*[Enwl-eng] Is The Bear a fair depiction of kitchen stress?
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Global Edition | 7 August 2023
The Bear is truly great television. The episodes run
between 30 and 40 minutes, they are shot in a wonderfully cinematic way and
the writing is just chef's kiss. It’s also a very stressful watch. It
follows a young chef, Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, who has to leave the world of
fine dining to return to Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop.
Personalities clash and tempers flare around very sharp knives and searing
hot pans. If you’ve not seen it, you may want to check it out before reading
our lead; there are some references to the plot lines of the second season.
But if the world of professional kitchens is of interest, perhaps just read
on anyway.
Our reviewer, Rebbecca Scott, knows this world all too
well having spent the last seven years interviewing chefs about their
experiences (not to mention her family’s restaurant). She felt the show’s
two seasons do a great job of capturing the beauty in passionate cooking but
also the destruction that can lead to toxic working environments and
terrible mental health issues among chefs.
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Naomi Joseph
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