Jeremy Allen White went to cooking school for two weeks and worked in the kitchen of multiple restaurants, among them the Michelin star-rated Pasjoli, to train for the show.
Matty Matheson, who plays "Fak," is a professional chef. Ironically, he is not seen cooking a single dish in the show.
No hand doubles were used in the making of the show. The actors did all of the chopping and prep.
The Original Beef of Chicagoland restaurant is filmed in a real-life Chicago beef restaurant called Mr. Beef located at 666 N Orleans St, Chicago.
Ayo Edebiri, when asked about her thoughts on Sydney and Carmy, should get together: "If anything happened between Sydney and Carmy, nobody would be happy. It would be disappointing and jarring and weird."