Joey Chestnut and Kobayashi In Chicken Wing Consumption

Joey Chestnut and Kobayashi In Chicken Wing Consumption

Tapes On Tuesday, October 9 In Las Vegas

WHO: JOEY CHESTNUT vs. KOBAYASHI and the top 16 Major League Eaters in the world, including, Richard LeFevre (lives in Henderson, NV), Patrick Bertoletti (winner of Spike TV's St. 2007 Patrick's Day Chowdown), Tim "Eater X" Janus, "Humble" Bob Shoudt, Juliet Lee and Hall Hunt.

   (Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060322/NYW096LOGO )    WHAT:    MLE CHOWDOWN: WEDGES AND WINGS   

Spike TV and Major League Eating present JOEY CHESTNUT vs. KOBAYASHI (and other top eaters in the world) in chicken wing (Buffalo Wild Wings(R)) and potato wedge consumption.

This one-hour special will air Thursday, October 18 at 11:00 PM, ET/PT on Spike TV.

Major League Eating(TM) (MLE) is the world body that governs all stomach- centric sport. There were 100 MLE events in 2006. Major League Eating was developed by the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE), which was established in 1997 by George and Richard Shea, who have represented Nathan's Famous since 1988 and were responsible for developing the July 4th International Hot Dog Eating contest into its current form. Major League Eating produces events in the USA, England, Japan, Germany, Thailand and Canada.

   WHEN:   TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 at 8:00 PM           Press Arrivals: 7:30 PM     WHERE:  FREEMONT STREET EXPERIENCE - DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS           425 Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101     CONTACT:    Shana Agron   work: 212.767.4275   day of event: 917-952-4106               shana.agron@spiketv.com                David Schwarz work: 212.767.3952  day of event: 917-545-7823               david.schwarz@spiketv.com  

PRNewswire -- Oct. 3

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Source: Spike TV

Web site: http://www.spiketv.com/

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