1.16.10 - Short film on Wing History wins PBS Award
Each week PBS Thirteen holds an online contest called REEL 13, where site visitors vote on their favorite short film. The winner is aired on the New York City PBS station on Saturday. This week, the votes are in and the winner is "A Brief History of the Buffalo Wing" by Matt Reynolds!
01.06.10 - Travel Channel Brings 'Food Wars' to Buffalo's wing's
By Andrew Z. Galarneau
News Food Writer
The Buffalo News
In the glare of television lights, 60 people waited anxiously for Jennifer Starkey to settle a
burning question that has divided Buffalonians for 40 years.
Whose chicken wings reign supreme?
The occasion late last month was the arrival of the crew of a Travel Channel cable television
show called "Food Wars," aimed at tackling America's most famous food rivalries. Half of a
side room at the Anchor Bar on Main Street was stuffed with insignia-clad fans of Anchor Bar
chicken wings. Across the aisle were the faithful of Duff's, making pilgrimage from Sheridan
at Millersport in Amherst.
As cameras rolled, Sabres broadcaster Rob Ray chose Wing B. The newspaper food writer chose
Wing A, and longtime fans of both places split, too. So it fell to Jennifer Starkey, Miss
Buffalo Wing 2008, to settle the question. No pressure.
12.31.09 - Wing Zone to take flight in San Antonio
By Joni Simon
Contributing Writer/North Central News
SACommunities
Brad
Meltzer has high expectations for a chicken wing franchise he hopes
will fly, despite the sluggish economy. The longtime South Texas
businessman has just signed a development deal with Wing Zone, which,
he said, will take the business to the next level.
The takeout and delivery chicken wing concept now has a recently
developed prototype to originate in South and Central Texas. What's new
is a wait staff for indoor and patio dining.
The San Antonio restaurants, he said, will have a distinctive
regional flavor. Diners can watch the Spurs on large screen televisions
as they munch on the wings, paired with local beers and Hill Country
wines. Wing Zone also offers salads, grilled sandwiches, burgers and a
variety of appetizers.
12.31.09 - Restaurants - Interested in participating in The National Buffalo Wing Festival?
Are you a restaurant that would like to participate in the National Buffalo Wing Festival? The festival committee is now accepting applications for new participating restaurants. If you have never participated in Wing Fest, but would like to be considered, please complete the Online Restaurant Application. Space at the festival is limited, so complete your application today!
11.18.09 - Drew "Wing King" Cerza on Tailgate Warriors
11.08.09 - Buffalo: You'll Eat It Up! - Featuring the National Buffalo Wing Festival
Food lovers rejoice, because while we are justifiably proud of our
chicken wings, there is so much more to the Buffalo culinary scene than
hot sauce and blue cheese dressing. Start with enormous ethnic
diversity, add in a profusion of local farms and orchards and a
microclimate in nearby Niagara County that is ideal for fruit and grape
growing and what do you get? You get great restaurants, delicious local
specialties, wine trails, gourmet food shops and more. Join host Nelson Starr on a quick tour of Buffalo’s
culinary wonderland. Click here to watch the video!
11.07.09 - MyBuffalo.com National Buffalo Wing Fest 2009 Video
9.13.09 - The National Buffalo Wing Festival announces the winner of the Festival Favorite Award
The National Buffalo Wing Festival wishes to officially announce
the winner of the 2009 Festival Favorite Award:
Legend Larry’s
Sheboygan, WI
This year was Legend Larry’s fifth year at the National Buffalo
Wing Festival. They are always a favorite as evidenced by their long lines of
festival goers waiting to sample their D.O.A Sauce. Each yeah Legend Larry’s
has won awards in the National Buffalo Wing Festival Sauce Competition. In 2009
Legend Larry’s took home first place in the Traditional Hot and Traditional X-Hot
categories. They also finished Second in the Traditional Medium category.
The National Buffalo Wing Festival would like to thank all the
restaurants and vendors for participating in this year’s festival and helping
make it another record-breaking event.We look forward to seeing
everyone again next year – as we start planning for the National Buffalo Wing
Festival on Labor Day Weekend – September 4th– 5th, 2010.
