Upcoming Philadelphia eating contests
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El Wingador court appearance Friday
update Jun 22 NJ.com reports that Bill Simmons’ bail was not reduced from $100,000. His sentence is estimated at 10-20 years if found guilty.
NJ.com reports that Bill “El Wingador” Simmons will have a court appearance tomorrow to seek a lowering of his $100,000 bail which has yet to be paid and that public defender Richard O’Brien will serve as his attorney. Patch.com has quotes from Angelo Cataldi saying he would be willing to act as a character witness if the case is tried. Philly.com has an article with quotes from Rick “The Manager” Russo and Jon Squibb. More “El Wingador” links:
- Bill “El Wingador” Simmons facebook fan page
- America’s Biggest Eater, Bill Simmons’ reality TV project facebook page
- Jason Fagone’s 2004 profile for Philly Magazine which would lead to Horsemen of the Esophagus
- A Sports Illustrated article about plans for a Wing Bowl movie based on Bill “El Wingador” Simmons. (The producer of the project, Mike Tollin, shares Los Angeles Clippers season tickets with Bill “Sportsguy” Simmons)
- Errol Morris mini-documentary, hosted on NYTimes.com
- “Furious” Pete video about “El Wingador” calls him a “fraud”
Philly.com reports that the Travel Channel program Food Paradise will record attempts at the sandwich challenge at Jake's Sandwich Board in Philadelphia on Friday (via Danny Ozark)
Totally Driven TV has a report on Takeru Kobayashi's appearance at Harrah's Philadelphia today where he broke two record: he broke his previous cheesesteak record of 24 seconds by 0.4s and a new Harrah's Food Challenge record (1:52) consisting of a cannoli from Varallo, a 10†Margherita pizza from Caffe Napoli and macaroni & cheese from BarleyQue. (video) update May 13 DelCo Times has a report from the event and timed Kobayashi's cheesesteak attempt at 24.7 seconds.
Philebrity reports that Takeru Kobayashi will be at the renaming ceremony for Harrah's Philadelphia (formerly Harrah's Chester) on Friday and will attempt to break his cheesesteak record. Tony Luke will also create a 20 foot long cheesesteak for the occasion.
Philly.com has an article about Bill "El Wingador" Simmons plans after retiring from competitive eating. He hopes to open a chain of El Wingador Challenge Grills. The restaurants would hold weekly eating challenges that would culminate in an annual chain-wide eat-off.
One copy of the philly.com article about the Wing Bowl by Faye Flam from January still lists Ed "Cookie" Jarvis as the subject of Dr. David Metz' study of competitive eating. Tim Janus was the actual subject (Another copy has been corrected) update Feb 18 Philly.com has a correction notice.
Wing Bowl 20 links Part 2
- SBNation report by a member of Kobayashi’s entourage
- SportsandFood.com contest report
- Kobayashi in People Magazine
- WIP videos
- Philly.com Behind the Scenes video
- Video of interview by Arthur Kade
- AroundPhilly.com video
- Patch.com interviews Martin “The Rooster” Russo
MyFoxPhilly has an article about Bill "El Wingador" Simmons retirement announcement on WIP earlier today. Simmons also said he thought Takeru Kobayashi would beat Joey Chestnut in a wing eating contest due to superior technique.
Moria Miller won the Vegan Wing Bowl at the Abbaye in Philadelphia Saturday. (gallery)
Wing Bowl 20 links
- updated Gawker has a report written by Maureen O’Connor, who served as Kobayashi’s Wingette.
- NBC’s Off the Bench has a report written by Josiah Schlatter, who was a member of Kobayashi’s entourage. He claims that Sonya Thomas’ final Wing Bowl was in 2004. (She also competed in the 2005 & 2007 Wing Bowls)
- In a Philly.com column former Philadelphia mayor / Pennsylvania governor describes his role in moving the Wing Bowl to the 76er / Flyers arena
- Philly.com oral history of the Wing Bowl with quotes from Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas, who says she will never do the Wing Bowl again
- The Wall Street Journal’s Japan blog calls Kobayashi the comeback kid
- Sports Illustrated’s calls Dave “US Male” Goldstein’s float the most offensive
- The Mainichi Daily News has an English article
- NJ.com report on the New Jersey competitors in which Bill “El Wingador” Simmons announces his retirement.
