Items10The creator’s order
  1. 1Boiling Point (2023)Boiling Point (2023) 7.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired 1 Oct 2023Head chef Carly is trying to establish a London restaurant while the people keeping it running have very little room for a bad night. The 2023 television continuation of the film is the closest match for the strain of service and the unequal burden of holding a team together. Vinette Robinson makes…0
  2. 2Whites (2010)Whites (2010) 7.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 28 Sept 2010A country-house hotel's head chef coasts on his reputation while his sous-chef absorbs much of the practical burden. Alan Davies and Darren Boyd make the difference between being talented and being useful the source of an unusually specific kitchen comedy. Its six-episode run is a lighter route…0
  3. 3Sweetbitter (2018)Sweetbitter (2018) 7.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 6 May 2018A young New York restaurant employee has to learn the room as well as the job: who knows what, who gets invited and whose approval counts. The attention shifts from the kitchen to the front-of-house hierarchy, with pleasure and attraction making work harder to separate from the rest of life. Its…0
  4. 4Treme (2010)Treme (2010) 8.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 11 Apr 2010Musicians, cooks and neighbours rebuild their lives in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Restaurant work belongs to a much wider picture of who gets to preserve a culture and who can afford to keep making it. The ensemble gives patient attention to practice, local knowledge and the people…0
  5. 5This Is Going to Hurt (2022)This Is Going to Hurt (2022) 8.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 8 Feb 2022An obstetrics doctor in a stretched British hospital uses sharp humour to get through demands that keep exceeding his ability to absorb them. The connection is the way an exhausting job can distort a person's behaviour outside it, rather than a reassuring celebration of professional toughness. Ben…0
  6. 6The Pitt (2025)The Pitt (2025) 8.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired 9 Jan 2025An emergency-department shift becomes a continuing negotiation over attention, resources and what a colleague is ready to handle. The compressed time makes interruptions feel consequential, while different levels of experience expose the work of teaching under pressure. It shares The Bear's…0
  7. 7The Studio (2025)The Studio (2025) 8.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 25 Mar 2025A newly appointed film-studio head wants to make good work while needing approval from almost everyone who can prevent it. The 2025 comedy turns a shoot, a meeting or a publicity obligation into an escalating coordination problem. Its elaborate moving shots offer a different industry’s version of…0
  8. 8Party Down (2009)Party Down (2009) 8.2/10 on IMDbFirst aired 20 Mar 2009Los Angeles caterers serve other people's celebrations while carrying stalled ambitions into each shift. The guest list changes, but the team still has to find a way to work alongside people it knows far too well. Its deadpan, often crude humour is a useful release after The Bear's intensity.…0
  9. 9La Grande Maison Tokyo (2019)La Grande Maison Tokyo (2019) 7.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired 20 Oct 2019A determined chef joins forces with a disgraced former star to build a Tokyo restaurant capable of exceptional work. The Japanese drama makes tasting, training and assembling the right team part of its forward movement. It offers more conventional uplift than The Bear, while still asking how much…0
  10. 10Chefs (2015)Chefs (2015) 7.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 11 Feb 2015A young man leaving prison enters a Paris restaurant where learning to cook also means learning a demanding social order. The French drama gives apprenticeship and an overbearing mentor more openly melodramatic treatment than The Bear. Romain's growing skill changes how he sees himself and how…0