{{Short description|Main character, The Bear TV series}}{{use mdy dates|date=September 2025|cs1-dates=ly}} {{use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox character | image = Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu on The Bear in season 4 episode 7 "Bears".jpeg | portrayer = Ayo Edebiri | full_name = Sydney Adamu | nickname = Syd, Ma, Chef, Jeff, Jeff's friend | occupation = Chef, restaurateur, catering business owner }} '''Sydney Adamu''' is a fictional character on the FX Network television series ''The Bear''. Created by Christopher Storer and played by Ayo Edebiri since the show's premiere in 2022, Sydney is a formally trained chef who joins the crew at the dingy, old-school sandwich joint the Original Beef of Chicagoland as a sous chef because of her admiration for the newly installed owner, acclaimed chef Carmy Berzatto. Over the course of the series, Edebiri becomes a co-lead of the show, in partnership with Jeremy Allen White, and Edebiri and White's characters, Syd and Carmy, become dual protagonists. Sydney is an only child, raised by her father Emmanuel Adamu (Robert Townsend), who was made a widower when Sydney was young and was thus a single dad. Edebiri has been awarded a Best Supporting Actress Emmy and a Best Actress in a Television Comedy Golden Globe for her depiction of the rising star chef.
== Casting == Series creator Christopher Storer had Edebiri top of mind for the part during the development of the show.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Eng |first=Joyce |date=2023-05-18 |title='The Bear' and 'The Patient' casting director Jeanie Bacharach: 'There are just certain people that you just really go to bat for' [Exclusive Video Interview] |url=https://www.goldderby.com/feature/jeanie-bacharach-the-bear-the-patient-casting-director-interview-1205426717/ |access-date=2025-12-12 |website=Gold Derby |language=en-US}}</ref> Edebiri was a writer and castmember on ''Dickinson'' when Storer was hired to direct two episodes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rankin |first=Seija |date=2023-08-09 |title=Ayo Edebiri Is Suddenly Everywhere |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/ayo-edebiri-the-bear-fan-theories-bottoms-1235558883/ |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> Ayo Edebiri read for the role over video call from New York City; she never tested opposite Jeremy Allen White.<ref name=":02" />
== Career == Trained at the Culinary Institute of America, Chef Sydney is a "rising luminary within her profession," young, Black, "unapologetically ambitious," assertive, tenacious, an icon of "female desirability," creative, a generally astute businesswoman, and "immensely intelligent."<ref name="Warrell-2023">{{Cite news |last=Warrell |first=Laura |date=2023-07-07 |title=Why did seeing a strong Black woman on 'The Bear' make me cry? |department=Opinion |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-07-07/the-bear-hulu-carmy-sydney-claire-black-women-tv-ayo-edebiri |access-date=2025-09-17 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222215913/https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-07-07/the-bear-hulu-carmy-sydney-claire-black-women-tv-ayo-edebiri |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Sfnp|Grazia Serra|2024|p=118}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Mattson |first=Kelcie |date=2024-07-02 |title=Sydney Needs To Escape From The Bear |url=https://collider.com/the-bear-season-3-sydney/ |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=Collider |language=en |archive-date=2025-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250711021631/https://collider.com/the-bear-season-3-sydney/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":4" /> As a female chef, her profession, cooking, is typically uncompensated labor for most women worldwide, and she is a comparative rarity even within her industry.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alvares |first=Gia |date=2024-07-10 |title=A Fresh Wave of Female Dominance in the Culinary Industry Through 'The Bear's' Sydney Adamu |url=https://feminisminindia.com/2024/07/10/a-fresh-wave-of-female-dominance-in-the-culinary-industry-through-the-bears-sydney-adamu/ |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=Feminism in India |language=en-GB}}</ref> After putting herself through culinary school as a driver for United Parcel Service (UPS), she worked at a series of high-end Chicago restaurants before opening her own catering business.<ref name=":2" /> Sheridan Road Catering, which was seemingly a sole proprietorship, ultimately failed, leaving her with a credit score of "negative one million."<ref>{{Cite web |title=s01e08 - Braciole script |url=https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=1396&t=54588}}</ref> (Her financial situation presumably did not improve when the Beef became the Bear because she, Carm, and Nat all agreed to defer compensation for six months while the restaurant got underway.)<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=s02e02 - Pasta script |url=https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=1396&t=63836}}</ref> One member of the production team joked in 2023, "...Sydney's bad with money. That's why she's in the position she's in."<ref name="Complex-2023" />
Critics of the character note that "whenever she is left out of decisions and feels she isn't being respected, she becomes sullen and childish...[and] defensive when she feels others are threatening [to exclude her] or slow her down."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gazette |first=The Get Better |date=2024-04-11 |title=The 5 Personality Classes and The Bear |url=https://getbetterguild.substack.com/p/the-5-personality-classes-and-the |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=The Get Better Gazette}}</ref> She can be envious and immature (as summarized by Carmy, she is intelligent, ambitious, impatient, and green), and one character critique argued that, "Deep down, what she wants is to supplant her idol...Yes, she wants [to be] and believes she is already on an equal footing with Carmy, a chef who already has a Michelin star on his CV...taking offense when he changes her creations or replaces them with his own."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paixão |first=Ana Claudia |date=2024-07-20 |title=My problem with Syd in The Bear |url=https://miscelana.com/2024/07/20/my-problem-with-syd-in-the-bear/ |access-date=2025-09-22 |language=pt-BR}}</ref> ''Vogue'' described her in a cover story on Edebiri as "hyper-competent, superdriven, rather anxious."