Geoff Esper posted a video of his attempt to eat 100 standard sized IHOP pancakes. The chain is currently offering an AYCE pancake special.
Geoff Esper completed the Big Texan 72 ounce steak challenge in 5:08, surpassing Joey Chestnut (8:52) for the fastest non Molly Schuyler time for the meal.
2019 Lewisville tamales
update Oct 2 Katie Prettyman video
Full results (without full names) | Full results with full names
Steve “The Rabbit” video
| 1st | 95 | Geoffrey Esper | 10 minute contest record |
| 2nd | 78.5 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 59 | Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond | |
| 4th | 51 | George Chiger | |
| 5th | 48 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 6th | 46 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 6th | 46 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 8th | 44 | Brett “The Branimal” Healey | |
| 9th | 30 | “Nasty” Nathan Biller | |
| 10th | 29 | Francisco Galicia | |
| 11th | 27.5 | John Gebhard | |
| 12th | 20 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 13th | 15 | Jocelyn Walker | |
| 14th | 10 | Mark Poland | |
| DQ | ? | Greg “The Savage” Wilson |
https://www.instagram.com/beyondseattleeats/ has a live video of the contest.
Previous contest winners
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Geoff Esper takes lead over Joey Chestnut for 2019 victories
With two victories at the Buffalo Wing Festival, Geoff Esper has moved ahead of Joey Chestnut for total MLE victories in 2019 (excluding qualifiers),
8 Geoff Esper
7 Joey Chestnut
3 Miki Sudo
2 Darron Breeden
1 Adrian Morgan
1 Gideon Oji
1 Matt Stonie
All first place results are after the jump
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2019 Buffalo Wing Festival wing championship
update Sept 2MLE has yet to post more than the top 3, but Miki Sudo has full results
| 1st | 281 | Geoffrey Esper | record |
| 2nd | 276 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 221 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 217 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 212 | Joel Hansen | |
| 6th | 182 | Nick Wehry | |
| 7th | 134 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 8th | 133 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 9th | 114 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 10th | 112 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 11th | 81 | William “Wild Bill” Myers |
https://www.instagram.com/buffalowingfestival/ will be showing videos of the contest on its stories.
Geoff Esper wins 2019 Buffalo Buffet Bowl, Joey Chestnut 4th
update Sept 4 Videos: Joel Hansen | Brando
Official results (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3) Contest stopped when 1st 3 finished platter
1 Geoff Esper 2:51
2 Gideon Oji 4:28
3 Miki Sudo 4:35
4 Joey Chestnut 4.08 lb eaten when contest terminated
5 Nick Wehry 3.98
6 Jim Reeves 2.33
7 Badlands Booker 2.24
8 Ronnie Hartman 1.98
9 Mike Landrich 1.91
10 Bill Myers 1.44
11 Frank Velocchi 0.99
2019 Snowbird bratwurst contest
| 1st | 36 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 35.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 35 | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 31 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 24.5 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 6th | 22 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 7th | 18.5 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 8th | 10 | Sergio Reyes-Raya | |
| 9th | 8 | Casey Johnson | |
| 10th | 7 | Rusty Johnson | |
| 11th | 5.5 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
https://www.instagram.com/hungryhazzard/ has an Instagram Live video of today’s bratwurst eating contest in Snowbird, UT.
2019 Mystic Lake rib eating contest
| 1st | 6.32 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 6.23 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 5.47 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 5.22 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 4.53 | Gideon Oji | |
| 6th | 4.14 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 7th | 3.86 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 8th | 3.36 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 9th | 2.95 | Miki Sudo | |
| 10th | 1.73 | George Chiger | |
| 11th | 1.6 | Matthew Raible |
https://www.instagram.com/hungryhazzard/ has an Instagram Live video.
Geoff Esper received a certificate of recognition from the Board of Selectmen for Oxford, MA for his successes in competitive eating.
Telegram.com has an article about Geoff Esper.
Joey Chestnut vs. Geoff Esper results since Jan 1, 2018
Here are the head to head results for Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper since Jan 1, 2018. They are tied at 8 victories each.
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Men's Health has a joint interview with Derek Jacobs, Geoffrey Esper, Matt Hazzard, Michelle Lesco, Nick Wehry, Ronnie Hartman and Sophia DeVita about their training regimen for Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
Miki Sudo wins Fortune Bay Wild Rice Hotdish
Official results of today’s Fortune Bay World Wild Rice Hotdish Eating Championship in Tower, MN (contest length 8 minutes).
| 1st | 14 | Miki Sudo | |
| 2nd | 13.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 12.25 | Darron Breeden | |
| 4th | 8 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 4th | 8 | Ben Welch | |
| 6th | 6 | Ethan Teske | |
| 7th | 5 | Alex Cook | |
| 8th | 4 | Billy Milbeck | |
| 8th | 4 | travis schultz | |
| 10th | 3 | Paul Shyrer |
2019 Hooters Wing Championship
| 1st | 281 | Geoffrey Esper | new record |
| 2nd | 256 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 234 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 4th | 223 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 214 | Miki Sudo | |
| 6th | 200 | Gideon Oji | |
| 7th | 199 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 8th | 172 | Steve Hendry | |
| 9th | 158 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 10th | 115 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 11th | 111 | Nate Biller |
Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie did a joint interview on FoxReno.com this morning.
