‘The Bear' Chef Reveals the Must-Try Food Trend Everyone Should Follow This Summer
Matty Matheson is a professional chef who many people know from the award-winning show, The Bear, where he plays Neil Fak. On June 15, he attended FX's The Bear Final Family Meal event to promote the final season of the show. While there, he spoke with PEOPLEand revealed the food trend that he wants everyone to embrace this summer.
"The trend that needs to be anything is going to restaurants, eating in restaurants," he said, referring to recent reports that people have been dining out less due to rising prices. "Also, here's a sick new trend. Put your phone in your pocket. Keep your phone in your pocket. Relax, enjoy each other. Also, go to restaurants that support farmers, fisher folk and ranchers."
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Of course, Matheson also encourages people to create their own dishes at home as well. He has several cookbooks aimed at home chefs, including Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches, which was released in 2024.
When asked about the inspiration behind the book, he told Elle Gourmet, "Cookbooks have turned into these things where, like, titles have turned into sentences. I don't know. I want to keep mine very simple. I was probably making fun of [contemporary] cookbooks on one of my rants and was just like, ‘I should do a book about soups, salads and sandwiches.' Then I was like, ‘I should definitely do that. That sounds good.' Soups, salads and sandwiches are iconic-it's what people eat, genuinely. And I was able [to create recipes that reflect] the way I make food, and that makes [the book] somewhat original."
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Matheson continued to explain that he wants his recipes to be easy for anyone to replicate at home. "I'm not trying to get chefs to cook-they already cook," he said. "I want people at home to be able to cook and share meals with their loved ones. I often say, even in my videos, that [my recipes] are sparks-I'm just giving you ideas. If you know how to cook, you can read a recipe and understand the gist of it. Then if you want to add something, [you can do that]."
Matheson also wrote Matty Matheson: Home Style Cookery, which is meant to help home cooks improve their culinary skills and build confidence in the kitchen, and Matty Matheson: A Cookbook, which focuses on dishes that shaped his childhood and early career in the cooking industry.
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This story was originally published June 20, 2026 at 11:50 AM.