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marius |first=Marley |date=2025-10-08 |title=How Ayo Edebiri Became the Adult in the Room |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/ayo-edebiri-november-cover-2025-interview |access-date=2025-10-08 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> Syd's ambition sits within the context of her intrinsic populism and nurturing personality, according to Salon.com columnist Grace Pau: The authoritative but fundamentally anti-authoritarian Sydney defies "the patriarchal model her Hollywood forbears set forth. Nevermind the fact that it's rare to see women lead kitchens that aren't domestic, Sydney does so as a woman of color, and she does it with compassion. She is the one who opposed Carmy's suggestion of implementing the hierarchical French brigade method in season one. She is the one who heartwarmingly sees the skill and potential in Tina (Liza Colón-Zayas), promoting her to sous chef, which in turn inspires Tina's own self-confidence."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pau |first=Kelly |date=2023-07-03 |title=On "The Bear," Sydney's Chicago-wide smorgasbord liberates women from food guilt and girlbosses |url=https://www.salon.com/2023/07/03/the-bear-sydney-sundae-chicago-eating/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ogshare&utm_content=og |access-date=2025-11-07 |website=Salon.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
Initially brought in to stage,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=McCune |first=Melody |date=2023-07-06 |title=Geek Girl Authority Crush of the Week: SYDNEY ADAMU |url=https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/sydney-adamu-the-bear-ayo-edebiri/ |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=Geek Girl Authority |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205173027/https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/sydney-adamu-the-bear-ayo-edebiri/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and then hired as a sous chef at the Beef,<ref>{{Cite web |title=All About 'The Bear' Star Ayo Edebiri |url=https://people.com/all-about-actress-ayo-edebiri-7551934 |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=People.com |language=en |archive-date=2025-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250627060710/https://people.com/all-about-actress-ayo-edebiri-7551934 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sydney brought more than culinary acumen to the restaurant, as she was also broadly emotionally stable and behaviorally well-adjusted, whereas her boss Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and his "cousin" Richie Jerimovich (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) are prone to tempestuously cursing each other out, and Syd promptly becomes the central figure in Carmy's push to transform the family restaurant he inherited from his late brother into the Bear, a respectable, hospitable, and profitable fine-dining restaurant in Chicago's River North neighborhood.<ref name="Warrell-2023" /> The pair, Syd and Carm, seemingly find an immediate "camaraderie" amidst the chaos of the Beef.<ref name=":2" /> As phrased by one academic study of the challenges of translating the sometimes "derogatory and sexualised" idiomatic English-language expressions found in ''The Bear'' dialogue, "As newcomers, Carmy and Sydney are unable to mingle with the local kitchen crew members. Their professional expertise allows them to cooperate and contest...[in] the kitchen{{mdash}}where lived experiences and practices converge to create everyday interactions that are not inclusive and accessible to everyone in that particular place."{{Sfnp|Wang|2025|pp=1, 7}} By the fourth episode of the series, set a couple of months into the story, Sydney is established as not just the most talented chef in Carmy's employ but a "trusted confidant."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Butt |first=Thomas |date=2024-06-03 |title='The Bear' May Not Be a Comedy, But This Season 1 Episode Is Hilarious |url=https://collider.com/the-bear-season-1-dogs-episode/ |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref>
By season three, although Sydney had been promoted rapidly at The Bear, "Syd was offered the career of her dreams by Chef Adam, but she would have to leave The Bear to accept this offer. The position would make Syd the true creative food director she yearns to be, as she feels overshadowed and overlooked by Carmy at The Bear. She was silently weighing her options, and how to tell Carmy about the offer, which led her to finally breaking down outside of a house party she was hosting at her new apartment."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jahmal |first=Karlton |date=2025-06-19 |title=Before 'The Bear' Season 4 Drops, Here's a Quick Character Recap |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/karltonjahmal/the-bear-season-4-quick-character-recap |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=BuzzFeed |language=en}}</ref> Shapiro continued pursuing Sydney in season four, and after a long conversation with her little cousin, Sydney determined that "making things work with Carmy would be more satisfying for her personally, but for professional reasons she picks Shapiro. That choice{{Em dash}}which she does not reveal to her co-workers{{Em dash}}hangs over the next few episodes, shadowing even the moments when things seem to be trending up for the restaurant. Then Sydney rethinks things again when she is further convinced of the importance of her work family by a conversation with Carmy's estranged mother, Donna (Jamie Lee Curtis)."<ref name=":13">{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Noel |date=2025-06-27 |title=Did 'The Bear' Bounce Back? Sort of, Chef |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/arts/television/the-bear-season-4-recap.html |access-date=2025-10-19 |work=The New York Times |language=en}}</ref> For his part, Carmy had noticeably changed his behavior in season four, especially in regard to Syd "to whom he finally offers his time and attention after a season spent steamrolling her ideas and sidelining her voice."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Behrendt |first=Mighty |date=2025-07-07 |title='The Bear' season 4 asks 'Where do we go from here?' |url=https://www.dailycal.org/arts/film-and-television/the-bear-season-4-asks-where-do-we-go-from-here/article_8cb2f546-8da5-4af6-986e-40395762f49d.html |access-date=2025-10-19 |website=www.dailycal.org |language=en}}</ref> Sydney ultimately called Shapiro from the lakefront with news of her decision to "stay at Bear."<ref name=":8" /> Shapiro took the news "poorly."