Culinary

A Culinary career has been one of the basic career tracks that shipped with The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. A similar career came with the The Sims: Unleashed expansion pack.

The Sims
The Culinary Arts career track comes with an expansion pack for The Sims, Unleashed.


 * 1
 * Dishwasher
 * You have to start somewhere, and in the restaurant industry, it's right at the bottom. But if you analyze the dirty dishes carefully, you'll learn EXACTLY what people like and don't like. Wash...and learn.
 * §90
 * 6:00-12:00 [[Image:06001200.png]]
 * None
 * 0
 * 2
 * Drive Thru Order Taker
 * Out of the frying pan and into the fire! You don't have to clean anymore, but dealing with hungry commuters and teen pranks will either make you or break you. You'd better study up on the industry if you want to get promoted.
 * §120
 * 5:00-10:00 [[Image:05001000.png]]
 * None
 * 0
 * 3
 * Fast Food Shift Manager
 * Surprise, surprise...instead of fixing food you now have to fix problems: tangled register tape, clogged soda drink dispensers, squabbling employees, and toilets kids repeatedly vandalize. Learn to repair or you'll be stuck here forever.
 * §130
 * 9:00-15:00 [[Image:09001500.png]]
 * Cooking: 2
 * 0
 * 4
 * Sous Chef
 * OK, you got your foot in the door, now show them what you're made of. But remember, if you want to be head chef, you'll need to pepper them with charm, as well as with spices. Can you cut the mustard?
 * §180
 * 9:00-15:00 [[Image:09001500.png]]
 * Cooking: 3 Mechanical: 2
 * 1
 * 5
 * Head Chef
 * And you thought being head chef was about cooking! You'll need to "keep a lid on" your employees as well as your pots. Plus, deal with pushy customers when their tempers "boil over." Learn to mix people as well as you mix the spices.
 * §220
 * 9:00-15:00 [[Image:09001500.png]]
 * Cooking: 6 Mechanical: 2 Charisma: 2 Creativity: 2
 * 3
 * 6
 * Restaurant Critic
 * This was a smart move: you can still belittle people, eat like royalty AND get paid for it! The only drawbacks are that you need a shred of creativity and have to constantly network for new gigs. At least you can sleep in late.
 * §335
 * 15:00-23:00 [[Image:15002300.png]]
 * Cooking: 6 Mechanical: 3 Charisma: 4 Creativity: 3
 * 3
 * 7
 * Cookbook Author
 * You translated your passion as a critic into a career as an author! Everyone wants to make the recipes you dream up, no matter how obscure the ingredients or laborious the cooking. Just keep smiling and signing copies...this could lead to something BIG.
 * §590
 * 15:00-23:00 [[Image:15002300.png]]
 * Cooking: 8 Mechanical: 4 Charisma: 5 Creativity: 4
 * 5
 * 8
 * Restaurateur
 * With your celebrity and connections as a famous author, opening your own chain of pretentious bistros was almost inevitable. Now you're competing on a national scale. Keep cooking up the next big gastrointestinal thing, and use your old critic friends to hype up your business.
 * §690
 * 9:00-14:00 [[Image:09001400.png]]
 * Cooking: 8 Mechanical: 4 Charisma: 7 Creativity: 5
 * 6
 * 9
 * Celebrity Chef
 * The hype paid off! Restaurants only reach a few wealthy Sims, but television reaches MILLIONS! From the lost subtleties of "perfect toast," to the massive complexity of "wedding banquets in 30 minutes," your culinary cunning will have couch potatoes drooling from Rio to Reykjavik.
 * §760
 * 15:00-23:00 [[Image:15002300.png]]
 * Cooking: 10 Mechanical: 4 Charisma: 8 Creativity: 5
 * 9
 * 10
 * Candy Bar Magnate
 * Your new candy bar lets the world know you have ARRIVED. From supermarket checkout lines, to vending machines, to your Chocolate Land theme park, the profits pour in as the corn syrup pours out! Life is SWEEEEEET!
 * §930
 * 16:00-23:00 [[Image:16002300.png]]
 * Cooking: 10 Mechanical: 5 Charisma: 10 Creativity: 6
 * 11
 * }
 * 9
 * 10
 * Candy Bar Magnate
 * Your new candy bar lets the world know you have ARRIVED. From supermarket checkout lines, to vending machines, to your Chocolate Land theme park, the profits pour in as the corn syrup pours out! Life is SWEEEEEET!
 * §930
 * 16:00-23:00 [[Image:16002300.png]]
 * Cooking: 10 Mechanical: 5 Charisma: 10 Creativity: 6
 * 11
 * }
 * }
 * }

A Candy Bar Magnate will eventually change careers and become a Top Secret Researcher in the Science career track.

