How Matty Matheson Brought The Realism of Restaurants to The Bear

With the new season of The Bear coming out, I got to thinking about who the masterminds behind the culinary accuracy are? Matty Matheson and Courtney Storer are back for the third season to help the cast bring the accuracy of a fine-dining restaurant to life. Season 3 releases today Starring Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Abby Elliott, and Matty Matheson.
📖 Chapters
0:00 - Intro
1:06 - How the Actors Were Immersed
2:53 - How the Show Was Brought to Life by Matty and Courtney
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[@hanksilman4016]

I wish Anthony Bourdain was still around to see this. The Bear is one of those things that you know he had been all over.

[@christianlarson4201]

I wish he had been all over being a part of his daughter's life.

[@hanksilman4016]

@@christianlarson4201 oh yes, because that’s how depression works. Silly me for not being just the worst. Silver lining- he wrote his last book specifically for her, so at least she has that. (Along with his extensive catalog of his travels and other books) Depression doesn’t care about ‘nothin y’all.

[@christianlarson4201]

@@hanksilman4016 depression is a treatable illness, but I guess he couldn't afford treatment. If someone has cancer, and a family, and doesn't get the best treatment they have access to, they are neglecting their responsibility to their family. I don't care about the illness, if you're neglecting treatment, that's on you.

[@hanksilman4016]

@@christianlarson4201 and just like with cancer, treatment does not always work. Depression is not a consistent illness to begin with. So you can feel great one day and terrible the same night out of nowhere

[@VitaILetum]

​@@christianlarson4201 depression doesnt work like that - you dont just go I need to get help. You actively avoid the it. As it gets worse, it consumes you. In simple terms the color in your life is just muted and dull. You can still have happy moments and enjoy things, but its always off and it gets harder to just get started. Eventually you question meaning. Depression is complex and different for everyone too. Its hard for someone who hasnt been through it to understand it. And even for those who have gone through it can sometimes lack the empathy because they roughed it out. There is many reasons - but from how I understand it and experience it depression is the one thing that ignores reason and sense because it is by all definitions a contradiction. Your logic versus your logic. You typically have the answers but the start button just isn't there or keeps stalling. as for your cancer statement - I would never want my family to suffer for my selfish need to want them alive. If they have lost their desire to fight and its progressed significantly - I would never fault someone for just wanting their final days to be at peace than the stress of doctors and treatment.

[@thomaschristopherwhite9043]

I also love that they cast people who look like real people. That cannot be emphasized enough. Often times you look at some of these actors and you're like "wtf is someone who looks like that working as a (Insert job here that's not an actor or model)?"

[@Simple_City]

With ONE exception, being a certain Fak that seems to have no resemblance to the rest of the family 😂

[@thomaschristopherwhite9043]

@@Simple_City I mean he's not really related to the berzattos just like Richie isn't

[@maronin5215]

Writing a character, from the ground up is hard enough, yet they have crafted in a believable way how they would express themselves through cooking.

[@LaughingJokerProd]

You got to imagine post shooting, the meals for the crew would be IMMACULATE with how they actually cooked the food

[@piece0fcharsiu]

The Doors episode was triggering my PTSD as someone who used to work in hospitality😂they captured the chaos the anxiety and stress during service and the conflicts between FOH and BOH so well

[@BakiSmaki27]

As someone who is managing anxiety I can attest that it very accurately depicts anxiety and therefore triggers anxiety 😂 😅 and that's why I don't binge watch this show. I watch 1 maybe 2 in one sitting.

[@WeebleWobble228]

This show really helps create the anxiety of a work place and not just "this is hard"...something not easy to do.

[@gargamelito]

One of the best realistic and emotional TV show ever. Thank you for your dedication to educate your viewers too.

[@KeenosQuest]

Totally agree! This show is truly like no other!

[@RFFxJojo]

This show was so real I stopped watching after the 3rd episode. It gave me PTSD. I worked from casual to currently fine dining. It was too much. My apple watch told me my heart rate was shooting up while watching…

[@hecklepig]

The only thing they didn't recreate about working in a kitchen is the heat. My first job was as a kitchen hand working in an Italian restaurant, long before going to culinary school, and the thing is the heat. A working kitchen has little ventilation and with all those gas burners the average on a night was about 32C in the kitchen I worked in. In summer time that was even higher topping out some nights around 40C. You sweat like a pig and are constantly on the go. Best and worst workout you'll ever have.

[@michaelsanchez-fouchecourt3199]

But to be honest you’re always so immersed in your work you barely even notice the heat

[@mskcrc]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="127">2:07</a> "Simple tasks like making sauces." My brother, there is nothing simple about making a sauce in fine dining. It's probably the most difficult job in the kitchen (not in terms of stress, but in skill).

[@trevscinema]

@@mskcrc Appreciate the perspective here, as I’ve never worked in a restaurant myself. Thanks!

[@mskcrc]

@@trevscinema Make a "cheater" demiglace out of a leftover rotisserie chicken carcass. It will change your life.

[@KeenosQuest]

Solid video! I liked how you did a deep dive into the production and broke the show down into different parts! Well done.

[@pyroAdapt]

Fak reminds me of my friend who was the head cook when me and him both worked the line in a restaurant. He looks like him ,sounds like him and more or less acts like him the into difference is he was basically the in the lead position where as fak is on the lower end of the hierarchy.

[@KeenosQuest]

Hahah!! The restaurant industry definitely produces some crazy characters!

[@nuwenese]

Thats gotta be so cool not only to write different characters culinary backgrounds, but their own personal palates and dishes.

[@DrizzyDrizzySimpTide]

181 SUBS AND THIS QUALITY THO???? WHAAAAT

[@arvinlim9062]

How do you only have 200 subscribers? I just subscribed and was your 200 but still. How? That’s actually crazy for the quality of video you pump out. Big fan.

[@kevinwelshons6399]

Great analysis! I love that the production took the time to listen the language of food and chefs.

[@DescendedOnYou]

Props to you, this was a very well thought out and straight-to-the-point video which I enjoyed immensely...I don't usually sub to random videos I click but I watched yours from start to end, great job dude!

[@OninHasan]

Great insight and amazing video. Keep up the good work!

[@erikasdarodalykus]

Realism is a stylized realism

[@2ozOz]

Brought a bigger role for himself in s3 as well.

[@Hiphop618]

I was looking for this comment

[@lawncaretoamillion]

Great break down dude. Great editing

[@OnyxBlackForest]

Fantastic video, I don’t comment or like much videos but you earned it. Earned a subscriber to your videos

[@user-zx8du3ik2j]

I am watching this purely because of this vid you did and the fact that Matty is in it!

[@userkitonline]

Great video keep it up bud

[@tojiroh]

Very nicely put. Great analysis. Now do it again, 50 times. We've got guests.

[@jhudson6727]

nice video, very informative.

[@iamsam8446]

Maybe I was the only person that didn't know Matty was an actual chef. I thought he knew more than he let on though.

[@moonman5795]

amazing video

[@JKAW0000]

Today I learned there’s a wrong way to hold a spoon

[@kylestanley6423]

Good content. You gotta shorten titles so it all fits in KZbins text limit before "..."

[@stephengilmour8114]

the best 5 star

[@voice6760]

Maybe Turn the music down a bit but otherwise great vid

[@trevscinema]

Heard, chef. Appreciate the feedback!

[@voice6760]

@@trevscinema keep making videos! 🫡

[@straphyr]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="52">0:52</a> Brother?

[@trevscinema]

slight fumble 😅

[@tot3mpted]

check out “waiting”

[@sudoriobraganza1341]

loved the video but PLEASE remove the drop shadow from the intro (text) and outro (popcorn)

[@KitchenDog03]

*real cook*

[@tdolan500]

She’s the brother?

[@alexanderm7270]

My one professional chef friend hates this show, but has never seen it. I don't get it.

[@Brokenatoms]

The Bear is a great show, I think Matty is funny, but I wouldn't call him a chef. He does alot of questionable things when he's cooking if you ever watch his content.

[@LtColShingSides]

S3 was a little disappointing, but I've enjoyed the show so far

[@guynumber20]

I still don’t get how it’s a comedy 💀

[@frankenviews4069]

Wow. Imagine if they got cancelled after a few episodes? All that training for nothing.

[@flowrinse9671]

Yeah, but the focus on them (Faks )vs the Berzattos doesn’t track, bogged down Season 3 with weird inside jokes that didn’t add to story. Appreciate the skills but inserting his character into every scene, it is a big nope for me.

[@actuallyStryder]

The Faks represent the emotional immaturity that Carmy is dealing with. The whole 'haunting' schitck is just recognizing/manifesting the self-imposed guilt that would be absolved if you just apologize to the people you care about, which Carmy hasn't really done. That's for a start.

[@Snoozelightable]

Matheson is such a gross dude

[@stevemorton9585]

Big fan of The Bear but dude do you have to swear so much??

[@joco8700]

Yes. It is a realistic kitchen show.

[@TonyMarselle]

This show is pretentious garbage.

[@lukeinkson]

Tell us, without telling us, that you have never set foot in a real commercial kitchen 🤣 this show is so accurate that it's closer to a documentary than a series. Remember that next time you send back your medium-well steak to be fired again

[@kg7219]

@@lukeinkson no fr ive never seen a show that more accurately depicts what its like to work in a kitchen.. ive never worked in fine dining but ive worked as a line cook, dishwasher, delivery driver, server and whatnot and the chaos is so accurate lol