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daulerio |first=A.J. |date=2025-07-01 |title='The Bear' Season 4 Episode 8 Recap: "Green" |url=https://decider.com/2025/07/01/the-bear-season-4-episode-8-recap/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Decider.com |language=en-US}}</ref> At the end of season four, Carmy hands over total control of the restaurant to Sydney, telling her she is the Bear, which means "...her place in the restaurant is secure. It's challenging for her, as she's relatively new to the industry, despite her evident potential. She looks up to Carmy, and even mentioned in season 4 that his meal in New York was the best she'd ever had. Finding one's place in a collaborative partnership can be difficult enough as it is, but when it's under one's idol, self-esteem issues aren't uncommon. I'm hopeful that ''The Bear'' season 5 will begin to reveal a more confident side of Sydney, preparing her to be the leader the restaurant needs. She's the future..."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Papadopoulos |first=Charles |date=2025-07-06 |title=The Bear Season 5 Is On The Right Track To Finally End A Frustrating Carmy & Sydney Trend |url=https://screenrant.com/the-bear-season-5-sydney-carmy-fighting-trend-end-setup/ |access-date=2026-03-31 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>
According to culinary producer Courtney Storer, "[Ayo Edebiri] is the most courageous, brave, strong person. I wish I could have channeled her in so many kitchens, early on. I was brave, but Ayo just has a different energy of confidence. I could show her something once, and she had it. She's a very quick learner, and it was amazing to see. We first made the omelette at my house, and she did it perfectly the first time. Then on set, she did it perfectly again. She has a very natural ability."<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Amy |date=2023-06-28 |title=Chef Courtney Storer Is the Reason the Food on 'The Bear' Looks So Damn Good |url=https://www.eater.com/23775822/the-bear-hulu-fx-culinary-producer-courtney-storer-interview |access-date=2025-12-15 |website=Eater |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Relationships ==
=== Relationship with Marcus === Marcus (Lionel Boyce) and Sydney grew close quickly, and Marcus seemed to ask Sydney on a date just before but soft launch of the restaurant. Boyce told an interviewer in 2024, "I think they're friends. They started as friends and then it's like things get in close proximity...that's just a human thing where you're like, I have chemistry with this person. Are we friends? Are we not friends? It's a weird thing, but they found a way to navigate through it."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richlin |first=Harrison |date=2024-07-07 |title=Lionel Boyce on Chemistry Between Marcus and Sydney on 'The Bear': 'Are We Friends? Are We Not Friends?' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/lionel-boyce-marcus-sydney-relationship-the-bear-1235023546/ |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Relationship with Carmy === Both Syd and Carmy express, in characteristically distinct ways, the show's message that food is often a "tangible expression of love and tenderness."<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Heil |first=Emily |date=2025-07-16 |title=The latest signature dish on 'The Bear'? Hamburger Helper with a Twist |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-the-latest-signature-dish/181266034/ |access-date=2025-09-17 |work=The Oregonian |pages=C3}}</ref> Carmy and Sydney have a deeply intimate and equally fraught partnership, and "she asserts a brand of female partnering we rarely get to see in popular culture. When Carmy flubs, Sydney challenges him. When she has better ideas, she speaks up. She recognizes his immaturity, selfishness and even his demons, and rarely lets him off the hook. She knows what he's capable of and holds him to a commensurate standard."<ref name="Warrell-2023" /> The pair are both partners and opponents throughout the series: "Carmy is set in contrast to the sous chef Sydney, a young African American woman who demonstrates the creativity and decisiveness to lead the restaurant into its new iteration. However, not only does Carmy fail to support Sydney as an equal partner: whenever he feels overwhelmed, his violent temper threatens to undo the positive changes they have achieved."{{Sfnp|Flores Jurado|2024|p=18}} Still, he has a knack for soothing her anxiety and fear of failure, as when he reassures her and boosts her confidence in a quiet conversation in a private nook in the dining room right before the restaurant's soft open, in what has been called "one of the most memorable scenes in the series."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Sian Francis |date=2023-07-28 |title=Review: The Bear - Series Two • Flixist |url=https://www.flixist.com/review-the-bear-series-two/ |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=Flixist |language=en-US}}</ref> By season three, Carmy is so dependent on Sydney's leadership that he offers her an ownership stake in the business as an enticement to remain on staff, but simultaneously his "reckless, selfish choices are destroying what little stability Sydney has in her life, not to mention rotting away her self-confidence; Carmy offering her co-ownership of the Bear is empty legal terminology."<ref name=":2" /> There is a subtext to the offer that complicates Syd's decision-making process: "What is a contract if not a kind of marriage?...All those close-ups...are tiles in a broader mosaic telling the story of the bond between family and legacy. ''The Bear'' has established that Carmy and Syd share a love expressed in dedication and commitment, and stretched meals over multiple seasons by cracking, shattering, and repairing those foundations."<ref>{{Cite web |last=McFarland |first=Melanie |date=2024-06-29 |title="The Bear" brings Syd and Carmy to a boiling point, but we're throwing cold water on the 'ship |url=https://www.salon.com/2024/06/29/the-bear-brings-syd-and-carmy-to-a-boiling-point-but-heres-why-they-cant-be-endgame/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ogshare&utm_content=og |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=Salon.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
