Matty Matheson

Matthew James Matheson (born February 7, 1982) is a Canadian chef and actor. From 2022 to 2026, he played Neil Fak on the FX on Hulu series The Bear, which he also executive produced.

Matheson was the executive chef of Parts & Labour, a restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, which permanently closed on January 1, 2019. Matheson has since started Matty's Patty's Burger Club, a takeout restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, which opened in December 2020. In April 2022, Matheson opened Prime Seafood Palace, which is also in Toronto. Matheson regularly appeared on Vice's show Munchies. He previously hosted Viceland's It's Suppertime! and Dead Set on Life.

Early life Matheson was born in Saint John, New Brunswick; his parents are engineer Stephen and waitress Joan Matheson. when they moved to Fort Erie, Ontario. Before moving to Ontario, Matheson had grown up as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; however, the family left the church when leaving Nova Scotia. Matheson's grandfather was a restaurateur and former RCMP officer from Prince Edward Island (PEI), the family having roots in PEI dating back to the 1700s. His grandfather owned and operated The Blue Goose restaurant in DeSable, where Matty would spend his summers.

Matheson moved to Toronto in 2000 and attended Humber College's cooking program. To serve a short stint as a roadie for his friends' metal band, he dropped out of the program before graduating. However, Matheson found he had a talent for butchering meat, and he continued his culinary career by handing out resumes to random restaurants until he found employment. Matheson also maintains his own Youtube channel.

Matheson has also appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where he showed Jimmy Kimmel how to make a "stuffed shell family recipe".

In June 2022, Matheson joined the cast and crew of FX's The Bear. He portrays handyman Neil Fak, and he also serves as a producer and culinary consultant on the show.

Restaurants Matheson partnered with Shlomo Buchler in 2015 to create a pizza restaurant called Maker Pizza, which has opened and expanded into numerous locations within the Greater Toronto Area.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, in the summer of 2020, Matheson created a pop-up restaurant called Matty Matheson's Meat + Three, a take on the American South's meat and three, specializing in American barbecue, in Fort Erie; the Meat + Three pop-up closed in 2022.

In October 2020, Matheson opened another pop-up restaurant in Toronto, a continuation of Matty's Patty's, which was originally located in Hawaii with a short stint in Shibuya, Japan. Matty's Patty's opened a permanent location in the Trinity-Bellwoods neighbourhood in Toronto in December 2020.

In April 2021, Matheson partnered with Toronto chefs Kate Chomyshyn and Julio Guajardo to open a new pop-up restaurant in Toronto called Birria Balam, specializing in the Mexican dish birria. They subsequently closed Birria Balam.

In January 2022, Matheson teamed up with his mentor and friend Rang Nguyen and opened Ca Phe Rang, a Vietnamese restaurant serving pho and bánh mì. The restaurant opened where Birria Balam had been previously, in Chinatown, Toronto.

In April 2022, Matheson opened Prime Seafood Palace, a steakhouse and seafood restaurant in Trinity-Bellwoods, Toronto. Matheson had been working on opening the restaurant since 2016.

In November 2022, Matheson opened Rizzo's House of Parm, a restaurant serving old-school Italian-American cuisine, at Crystal Beach in Fort Erie, Ontario. The restaurant took its inspiration from the Italian family of his wife Trish, and he named the restaurant after his first daughter and second child, Rizzo.

Cookbooks In October 2018, Matheson released his first cookbook, Matty Matheson: A Cookbook.

On September 29, 2020, Matheson released his second cookbook, Matty Matheson: Home Style Cookery. He recorded a series of YouTube videos to coincide with the release of this book.

His third book, Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches, was released in October 2024.

Miscellaneous In March 2020, Matheson and artist Alex 2Tone, co-founder of streetwear brand Born X Raised, started a podcast titled Powerful Truth Angels, with producer Jason Nelken.

In 2020, Matheson teamed up with Toronto chef Keenan McVey and opened Blue Goose Farm, a small farm in Fort Erie, Ontario; the farm, named after a restaurant owned by Matheson's grandfather, helps to supply vegetables to some of his restaurants and other restaurants in Toronto.

In 2022, Matheson started the "hyper-local entrepreneur" workwear clothing line, Rosa Rugosa, with production based in the West Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale. Matheson has also started a kitchen utensil collection.

In 2025 Matheson announced the formation of Pig Pen, a hardcore punk band also featuring Wade MacNeil and Daniel Romano. The band had their debut performance at Sneaky Dee's on April 25, 2025.

Filmography Film

Year Title Role Notes 2025 Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie Cookie BobbyVoice 2026 Toy Story 5 Dr. Nutcase TBA Filming

Television Year Title Role Notes 2011 Kenny Hotz's Triumph of the Will Himself Season 1, episode 62016 Last Call with Carson Daly Season 15, episode 44 2016–2017 VICE: Essentials Narrator Episode: "Forever Young" Dead Set on Life Himself Host; 24 episodes; also producer 2017–2018 It's Suppertime! Host; 24 episodes; also writer and producer 2018 Workin' Moms Mams 2 episodes 2018–2019 The Burger Show Himself 2 episodes (First We Feast) 2021 Craig of the Creek Keef Voice; episode: "The New Jersey" 2022–2026 The Bear Neil Fak 42 episodes; also co-producer (season 1), executive producer (season 2-5) 2022 Trailer Park Boys: The SwearNet Show Chef Cameo Season 1, episode 5 Selena + Chef Himself Episode: "Selena + Matty Matheson" 2024 Barbecue Showdown Judge (season 3, episode 5) 2025 Big City Greens Sauce Boss Voice; episode: "Freebie Frenzy"

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