But “The Bear” captures something real about the city’s dining culture — and, more broadly, what you might call the geography of ambition. This is the kind of chef we see Carmy transforming into, and the kind of chef we’re shown surrounding him. In another second-season scene, Sydney has a video chat with the pastry chef Marcus, who has gone to Copenhagen to hone his skills. Marcus receives his own lesson about ambition when he asks Luca, the chef he’s studying under, how he got so good. He came to see this as a good thing: “I could take that pressure off myself.

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Persons: Sydney Adamu, “, don’t, Carmy, we’re, Donnie Madia, Marcus, ”, Mike Krzyzewski, Luca Organizations: Michelin, Sydney, “, Duke, ” Locations: New York, “ New York, Chicago, Sydney, Copenhagen