LOS ANGELES — The world of "The Bear" is built from the kitchen up.
The FX series, which premiered Thursday on Hulu, dives headlong into the frenetic pace of life in a professional kitchen as prodigal son and chef, Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto ("Shameless" star Jeremy Allen White), returns from one of New York's most lauded fine-dining institutions to take over his family's Italian beef sandwich shop in Chicago. It's a whirlwind reflection of grief and growth inside the powder keg of a cramped kitchen, brought to life with insights from professional chefs, the show's creator and months of staging — or training — within restaurants.
In the wake of his brother's death, Carmy leads a cast of old-school sandwich employees in building a new, more technique-driven the Beef, and to capture the culinary chops of a chef who's dedicated his life to the gospel of Noma, the French Laundry and Eleven Madison Park, White needed all the help he could get.