Geoff Esper wins Mattituck Strawberry Shortcake
The MLE instagram has posted the top 6 for the Mattituck Lions Club World Strawberry Shortcake Eating Championship in Mattituck, NY
1) Geoff Esper 17.5 pounds in 8 minutes
2) Darron Breeden 14
3) Darrien Thomas 11
4T) Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran 10.75
4T) Wayne 10.75
6) George Chiger
Geoff Esper wins Malted Barley pretzel eating contest
Official results 8 minutes
| 1st | 26 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 18.5 | Nick Wehry | |
| 3rd | 18 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 3rd | 18 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 17 | Miki Sudo | |
| 6th | 14 | Georger Chiger | |
| 7th | 8 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 8th | 5 | Bennett | |
| 8th | 5 | Jason Day | |
| 8th | 5 | Lufkin | |
| 11th | 4.5 | Staton | |
| 12th | 4 | Tracie Dickerson |
Geoff Esper defeats Joey Chestnut in Hostess Donettes
Official results for today’s Hostess Donettes eating contest in Austin.
| 1st | 235 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 200 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 146 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
| 4th | 134 | Brett Healey | |
| 5th | 125 | Greg Wilson | |
| 6th | 79 | Albert Bravo | |
| 7th | 77 | Albert Carr | |
| 8th | 61 | Juan Aguilar | |
| 9th | 52 | Aaron Stroope | |
| 10th | 51 | Jocelyn Walker |
The Providence Journal has an interview with Geoff Esper about competing in the Malted Barley pretzel eating contest on Saturday.
Geoff Esper has uploaded a video of him eating the 28 inch, 9 pound pizza challenge at Benny Fierro's in Pittsburgh in 6:50, setting the house record and claiming a prize of $500.
2019 Long Island Ducks Nathan’s qualifier
Results via Fink Beats the Stomach (More results)
| 1st | 47 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 29 | George Chiger | |
| 3rd | 22.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 4th | 19 | Roderick Buenviaje |
| 1st | 18 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | has won qualifier every year since gender split in 2011 |
| 2nd | 7 | Julie Goldberg | |
| 3rd | 4 | Prudence DiBenedetto |
Facebook Live video by Fink Beats the Stomach
Previous winners of Nathan’s qualifiers held at the Long Island Ducks ballpark. A gap of almost 13 years between competitions might be a record for qualifier sites.
| 2006 Jun 24 | 1st | 21.5 | 12 min | Allen “Shredder” Goldstein |
| 2005 Jun 25 | 1st | 24 | 12 min | Ed “Cookie” Jarvis |
| 2004 Jun 26 | 1st | 18.75 | 12 min | Oleg Zhornitskiy |
In his latest video, Geoff Esper attempts to eat 100 Eggo Waffles.
Molly Schuyler, Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark and Magic Mikey have produced videos of their attempt with Geoff Esper to complete the 54 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's and Papa's in under an hour and win $4000. The usual prize for the challenge is $1000 that is paid if an eight person team finishes it in under 2 hours.
Geoff Esper has restarted his youtube channel with an egg nog record attempt and a "Edible Hulk" sandwich challenge narrated by Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" Clark.
Joey Chestnut & Geoff Esper to face off for most 2018 victories
The field for tomorrow’s World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship before the Big 10 football championship has been announced: Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper will seek the most non-qualifier MLE victories in 2018 (currently tied at 11) while Darron Breeden, Gideon Oji, George Chiger, Derek Jacobs, Matt Raible and Mary Bowers will look to preserve the draw. If Mary Bowers does not pull of the upset, there will be no female winners of a mixed-gender MLE competition in 2018.
A list of all 2018 MLE non-qualifier winners sorted by name follows:
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Clinton Station Diner 105 lb burger conquered
Miki Sudo announced that the 10 person team consisting of herself, Molly Schuyler, Bob Shoudt, Dan Kennedy, Darrron Breeden, Geoff Esper, Brandon Clark, George Chiger, Nick Wehry and Andrew Puhl completed the 105 pound burger challenge at the Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, NJ and claimed a $5,000 prize. Flux Happens has videos of the start and end of the challenge. Molly Schuyler was the last member eating.
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