9.13.09 - The National Buffalo Wing Festival announces the winner of the Chairman's Award
The National Buffalo Wing Festival announces the winner of the
2009 Chairman's Award
Hurricane Grill and Wings
The Festival
Chairman's Award is awarded annually to the restaurant that shows the commitment,
hard work and dedication that has made the National Buffalo Wing Festival one
of America's premier food festivals. Hurricane Wings not only sold more
wings than any other restaurant at this year's festival, but also went over and
above to make sure that festival-goers enjoyed their product continuously
throughout the two days. Hurricane's dedicated team
included John Metz, Owner, Martin O'Dowd, President,
Michael Elrod, COO, among other company representatives
both from Florida and New York.
Hurricane
Grill and Wings located corporately in West Palm Beach, Florida has thirty
locations in Florida with three new franchises opening in New York State over
the next three months.
9.08.09 - Buffalo "Wing King" headed for The Today Show!
The “WING KING” and founder of the NATIONAL BUFFALO WING FESTIVAL, Drew Cerza, will appear on NBC TV’s THE
TODAY SHOW, where he will prepare his famous “Bourbon Street BBQ” Wing Sauce recipe and help viewers get ready
for football season.
The
appearance is scheduled for the 10am
hour on Wednesday, September 9th.
The segment is being billed as
“Buffalo Wing Boot Camp”!
Chicken Wings
are, of course, the perfect match for football.In fact, they’re the number
one tailgate appetizer in America. Cerza’s
recipe is the one that beat Bobby Flay on
one of THE FOOD NETWORK’S Throwdown shows.
This latest
national television appearance is Cerza’s
second on the NBC show and comes on the heels of his highly successful 2009NATIONAL BUFFALO WING FESTIVAL, which set an attendance record of 92,0008th annual event this past Labor Day weekend.
40 tons of chicken wings were consumed
by attendees, who came from 49 states
and 31 different countries.
9.07.09 - Buffalo Wing Fest Sets Record Crowd!
Crowds Devour 40 tons of Chicken Wings!
More people
than ever “flocked” to the 2009 NATIONAL
BUFFALO WINGFESTIVAL in
Buffalo, NY, where the 8th
annual Labor Day weekend celebration filled Buffalo’s Coca-Cola Field with
the sights and sounds of a festival crowd and smells of chicken wings in the
fryers.
Official attendance for the two
day event totaled some 92,000, which compares to 78,000 last
year.In addition, Saturday set a single
day attendance record of 52,000 attendees.
9.03.09 - St. Pauli Girl Spokesmodel @ The National Buffalo Wing Festival!
St.
Pauli Girl spokesmodel Katarina Van Derham will be appearing at the National
Buffalo Wing Fest on the following dates and times:
Saturday
9/5 - 12-7pm
Sunday
9/6 - 12-5pm
Katarina
will be located in the St. Pauli Girl beer booth, where she will be signing her
collectible St. Pauli Girl poster and taking photos with festival attendees. To
learn more about the St. Pauli Girl spokesmodel visit: www.stpauligirl.com
9.03.09 - National Buffalo Wing Fest to broadcast LIVE over the internet!
For the first time in history The National Buffalo Wing Festival will broadcast the festival LIVE of the internet.
It’s hard to
think of anything that does more to boost Buffalo’s image and tourism than the
annual NATIONAL BUFFALO WING FESTIVAL.In fact, last year’s Labor Day weekend
event attracted 78 thousand people
to downtown Buffalo, where they consumed a record 27 tons of chicken wings.
Needless to
say, that put a lot of money into the local economy and raised funds for
numerous important charities, as well.Of course, the sale of chicken wings does a lot for the national
economy, too.Some 24 billion chicken wings were sold in
the United States last year.1 billion
were consumed during Super Bowl weekend alone.
