#chef david

[nerawrites]

Plated, But Unfinished

Alicia has spent her life in kitchens, using the heat and chaos as both an escape and a proving ground. Known in the culinary world as Lloris, a rising star with an elusive identity, she built her reputation through relentless work, never allowing the spotlight to fall on her—only on her food. But the past has a way of catching up, and after one catastrophic night in the kitchen—one mistake, one outburst—everything she built comes crashing down.

With nothing but impulse and desperation driving her, Alicia abandons her life overnight. She erases Lloris, sells everything, and takes the next flight out—landing in Chicago, a city she knows nothing about. Reinventing herself under a new name, she manages to secure a job at The Bear, an up-and-coming restaurant with a chaotic energy all its own. Determined to keep her past buried, Alicia throws herself into this fresh start, unaware that the very things she’s running from—pressure, talent, and a stubbornly persistent famous chef—might make it impossible to stay hidden.

Ships: Carmy x Fem!oc, other The Bear x Fem!oc

Warning: Yelling, cursing, death, grieving Carmy being not so good of a person, English is not my first language so I apologize for my spelling and grammar, story doesn’t fully follow cannon.

Things to know:

-Placed in season two

-Clair and Camry are on and off in their relationship

Status: still on going

Character List

Prologue

Moodboard

Chapters:

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3

Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6

Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9

Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12

Chapter 13 | Chapter 14 | Chapter 15

Chapter 16 | Chapter 17 | Chapter 18

Chapters 19 | Chapter 20 | Chapter 21

Chapter 22 | Chapter 23 | Chapter 24

Chapter 25 | Chapter 26 | Chapter 27

Chapter 28 | Chapter 29 | Chapter 30

Chapter 31 | Chapter 32 | Chapter 33

Chapter 34 | Chapter 35 | Chapter 36

Chapter 37 | Chapter 38 | Chapter 39

Chapter 40 | Chapter 41 | Chapter 42

Chapter 43 | Chapter 44 | Chapter 45

More coming soon…

Extras:

Coming soon…

[mansonismysaviour]

lets look the same as daddy

[gazeboliberty]

Please put some respect on David’s name for making that pasta. First, we saw David wearing an apron in episode 5 and second, Yuna and Shane were out on the porch crying so somebody needed to get dinner on!

I keep hearing credit going to Yuna for cooking that meal but I think the show established pretty clearly that Yuna has two current passions- Shane’s endorsements and drinking wine. So I think Chef David deserves some cheers for being a McGill alumn, government employed, domestically inclined husband who is also an amazing host serving up drinks and dishing out to-die-for pasta.

[half-bloodorange]

Chef David and Carmy’s height difference does lend itself to really well to the narrative ( Chef David abuse and influence looms so large in Carm’s mind blah blah blah) but I love it because it’s funny to imagine Carmy having to jump up to sucker punch him.

[backonmybullship]

I don't think he sleeps. I don't think he eats. I don't think he loves. He hates black pepper for some reason I'll never understand.

[thoughtfulchaos773]

I know we established the "Get Syd Moment" (I can't find the tumblrs of the original posters sorry I looked everywhere).

But can I point out his escalation to repeating- "Get fucking Syd. Get fucking Syd." chant? That was fear.

Earlier in the day, Carmy and Syd spoke of their worries; for Carmy, Claire's greatness scares him, while Sydney is scared she could fail.

Carmy may not have been completely honest, or he hasn't yet confronted his greatest fear: the possibility of leaving Sydney alone and the risk of her leaving him. Again.

While Syd is truly scared of Carmy doing it without her (that she admits underneath the table after telling Carmy that it was a failure that frightened her- she takes a pause under the table and is honest about it- he could do it without her, and that scares her)

She's hoping it doesn't come true, but throughout season 3, he is getting the star without her input.

He keeps pushing her away in his attempts to keep her close in his efforts to get the star or be physically next to her every shift.

I'd like to know if next season we see the possibility of even more frightened Carmy now that it's coming true that Sydney could leave.?

[unladyboss]

THE NYC CHEF AND CARMY BERZATTO. THE BEAR

You know for someone who ALLEGEDLY AND SUPPOSEDLY THOUGHT that Carmy was talentless and terrible at his job, he sure was invested

1. He put Carmy up front to prepare the meals

2. He watched Carmy's every move

3. He watched Carmy's tattoos and scars

THOUGHT THEY WERE COOL

And was intrigued by them. Wanted to know more

4. Had taken Carmy in physically. Noticed his height and brought it up in conversation

[lilbunnychann]

“ Carm is just like Chef David to Syd”

Did Carmy tell Sydney she should be dead? Ohh ok.

Not saying there haven’t been times where he’s probably felt like “oh shit I don’t want act like that, I don’t want belittle my peers ” ( Marcus donut incident for example ) but the key difference is CARM HAS CONSCIENCE! When shit hits the fan he realizes he might be perpetuating behaviors beat into him from New York, he’s aware of it and feels bad about it!

Chef David literally was like yeah I made you better after hearing he caused someone to get panic attacks and nightmares??

How is something a cycle if he’s deliberately fighting against it?