Before he co-founded One Off Hospitality, Donnie Madia spent a year working at Mr. Beef, the sandwich shop that inspired FX’s The Bear. (via eaterchicago)
three or four times over the course of the last year to talk to chef Dylan Patel, One Off Hospitality Director of Operations David Barriball, and Avec General Manager Claire McDonal. Some of the stories they shared about recent staffing struggles and higher prices for ingredients related to the pandemic were integrated into this season’s plots.
The partnership grew from behind the scenes to in front of the camera. Both Avec and Publican Quality Meats figure prominently in Episode 3 of Season 2, when chef Sydney Adamu visits severalMadia sat down with co-showrunner and director Joanna Calo and some of the show’s other directors and writers for a brainstorming session about hospitality and service in order to develop the dialogue for his scene with Edebiri.
“They set up the scenario and then just allowed me to free associate what was important to me when I started a restaurant,” Madia says. “They really do their research. They’re intense. They want to get the story right and they don’t want to make any mistakes.” The shoot at Avec also featured Patel and McDonal running through a pre-service briefing for the restaurant’s staff. There was no script — the crew just started the cameras and asked them to hit key points like introducing a dish, talking about a wine, and giving a server a compliment.
Patel made all the food for the scene, spotlighting the short rib hummus that’s been on the menu for a year and a half and has become one of Avec’s most popular dishes alongside their signature chorizo-stuffed Medjool dates created by chef Perry Hendrix who has since shifted to Avec’s River North location. Patel has experience cooking on camera, but that usually involved just two or three people holding a mic and camera.
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