Friday, February 3, 2012

Kobayashi

  • PHILADELPHIA - Takeru Kobayashi, often called the greatest competitive eater of all time, set a new record Friday at Wing Bowl 20, the annual chicken wing-eating contest in this city.
  • (Philadelphia Daily News)
  • Philly.com reports today that Kobayashi was ahead of reigning champ Joey Squibb by over 60 wings by the end of the second round. However, he almost lost the match by vomiting at one point. According to Wing Bowl rules, If you heave, you leave.
  • (Sheknows.com)
  • PHILADELPHIA  — Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX.
  • (Quad-Cities Times)
  • Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphias annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX.
  • (Cumberland County Sentinel)
  • All hail the Wing King. The Wing Bowl in Philadelphia — that celebration of all things Philly and debaucherous which is threatening to become the premiere competitive eating contest in the land — is now over for this year.
  • (NBC Sports)
  • After months of preparation the eaters and Wingettes were at the table Friday morning for 94WIP's Wing Bowl 20 but no one came close to the great Takeru Kobayashi.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • My eyes bulge as the waitress brings bread to our table. I'm so excited. I have so many questions. There isn't that much bread.
  • (Phillymag.com)

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