Top 5 Shows about Restaurants and Cooking If You're Hungry for The Bear S3
Although nothing like The Bear, these five are good in their own right.
Season 3 of The Bear is just one day away from premiering on FX, but for some people, that wait is just too long. If you're one of them, here are five shows about restaurants and cooking to help you pass the time until the premiere.
Call Me Kat (2021-2023, 3 seasons, 5.4 on IMDb)
Available on: Max, Amazon Prime
Starring TBBT's Mayim Bialik, the sitcom follows her character Kat, a nearly forty-year-old single woman and former University of Louisville professor who decides to open a cat cafe with the money her parents set aside for her wedding. There, content with her single life, Kat meets a variety of new people until one day she discovers that her old crush is working nearby.
Sweetbitter (2018-2019, 2 seasons, 7.0 on IMDb)
Available on: STARZ, Hulu, Amazon Prime
This drama centers on Ella Purnell's Tess, who lands a job at one of downtown New York's most prestigious restaurants shortly after moving to the city. Accidentally introduced to the world of fine wine, food, drugs and lust, Tess learns how to navigate it without losing herself as this lifestyle quickly proves to be taking a toll on her well-being.
Kitchen Confidential (2005, 1 season, 8.0 on IMDb)
Available on: Hulu
Based on Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, this sitcom follows Bradley Cooper's Jack Bourdain, an executive chef at the Nolita restaurant and bar who wants to make it a decent and respected place. The relationships of the staff, their personal dramas and passions are at the forefront of the show, as all the characters are flawed human beings first and foremost.
Miranda (2009-2015, 3 seasons, 8.2 on IMDb)
Available on: Britbox, Amazon Prime
Miranda Hart's BBC sitcom follows her eponymous character, a socially awkward woman who has trouble fitting in with her boarding school friends and is often mistaken for a man because of her height and build. Miranda runs a joke shop next door to a restaurant owned by her university crush, Gary. Although not primarily set in the restaurant, the show often takes us there as we follow the characters in their professional and personal lives.
Party Down (2009-2023, 3 seasons, 8.2 on IMDb)
Available on: STARZ, Hulu, Amazon Prime
Set in Los Angeles, this sitcom revolves around a group of aspiring actors, writers, and other artists and creatives who turn to catering to make a living. Working for the titular company, they provide catering services for various events while hoping to make it in Hollywood. Unfortunately, each time the characters prove to be as bad at catering as they are at getting a job in the entertainment industry, and each of their events proves disastrous.