Carmy's tendency to self-sabotage ultimately becomes beside the point because while he was the center of attention, Sydney became the heart and soul of the restaurant, having earned the loyalty and devotion of the staff (many of whom are Carmy's relatives) and experienced a personal creative peak despite Carm's neglect.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Hailu |first=Selome |date=2025-07-10 |title='The Bear' Stars Ayo Edebiri and Lionel Boyce on Sydney Getting Humbled by an 11-Year-Old and Viewers' 'Unconscious Assumptions' About Danielle Deadwyler's Character: 'She's Not a Single Mom' |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/the-bear-ayo-edebiri-lionel-boyce-sydney-episode-1236451642/ |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> In the meantime she considers a job offer from Adam Shapiro, a former colleague of Carmy's at a fictionalized version of Chicago's acclaimed Ever, tentatively accepting but then ultimately choosing to stay at the Bear.<ref name=":3" /> According to one scholarly analysis, Syd's emotional and professional ascent through the Berzatto family restaurant ultimately establishes her as the narrative's second-most important character.{{Sfnp|Bodie|2025|p=15 n. 87}} In 2025, ''The New York Times'' described Edebiri as "essentially a co-lead with White."<ref name="NYT-2025">{{Cite news |date=2025-07-08 |title=The Bear Is Back |first=Noel |last=Murray |agency=The New York Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-the-bear-is-back/181281961/ |access-date=2025-09-18 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=A11}}</ref>
Still, as recounted by ''Rolling Stone'' television critic Alan Sepinwall, while Syd "loves everyone at The Bear...she came there ''for'' Carmy. On the occasions when he's able to get his various neuroses under control, he's an incredible partner who makes Syd feel better about herself than even her beloved father can. And when he's failing at that, at least she can console herself with the understanding that the good version of Carmy will make an appearance sooner or later."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Sepinwall |date=2025-06-28 |title='The Bear' Season 4 Finale Leaves Us With Plenty to Chew On |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/the-bear-season-4-finale-1235369794/ |access-date=2025-09-19 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> In the emotionally raw season-four finale "Goodbye" Carmy told Sydney "because you're the bear," a claim about which he seemed quite certain but the meaning of which has been debated.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaw |first=Angel |date=2025-06-29 |title=What Carmy Saying Sydney Is "The Bear" Really Means In The Season 4 Finale |url=https://screenrant.com/why-carmy-says-sydney-is-the-bear-meaning/ |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>
Ayo Edebiri has commented about the potential pairing, "That man is crazy and that girl is a bad communicator! The restaurant would blow up in like three seconds if anything ever happened."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Male |first=Victoria |date=2025-08-24 |title=The Bear Season 5 Update Avoids the Show’s Biggest Carmy Mistake |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-bear-season-5-update-avoids-the-shows-biggest-carmy-mistake/ |access-date=2026-03-31 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Some media critics have agreed, writing after the release of season four, for instance, "Syd and Carmy should actually never try to date. They're too similar in a lot of ways, which could lead to even more fights than the ones they're having now. Getting romantically involved would also wreck what they're trying to build at The Bear, because they're both at the top of the food chain there. Plus, the chemistry between the two pretty much lends itself more to a sibling bond than a romantic one. There's no doubt that Syd and Carmy have a strong connection, but it would be a disaster if they ever decided to start dating."<ref name=":11" />
=== Relationship with Richie === Syd and Richie spent much of season one at each other's throats. Syd even accidentally stabbed Richie at one point. But in the time since, Syd and Richie have revealed "a similar sensitivity when dealing with Carmy's impulsive whims and the fallout of his unresolved struggles...A major reason Richie has been able to grow is because Sydney sees potential in him{{Em dash}}something he initially couldn't see in himself. The two have grown so comfortable around each other that it's Sydney who stands by Richie outside...Tiff and Frank's wedding...With the season four finale placing Sydney, Richie, and Natalie in a partnership without Carmy on board, they’ll have to rely on each other more than ever."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Larasati |first=Dyah Ayu |date=2025-07-27 |title=All 6 Ships in 'The Bear,' Ranked |url=https://collider.com/the-bear-couples-ranked/ |access-date=2025-10-10 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref>
=== Relationship with Adam Shapiro === Shapiro first approached Sydney at the L train stop for the Bear restaurant on or about July 7, 2023, and told her "God, I probably shouldn't tell you this. I know it's early, but I snuck into the Bear...two weeks ago."<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2024-06-27 |title=The Bear - S03E04 - Violet {{!}} Transcript |url=https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/tv-series/the-bear-s03e04-violet-transcript/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=Scraps from the loft |language=en-GB}}</ref> At that time, Shapiro told her, "There was a scallop dish that was lights-out...it felt really new...Like, uh, ''not'' Carmy."<ref name=":9" /> Syd replied, "It was both of us together, so..."<ref name=":9" />
He invited her to Doma Café the first week of August and asked if she would consider being his ''chef de cuisine'', and reiterated the offer on August 6, the day of the Ever funeral.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2024-06-27 |title=The Bear - S03E10 - Forever {{!}} Transcript |url=https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/tv-series/the-bear-s03e10-forever-transcript/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=Scraps from the loft |language=en-GB}}</ref> He told her the salary would be $80,000 a year, $10,000 more than they were offering at the Bear.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2024-06-27 |title=The Bear - S03E07 - Legacy {{!}} Transcript |url=https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/tv-series/the-bear-s03e07-legacy-transcript/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=Scraps from the loft |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2024-06-27 |title=The Bear - S03E09 - Apologies {{!}} Transcript |url=https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/tv-series/the-bear-s03e09-apologies-transcript/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=Scraps from the loft |language=en-GB}}</ref>
