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With a thrilling Last Chance Kitchen finale in the books, Kevin and Tom dive headfirst into the Galveston episode and emerge with a boatful of praise. We welcome back a cheftestant and revisit our chef vs. the field prop with some new information. Finally, Tom, inspired by the show, lets Kevin indulge in the ultimate VRBO parlor game: if you could go on vacation anywhere in the world for $10,000, where would you go? We ask our listeners to send their scouting report to our socials @PackKnives on Twitter and @PackYourKnives on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes, Zach, Jade, Eden, Mari, Jerry and Anton Ham on the Lamb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Friday Mailbag with Zach Harper, Jade, Mari, Mayes, Eden Liu, Jerry and Anton Ham on the Lamb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The cheftestants go to space (in theory) and the Earth-y dishes raised lots of questions from Tom and Kevin. We discuss a shaky performance from an otherwise sturdy cheftestant and debate whether we'd take one chef over the field. Also: a deep-dive into crumby foods. Subscribe to Pack Your Knives on Apple or Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Friday Mailbag with Jade, Anthony Mayes, Zach Harper, Eden Liu, Darlene and Anton on the lamb. Part 2: www.patreon.com/countthedings www.countthedings.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Pack Your Knives, Kevin and Tom recap a heartwarming episode where the judges taste the rainbow and do some soul searching. Kevin reveals a personal story of his classroom etiquette and his favorite restaurants on his recent travels while Tom struggles with the quirky scoring. Finally, Producer Mayes surfaces a Top Chef Reddit post that sparks serious domestic debate from the PYK panel. Subscribe to Pack Your Knives on Apple or Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jade, Mariano, Eden, Zach, eventually Mayes and then Dammond and some point. Definitive hairline rankings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Restaurant Wars! Our friend and restaurant consultant Hershy Ash stops by for our annual Restaurant Wars viewing. Kevin, Tom and Hershy break down the Restaurant Wars experiences from Matriarc and No Nem while scratching our collective heads at a certain chef's performance. Hershy offers a lighthearted conspiracy theory and makes a prediction about the winner of Top Chef. Subscribe to Pack Your Knives on Apple or Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Friday Mailbag with Anthony Mayes, Eden Llu, Mariano, Jade, Zach Harper and Darlene. Part 2 on www.patreon.com/countthedings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We dig into this week's episode with our PYK pal Joe Flamm, winner of Top Chef Colorado and guest judge of the Jurassic World challenge. Flamm shares some amazing behind the scenes details from his experience on Top Chef Houston and some old callbacks to Season 15. We also discuss best movie scenes involving food and get the goods on the actual winning individual of the challenge. We get Kevin's lowdown on Nigerian cuisine, tier-out the remaining cheftestants and get ready for Restaurant Wars. Subscribe to Pack Your Knives on Apple or Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Friday Mailbag with Jade, Anthony Mayes, Zach Harper, Eden Liu, long time listener (from Sweden) Mans Malm and the man the myth the legend Mariano. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Top Chef welcomes back an eliminated contestant from Last Chance Kitchen, Kevin and Tom dive into Episode 6's drama -- or lack thereof. The competition show brings in trailblazing women to honor trailblazing women and the chefs deliver satisfactory meals, but hardly anything transcendent. With the help of producer Anthony Mayes, Tom and Kevin try to untangle their feelings about this season of their beloved Top Chef and wonder if its recent softness is a symptom of a broader cultural shift. Subscribe to Pack Your Knives on Apple or Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Friday Mailbag with Anthony Mayes, Eden Liu, Jade and Zach Harper. Part 2 on www.patreon.com/countthedings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A tentpole challenge is presented on this week's episode, but Tom and Kevin are trying to figure out why this season doesn't seem to be hitting its mark. Tom mourns a surprising elimination, which prompts Kevin and Tom to do a mock redraft of contestants. Who goes No. 1? And can a Last Chance Kitchen juggernaut jolt the season into shape? Five episodes in, the PYK crew are hoping that's the case. Subscribe to Pack Your Knives on Apple or Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach, Amin and Mayes are tormented FBI agents trying to bury the guilt and failure of their past with migraine medicine injections and rakefuls of garbage Vietnamese food. When an uncatchable serial killer with an endless budget follows them to Chicago, they are forced to form a joint task force and save the city's female loners from imminent death. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for the 2021 Awards, Glossary, Holiday Episodes, Cinepheud, and the full Mailbag at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings You will also get access to our exclusive watch-a-long episodes in 2022 and beyond! Rate Cinephobe 5-stars on Apple Podcasts.   Follow Cinephobe on Twitter & Instagram:   Zach Harper @talkhoops IG: @talkhoops   Amin Elhassan @darthamin IG: @darthamin   Anthony Mayes @cornpuzzle IG: @cornpuzzle   CTD @countthedings IG: @countthedings   Email: cinephobepodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Friday Mailbag with Anthony Mayes, Eden Liu, Zach Harper and Jade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin and Tom unpack what goes down as one of their favorite challenges of Top Chef in Pack Your Knives history: doppelgänger dishes! But first Kevin and Tom reveal their favorite biscuits in America and then praise a sense-deficient cheftestant’s rise. A terrific double-elimination challenge cripples one of the fantasy teams and Mayes’ squad provides hope to resolve Kevin’s lone complaint about this season.  Subscribe to Pack Your Knives on Apple or Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach, Amin and Mayes induct John Travolta into the ten timer's club with the movie that flipped the world upside down so startlingly, it has never recovered. When a family man hits rock bottom at an astronomical rate, he is forced to do whatever is necessary to recover the money owed to him by his wealthy former boss. Join the Count The Dings Patreon for the 2021 Awards, Glossary, Holiday Episodes, Cinepheud, and the full Mailbag at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings You will also get access to our exclusive watch-a-long episodes in 2022 and beyond! Rate Cinephobe 5-stars on Apple Podcasts.   Follow Cinephobe on Twitter & Instagram:   Zach Harper @talkhoops IG: @talkhoops   Amin Elhassan @darthamin IG: @darthamin   Anthony Mayes @cornpuzzle IG: @cornpuzzle   CTD @countthedings IG: @countthedings   Email: cinephobepodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Friday Mailbag with Anthony Mayes, Eden Liu, Jade and Zach. Part 2: www.patreon.com/countthedings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices