‘The Bear’ Season 3 Cameos

Jamie Lee Curtis as Donna

Jamie Lee Curtis’ The Bear debut got here in season two, and he or she returned to Chicago because the notorious Donna Berzatto in season three’s episode eight, “Ice Chips.” Natalie (Abby Elliot) goes into labor at Restaurant Depot whereas Pete (Chris Witaske) is flying again from a visit, and everybody at The Bear is preparing for dinner service so their telephones are of their lockers. With nobody else to name, Natalie lastly reaches out to her mom, after months of seemingly eager to however not having the ability to do it. Natalie and Donna spend nearly all of the episode collectively, as they talk about their rocky relationship and have an sincere — and hopefully, therapeutic — dialog between mom and daughter.

Jon Bernthal as Michael Berzatto

Jon Bernthal continues to look in flashbacks in The Bear season three. Not solely does he present up in Carmy’s flashbacks this season, but additionally in Tina’s (Liza Colón-Zayas) previous. Episode six, “Napkins,” which was directed by co-star Ayo Edebiri, follows Tina after she’s let go from her job of 15 years and tries to search out new work with out a bachelor’s diploma. When one job she thought she would get falls via, she stumbles upon The Unique Beef and befriends Mikey, who finally ends up providing her a line cook dinner job.

John Cena as Sammy Fak

One in every of this season’s greatest shock cameos was John Cena, who seems as Sammy “fucking Fak” in episode 5, “Kids,” placing a face to a different member of the big Fak household. He stops by The Bear to assist the crew buffer the flooring forward of a photographer from the Chicago Tribune stopping by the restaurant earlier than the paper’s evaluation comes out. Cena’s Sammy introduces the Fak household custom of “haunting” family members, which is repeatedly introduced up between brothers Neil (Matty Matheson) and Ted (Ricky Staffieri).

Olivia Colman as Chef Andrea Terry

Oliva Colman makes her The Bear comeback as Chef Andrea Terry in flashbacks all through the season and in images of stories tales when she proclaims that her restaurant, Ever, can be closing. In episode 10, “Without end,” a number of individuals — together with Carmy, Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) and Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) — attend the ultimate meal on the restaurant the place Carmy skilled as a chef. After a complete season of White’s character panicking over losing time within the kitchen (and his life), Colman’s Andrea tells Carmy she’s closing the restaurant as a result of she needs to have a life exterior of the kitchen.

Will Poulter as Luca

One other actor who made his The Bear return in season three is Will Poulter. He portrays chef Luca, a former colleague of Carmy’s and the one that confirmed Marcus (Lionel Boyce) how you can take his pastry chef recreation to the following degree in Copenhagen in season two. He seems in Carmy’s flashbacks all through season three earlier than displaying up within the closing episode, as they are saying goodbye to Ever.

John Mulaney as Steve

John Mulaney makes a short cameo as Steve in season three, episode one, “Tomorrow,” in a flashback of Carmy’s time as a chef in New York. Whereas working at Eleven Madison Park, he crashes on Steve and Michelle’s (Sarah Paulson) sofa. On a number of nights, Steve covers Carmy with a blanket as he sleeps and, at one level, tells him he smells like a donkey. Mulaney and Paulson’s characters have been launched in season two’s iconic episode “Fishes.”

Josh Hartnett as Frank

Recent off his function in Oscar greatest image winner Oppenheimer, Josh Hartnett made his strategy to Chicago for an look in The Bear season three. He portrays Frank, the fiancé of Richie’s ex-wife Tiff (Gillian Jacobs), in episode 4, “Violet.” Richie drops off his daughter, Evie, at Frank’s home, and the 2 have an ungainly dialog about how they’re now part of the identical household. Frank additionally apologizes for not having spoken with Richie earlier than proposing to Tiff, as Taylor Swift’s “Lengthy Reside” performs from inside the home.

Bradley Cooper as Chef Adam Jones

Bradley Cooper’s fictional Chef Adam Jones from Burnt makes a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo in The Bear season three. When Carmy attends Ever’s funeral dinner service, he takes a take a look at a board that shows the restaurant’s historical past, and proper smack in the course of it’s a picture of Cooper as Adam. The 2015 movie adopted the multihyphenate’s character, who was as soon as a prime chef in Paris till his drug and alcohol use led to a meltdown that put his profession on maintain.

Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, René Redzepi and Extra Well-known Cooks as Themselves

All through the most recent season of The Bear, Carmy’s historical past of working with a few of the greatest cooks on this planet is highlighted. Well-known French chef Daniel Boulud trains Carmy seemingly at one among his Michelin-starred eating places in New York and encourages him to take heed to “the music,” referring to the sound of meals cooking in a pan. The primary episode, “Tomorrow,” offers viewers a short glimpse at Carmy’s time working at Copenhagen’s Noma, voted the most effective restaurant on this planet on a number of events, underneath Chef René Redzepi. Within the season three finale, a flashback exhibits Thomas Keller instructing Carmy how you can correctly roast a hen and shares life recommendation on his first day working at Keller’s The French Laundry in Napa. (Per Se in New York can also be one of many chef’s acclaimed eating places.)

The ultimate episode of The Bear season three additionally featured a number of extra well-known cooks, as they attend Ever’s funeral dinner service, together with Malcolm Livingston II, a former pastry chef at Noma, whom creator Storer has famous was his inspiration for Marcus. Cooks Grant Achatz, Christina Tosi, Genie Kwon, Wylie Dufresne, Anna Posey and Rosio Sanchez additionally seem within the finale episode.

A well-known chef who doesn’t present up in individual within the present however who’s included not directly is Nobu Matsuhisa. The Japanese cook dinner, who’s recognized for the Nobu eating places around the globe, seems in a photograph alongside Keller and Boulud.

Paulie James as Chuckie and Chris Zucchero as Chi-Chi

Paulie James — who portrays Chuckie in The Bear — is the co-founder of Los Angeles’ well-known Uncle Paulie’s Deli, which opened in 2017 and has since expanded to a few outlets within the space and a Las Vegas outpost. The deli has garnered a cult following from celebrities like Pete Davidson and Jennifer Lawrence, who’ve been pictured in merch from the store.

Chris Zucchero, taking up the function of Chi-Chi, is the proprietor of Chicago’s real-life sandwich store, Mr. Beef, which served because the inspiration for The Bear. Zucchero and Storer have been pals since they have been children when Chris’ father was working the store. He appeared briefly in season one as The Beef’s meat provider and early in season three when he brings Carmy containers of micro-radishes.

James and Zucchero’s characters return to The Bear (previously The Beef) to assist Ebra (Edwin Lee Gibson) run the sandwich window, whereas the remainder of the restaurant workers focuses on the wonderful eating restaurant.

Sue Chan, Chris Black, Jason Stewart and Extra as Fictional Restaurant Critics

In episode three, “Doorways,” Neil and Ted Fak try to arrange for when a meals critic comes into The Bear by making a lineup of all the largest critics with images of them, so the front-of-house workers is aware of who to maintain an eye fixed out for. (After all, the workers realizes this finally ends up coming too late, as a critic from the Chicago Tribune has already dined on the restaurant at this level.) Sue Chan, founding father of media company Care of Chan and former Momofuku model director; How Lengthy Gone podcast hosts Chris Black and Jason Stewart; and The New Yorker author Naomi Fry are additionally featured as fictional meals critics on the wall.