Photo: Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri

I waited until the hyped died down to watch The Bear and I was pleasantly surprised that the first season was really good. From the writing to the characters and not to mention all the food, I found myself really enjoying watching each episode. I thought Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri were amazing as their characters Carmen 'Carmy' Berzatto and Sydney Adamu and I'm looking forward to seeing what's going to happen next in their stories. I really hope that whenever the second season airs, it will be just as good, if not better than the first.

Photography: Dan Doperalski for Variety magazine