November 30, 2018 at 11:03 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Geoff Esper, Indianapolis, Joey Chestnut, Statistics
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:
| 1 |
2018 Jun 3 |
1st |
40 |
8 min |
Darron Breeden |
Acme World Oyster-Eating Championship |
New Orleans, LA |
| 2 |
2018 Aug 11 |
1st |
10.25 |
6 min |
Darron Breeden |
Wisconsin State Fair World Cheese Curd Eating Championship |
West Allis, WI |
| 3 |
2018 Sep 29 |
1st |
70 |
10 min |
Darron Breeden |
Western Days Festival World Tamale Eating Championship |
Lewisville, TX |
| 4 |
2018 May 12 |
1st |
81 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Owensboro International Bar-B-Q Festival World Mutton Sandwich-Eating Championship |
Owensboro, KY |
| 5 |
2018 May 28 |
1st |
77 |
8 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
The San Pedro Fish Market World Famous Shrimp Eating Championship |
San Pedro, CA |
| 6 |
2018 Jun 1 |
1st |
257 |
6 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
The World Hostess® Donettes® Eating Championship |
Philadelphia, PA |
| 7 |
2018 Jun 3 |
1st |
25.5 |
8 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
The Baked Bear World Ice-Cream Sandwich Eating Championship |
San Diego, CA |
| 8 |
2018 Jul 4 |
1st |
74 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men |
Brooklyn, NY |
| 9 |
2018 Aug 18 |
1st |
359 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship |
Los Angeles, CA |
| 10 |
2018 Sep 2 |
1st |
206 |
12 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship |
Buffalo, NY |
| 11 |
2018 Sep 15 |
1st |
47 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
The White Hut World Cheeseburg Eating Championship |
West Springfield, MA |
| 12 |
2018 Sep 23 |
1st |
65.5 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati World Bratwurst-Eating Championship |
Cincinnati, OH |
| 13 |
2018 Oct 4 |
1st |
62 |
8 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Pacific Park World Taco Eating Championship |
Santa Monica, CA |
| 14 |
2018 Oct 13 |
1st |
17.5 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
World Poutine Eating Championship – pros |
Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 15 |
2018 Feb 17 |
1st |
9.75 |
6 min |
Carmen Cincotti |
World Chili Eating Challenge |
Orlando, FL |
| 16 |
2018 Apr 29 |
1st |
58 |
12 min |
Carmen Cincotti |
National Sweet Corn Eating Championship |
West Palm Beach, FL |
| 17 |
2018 Jun 16 |
1st |
22 |
8 min |
Carmen Cincotti |
Strawberry Shortcake Eating Championship |
Mattituck, NY |
| 18 |
2018 Mar 11 |
1st |
154 |
8 min |
Geoffrey Esper |
World Championship Croqueta Eating Contest |
Miami, FL |
| 19 |
2018 Apr 22 |
1st |
83 |
10 min |
Geoffrey Esper |
John’s Incredible Pizza World Pizza-Eating Championship |
Westminster, CA |
| 20 |
2018 May 26 |
1st |
107 |
8 min |
Geoffrey Esper |
Tivoli Fest World Aebleskiver Eating Championship |
Elk Horn, IA |
| 21 |
2018 Jul 15 |
1st |
19.25 |
10 min |
Geoffrey Esper |
Vaughan Pizza Fest World Pizza-Eating Championship |
Vaughan, ON, Canada |
| 22 |
2018 Jul 20 |
1st |
73 |
8 min |
Geoffrey Esper |
Fresno Tacos World Taco-Eating Championship |
Fresno, CA |
| 23 |
2018 Aug 5 |
1st |
15.5 |
6 min |
Geoffrey Esper |
World Ice Cream Eating Championship |
Indianapolis, IN |
| 24 |
2018 Aug 25 |
1st |
33 |
10 min |
Geoffrey Esper |
The Snowbird Bratwurst Eating Championship |
Snowbird, UT |
| 25 |
2018 Sep 1 |
1st |
5.25 |
2m36s |
Geoffrey Esper |
Buffalo Buffet Bowl |
Buffalo, NY |
| 26 |
2018 Sep 29 |
1st |
50 |
10 min |
Geoffrey Esper |
Trenton Thunder World Famous Case’s Pork Roll Eating Championship |
Trenton, NJ |
| 27 |
2018 Oct 13 |
1st |
78 |
8 min |
Geoffrey Esper |
The Bass Pro Shops World MoonPie Eating Championship |
Memphis, TN |
| 28 |
2018 Nov 3 |
1st |
30.5 |
8 min |
Geoffrey Esper |
Fortune Bay World Indian Taco Eating Championship |
Tower, MN |
| 29 |
2018 Jun 2 |
1st |
18.5 |
10 min |
Gideon Oji |
The 2018 World Championship Canteen Sandwich Eating Contest |
Ottumwa, IA |
| 30 |
2018 Jun 1 |
1st |
48 |
8 min |
Matt “Megatoad” Stonie |
The Salvation Army National Donut Day World Donut Eating Championship |
Hollywood, CA |
| 31 |
2018 Jul 4 |
1st |
37 |
10 min |
Miki Sudo |
Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women |
Brooklyn, NY |
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