Buffalo’s “Wing King” and festival founder Drew Cerza knows a thing or two about economic
stimulus.Saying the now-defunct “Cash
for Clunkers” program created “clunkeritis”, Cerza believes he has a better idea.The “Wing
King’s”plan includes “Cluckers for
Cash”, which he says will stimulate consumer spending on chicken wings,
both at the festival and throughout the year.In fact, the “Wing King” says
“Cluckersfor Cash” can add 27 Billion
dollars a year to the nation’s economy. All
it will take is for every American to eat one additional single order of chicken
wings each month. In doing so, he vows, America will “eat our way back to prosperity”.It can start at the 2009 festival, where 30 tons of chicken wings will
be ready for purchase.That’s more than half a million chicken
wings!
8.31.09 - The Wing King requests help from all Wing Lovers to aid Families of Fallen Firemen
See the press release below for more information: Make check out to "Wingfest for Firefighters"
Mail donation to:
Citizens Bank
414 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14202
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“WING FEST” to Aid Families of Fallen Firemen!
Festival Dedicated to Firefighters Croom and McCarthy!
Drew Cerza, founder of the NATIONAL BUFFALO WING FESTIVAL, has announced that the 2009 “Wing Fest”, scheduled for Labor Day weekend at Coca ColaField in downtown Buffalo, will include a fundraising effort for the families of Buffalo firefighters Jonathan Croom and Lt. Clarles McCarthy Jr.
Members of the Buffalo Fire Department will be stationed at the event, where they will accept donations from attendees.In addition, Cerza has personally pledged $5000 to jump-start the campaign.
Responding to the fundraising announcement, Dan Cunningham, President of Buffalo Firefighters local #282, I.A.F.F.stated “It is absolutely outstanding that Drew and the festival are honoring our men by utilizing the Wing Fest as a way to raise money for the families of our fallen firefighters”.
Last week’s planned kick-off festivities for this year’s NATIONAL BUFFALO WING FESTIVAL were delayed for one week, out of respect to the fallen fireman and their families, and are now scheduled for Wednesday, September 2ndat Niagara Square, beginning at 11:30am
In delaying those festivities and announcing the “Wing Fest” fundraiser, Cerza said he “shares the grief of the families and the community, who mourn the two firefighterslost in the August 17th blaze”.Both were laid to rest on Friday.
Wednesday, September 2nd at 11:30am Niagara Square in front of City Hall Downtown Buffalo, New York
You are invited to attend the kick-off press conference to announce the 8th Annual National Buffalo Wing Festival. Several restaurants from the festival will be serving free chicken wings to the public from 11:15am - 12:30pm. No need to RSVP – We would just love to see you there!
8.27.09 - Announcing the "Last XXXAtomic Wing Eater Standing" Contest by Quaker Steak & Lube! Think you can stand the heat? Would you like to win a year’s worth of Quaker Steak & Lube Wings?
Enter the “Last XXXAtomic Wing Eater Standing” contest. We will choose 10 contestants and see who can eat the most wings tossed in Quaker Steak & Lube’s Hottest Sauce. With a rating of Half a Million Units on the Scoville Scale, these wings are so hot you have to sign a waiver to eat them!
Sunday, September 6, 2009 @ 3:30PM
If you think you have what it takes, email jwolf@buffalowing.com with your name, age, town and why you want to compete by, Sept 1st.
7.30.09 - The Electric Company comes to Wing Fest!
On Sunday, September 6, 2009 join the National Buffalo Wing Festival in welcoming The Electric Company. This 90 minute fun-filled performance will feature SHOCK, The Electric Company beat boxer. This program is presented in partnership with WNED. For more information on children's activities at The National Buffalo Wing Festival, visit our Kid Zone Page.
Travel to Buffalo, New York and join over 70,000 visitors from around the world over Labor Day weekend to the "National Buffalo Wing Festival". After taking in a day at the Wingfest, head to North America's most famous attraction -- Niagara Falls. Your package includes a passport to enjoy the major attractions on the U.S. or Canadian side of the Falls.
6.30.09 - National Buffalo Wing Festival is on Facebook!
You can now become a Facebook fan of the National Buffalo Wing Festival! Interact with fellow wing lovers and stay up-to-date on festival. Fans will receive information on festival contests, promotions and news.
By Joni Simon 
Are you a restaurant that would like to participate in the National Buffalo Wing Festival? The festival committee is now accepting applications for new participating restaurants. If you have never participated in Wing Fest, but would like to be considered, please complete the 