On Sunday, September 17, he called her on her day off and invited her to visit his restaurant. She toured the space, and after talking to her little cousin T.J. about it, she called him because "I wanted to know if you wanted to go over, like, some paperwork?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=s04e04 - Worms script |url=https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=1396&t=74820}}</ref> She changed her mind and turned him down on approximately Monday, October 2, following the Bear family wedding.<ref>{{Cite web |title=s04e08 - Green script |url=https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=1396&t=74824}}</ref>
=== Other relationships === Sydney was initially hazed and sabotaged by line cook Tina Marrero (Liza Colón-Zayas), and sexually harassed and generally undermined by Richie. She ultimately won them over, accidentally (on purpose?) stabbing Richie in the ass along the way.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hadadi |first=Roxana |date=2022-06-29 |title=The Bear's Ebon Moss-Bachrach on the Art of Playing the Obstacle |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/the-bear-ebon-moss-bacharach-interview.html |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref> She is now both close friends with them both, protecting Tina from Carmy's exacting standards and ultimately promoting Richie to a long-deserved status within the family hierarchy.<ref name=":4" /> Syd is an excellent and patient mentor to younger or less experienced staffers.<ref name=":5" /> According to Colón-Zayas, Tina is "in love with her [restaurant] family," not least because of the mutual devotion between her and Syd, whom she sometimes calls "Ma."<ref name="ChiTrib-2025">{{Cite news |date=2025-06-25 |title=The Bear's Colón-Zayas relishes playing a chef rooted in reality |first=Zareen |last=Syed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-the-bears-coln-zayas-r/181270447/ |access-date=2025-09-18 |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=5–001}} & {{Cite news |title=Colón-Zayas (con't) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-coln-zayas/181270269/ |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=5–004}}</ref> Among other projects, Syd has developed the Beef's runner, Gary "Sweeps" Woods (Corey Hendrix) into a skilled sommelier who trained with Syd's onscreen friend, real-life Chicago sommelier Alpana Singh. Sweeps has become adept at picking "perfect" wine pairings for dishes at the Bear while "strong" wine sales become a major source of revenue for the fragile restaurant.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Molly |date=2025-06-28 |title=Here's The Exact Wine List From The Bear's Restaurant Menu (And Why It's Actually Perfect) |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/1897760/the-bear-season-4-restaurant-menu-wine-list/ |access-date=2025-09-18 |website=Tasting Table |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=s04e08 - Green script |url=https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=1396&t=74824}}</ref> Syd encouraged Carmy's older sister, Natalie "Sugar" Berzatto (Abby Elliott) to join the Bear as the restaurant's business manager; the two women have developed a close relationship in their own right, with Nat ultimately deeming Syd a more reliable leader than her own brother.<ref name=":42">{{Cite web |last=Darwish |first=Meaghan |date=2025-06-20 |title='The Bear' Star Reflects on Natalie's Intense Birth Story in 'Ice Chips' |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1198352/the-bear-abby-elliott-ice-chips-natalie-sugar-birth-donna/ |access-date=2025-09-18 |website=TV Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> Nonetheless Edebiri has described her character as a "bad communicator."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Glenn |date=2025-08-24 |title=Ayo Edebiri Shoots Down 'The Bear' Romance For Syd & Carmy: "The Restaurant Would Blow Up" |url=https://deadline.com/2025/08/ayo-edebiri-shoots-down-the-bear-romance-syd-carmy-1236496247/ |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250907231223/https://deadline.com/2025/08/ayo-edebiri-shoots-down-the-bear-romance-syd-carmy-1236496247/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
As emphasized in the episode "Worms," co-written by Edebiri and fellow castmember Lionel Boyce, Sydney's dedication to the Beef and then the Bear over the course of the series leads Sydney to neglect her personal life outside of work.<ref name=":3" /> Over the course of seasons three and four, Syd becomes increasingly remote from her dad, with whom she lived at the beginning of the series and with whom she has always been close.<ref name="NYT-2025" /> For his part, "Dadamu" is protective of his daughter and expresses concern about the "flimsy" partnership deal being offered by the Berzattos.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Erica |date=2024-06-27 |title=A Handy Guide to the Cameos and Guests in 'The Bear' Season 3 |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a61428214/the-bear-season-3-cameos/ |access-date=2025-09-18 |website=ELLE |language=en-US}}</ref> As one pop-culture podcast put it, "She's vulnerable and desperately trying not to be vulnerable."<ref name="Fandom-2025">{{Cite web |last=Marlow |first=Erin |last2=Temis |first2=Carla |date=2025-11-27 |title=Special Episode: The Syd/Carmy Special |url=https://itsafandomthingpod.com/2025/11/26/special-episode-the-syd-carmy-special/ |access-date=2026-03-30 |website=It's a Fandom Thing Pod |publisher=W!ZARD Studios |language=en-us |id=Episode 616}} – [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/special-episode-the-syd-carmy-special/id1493022117?i=1000738803354 Episode on Apple Podcasts]</ref>
== Family == Sydney is an only child, little else about her upbringing has been revealed.<ref name=":4" /> Her mother died of lupus when she was four or five years old; she was raised by her dad Emmanuel Adamu (Robert Townsend).<ref name=":2" /> Edebiri wanted "{{Linktext|multi-hyphenate}}" Townsend to play the role of her onscreen dad, joking that he had already raised her as the TV dad of ''The Parent 'Hood'', a 1990s WB Network family sitcom, of which Townsend was also an executive producer.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Victorian |first=Brande |date=2023-07-06 |title="The Best Gift Ever": Ayo Edebiri and Robert Townsend on Playing Father and Daughter in 'The Bear' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-bear-season-2-ayo-edebiri-robert-townsend-interview-1235530152/ |access-date=2025-12-15 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Randolph |first=Elizabeth |date=2024-01-10 |title='The Parent 'Hood's' Excellence Isn't Discussed Enough — Here's Where The Cast Is Now! |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/the-parent-hood-cast-now |access-date=2025-12-15 |website=Distractify |language=en-US}}</ref>
