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National "Wing Fest" One for the Record Books!
Attendance and Competitive Eating Records Highlight Buffalo Event!

Never before have a half million chicken wings been consumed in one place at one time, but that's just what happened in Buffalo, NY on Labor Day weekend!

The occasion was the 6th annual NATIONAL BUFFALO WING FESTIVAL, which this year drew 74 thousand visitors from throughout the country…folks who consumed 25 tons of "Buffalo Wings".

Nobody ate more chicken wings, however, than competitive eater Sonya Thomas of Arlington, Virginia, who set a new OFFICIAL WORLD RECORD, during the event's UNITED STATES CHICKEN WING EATING CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Thomas, known on the competitive eating circuit as "The Black Widow", chewed and swallowed her way through an astonishing 173 chicken wings in twelve minutes.

Still "hungry" on day two of the festival, the one hundred pound "champ" also took top honors in the popular "BUFFALO BUFFET BOWL" where she set another record, by eating 5.95 pounds of pizza, pierogies, beef, chicken wings, and "hog wings".

The more than thirty local and national restaurants who participated in this year's NATIONAL BUFFALO WING FESTIVAL also competed against one another, with several taking home awards for their chicken wing sauces.

Winners include Ker's Wing House for BEST TRADIONAL EXTRA HOT SAUCE, Wing Street for BEST TRADITIONAL HOT SAUCE, and Bocce's Pizza of Buffalo for BEST TRADITIONAL BARBEQUE.

Another highlight of the 2007 NATIONAL BUFFLO WING FESTIVAL was the introduction of two more chicken wing "pioneers" into the BUFFALO WING HALL OF FLAME.

The inductees are Jim Disbrow and Scott Lowery, who are the founders of BUFFALO WILD WINGS, which began in Ohio in 1982 and now has 450 company-owned and franchised restaurants across the country.

The NATIONAL BUFFALO WING FESTIVAL has become the "Super Bowl" of chicken wing gatherings and competitions and has been showcased by such national media as the FOOD NETWORK, PBS, the TRAVEL CHANNEL, NBC's THE TODAY SHOW, the BBC, and FOX AND FRIENDS.

This year, Emeril Lagasse sent a film crew for footage to be used in a future show on Buffalo Wings. In addition, The PBS show ROADSIDE ADVENTURES was on hand for this year's festival, which was also the culmination for an upcoming documentary film, entitled THE GREAT BUFFALO CHICKEN WING HUNT.

THE NATIONAL BUFFALO WING FESTIVAL is the creation of Buffalo's own Drew Cerza, a.k.a. the "WING KING". Drew says even he is surprised by the phenomenal success of this year's event. Says Cerza, "The overwhelming attendance confirms my belief that Buffalo Wings are, without a doubt, AMERICA'S FAVORITE FOOD".

In addition to raising international recognition for "Buffalo Wings" and their birthplace in Buffalo, NY., Cerza and the NATIONAL BUFFALO WING FESTIVAL have also raised more than $105,000 for local charities.