Sure, Chef! We’re excited to announce that The Bear Season 5 is formally confirmed, and we’re already salivating on the prospect of what they might create.
The concept of The Bear Season 5 was up within the air for a bit after the ending of Season 4. However fortunately, it wasn’t that lengthy after the present’s fourth season premiere that it was introduced we might be returning to one of many finest reveals on Hulu for a fifth time.
What’s Season 5 going to be about? When can we count on to see it? Here’s what we all know to date about The Bear Season 5.
What Is The Bear Season 5 Premiere Date?
On the time of penning this in July 2025, The Bear Season 5 is slated to premiere in 2026. We don’t have a precise date but. Deadline confirmed the information.
That is genuinely glorious, particularly since we weren’t certain for a time if Season 5 would even occur. The Bear has just about constantly remained a present that continues to premiere new episodes every year – one thing that has turn into nearly as uncommon as a unicorn as of late in fashionable tv.
It’s not usually that a large sequence returns each single 12 months for a brand new season, except you’re a community present (like Abbott Elementary). For a streaming present like The Bear, it’s nice that they hold coming again each single 12 months. Different reveals that take endlessly to return out have been Stranger Issues Season 5 (the fourth season was launched in 2022), Wednesday Season 2 (the primary season got here out in 2022), The Witcher Season 4 (the third season was in 2023), and many extra.
Granted, The Bear can be on FX (since FX has a cope with Hulu the place their reveals premiere on the platform). Even so, having it launched as a part of the 2026 TV schedule is an absolute win.
The Bear Season 5 Solid
The solid of The Bear is a bit up within the air. As a result of nature of The Bear Season 4 finale, it’s unclear if Jeremy Allen White, who portrays Carmy, will return in a sequence common position or not, however, truthfully, it wouldn’t be the tip of the world if he does not. I really feel just like the solid/characters are so good that anybody could lead on the present.
Even so, there are nonetheless loads of names that we might count on to see in Season 5 with The Bear solid. These embody:
- Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richie Jerimovich
- Lionel Boyce as Marcus Brooks
- Liza Colon-Zayas as Tina Marrero
- Abby Elliot as Natalie Berzatto
- Matty Matheson as Neil Fak
- Edwin Lee Gibson as Ebraheim
- Molly Gordon as Claire Dunlap
That is simply the principle solid, however many different characters might seem in Season 5. Will Poulter’s recurring visitor position as Luca grew to become a much bigger a part of Season 4. Jaime Lee Curtis’ character, Donna, who continues to make me cry each season, additionally had a major quantity of display time within the fourth season. Actually, anybody might come again. It relies on the story.
What May The Bear Season 5 Be About?
Alright, so right here’s the place issues get fascinating, as a result of there’s actually nothing on the market for what Season 5 could possibly be about. The season was solely simply introduced, and there are barely any interviews. However, with a bit little bit of analysis and luck, there are some things we might theorize on:
What Occurred At The Finish Of Season 4?
As a refresher, the finale of The Bear Season 4 was loopy in so some ways. Carmy, Syd, and Richie had the dialog of a lifetime. What was it, you may ask? Properly, Carmy is pondering of leaving not solely the restaurant however the business altogether.
He signed away his portion of The Bear to Syd, and is actually contemplating leaving every thing behind – a alternative that we nonetheless don’t know is the proper one or not. Neither Syd nor Richie is the most important fan of his determination, and proper now, it’s solely these two, in addition to Natalie (who got here in on the final second), that know what he plans to do.
It could be a giant shock to everybody. Lionel Boyce even talked about it in an interview with Collider in June 2025, saying that he’s not even certain how Marcus would react to the information, contemplating it was Carmy who impressed him to turn into the baker he’s:
I requested the identical factor. I used to be like, ‘I ponder what Marcus will take into consideration this when he finds out.’ The one who pushed him on this path, I ponder what the dynamic of that dialog will likely be between these two as a result of that’s such a giant factor. Carmy makes a alternative for his private life, however what does that imply?
This might be even larger information for Marcus, as a result of he was simply named one of many Greatest New Cooks in Meals & Wine journal. That’s wild.
Would May Probably Occur Subsequent?
There’s quite a bit that would occur subsequent. I would not be stunned if Carmy ended up leaving. I feel the solid of The Bear has actually gone on to perform some wonderful issues outdoors of their present, and if White had been to go away to pursue different alternatives, I might not be shocked. He even has a brand new biopic popping out, referred to as Ship Me From Nowhere, during which he performs Bruce Springsteen.
It additionally is smart for his character, contemplating Carmy has been fighting loving what he does for a very long time now. If that was what he felt was proper for his psychological well being, selecting to go away may be for the higher.
The place does that depart everybody else? With Marcus named as a brand new chef, his new profession is on the road. Sydney has been wavering about leaving The Bear, however with Carmy placing her on this new place, she won’t have a alternative. The restaurant isn’t essentially sinking anymore, however a lot of the buyers agree that they nonetheless really feel it wants to shut. There are quite a lot of what-ifs up within the air proper now.
There’s additionally the truth that we might discover much more backstories as effectively. In an interview with Vulture in July 2025, Edwin Lee Gibson stated that he would like to discover Ebraheim’s backstory and what makes him, effectively, him:
I’d wish to see his psychological trauma. We haven’t seen that but. We’ve seen everybody else’s factor, that ticking clock. We haven’t seen what Ebra’s is but. I’d like to see him doing his factor, however then his trauma hits, and we’re thrown again into what occurred a few years in the past. It’s becoming with the present that there’s an exploration of him, as a result of there’s been this exploration of how issues are simply so grand after which they rip our hearts out.
We did see much more of Ebraheim in Season 4, so it wouldn’t be that surprising if he had been featured far more in Season 5.
Filming Has But To Start – As a result of The Solid Didn’t Know About Season 5
The very last thing we all know is that filming isn’t occurring but – however that’s primarily as a result of the solid didn’t find out about Season 5 till we did. Molly Gordon, in an interview with ScreenRant in July 2025, stated that they had been all alerted in regards to the renewal proper earlier than the general public was, so that they’re all excited to get engaged on it once more:
No, all of us simply heard in regards to the renewal with everybody else. An e mail went out like an hour earlier than, so we’re all actually excited, and it’s an ideal factor to be part of.
When filming begins, we’ll you should definitely replace this with the information.
What are you excited for with The Bear Season 5? All I do know is that I’m already dying for all the brand new meals we’re going to see—time to be taught all the most recent recipes.