Pack Your Knives

By Count The Dings

Kevin Arnovitz and Tom Haberstroh bring their die-hard fanaticism of the hit TV show Top Chef and combine it with their NBA analytical instincts to draft “fantasy” teams, interview contestants and tal... more

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The podcast currently has 172 episodes available.

Pack Your Knives episodes:

May 05, 2023 S20 Ep 9: Restaurant Wars
It's Restaurant Wars!!! Or is it?
Tom and Kevin air their grievances about the unconventional Restaurant Wars episode and wonder what happened behind the scenes.
They rank their favorite dishes and designate the roles that we never got to see. Kevin's squad has an up-and-down performance while Tom's team hums along.

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1h 8min
May 04, 2023 LG Transparent Conversations Series - NCAA Episode Part 2: The Come Down: The Return Home from the Elite Stage
Sixty-eight teams enter the NCAA Tournament, but only one walks away victorious. With 99% of the field heading home without a trophy, how do athletes and teams cope with defeat? In this episode of the LG Transparent Conversations series, The Next Chapter discusses how the road home from the Big Dance® can be a pivotal, even defining, moment for many student-athletes. Prim Siripipat and the panel explores the letdown athletes experience following the postseason and how the complicated feelings/emotions can influence the return to normal activities.
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55min
May 04, 2023 LG Transparent Conversations Series - NCAA Episode Part 1: The Big Dance® and the Road to the Elite Stage
This episode The Next Chapter continues the LG Electronics Transparent Conversation series, Prim and LG recorded live from Fan Fest during the Men’s Final Four Championships in Houston, Texas. Joined by LCSW and founder of AthMindset, Lisa Bonta Sumii, Senior Forward for the Indiana Hoosiers, Trayce Jackson-Davis and Houston Cougar Freshman Forward, Jarace Walker to discuss the road to March Madness. The Final Four® is the ultimate stage for college basketball. In this episode of the LG Transparent Conversations series, we talk about the mental roadmap and challenges athletes face as they work their way to the elite stage. Expectations, pressure, media coverage, achieving peak performance, and even coping with injuries – Prim Siripipat and the panelists discuss the intricacies of the postseason and how it can affect the athlete and team in various ways.
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57min
April 28, 2023 S20 Ep 8: Street Food Fight
With Restaurant Wars around the corner, Tom and Kevin get their engines rev'd with the incredible Fast X mise en place elimination challenge.
Then, Team Haberstroh and Team Arnovitz, each with four cheftestants remaining, fill in the roles of their hypothetical Resturant Wars team.
Who's the No. 1 prospect for executive chef? Front of house? Tom and Kevin hash it out and recap LCK.

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1h 10min
April 21, 2023 S20 Ep 7: Hands Off with Dale Mackay
Kevin and Tom get their hands dirty with the Gaggan Anand episode of Top Chef: World All-Stars and take stock of the competition as we near ever closer to the Restaurant Wars mark.
Cheftestant Dale Mackay of Saskatchewan fame joins the show to talk about his rollercoaster ride on Top Chef, daily life as a triathlete in reality-television isolation and the difference of this particular season vs. Top Chef Canada.

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1h
April 14, 2023 S20 Ep 6: Top Chef is No Picnic
With the most confusing Top Chef episode of the season, Kevin and Tom fight off whiplash and vertigo as they recap the Downton Abbey episode. Tom bids farewell to one of his top picks but discovers a budding crush on another and rants about sandwich toppings. Meanwhile, Kevin does a victory lap on one of his picks who continues to deliver and gets wistful about one of his other cheftestants heading to LCK.

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56min
April 07, 2023 S20 Ep 5: Holiday Vacation with Sara Bradley
Top Chef heads to the Kent countryside, where a shocking ending sends a cheftestant home. Kevin takes issue with the cheftestant's fate while Tom defends his squad.
Then, World All-Stars contestant and Season 16 finalist Sara Bradley of Freight House in Paducah, Kentucky joins the podcast! We discuss her stat-keeping, experiences on the show, favorite Jewish dishes, raw eggs and more.

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1h 14min
March 31, 2023 S20 Ep 4: Spurred Lines
Kevin and Tom put their green velvet blazers on and recap Episode 4 of Top Chef World All-Stars. We get introduced to the glory that is Paul A. Young and deliberate on the value of an English biscuit. After a scouting report on the Tottenham Hotspurs stadium experience, Kevin and Tom hash out the Elimination Challenge and remark about the parity of this season.

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1h 7min
March 24, 2023 S20 Ep 3: Cheeky Pints & Pub Bites
With three episodes in the books, Kevin and Tom put it on the Ritz for Top Chef's pub crawl. With a double elimination on tap, Kevin and Tom scout the pairings and give their take on the dishes. Has any cheftestant separated themselves from the pack? Kevin and Tom get into it.

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1h 11min
March 17, 2023 S20 Ep 2: Rice, Rice Baby with Lorna Maseko
Kevin and Tom welcome in Top Chef South Africa's Lorna Maseko to help recap the show and share her experience of being the guest judge in the All Star Season's second episode. If you were planning a culinary trip to Africa, Kevin and Lorna give you the scouting report. If you weren't planning one, you will now. Finally, Kevin and Tom take stock of their fantasy rosters and bid farewell to a familiar face.

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1h 19min

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How many episodes does Pack Your Knives have?

The podcast currently has 172 episodes available.

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