The Bear Season 3 Photos Tease 1 Character's Death

The Chicago Beef crew is about to fire up the grill again. A few months after Season 2 of The Bear ended on a stressful cliffhanger, FX confirmed the culinary drama will be back for a third season. With a fancy new restaurant, some spicy relationship change-ups, and a heaping helping of new family drama, Season 3 is already shaping up to be more delicious than ever.

Season 2 of The Bear centered on Carmy, Sydney, Richie, and Natalie turning their neighborhood sandwich shop into a real fine-dining restaurant, named The Bear. Along with the financial, architectural, and culinary struggles in refurbishing their eatery came a lot of personal issues as well. Carmy rekindled a romance with former flame Claire only to ruin it in the end, while viewers also picked up some will-they-won’t-they vibes between Carmy and Sydney.

The season also delved into Carmy’s complicated relationship with his family, Natalie’s pregnancy, Marcus’ Danish pastry training, and Richie’s Taylor Swift-fueled renewed passion for the restaurant biz.

But Season 2 ended on a cold note... literally. Carmy spiraled out of control after accidentally locking himself in the walk-in refrigerator on The Bear’s soft launch. The stressful opening managed to barely stay on the rails without him, but Season 3 will definitely have a lot of mess to clean up.

Filming Has Already Started

Jeremy Allen White confirmed to Deadline that production on the new season was slated to enter production in late February or early March. He added to Vanity Fair that he spent January “getting together with some chefs” to put together The Bear’s new menu.

Sure enough, the cast was spotted filming in Chicago the first week of March.

It Looks Like 1 Character Will Die

One filming update has been particularly grim. The show’s cast was spotted filming outside of a church dressed in all black. The set photo clearly suggests a funeral will be part of Season 3, and fans already think they know who they will be mourning. The Season 2 finale hinted Marcus’ mom may have passed, as the pastry chef missed several calls from her nurse.

The Chefs Are Back

Season 3 is expected to bring back The Bear’s whole main cast to pick up where Season 2 left off. And there’s also a good chance some of the celebrity guest stars in Season 2 will show up again. Most likely is Jamie Lee Curtis as Carmy’s erratic mother Donna, since she did show up in the Season 2 finale briefly. Bob Odenkirk could also return as Carmy’s uncle Lee, who is partially financing The Bear.

One cast member who’s still a big question mark at the moment is Molly Gordon, who played Carmy’s girlfriend Claire. Season 2 ended with Carmy ruining things with Claire after she overhears him blaming their relationship for his culinary downfall. It’s unclear if Claire is done with Carmy for good, or if the chef will try to win her back in the new season.

It Will Have A Different Vibe From Season 2

Since Season 2 was so focused on drama around constructing a whole new restaurant, a lot of the cooking that was so core to the series in Season 1 got a bit lost in the sauce. But White confirmed to Vanity Fair that the new season will get back to the show’s roots and once again heavily feature some culinary skills.

“In the third season, I think we’re going to go back to that functioning kitchen atmosphere that we had in the first,” White said.

Get Ready To Eat Soon

Season 3 of The Bear is confirmed to premiere this June, although an exact premiere date has yet to be announced.