The Sims 2
The Culinary career is one of ten basic career tracks that shipped with The Sims 2. This career focuses on building skill points in logic, creativity, and cooking. The career reward for this track is the Schokolade 890 Chocolate Manufacturing Facility, which can be obtained when the Sim becomes a Prep Cook, Level 6, and it can be used to make candies which can be sold if the Sim has a high cooking skill.

Sims who have the Pleasure, Popularity or Romance aspiration can have "Become Celebrity Chef" as a Lifetime Want.

Adult Promotion Levels
Logic: 1 Creativity: 2 Creativity: 2 Logic: 3 Creativity: 2 Logic: 3 Cooking: 3 Creativity: 4 Logic: 4 Cooking: 4 Creativity: 5 Cooking: 5 Logic: 6 Creativity: 7 Logic: 7 Cooking: 8 Logic: 8 Cooking: 10 Creativity: 10
 * 1
 * Dish Washer
 * You have to start somewhere, and in the restaurant industry, it's right at the bottom. But if you analyze the dirty dishes carefully, you'll learn EXACTLY what people like and don't like. Wash...and learn.
 * S M T W T F S
 * 14:00 - 22:00 [[Image:14002200.png]]
 * §126
 * N/A
 * None
 * None
 * 2
 * Drive Through Clerk
 * Out of the frying pan and into the fire! You don't have to clean anymore, but dealing with hungry commuters and teen pranks will either make you or break you. Don't forget to smile!
 * S M T W T F S
 * 17:00 - 21:00 [[Image:17002100.png]]
 * §168
 * §336
 * None
 * 0
 * 3
 * Fast Food Shift Manager
 * Joy of joys...instead of fixing food you now have to fix problems: tangled register tape, clogged soda drink dispensers, and squabbling underpaid employees. Be creative about your problem solving or you'll be stuck picking taco droppings out of your hair for a long, long time.
 * S M T W T F S
 * 17:00 - 22:00 [[Image:17002200.png]]
 * §182
 * §364
 * Creativity: 1
 * 0
 * 4
 * Host
 * If you never see another burger again, it'll be too soon. Now you're out of the kitchen, seating people and managing tables in a restaurant where people expect REAL food for the prices they're paying. Keep your eyes open and your smile painted on as you start learning about the industry-it's a dog-eat-food world out there, and you'll want to be well prepared.
 * S M T W T F S
 * 10:00 - 16:00 [[Image:10001600.png]]
 * §242
 * §484
 * S M T W T F S
 * 10:00 - 16:00 [[Image:10001600.png]]
 * §242
 * §484
 * 1
 * 5
 * Waiter
 * If you thought hosting was bad, just try waiting tables. THIS is a promotion? You'd better believe it! Be prepared to think on your feet to outwit and impress your often-crafty customers in pursuit of the Almighty Tip—all while wearing a snazzy uniform and those ubiquitous Pieces of Flair.
 * S M T W T F S
 * 14:00 - 19:00 [[Image:14001900.png]]
 * §308
 * §616
 * §616
 * 2
 * 6
 * Prep Cook
 * You've memorized everything on the menu and managed to work your way into a position as a Prep Cook. It's not glamorous, but it's real kitchen work - and you look stylin' in that big white hat! Get comfortable with the slicing, dicing and julienne fries - you're not going to get any farther in this industry if you don't know your basic cooking inside and out.
 * S M T W T F S
 * 9:00 - 15:00 [[Image:09001500.png]]
 * §469
 * §938
 * §938
 * 2
 * 7
 * Sous Chef
 * It's ironic that the more accomplished you become, the less you actually touch the food. As Sous Chef you're spending most of your time as a manager and cheerleader for your kitchen staff. If you want to keep moving up, you'll have to prove you've got the eccentric creativity needed to create novel dishes. Bon appetit!
 * S M T W T F S
 * 14:00 - 21:00 [[Image:14002100.png]]
 * §812
 * §1,624
 * §1,624
 * 3
 * 8
 * Executive Chef
 * Finally recognized for your creative gifts, you've been given control of your restaurant's menu in order to create completely new and exciting dishes. It's a dream come true-but you're already dreaming of more. Keep challenging yourself as you work towards a new prize: a franchise of your own!
 * S M T W T F S
 * 9:00 - 15:00 [[Image:09001500.png]]
 * §1,206
 * §2,412
 * §2,412
 * 4
 * 9
 * Restaurateur
 * Everyone's clamoring for a piece of the pie - YOUR pie, that is. Now that you've developed a distinctive culinary style, it's time to milk it for everything it's worth as a national brand. Keep everyone on their toes with your creative genius and you just might become a household name!
 * S M T W T F S
 * 10:00 - 14:00 [[Image:10001400.png]]
 * §1,330
 * §2,660
 * §2,660
 * 6
 * 10
 * Celebrity Chef
 * You've finally arrived, and your face is selling more cookbooks than your own food does! It's been a long road, but you've now got a TV show seen by millions, a successful restaurant chain, and a name that commands respect. Bask in your victory as you flaunt your celebrity in televised competitions and enjoy your new life as a media mogul!
 * S M T W T F S
 * 15:00 - 20:00 [[Image:15002000.png]]
 * §2,170
 * §4,340
 * §4,340
 * 7
 * }

