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In his latest video, Young Mantis and Joey Chestnut both attempt a single Big Ugly Burger challenge at Bub's Burgers in Carmel, IN. Joey says he wants to return and break James Webb's house record of 6 Big Ugly Burgers.

2023 St. Elmo’s Shrimp Cocktail contest

Official results

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

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Joey Chestnut appeared on Fox 59 and WISH TV to promote Saturday's St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship in Indianapolis.
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.
Registration is now open for the St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship that will be held before the Big Ten football championship game in Indianapolis on December 2.
The Seymour, IN Oktoberfest has dropped its bratwurst eating contest. Last year's contest awarded $500/$150/$50.
Current has an interview with James Webb eating six Big Ugly Burgers at Bub's in Carmel, IN on May 25 to break a record previously held by Eli Lessig.

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

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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.
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.

Registration to open for 3 2nd quarter MLE contests

Registration will open next week for three MLE 2nd quarter contests:
April 30 National Sweet Corn Eating Championship, West Palm Beach, FL opens Feb 6
May 26 Jack’s Donuts World Donut Hole Eating Championship, New Castle, IN opens Feb 7
June 10 The Outlaw Egg Rolls World Egg Roll Eating Championship Lubbock, TX opens Feb 8

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YouAreCurrent.com has an interview with John Gebhart.
Joey Chestnut contributed a list of his favorite Indianapolis area restaurants to Indianapolis Monthly's Best of 2022 issue.
Minor League Baseball awarded The Golden Bobblehead for Best Digital Campaign or Activation to the Indianapolis Indians for hosting Joey Chestnut's attempt at a boxed popcorn eating record.

Geoff Esper wins St. Elmo’s Shrimp Cocktail eating contest

Official results. 8 minute contest, results in pounds.

1st 16.4 Geoffrey Esper 15th MLE victory of 2022
2nd 14.9 Miki Sudo
3rd 11 Nick Wehry
4th 10.6 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut ends contest winning streak, ends 2022 with 1 win (Nathan’s)
5th 6 Derek Jacobs
6th 4.5 Matthew Raible
7th 2.5 Holly Titus

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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.
Joey Chestnut is expected to defend his title at the St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship in Indianapolis on December 3. This will probably be his last chance to obtain a non-Nathan's victory in 2022.
Registration will open at 2pm Eastern on October 25 for the St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Champion to be held before the Big Ten football championship game in Indianapolis on December 3.
Fox59.com reports Joey Chestnut ate over 29 servings of popcorn in under 8 minutes at tonigh't Indianapolis Indians game to set a new world record. The servings had a volume of 24 ounces.
WHTR.com reports Joey Chestnut will be doing a series of dollar menu challenges at tonight's Indianapolis Indians game. On August 23 he will attempt to set a record for eating popcorn at the ballpark.
WRBI reports Michelle Lesco ate 5.34 pounds of Van Camp’s Pork and Beans in three minutes to defeat three first responders in an eating contest Wednesday at the Decatur County Fair in Greensburg, IN.

Geoff Esper wins Jack’s Donut hole eating contest, Pat Bertoletti 2nd

Official results from today’s Jack’s Donuts donut hole eating contest in New Castle, IN (Part 1 | Part 2)

1 Geoff Esper 293 donut holes in 8 minutes
2 Patrick Bertoletti 275
3 Miki Sudo 221
4 Bartley Weaver IV 176
5T Derek Jacobs 125
5T Ronnie Hartman 125
7 Katina DeJarnett 116
8 John Gebhard 89
9 Mark Enstrom 83
10 Matt Raible 79
11T Tracy Goode 50
11T Victoria Enstrom 50

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Citing health issues, Joey Chestnut announced his withdrawal from Friday's Jack’s Donuts World Donut Hole Eating Championship in New Castle, IN. This will extend his winless streak to about six months and sets up the possibility that he will enter Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest with no 2022 victories. update IndyStar reports a positive COVID test was responsible for the withdrawal.
Joey Chestnut, Geoff Esper, Miki Sudo, Derek Jacobs, Ronnie Hartman, Bartley Weaver, Matthew Raible, John Gebhard, Patrick Bertoletti, Katina “Katina Eats KIlos” DeJarnett and Tracy Goode are expected to compete in Jack’s Donuts World Donut Hole Eating Championship in New Castle, IN on May 27. This would be Bertoletti's first Major League Eating contest since February 2013.
Eric "Badlands" Booker and Daym Drops will perform on the "Clash of Food Titans Tour" in Indianapolis on March 5.
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