JUST FINISHED WATCHING: THE BEAR (2022–2026)
JUST FINISHED WATCHING: THE BEAR (2022–2026)
A young chef from the fine dining world returns to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop.
TRIVIA: Jeremy Allen White went to cooking school for two weeks and worked in the kitchen of multiple restaurants, among them the Michelin star-rated Pasjoli, to train for the show.
Matty Matheson, who plays "Fak," is a professional chef. Ironically, he is not seen cooking a single dish in the show.
No hand doubles were used in the making of the show. The actors did all of the chopping and prep.
The Original Beef of Chicagoland restaurant is filmed in a real-life Chicago beef restaurant called Mr. Beef located at 666 N Orleans St, Chicago.
In Episode 8, the video game character from Ball Breakers is voiced by Paul Rudd.
A neon sign in "The Beef's" front window proclaims "Vienna Beef." The Vienna Beef company is located in Chicago, founded by two immigrants from Vienna at the time of the 1893 World's Fair, Chicago's Columbian Exposition. The Vienna Beef company has become the primary purveyor of hot dogs, Polish sausages & selected deli meats to independent hot dog joints & delis across Chicagoland.
Guest stars have included three Oscar winners - Jamie Lee Curtis, Olivia Colman, and Brie Larson - and one Oscar nominee - Rob Reiner.
MY VERDICT: To say I enjoyed watching this show would maybe not be the right word. It is a hard watch, filled with tension and hostility with people who claim to love each other and yet treat each other quite badly. Some things are believable and realistic and others are not. But yet it’s still good and I kept going back for more.
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