Teen/Elder Promotion Levels
Cooking: 1 Logic: 1 Creativity: 1
 * 1
 * Dish Washer
 * You have to start somewhere, and in the restaurant industry, it's right at the bottom. But if you analyze the dirty dishes carefully, you'll learn EXACTLY what people like and don't like. Wash...and learn.
 * S M T W T F S
 * 15:00 - 18:00 [[Image:15001800.png]]
 * §63
 * N/A
 * None
 * None
 * 2
 * Drive Through Clerk
 * Out of the frying pan and into the fire! You don't have to clean anymore, but dealing with hungry commuters and teen pranks will either make you or break you. Don't forget to smile!
 * S M T W T F S
 * 17:00 - 21:00 [[Image:17002100.png]]
 * §84
 * §168
 * Cooking: 1
 * 1
 * 3
 * Fast Food Shift Manager
 * Joy of joys...instead of fixing food you now have to fix problems: tangled register tape, clogged soda drink dispensers, and squabbling underpaid employees. Be creative about your problem solving or you'll be stuck picking taco droppings out of your hair for a long, long time.
 * S M T W T F S
 * 17:00 - 22:00 [[Image:17002200.png]]
 * §91
 * §182
 * 17:00 - 22:00 [[Image:17002200.png]]
 * §91
 * §182
 * 4
 * }

Trivia

 * The host uniform at Level 4 is seemingly based off the uniform that Jennifer Aniston's character, Joanna, wears in the film Office Space, the purple uniform and the numerous badges is heavily reminiscent of the uniforms that the employees have to wear in the film.

The Sims 3
Culinary is a career track in The Sims 3.

Work place: Diner, Bistro

How to apply: Directly at work place, Newspaper, Computer

Performance options: Business as Usual, Work Hard, Take It Easy, Hang with Co-workers, Suck Up To Boss, Sleep On Prep Table, Practice Cooking

Note: This is the only career track that has more than one working location. However, sims can only choose one place or the other to work at. Despite the differences in location, job rankings & pay remain the same.

Opportunities

 * From one Chef to another
 * Abraham Finkel, a fellow chef, would like to discuss cooking with you.


 * Catfish for the Chef
 * Location: Diner or Bistro
 * Reward: Cash
 * The Chef is experimenting with recipes involving fish. The only problem is that he doesn't have any fish. Use this cheese as bait to catch an Alley Catfish, then turn it in to the restaurant. But hurry! The Chef promises to pay top Simoleon!


 * Working Alongside Friends
 * Reward: Co-worker relationship and job performance boosts
 * Your boss thinks it'd benefit your personal growth and job performance if you befriended [Sim], but quickly! Meet [Sim] for a friendly chat. Who knows where the relationship will lead?


 * Rock and Sushi Roll
 * The restaurant wants to take advantage of the sushi craze that is sweeping the town. Catch two fish, then turn them in at the restaurant. The Chef guarantees you some extra money for your efforts as well as a job performance increase.