Bobby Flay Loses Throwdown To Wing King

June 15th, 2007 Entertainment

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Last night on Food Network’s show “Throwdown With Bobby Flay“, Drew “The Wing King” Cerza took down Bobby Flay in a chicken wing cookoff. Drew was initially contacted by Food Network producers to host an episode of a new show called “Hall of Fame” that would feature the history of the Buffalo Wing and give Drew the opportunity to show off his beloved hometown.

After a day and a half of touring Greater Buffalo and talking about all things wing, Drew set up his burners at The Anchor Bar to serve up his latest wing concoction, Bourbon Street Buffalo Wings.

…and in walked the proprietor of Mesa Grill and nationally renowned chef, Bobby Flay.

On last night’s show, the results were finally revealed. Drew was able to take down one of America’s greatest chefs with a wing that was perfectly cooked, sweet, and spicy.

A good night for Buffalo as a national audience was shown the best parts of our fair city while learning a little about the National Wing Festival and Buffalo’s most famous food export.

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5 Responses to “Bobby Flay Loses Throwdown To Wing King”

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    Alan Says:
    June 15th, 2007 at 12:21 pm

    I’m guessing that if the judges were Buffalonians, they didn’t want any of that frou frou chipotle crap on their wings.

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    Fed-Up in WNY Says:
    June 15th, 2007 at 12:27 pm

    I think Bobby Flay learned the biggest lesson of all when cooking up the Buffalo fave… never bread the wings! ;)

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    Lildub Says:
    June 16th, 2007 at 7:24 am

    You know buffalo wings are famous world wide. When I was working at Tops I had a family stop me and ask where to get good wings. They had flown in from INDIA and made a detour here from DC just to get to try the Buffalo wings. I asked who had told them about the wings and they mentioned that it was part of their plan all along to come here just for the wings. Not the Falls but the wings.

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    don stec Says:
    January 16th, 2008 at 6:12 pm

    i missed the show but i feel i make the best wings both sides of the Mississippi - i dont deep fry mine bu cook them in my backyard & i make my own ass-kicking sauce(but its got good flavor).

    bring on bobby flay

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    Ed Says:
    January 26th, 2008 at 4:50 pm

    Most people don’t know that most of the crowd preferred Bobby Flay.Cipolte crap,lol. That is what the king uses.But you are probably from Buffalo. Ed

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