hammond, James Webb, Geoff Esper
CT Insider has an interview with Geoff Esper about competing in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest without longtime rival Joey Chestnut.
2024 Mattituck Lions Strawberry Shortcake Contest
update June 19 Kylan Lee has a video
update June 16 Full results were posted this morning:
| 1st | 23.75 | Geoffrey Esper | wins contest 3rd year in a row |
| 2nd | 20.5 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 16 | Sean “The Mouth” Yeager | |
| 4th | 14.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 5th | 14 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 12.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 7th | 12.33 | Max Stanford | |
| 8th | 11 | Kylan Lee | |
| 9th | 10 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 10th | 9.25 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 11th | 8 | Peter Ritter | |
| 12th | 6 | Crazy Legs Conti |
Top 4 results from the strawberry festival’s facebook video (8 minutes)
1 Geoff Esper 23.75 pounds
2 James Webb 20.5
3 Sean Yeager 16
4 Darrien Thomas 14.5
James Webb is doing a livestream of this afternoon’s strawberry shortcake in Mattituck, NY.
update The livestream was terminated just before results were announced.
Lake Compounce Nathan’s qualifier
6 hours after the competition, the MLE twitter has yet to post a winner, but the MLE instagram has some results on its stories
49.5 Geoff Esper
31 George Chiger
28 Kylan Lee (Australia)
20 Josh Krady
17.5 Mark Frost
6.75 Julie Goldberg
4.75 Addison Skaggs
update Geoff Esper (49.5) and Julie Goldberg (6.75) were today’s winners via the Lake Compounce instagram stories
Geoff Esper, George Chiger, Josh Krady and Julie Goldberg are expected to compete in this afternoon’s Nathan’s qualifier at Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT.
Geoff Esper wins TV Tokyo’s “King of Gluttony”
Results from the final round of today’s “King of Gluttony” program televised on TV Tokyo: (Full program video)
1) Geoff Esper 26 bowls
2) Molly Schuyler 24
3) Kawaxile 23
4) Angela Sato 19
Geoff Esper offers advice on how to complete the 30 inch pizza at Nick's Place in Lexington, MA on a Chronicle 5 WCVB segement. The channel also produced a video about New England food challenges.
2023 St. Elmo’s Shrimp Cocktail contest
| 1st | 16.7 | Geoffrey Esper | defends title |
| 2nd | 16 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 15 | James Webb | |
| 4th | 12.8 | Miki Sudo | |
| 5th | 11.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 6th | 5 | Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz | |
| 7th | 4.5 | Mark Enstrom | |
| 8th | 2.4 | Alex “Moose” Perez |
St. Elmo’s is running a live video of the contest
Geoff Esper offers advice to Shayna and Erika of WCVB for their attempt at the 30 inch pizza challenge at Nick's Place in Burlington, MA. The station also did segments about New England restaurant challenges, New Hampshire challenges and the burger challenge at Eagle's Deli in Brighton, MA.
2023 Lewisville tamales contest
| 1st | 80 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 79 | James Webb | |
| 3rd | 66.25 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 51 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 5th | 37.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 6th | 34 | Greg “The Savage” Wilson | |
| 7th | 25.5 | Albert Bravo | |
| 8th | 22.5 | “Nasty” Nathan Biller | |
| 8th | 22.5 | Zach “MEEF” Pappert | |
| 10th | 21 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 11th | 18 | Jocelyn Young | |
| DQ | ? | Sean “MEEF” Pappert |
James Webb will do a livestream of this afternoon’s tamale eating contest in Lewisville, TX.
Geoff Esper defends pork roll title
update Official results were posted some time this morning:
| 1st | 43.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 43 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 43 | James Webb | |
| 4th | 35 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 20 | Josh “The Goat” Krady | |
| 6th | 19 | George Chiger | |
| 7th | 14 | Ryan “Max Carnage” Rodacker | |
| 8th | 13 | Chris Seely | |
| 9th | 11.25 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 10th | 9.5 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 11th | 9.25 | Crazy Legs Conti |
Geoff Esper defended his title at today’s Trenton Thunder pork roll eating contest (via James Webb live video) Joey Chestnut was runner up.
Joey Chestnut vs. Geoff Esper since Jan 1, 2022
Here are the head to head results for Joey Chestnut vs. Geoff Esper in MLE contests since January 1, 2022. They have faced off 8 times in that period; Geoff had a better finish in 5 of those competitions.
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Telegram.com has an interview with Geoff Esper about competing in the Nathan's finals. He does not expect to beat Joey Chestnut.
Geoff Esper defends Mattituck, NY strawberry shortcake title
update Patch.com article and gallery John Sharkey Instagram gallery
| 1st | 21 | Geoffrey Esper | new record |
| 2nd | 15.75 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 15 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 9 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 5th | 7 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 6th | 6 | Tim Wheeler | |
| 7th | 3.75 | John Sharkey | |
| 8th | 3.5 | Mark Kaiser | |
| 9th | 3 | Dan Lemelman | |
| 10th | 2.5 | Matt Walker |
Nick Wehry’s facebook video
Berea, OH Nathan’s qualifier
updateMay 28
Video by Sam Messenger
Official results
| 1st | 50 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 27.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 3rd | 18 | Andrew Krawczyk | |
| 4th | 16.75 | Mike Landrich | |
| 5th | 15 | A Kamenski | |
| 6th | 11 | N Moufid | |
| 7th | 10 | A Djuric | |
| 8th | 6 | Carmen Angelo | from WTAM’s The Bloomsdaddy Show |
| 1st | 15.5 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | will compete in finals for 13th year in a row, 2nd longest streak after Joey Chestnut |
| 2nd | 7 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 3rd | 6.5 | Brynn Szeles |
Fox 8 is currently running a live video
Geoff Esper defends Jack’s Donut hole title
update Contest video by 5 after 5 Studios
update May 28 Video by James Webb
Official results from tonight’s Jack’s Donuts Donut Hole Eating Championship in New Castle, IN
| 1st | 344 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 310 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 308 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 295 | James Webb | |
| 5th | 266 | Nick Wehry | |
| 6th | 217 | Sean “The Mouth” Yeager | |
| 7th | 191 | Mo Mbengue | |
| 8th | 133 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 9th | 94 | Michael Doolin | |
| 10th | 92 | John Gebhard | |
| 11th | 43 | Rene Rovtar |
2023 Manorpalooza sausage eating contest
Official results (10 minutes)
| 1st | 39 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 35.5 | Miki Sudo | |
| 2nd | 35.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 4th | 26 | Mo Mbengue | MLE debut |
| 5th | 19 | Greg “The Savage” Wilson | |
| 6th | 16.75 | Christopher Dale | |
| 7th | 14 | Albert Bravo | |
| 8th | 9 | Jacob Carr |
Miki Sudo is doing a live video of the contest
In his latest video, a Jaffa cake challenge, Geoff Esper admits he is lacking enthusiasm for competitive eating and is considering missing Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. (via MikeyinCharge)
Food Challenge News has an interview with Geoff Esper, who says that competitive eating is not as much fun as it used to be and that he is contemplating retiring at the end of the year.
Geoff Esper appeared on CBS 12 this morning to discuss his competitive eating career and promote the April 30 Sweet Corn Eating Championship in West Palm Beach, which he said he will not be competing in. (youtube video)
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