In a flashback toward the end of the season-three premiere of The Bear , Carmy spoons a luscious, lipstick-red sauce next to a paupiette of hamachi. We learn this blood-orange sauce is an allergy substitution for the fish’s original accompaniment, a fennel soubise that his very scary boss (Joel McHale) made him put on the dish. The dish is then brought to .
.. Sydney! She smells the dish, photographs the plate, and smiles like she’s eating the best meal of her life.
While they haven’t even met yet, it’s the first time Sydney and Carmy have formed a bond: Two chefs connected over smell and taste. But was there something else going on? Something possibly sinister? Something possibly ..
. Sydneyster , if you will? Up until this moment, The Bear viewers do not know that Sydney has a fennel allergy. In fact, she has definitely worked with fennel quite a bit over the course of seasons one and two, and quite possibly consumed it or least its seeds.
Is Sydney a liar? Does she actually have a fennel allergy? If so, has she been withholding the fact that she does from everyone else on the show this whole time? Knowing the answer to these questions is essential to understanding who Sydney is as a person and a chef. Let’s investigate. Sydney is tasked with making family meal at the Beef, which is the first thing she makes that Carmy is going to taste.
As is often the case with family meal, she has to use the ingredients they already have in the walk-in. The first thing she does i.
