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.
2018 Bass Pro Shops Moon Pie contest
| 1st | 78 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 48 | Gideon Oji | |
| 3rd | 46.5 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 4th | 46 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 42 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 6th | 35 | Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave | |
| 7th | 25 | Brett Healey | |
| 8th | 22 | Matthew Raible |
update Rich Shea says Geoff Esper won with 78 Moon Pies.
Brett Healy appeared on WMC yesterday to promote the contest.
2018 Trenton pork rolls
Official results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 50 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 38 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 29 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 29 | Nick Wehry | |
| 5th | 22 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 6th | 20 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 7th | 14.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 8th | 12 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 9th | 9.5 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 10th | 7 | Scott Voegele | |
| 11th | 6.5 | Rene Rovtar | |
| 12th | 4.5 | Kristina Rovtar |
The Trenton Thunder twitter reports Geoff Esper won today’s pork roll eating contest with a total of 50.
2018 Buffalo Buffet Bowl
Official results, posted 20 hours after contest conclusion Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 5.25 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 5.25 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 5.25 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 5.25 | Darron Breeden | |
| 5th | 3.17 | George Chiger | |
| 6th | 2.8 | Mike Landrich | |
| 7th | 2.55 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 8th | 2.53 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 9th | 2.25 | Miki Sudo | |
| 10th | 2.11 | Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman | |
| 11th | 1.88 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 12th | 1.81 | William “Wild Bill” Myers |
Fink Beats the Stomach reports that Geoff Esper won the Buffet Bowl held at the Buffalo Wing Festival. MLE has yet to post results.
Most MLE wins in 2018
With his victory yesterday at the Indiana State Fair ice cream eating contest, Geoff Esper now has the most MLE wins in 2018 excluding Nathan’s qualifiers.
| 6 | Geoffrey Esper |
| 5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
| 3 | Carmen Cincotti |
| 1 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie |
| 1 | Miki Sudo |
| 1 | Gideon Oji |
| 1 | Darron Breeden |
2018 Indiana State Fair ice cream eating contest
update Aug 9
Articles: Indy Star | RTV6
Videos: Hungry Hazzard | Naptown Buzz | News Now | RTV6 | Crotin
Joey Chestnut Interviews: Nuvo | Colts.com (says he had a motorcyle accident which damaged his teeth)
Indiana Dairy Association gallery
| 1st | 15.5 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 14.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 3rd | 12 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 4th | 11.5 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | |
| 4th | 11.5 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 6th | 11.25 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 7th | 11 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 7th | 11 | Gideon Oji | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Matt “Sweet Tooth” Cohen | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Matthew Raible | |
| 11th | 5.5 | Meliss Klabel |
Joey Chestnut interview with Geist Magazine | WTHR.
Geoff Esper wins Fresno Tacos
update: Fresno Bee column | Visalia Times Delta gallery | CBS47 video
Official results of taco eating contest at Taco Truck Throwdown in Fresno (8 minutes)
| 1st | 73 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 2nd | 65 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | |
| 3rd | 50 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 45 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 5th | 36 | Zach Armas | |
| 5th | 36 | Steve Hendry | |
| 7th | 29 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 8th | 17 | Jon Davis | |
| 9th | 15 | Scott Rubin | |
| 10th | 9 | Jorge Martinez |
Article about yesterday’s qualifier won by Zach Armas
2018 Taste of Syracuse Nathan’s qualifier
update June 10 Syracuse NewTimes gallery
Official results
1) Geoff Esper 45
2) George Chiger 26
3) Jim Reeves 22
1W) Kristina Rovtar 6.5, daughter of Rene Rovtar
LocalSyr.com reports Geoff Esper won the men’s division with 45 hot dogs. From the picture, it appears there was at least one female entrant, so “uncontested” failed to defend the women’s division.
Geoff Esper is the favorite in the men’s division. We will see if “Uncontested” defends her Taste of Syracuse qualifier title in the women’s division.
2018 Mutton Glutton contest
update May 17 Matt Hazzard has a video.
update May 14 Messenger-Inquirer, TriStateHomePage and WEVV have articles. 14News has a pre-contest interview with Joey Chestnut
| 1st | 81 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 1st win of 2018, new record |
| 2nd | 53 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 3rd | 52.5 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 31 | Derek Jacobs | |
| 5th | 27 | Matt “Hungry” Hazzard | |
| 6th | 18.5 | Matthew Raible | |
| 7th | 13 | Steve “Pi Guy” Martin | |
| 8th | 9.5 | Carpenter | |
| 9th | 9 | Dee “Princess Pi-Anna” Martin | |
| 9th | 9 | John Wells | |
| 11th | 8 | Coleman | |
| 11th | 8 | Ingleheart |
Joey Chestnut appearance at restaurant yesterday
It has been over 5 months since Joey Chestnut’s last MLE win at the St Elmos Shrimp cocktail contest in Indianapolis, which might be his longest victory drought since he ascended to the #1 ranking.
2018 John’s Incredible Pizza contest
Official results Part 1 | Part 2
| 1st | 83 | Geoffrey Esper | new record |
| 2nd | 62 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | first contest of 2018 |
| 3rd | 48 | Gideon Oji | |
| 4th | 38 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 5th | 34 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 6th | 32 | Pablo Martinez | |
| 7th | 31 | Jon Bello | |
| 8th | 29 | Sarah “Unstoppable Bab” Reinecke | |
| 9th | 24 | Crazy Legs Conti | |
| 10th | 22 | Doug “Cerebrus” Ecks |
Geoff Esper has won with 83 slices.
Running Around Los Angeles has a video
2018 Miami Croquetazo
update Mar 20 Darron Breeden has a video
update Rise Miami News has a contest video
| 1st | 154 | Geoffrey Esper | falls short of Carmen Cincottis record of 158 by 4 |
| 2nd | 141 | Darron Breeden | |
| 3rd | 116 | Gideon Oji | 4 croqueta deduction |
| 4th | 80 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 5th | 38 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 6th | 34 | Jia Lee | |
| 7th | 26 | Alex “Moose” Perez | |
| DQ | ? | Victor Aldrich |
The contest can be viewed on Facebook Live
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