Her mom was "like a Black southern belle,"<ref name=":6" /> and was an actress, mostly in community theater productions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=s04e09 - Tonnato script |url=https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=1396&t=74825}}</ref> Her birthday was maybe March 7; in season two, Syd and her dad celebrated her late mom's birthday with dinner and cake.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mashuga |first=Jennifer |date=2023-06-23 |title=Food Is Both A Love Language And Act Of Self-Sabotage On The Bear Season 2 |url=https://www.mashed.com/1322210/food-both-love-language-act-self-sabotage-the-bear-season-two/ |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=Mashed |language=en-US}}</ref> Syd's maternal grandfather was an automobile mechanic.<ref name=":6" />
Syd typically wears her hair in two-tone box braids, styled by her cousin Chantel (Danielle Deadwyler), who lives on the South Side of Chicago.<ref name=":3" /> Critical response to Deadwyler's Chantel was overwhelmingly positive, with her performance called "extraordinary"<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=The Bear Offers Apologies—and an Uncertain Path Forward |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/197577/bear-offers-apologies-and-uncertain-path-forward |access-date=2025-12-18 |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583}}</ref> and "excellent".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Fienberg |first1=Daniel |last2=Han |first2=Angie |date=2025-12-18 |title=The 10 Best TV Episodes of 2025 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-episodes-2025/ |access-date=2025-12-18 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' TV critic Alan Sepinwall praised the "chameleonic" Deadwyler for her performance in the "relaxed, confident, funny role."<ref name="Sepinwall-2025">{{Cite magazine |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |date=2025-06-27 |title='The Bear' Season 4 Goes Big and Goes Small in Two Very Special Episodes. Both Work |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/the-bear-season-4-episode-4-worms-episode-7-bears-breakdown-1235369792/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>
{{Tree chart/start|align=right}} {{Tree chart| |M1|y|M2| |M1=Christian|M2=Chantel}} {{Tree chart| | | | |!| }} {{Tree chart| | | |C1|C1=T. J.{{break}}{{small|b. {{circa|2013}}}}}} {{Tree chart/end}} Chantel's husband is Christian, and their kid together is T. J. (Arion King).<ref name=":3" /> Sydney also has a cousin Monty who works at Boeing,<ref name=":6" /> and an Auntie Marsha, whose house is "energetically musty." Sydney missed Auntie Marsha's most recent birthday party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=s04e04 - Worms script |url=https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=1396&t=74820#google_vignette}}</ref> Syd's extended family is otherwise undescribed in-universe, and the show tends to focus closely on the Berzatto clan, who work and live on the north side.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Jones |first=C. T. |date=July 9, 2025 |title=How Lionel Boyce and Ayo Edebiri Wrote ''The Bear'' Season 4's Standout Episode |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/the-bear-lionel-boyce-interview-season-4-episode-worms-1235379709/ |access-date=2025-09-19 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Other attributes == Creative yet systematic, her solo sensual food tour of Chicago in season two led one critic to describe her as a "stoic" and an authentic artist: "She doesn't swoon. She writes and sketches in her notebook in a methodical way. No impassioned scribbling."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beer |first=Nicky |date=2023-08-02 |title=An Autonomous Woman Is Inherently Destructive |url=https://electricliterature.com/an-autonomous-woman-is-inherently-destructive/ |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=Electric Literature |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124104458/https://electricliterature.com/an-autonomous-woman-is-inherently-destructive/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Although classically trained, she is also cognizant that not every eater wants elite food; when cooking for her elementary-school age cousin T.J. (Arion King), she prepares an elevated version of a familiar ground-beef dish flavored with a spice mix (Cheeseburger Macaroni-flavor Hamburger Helper) that is commonly available in the food desert where T.J. lives.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":3" />
She almost certainly does ''not'' have a fennel allergy, even though when Carmy worked at Empire in New York for the villainous Chef Fields (Joel McHale), he modified a paupiette of hamachi dish, replacing the usual accompanying fennel soubise with a sauce made from blood orange juice and then told the server that the change was to accommodate a fennel allergy. This plate was served to Sydney, and is probably part of the "best meal she ever ate" that was prepared by Carmy before they even met.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=Jesse David |date=2024-06-28 |title=Is The Bear's Sydney Allergic to Fennel or What? |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/the-bear-sydney-fennel-allergy-investigation.html |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref> Thus, Carmy's motivations for altering that plate might have been straightforward rebellion against Fields, and a dish that represented his individual cuisine may or may not have made its way to Sydney's table serendipitously. Or not. Confusion persists.<ref name=":7" />
Following release of season two, some fans speculated that she might be romantically interested in Richie, others theorized that Sydney might be a lesbian.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Moises II |first=Mendez |date=June 23, 2023 |title=Should We Ship TV Characters? Viewers of The Bear Have Feelings |url=https://time.com/6289867/the-bear-sydney-carmy-ship/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250516082606/https://time.com/6289867/the-bear-sydney-carmy-ship/ |archive-date=2025-05-16 |access-date=2025-09-21 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref> A key scene in season four bathed Sydney in what is sometimes known as "bisexual lighting," but, wrote one media blog, "we just don't have enough indicators from ''The Bear'' to definitively classify Sydney's sexuality."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Girgulis |first=Jill |date=2025-07-15 |title=Scene Breakdown: Carmy Watches Sydney Prepare the Perfect Dish in The Bear's 'Scallop' |url=https://ladygeeksmedia.com/2025/07/15/scene-breakdown-carmy-watches-sydney-prepare-the-perfect-dish-in-the-bears-scallop/ |access-date=2025-12-15 |website=Lady Geeks Media |language=en-US}}</ref> Following the release of season four, there were arguments that "Syd and Luca (Will Poulter) would make the perfect couple because they're some of the kindest people on the whole show."<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Konrad |first=Erin |date=2025-07-10 |title=Forget SydCarmy — This Potential Romance on 'The Bear' Could Save the Restaurant in Season 5 |url=https://collider.com/the-bear-season-5-syd-luca-romance/ |access-date=2026-03-31 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref>
