Chefs Kiss

Chefs Kiss is the het ship between Carmy Berzatto and Sydney Adamu from The Bear fandom.

Season One
Carmen 'Carmy' Berzatto and Sydney 'Syd' Adamu first met at The Original Beef of Chicagoland, a failing Italian sandwich shop in Chicago, Illinois in Season One. The restaurant is located in Chicago's River North district and was passed on to Carmy by his elder brother, Michael 'Mikey' Berzatto, after the latter's untimely death. Despite having a highly prestigious background as a former chef and eventual Chef de Cuisine a.k.a 'CDC' at world class restaurants, such as Noma, French Laundry and Eleven Madison Park, before meeting Syd, Carmy struggled on his own to keep the restaurant afloat and improve its working culture and conditions.

In the show's pilot episode, System, Syd, a young talented chef who also shared a fine-dining background, came to The Original Beef of Chicagoland to stage (assist/train) for a week. Over the course of this week, Sydney pitched several ideas to Carmy as to how he could possibly salvage the floundering eatery and improve its profitability. By the end of her first week of staging Carmy hired Syd to become his sous chef and also quickly delegated her to lead the implementation of a French brigade system for the restaurant's staff.

Despite some hiccups along the way, Carmy and Syd came to value each other's talents and opinions over the course of Season One. However, a major falling out occurred between the two in Season 1, Episode 7 after Carmy demonstrated an explosive and nigh uncontrollable temper after Syd made an error with their new to-go order system. Syd quit after Carmy's angry outbursts, which signalled a temporary end to their relatively harmonious working relationship. In the aftermath of Syd's departure, in the Season 1 finale Carmy was shown to be regretful concerning his actions towards the staff during his tirade, and towards Syd in particular.

His grief for his elder brother was also highlighted in this episode, and his general malaise was also shown to be compounded by Syd's absence in a few scenes. However, after Carmy unearthed a surprise windfall of 300K dollars that his brother stashed away for him in tomato sauce cans, Syd visited the Original Beef, seemingly to collect her last pay check. Upon seeing her, Carmy took a moment to collect his thoughts before he pitched to her his vision of an updated restaurant, to which she joined in with suggestions of her own. The two arrived at a tacit understanding and recommitment to continue working together, and Carmy was shown to be quietly elated at Syd's return.

Season Two
By the beginning of Season 2, Syd was promoted to Carmy's business partner and CDC at the revamped restaurant named, The Bear. The Bear has a special significance to Carmy as a business as he originally wished to open it with his brother, Mikey, before his tragic death. The Bear holds a special significance for Syd since she desired the opportunity to create a healthy working environment for herself and her colleagues, and to have creative control over the meals that she prepares and serves.

By the end of the season, however, Carmy's mental health declined after he accidentally locked himself inside the restaurant's walk-in refrigerator during The Bear's soft opening. In addition to his anxiety on whether Sydney and the staff would be able to complete the night's dinner service without him, Carmy felt a severe sense of guilt and shame for the mishap as he had failed during the renovation process to call a repairman to fix the walk-in's door handle, despite being given repeated reminders.

After Sydney and the rest of the staff members rallied to deliver the bulk of their service orders, Tina checked on Carmy briefly by speaking with him from the other side of the fridge door during his downward spiral. Carmy vented his frustrations to Tina and concluded that he felt unfit to be in a relationship, as he had been heavily preoccupied with dating Claire, a former highschool class-mate of his during the renovation period, and had been inadvertently distracted from completing his responsibilities.

Carmy then audibly vowed that he didn't need to be anything other than a chef, as he was convinced that   a normal social life would have inevitably jeopardized his routine and concentration in the kitchen. He also lamented that he had to be resolved to be content with being by miserable on his own. However, unbeknownst to Carmy, Tina had moved away from the kitchen to complete an urgent task during a pause in Carmy's speech. Carmy was ultimately dismayed to learn that he had made the bulk of his damning confessions to Claire, who had secretly overheard him when she came to check up on him after learning that he was stuck in the walk-in. Due to his inadvertent revelations, Claire called out to Carmy from outside the walk-in and tearfully ended their relationship. Meanwhile, outside the restaurant, Syd's risky career choice was finally accepted by her father, who praised her for the meal he was served and declared that she had found the thing she was meant for.

Songs
Here are some of the songs used as part of The Bear's soundtrack during Sydney and Carmy's scenes together:
 * Ajai Finale - Kenny Segal & Serengeti
 * Impossible Germany - Wilco
 * Last Train Home - John Mayer
 * She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
 * Baby, I'm A Big Star Now - Counting Crows
 * Goodbye Girl - Squeeze
 * Make You Happy - Tommy McGee
 * Come Back - Pearl Jam

Fanon
Although they might not be canon in the show yet, some fans have speculated that there is some romantically charged tension between the two over the course of their interactions. They have had their ups and downs, but have both been shown to hold one another in high regard. Carmy in particular, appears to rely on thoughts of Syd for a sense of peace and stability in moments where he recalls his difficult past and dysfunctional upbringing.

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Trivia

 * Carmy and Sydney have matched outfits on numerous occasions. She was the first of the crew to wear blue aprons as per uniform protocol back in early season 1. They also are seen matching in season 2 episode 1, season 2 episode 2 and season 2 episode 9 and 10.
 * Carmy often checks in with Sydney to reaffirm that she is okay.
 * They both have difficulties with other people's emotions, but are shown to really care for those around them when it counts.