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Edition | 7 August 2023 | |
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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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check out our curtain raiser on the world’s
biggest arts festival, and more on Donald
Trump’s legal travails. |
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Naomi Joseph
Arts + Culture
Editor | |
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Rebecca Scott, Cardiff University
My
research on chefs’ mental health shows restaurants valorise
isolation, abuse and violence – but The Bear avoids idealising
this obsessive mindset. |
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