‘The Bear’ Season 2 Trailer: If You Can’t Stand The Heat, Don’t Open A Restaurant

“It comes from a place of wanting to leave fresh and clean,” says Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) at the top of the trailer. After closing his rudimentary sandwich shop, The Beef, at the end of the first season, Carmy and his team, including Sous Chef Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), “because” Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and her sister Sugar (Abby Elliot)—have big dreams for their new restaurant, The Bear. “It will be a place of destination,” says Sydney.

But according to the season two trailer, creating one from scratch may be harder than it looks. “It’s going to take six months to open,” Sugar says as Richie and his gang get to work rehabilitating the space. In the kitchen, Sydney and Carmy take the bearand infuse it directly in their kitchen. “Are you still thinking about the chaos menu?” Sydney asks Carmy as they come up with new recipes for the restaurant. “Yeah, chaotic but thoughtful menu,” Carmy says, before quickly spitting out one of the new recipes.

Sydney and Carmy aren’t the only Beef alums trying to step up their game, as veteran line cooks Ebraheim (Edwin Lee Gibson) and Tina (Liza Colon-Zayas) be sent back to culinary school. Even Richie tries to level up in the new restaurant, declaring himself “the supervisor”. (“Supervisor of what?” asks Lionel BoyceUnlike Richie, Sydney is certainly in a strong position as the boss at The Bear, but she struggles to exercise her authority when looking to hire new employees. “When can I speak to the chief?” a potential employee asks during a job interview shown in the trailer. “You are,” Sydney replies, before giving her a contemptuous look.

Outside of the restaurant, things are heating up for Carmy as well. In the trailer we get a first look at the addition of season two Molly Gordon, whose as-yet-unknown character seems to have something of a history with the troubled leader. “How has your life been, Berzatto?” Gordon’s character asks after bumping into Carmy in a supermarket. Could Carmy have to juggle opening a new restaurant And rekindle an old flame? You’ll have to wait and see when season two of the bear streams its 10 episodes exclusively on Hulu on June 22.