What Does a Culinary Producer Do on THE BEAR?

Step into the kitchen set with Courtney Storer, culinary producer and co-executive producer of FX's Emmy-winning series THE BEAR. In this special holiday episode of IN PROXIMITY, host Paola Mardo learns how to make Italian red sauce pasta while digging into what it takes to bring THE BEAR’S iconic food moments to life. Courtney shares exclusive behind-the-scenes stories from filming the intense holiday “Fishes” episode with Jamie Lee Curtis, training actors like Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, and Lionel Boyce on professional cooking techniques, and working alongside her brother, series creator Christopher Storer. From 4:30 a.m. call times to creating detailed culinary reference guides for Michelin-level plating, discover how food becomes a character in one of television’s most acclaimed shows. Learn more and read the transcript of this conversation at ProximityMedia.com.

(00:00) What does a culinary producer do? (clips)

(00:55) Storytime!

(03:13) Welcome to Courtney’s kitchen studio

(04:13) Ingredients for THE BEAR red sauce

(05:22) Start cooking

(07:16) Cooking on a TV set

(09:00) Culinary reference guide

(10:30) All the details, Carmy’s chef journey (Jeremy Allen White), TOMORROW episode, peas, chef mentors, Chicago, Ever, Chef Terry, is this the vibe?

(13:02) Is the sauce sticking??

(14:00) Training actors

(14:38) The FISHES episode and the Feast of the Seven Fishes

(16:29) Inspiration binder, pre-production, photos, visuals, Donna (Jamie Lee Curtis)

(20:20) It was like “art therapy” with the cast, crew, and her brother Christopher Storer

(22:00) What does a culinary producer do? (full segment)

(23:50) Having real chefs on the set of TOMORROW

(24:52) Voice Memo from Matty Matheson… and pasta beauty shot!

(28:50) Prox Recs… and plating the pasta!

(30:13) Cheers!

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Host, Director, Producer: Paola Mardo

Executive Producers: Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian

Theme Song and Additional Music: Ludwig Göransson

Co-Director and Director of Photography: Patrick Epino

Sound Designer and Mix Engineer: Ken Nana

Editors: Patrick Epino, Brittani Brown, Ken Nana

Production Sound Mixer: Mark Patino

Motion Graphics Designer: Apollo Baldoz

Production Assistant: Isabella Miller, Joshua Flores

Post-Production Coordinator: Celine Mendiola

Social Media Coordinator: Alexandria Santana

Production Intern: Jun Sawada