This film may not have a Michelin star, but judging by the expressions on the faces of the actors and the main creative team of “The Bear,” it was just fine: Nineteen months after its debut, the first season of the comedy series has been released For FX Restaurant. The series won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy on Monday night.
The series was nominated for 13 Emmy Awards in its first year of eligibility, including first-time nominations for Jeremy Allen White, who plays Chef Carmi, a former rising star in the New York culinary scene who inherited a Chicago sandwich shop from his dead brother. Ayo Edebiri, who plays an arrogant young chef; and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who plays Richie, Carmie's miserly cousin.
In all, the show won six Emmy Awards that night, including Outstanding Actor in a Comedy for White, Outstanding Supporting Comedy Actress for Edebiri and Outstanding Supporting Comedy Actor for Moss-Bachrach.
“I just want to thank the restaurants as a whole, and the hospitality as a whole,” began Matty Matheson, who plays Neil Vack in “The Bear” and is a chef himself, as the cast and creative team gathered on stage to accept the award for best picture. Best comedy. Then Moss-Bachrach came in and gave him a long kiss on the lips. “I love you, Ebon,” Matheson said after he recovered.
The first season of The Bear became a breakout show in the summer of 2022, which came as a surprise to many given its mediocre aesthetic and lack of A-list cast members. But the conflict between combustible egos and a realistic portrayal of the restaurant work — with its constant pressure, impossible deadlines, and “yes, chef” — proved irresistible to viewers. (Signature tight white T-shirt – and now Calvin Klein ads are everywhere (It's also possible that he was unharmed.)
Although the second season of the critically acclaimed show came to Hulu in June, only its first season, which debuted in summer 2022, was up for Emmy consideration this time around; The eligibility period for Monday's ceremony, which ran from June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023, was unusually long. (The ceremony itself, scheduled for September, was postponed due to writer and actor strikes last year.) The series won the Golden Globe Award last week for Best Comedy Motion Picture for its second season.
Rest assured, there's more Yes Chef on the way soon: The show was renewed in November for a third season.
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