Shawn Hatosy in 'Yes, Chef' Quinn The Pitt star Shawn Hatosy is going from the ER to the kitchen.
Hatosy will star in Yes, Chef, a two-episode immersive audio romance for audio erotica app Quinn, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively announce. Yes, Chef marks the latest Quinn Original series, the app’s produced romances that “complement Quinn’s thriving erotica creator community.”
In Yes, Chef, Hatosy stars as Grant Reilly, a “seasoned executive chef of North & Vine, a restaurant fighting to maintain its Michelin star in an industry that’s rapidly evolving. After a viral negative review threatens the restaurant’s legacy, Grant’s business partner brings in rising culinary star Iris Adams to shake things up and take North & Vine from ‘classic’ to ‘relevant.’ As Grant and Iris work side by side, their differences spark undeniable chemistry.”
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Narrated directly to the listener, who will represent the role of Iris, Yes, Chef “immerses audiences in an intoxicating forbidden romance set in the high-stakes world of fine dining.”
Securing Hatosy as a narrator is sure to make app fans happy given he’s been a top choice among listeners.
“Shawn is one of our most requested narrators ever,” Caroline Spiegel, founder and CEO of Quinn, said in a statement. “With Yes, Chef, most of the story takes place inside the chaos of a Michelin-star kitchen. We wanted to emulate the high-pressure settings that fans love seeing Shawn in, and we couldn’t be more excited to have him step into this world with us.”
“Grant is wrestling with his identity and what that means. That really resonated with me, because I’ve been there. Then things happened in my career — like The Pitt — that changed my trajectory,” Hatosy said in a statement. “Grant isn’t feeling like he has a lot of value outside of the kitchen, but he starts to see through Iris, through her youth and vitality and what she brings. And by listening to her, really paying attention to her, he grows.”
When asked about why working with Quinn made sense, Hatosy said in a statement, “I did my research, and I saw what the philosophy was. That really got me to pay attention.”
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Described as being “made by women, for the world,” Quinn was designed to help listeners be a main character in their fantasy, with stories putting female pleasure at the forefront. The app has recruited Hollywood stars to narrate the steamy stories including Chris Briney, Andrew Scott, Manny Jacinto, Tom Blyth, Jamie Campbell Bower, Victoria Pedretti, Jesse Williams, Lucien Laviscount, Thomas Doherty, Katherine Moennig, Heated Rivarly stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, Costa D’Angelo and Tyriq Withers.
Quinn founder Spiegel — sister of Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel — launched the app in 2021 and began enlisting Hollywood talent last year to help share audio erotica that “felt approachable and not intimidating.”
“At first, we weren’t even sure if people would do it or people would like it,” Spiegel told THR. But in an AI-driven age, stars are able to take control of their erotic output. “It’s actually kind of nice to be like, ‘OK, I’ll do this. I’ll do it my way with my creative vision for how I want this to be,’ ” Spiegel said.
“There’s a huge catalogue of intimate scenes I’ve done over 25 or 30 years, and audiences have been taking that material and creating content. I don’t have any control over that,” Hatosy said. “With Quinn, it gave me an opportunity to step into this space with intention, and help shape this kind of new media in a way where I can participate and feel like we’re building something meaningful together.”
On The Pitt, Hatosy plays night shift attending physician Dr. Jack Abbot. In addition to serving as a sounding board for Noah Wyle’s Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, as the close friends have talked about their respective mental health struggles in key scenes over the past two seasons, Abbot has become a fan favorite for his memorable friendly interactions with Supriya Ganesh’s Dr. Samira Mohan, who, it was recently announced, will be leaving the hit HBO Max series after season two. Speaking to THR ahead of The Pitt season two finale, Hatosy said Abbot “definitely has feelings” for Dr. Mohan and that he’ll “miss her,” but hopefully the two will stay in touch.
Hatosy also previously talked to THR about the fan interest in his character, including his shirtless scene in season two.
“I try to never take any of it seriously,” he said. “Yes, that episode really blew up and it’s weird. Certainly, it creates these lines where things can get a little complicated, like if I’m out in public with my family. I don’t want to be the guy who isn’t taking the picture with the fans because I know that it means something to them. Especially when I’ve talked to fans who are really moved by the show, I’ve had people say they were struggling and then watched Abbot not jump [off the roof]. But then when it comes to me and my pasty, flabby back out in the world, yeah, it can get a little weird. I just try and enjoy it.”
Hatosy is repped by Trademark Talent and Paradigm.
Episode one of Yes, Chef releases on the Quinn app on April 21 with episode two premiering April 24.
Shawn Hatosy in Yes, Chef Quinn Hilary Lewis contributed to this report.
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