- PhillyChitChat.com has a blog entry with a lot of pictures
- 94WIP Video recap from WIP in which Angelo Cataldi says it might be the last Wing Bowl
- 94WIP video of Kobayashi, Squibb & Wingador eating
- 94WIP post-contest video of Kobayashi & El Wingador
- Crossing Broad’s video of Kobayashi backstage
- Videos of Wing Bowl 20 weigh-in
The new poll asks what you think is the most signficant factors in the increased totals for Wing Bowl 20.
Limerick.Patch.com has an article about Rick "The Manager" Russo serving as Stephanie Torres' manager. Russo had an Angry Birds themed float and Notorious Bob Shoudt was a member of his entourage. Shoudt will appear on a segment on 6ABC tonight about Philadelphia area competitive eaters.
Wing Bowl 20 links
update some Wing Bowl 20 polls have been set up in the sidebar
Official Wing Bowl 20: Home Page | Facebook | Twitter
Eaters: Roster | Videos | Galleries | Philly.com mini-profiles
Advice for spectators, tickets are required to park in the parking lots
Competitors sorted by odds (*) means first time competitor:
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Barnaby's in Ridley, PA will hold a wing eating contest on Thursday awarding $250.
Philly.com Wing Bowl 20 coverage
Philly.com’s Wing Bowl page has been updated with information about Wing Bowl 20:
- List of competitor mini-profiles which claims Dave “US Male” Goldstein is ranked #19 in the MLE top 50
- Blog entry about Dr. Metz’ medical examination of Tim Janus which confuses Ed “Cookie” Jarvis with Janus (via Rhonda Evans comment)
- Video of training session with Bill “El Wingador” Simmons update interview with Simmons.
- Contest awarding Eagles helmet and jersey autographed by Asante Samuel to person guessing Wing Bowl winner & number of wings eaten.
CBS Philly has a preview of the Wing Bowl focusing on Takeru Kobayashi, Bill "El Wingador" Simmons and Jon Squibb describing the three "in tremendous physical shape, like highly tuned athletes". The falsehood that Kobayashi has never competed in a wing eating contest is repeated.
Sweeney's Pub in Marcus Hook, PA will hold a women-only Wing Bowl tomorrow.
Bill "El Wingador" Simmons was the first person to complete the "American Voyage" 4 sandwich challenge at America's Pie in West Chester, PA.
KC's Alley in Fort Washington, PA will hold a Wing Bowl on February 3 awarding front row 76er tickets.
Spirit Newspapers has an article about "Damaging" Doug Canavin's attempt to qualify for the Wing Bowl for the eleventh time which states that there was a Wing Off qualifier at The Nut Hut last night.
The Wing Bowl website has a video of Stephanie Torres' sausage eating qualification stunt.
The Wing Bowl roster has been updated with competitors who have qualified for the 2012 contest. Rick "The Manager" predicts that Stephanie "Chilita" Torres will beat Dave "US Male" Goldstein.
CSNPhilly.com has an interview with former 76ers general manager Pat Williams which mentions a promotion he held in which Little Arlene out ate a team of males in a half time eating contest. (more on Little Arlene, from 1986)
Downington Dish reports that "Quazy" won the final Wing Off qualifier for Wing Bowl 20 held tonight. update Downington Dish has a contest report.
The Wing Bowl website has a gallery of Stephanie "Chilita" Torres' successful sausage eating qualification stunt this morning. (I think this is the first successful qualification stunt by a woman since Melissa "White Widow" Perzin competed in Wing Bowl 14; Sonya Thomas received byes.) Bill "El Wingador" Simmons also announced he will compete in wing Bowl 20, which has been announced as a sell out. (via Joe LaRue email).
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