=== Hair, costuming, and tattoos === [[File:Swords03.jpg|thumb|Three of swords]] According to costume designer Courtney Wheeler, "Sydney's style is...about self-expression and experimentation. She gets a lot of joy from what she wears and putting it together. It's a way to show a little of who she is without speaking. From her passed-down vintage shirts and her bandanas to her more coveted, elevated pieces, she's [always] thinking about composition, something that comes naturally to her and why she's such a great chef."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldstone |first=Penny |date=2024-07-19 |title=The Bear's costumes have garnered a cult following, and here's how you can recreate them |url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/fashion/shopping/the-bear-costumes |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=Marie Claire UK |language=en}}</ref> Despite the limitations imposed by her work in an industrial kitchen, Sydney's personal style has been characterized as "pretty damn chic."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Harrington |first=Jessica |date=2022-08-05 |title=We Found Sydney's Chic Hair Scarves From "The Bear" |url=https://www.popsugar.com/beauty/the-bear-hair-scarves-48910126 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250901225321/https://www.popsugar.com/beauty/the-bear-hair-scarves-48910126 |archive-date=2025-09-01 |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=Popsugar |language=en}}</ref>
In the kitchen at the Bear she typically wears chef whites, or a blue apron before service, and an array of head scarves.<ref name=":0" /> The custom Thom Browne chef whites, embroidered with her initials in navy blue,<ref name="Complex-2023">{{Cite web |last=Destefano |first=Mike |date=2023-06-30 |title=The Bear Costume Designer Courtney Wheeler Interview |url=https://www.complex.com/style/a/mike-destefano/the-bear-courtney-wheeler |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref> and decorated with an unobtrusive red and blue stripe that is repeated elsewhere on the restaurant's linens, were a gift from Chef Berzatto, a gesture that one media critic deemed tantamount to "a marriage proposal" and that did nothing to discourage audience speculation about what underlies the pair's "great chemistry."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cadenas |first=Kerensa |date=2023-12-04 |title=When Did Shows and Movies About Food Get So Horny? |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/julia-the-bear-and-the-rise-of-horny-shows-and-movies-about-food/ |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Danielle |date=2024-07-02 |title=The Only 'The Bear' Merch I Want Is Sydney's Bandannas |url=https://www.thecut.com/article/what-we-think-of-the-bear-j-crew-merch-collab.html |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=The Cut |language=en |archive-date=2024-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240824021711/https://www.thecut.com/article/what-we-think-of-the-bear-j-crew-merch-collab.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
She changes up her bandanas, and her multiple earrings, almost daily, with the hair wraps being "[sometimes] vintage, others modern; there are batik-looking patterns, ones that look inspired by silk Hermès scarves, and a few that could have been plucked from the MoMA gift shop."<ref name=":0" /> As ''Vogue Singapore'' commented about her headscarves in 2024 "patchwork paisley designs from Japanese cult brand Kapital to eclectic handmade pieces from smaller boutiques, her fabrics run the gamut and play a constant role in showing her personality despite the kitchen's constraints."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tan |first=Azrin |date=2024-07-10 |title=In Season 3 of 'The Bear', Sydney's style speaks volumes |url=https://vogue.sg/the-bear-sydneys-style/ |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=Vogue Singapore |language=en-US}}</ref> Among the scarf brands she's worn are RRL, Mur by Ayca, Eloi, Kapital, Echo New York, Cai & Jo, Printed Image, and One Ear Brand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Secrets Of "The Bear" Season 4 Style, According To The Show's Costume Designer - Coveteur |url=https://coveteur.com/bear-costume-designer-interview |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=coveteur.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Makalintal |first=Bettina |date=2024-06-28 |title=How to Shop 'The Bear' Aesthetic |url=https://www.eater.com/24187593/where-to-buy-the-bear-clothes-dishes-cooking-tools-as-seen-on-hulu |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=Eater |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lapid |first=Alyssa |date=2024-07-03 |title=Sydney's $9 Bandana From 'The Bear' Season 3 Is Still In Stock |url=https://www.bustle.com/style/shop-sydney-bandana-the-bear-season-3 |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=Bustle |language=en}}</ref> According to costume designer Courtney Wheeler, Syd's head scarves are a form of personal expression, generally, and as well as a "bit of an instinct to protect [her] hair," as a Black woman specifically.<ref name=":1" /> Her multiple earrings are another central component of her look and per Wheeler she tends to go bigger when she is at an emotional crossroads: "She wears a lot of more delicate, smaller pieces. A lot of them are from Catbird. When she gets to dress up a little more, we do like to play more with statement pieces. They're something that she can express herself with. She's always looking for that, even when she's not sure of a life decision that's looming. It's like, ''Oh yeah, my life might be kind of confusing and I might be having a panic attack later, but at least I look really nice.''"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Betancourt |first=Bianca |date=2025-07-14 |title=How “The Bear” Embraces Chicago-Centric Style |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a65336241/the-bear-costumes-courtney-wheeler-interview-2025/ |access-date=2026-02-21 |website=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-US}}</ref>
