Kiss the cook — but this time, it’s a different guy.
Move over, Jeremy Allen White, there’s a new chef in town on “The Bear” that fans are going gaga over: Will Poulter’s tattooed pastry chef character, Luca.
“will poulter in the bear s2. look at his fine ass i cannot,” one hot and bothered fan tweeted.
Another viewer said, “Yes yes Jeremy Allen White, but may I give you The Bear Season 2’s major thirst object: Tattoo’d pastry chef Will Poulter.”
Season 1 of the hit FX/ Hulu show, which premiered last summer, followed Carmy (White, 32), a chef from the fine dining world who returns to his home of Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop after his brother’s death. Along the way, he made friends such as Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri).
He also became an unlikely sex symbol, even fueling “hot line cook summer,” when the world seemed to collectively thirst after people in that profession, calling the appeal of the sweaty and tattooed look, “Anthony Bourdain mixed with Pete Davidson.”
Season 2 of “The Bear,” now streaming on Hulu, expands the show’s world. The plot follows Carmy and the gang in the lead-up to their restaurant’s fine-dining relaunch.
There’s also a plot line in the fourth episode where Marcus (Lionel Boyce) goes to Copenhagen to learn more about dessert making.
There, he learns from Luca (Poulter, 30), an English-born pastry chef.
The London-born Poulter has been on the scene since he was a child actor in 2010 film “The Chronicles of Narnia: the Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” but in recent years, he’s best known for co-starring in horror film “Midsommar” alongside Florence Pugh, his Emmy-nominated role in Hulu’s “Dopesick” alongside Michael Keaton, and his turn as a superhero in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.”
And now, he’s a pastry chef that fans of “The Bear” are getting hot and bothered about.
One fan stated that he will replace White.
“Will Poulter as a tattooed pastry chef in season 2 of The Bear will heal a broken nation,” another fan proclaimed.
Another fan tweeted a photo of Poulter, and said, “when i tell you i screamed, know i f – – king screamed.”
“tattooed will poulter is exactly what the world needs to heal,” one viewer tweeted,” following that statement up with, “i’m in love i think.”
Another fan was so overwhelmed by one of his tattoos, she resorted to all-caps.
“WILL POULTER’S CHARACTER HAVING THE FORMULA FOR SUGAR TATTOOED ON HIS WRIST IS SOMETHING SOOO PERSONAL TO ME YOU GUYS DONT GET IT,” she wrote.
Another viewer concluded, “the sexiest thing #TheBear ever did (which is saying something because of how s1 went viral here) was bring will poulter on as a pastry chef in s2.”
“The Bear” Season 2 is currently streaming on Hulu.
FX has not yet confirmed whether there will be a Season 3.