Carmy’s trying to bring the restaurant’s kitchen - and its sandwiches - up to his own exacting standards, so he brings in Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), an ambitious and organized sous chef who’s tired of not being taken seriously in the restaurant world. The script notes that Carmy won a James Beard Award, and was in charge of the “best restaurant in the world, at least according to Eater.” (Note: Eater does not actually host the Best Restaurant in the World Awards anywhere but inside our own minds.)īut now, Carmy is stuck in Chicago running the Original Beef after the sudden death of his brother he does so alongside a seriously compelling cast of side characters. Before coming back home to run the Original Beef of Chicagoland, a workaday sandwich shop, Carmy’s a bit of a prodigy, having spent time in some of the world’s best kitchens - including Noma and the French Laundry - and was named a Food and Wine Best New Chef, all before the age of 21. Starring Jeremy Allen White and created by Christopher Storer of Eighth Grade fame, The Bear follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto as he returns to Chicago after a brief (but successful) turn in the world of fine dining. Enter The Bear, a new series from FX streaming on Hulu today. We’ve seen plenty of fancy chefs on the brink in films like Chef and Burnt, but few have taken on the challenge of showcasing the gritty, chaotic reality of life in a regular neighborhood restaurant that’s on the brink of financial collapse. Over the past decade or so, much of food television, scripted or otherwise, has focused almost entirely on haute cuisine.

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