During the timeframe covered by the show thus far, Syd typically wears her hair in extra-small knotless braids.<ref name="Boone-2025">{{Cite web |last=Boone |first=Keyaira |date=2025-07-01 |title='The Bear' 'Worms' Episode Exposes Microaggressions Black Women Face In The Workplace |url=https://hellobeautiful.com/4416889/the-bear-worms/ |access-date=2025-09-30 |website=Hello Beautiful - Fashion, Beauty, Lifestyle and Hair Care for Black Women |language=en-US}}</ref> In season two, according the head of the hair department, Ally Vickers, "She did a lot of half-up buns and ponytails, double buns, and I bought her a ton of scrunchies! I love a scrunchie moment, who doesn't?!?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Behind the scenes w/ FX's The Bear Hair Department |url=https://www.tecuane.com/blogs/news/blog-post-test |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=Tecuane Hair |language=en}}</ref>
In more casual circumstances, she wears vintage T-shirts, some borrowed from the closets of her parents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cuby |first=Michael |date=2024-07-03 |title=Sydney's Style Evolution Hints That She May Have Outgrown 'The Bear' |url=https://www.instyle.com/sydney-fashion-easter-eggs-the-bear-8673657 |access-date=2025-10-08 |website=InStyle |language=en}}</ref> One fashion blogger wrote that Adamu "regularly dressed in a sophisticated androgyny that encapsulates American workwear. Off-duty, we see her in powder-pink Stüssy carpenter pants, Carhartt overalls, crafty little tees by Bode, and crisp overshirts she probably stole from her father."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mehta |first=Tanya |date=2025-06-30 |title='The Bear' is fine, but can we please have Sydney's bandanas? |url=https://thenodmag.com/content/the-bear-season-four-sydney-bandana-fashion-trend |access-date=2025-10-08 |website=thenodmag.com |language=en}}</ref> In regard to Sydney raiding the closets of family members, Wheeler told ''Complex'' in 2023, "She does have this sentimental streak about her family and Chicago. I think that all of her T-shirts show that in a way that Carmy's do not."<ref name="Complex-2023" />
Sydney has one tattoo that has been revealed thus far: the three of swords image from the tarot deck, on the back of her right shoulder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guimarães |first=Elisa |date=2023-07-01 |title=Sydney's Tattoo in 'The Bear' Season 2 Means More Than You Think |url=https://collider.com/the-bear-season-2-sydney-tattoo/ |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref>
=== Home === Syd ran her catering company "out of her garage." When the series began, Sydney lived with her dad; her room was decorated posters of ''Jumpin' Jack Flash'' and ''Speed'', Paul Bocuse's cookbooks, and oversized star lights. In season three she got her own place, which her dad thought was too expensive for the value and which was a longer commute to work that from his house. He jokingly forbade her from moving back in with him in the episode "Sophie." One Chicago-native reviewer commented, "I can never get a sense of where Sydney lives. Sheridan Road Catering makes me feel like it's in Rogers Park, but then she's making phone calls to Shapiro from what looks like the rocks near the Shedd Aquarium?"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eakin |first=Marah |date=2025-06-26 |title=The Bear Recap: Leave It All on the Dance Floor |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/the-bear-recap-season-4-episode-8-the-last-shift.html |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref> Her new apartment is decorated with houseplants, cookbooks, an unhung framed poster of ''Daughters of the Dust'', and artwork by photographer Tyler Mitchell.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenberger |first=Alex |date=2025-06-30 |title=Tyler Mitchell Photographs Star Alongside Ayo Edebiri in ‘The Bear’ |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/the-bear-tyler-mitchell-photographs-1234746538/ |access-date=2026-01-10 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
== See also == * Characters of ''The Bear'' (TV series) * Food of ''The Bear'' (TV series)
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== References == {{Reflist|20em}}
== Sources == {{refbegin|indent=yes}} * {{cite journal |last=Bodie |first=Matthew T. |title=Employment and Identity |date=September 2025 |journal=Indiana Law Journal |volume=101 |id=Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2025-46 |url=https://ssrn.com/abstract=5467908 |doi=10.2139/ssrn.5467908 }} * {{Cite journal |last=Flores Jurado |first=Julieta |date=2024-06-27 |title=A Fork in the Road? Rethinking Culinary Genius, Power Dynamics, and the Impact of Social Movements on U.S. Food Media and Popular Culture |url=https://www.revistanorteamerica.unam.mx/index.php/nam/article/view/674 |journal=Norteamérica |volume=19 |issue=2 |doi=10.22201/cisan.24487228e.2024.2.674 |issn=2448-7228 |doi-access=free |archive-date=2025-06-21 |access-date=2025-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250621022556/https://www.revistanorteamerica.unam.mx/index.php/nam/article/view/674 |url-status=live }} * {{Cite journal |last=Grazia Serra |first=Alessandra Olga |date=May 2024 |title=''The Bear'': New (stereotypical) representations of Italian Americans in contemporary television series |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00145858231223974 |journal=Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies |language=en |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=114–124 |doi=10.1177/00145858231223974 |issn=0014-5858 |url-access=subscription }} * {{Cite book |editor-last=Haddix |editor-last2=Kraig |editor-last3=Sen |year=2017 |title=The Chicago Food Encyclopedia |publisher=The University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-09977-9 |editor-first=Carol Mighton |series=Heartland Foodways |location=Urbana |language=en-us |oclc=973222701 |editor-first2=Bruce |editor-first3=Colleen Taylor |lccn=2017007883 |id={{Project MUSE|55651|type=book}} }} * {{Cite journal |last=Wang |first=Dingkun |date=2025-04-02 |title=Translating the sensitive content in audiovisual fiction: the expanding case of Chinese subtitling in the streaming era |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13556509.2025.2485884 |journal=The Translator |language=en |pages=1–13 |doi=10.1080/13556509.2025.2485884 |issn=1355-6509 |url-access=subscription }} {{refend}}
== Further reading == * {{Cite magazine |last=Campbell |first=Polly |date=Spring 2025 |title=Who Owns Cooking? |url=https://www.edibleohiovalley.com/eov/2025/who-owns-cooking |issue=58 |magazine=Edible Ohio Valley |location=Cincinnati |language=en-US}}
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