Cooking (The Sims 3)

Cooking is a skill in The Sims 3.

The skill is augmented by the Natural Cook trait. Perfectionist sims take longer to cook for better result. Vegetarian sims learn vegetarian versions of meat dishes.

Statistics
Favorite Meal, Meal Most Prepared, Highest Quality Meal, Recipes Prepared, Recipes Known

Challenges

 * Star Chef
 * Star Chefs have prepared at least 50 meals, so they clearly know their way around the kitchen. The dishes they prepare are more pleasing to those that eat them.


 * World-Class Chef
 * World-Class Chefs have prepared at least 75 dishes and are masters of the kitchen. World-Class chefs are known to prepare meals significantly faster.


 * Menu Maven
 * Menu Mavens have learned to prepare all recipes. Recipes are earned by improving the cooking skill and can be purchased at the bookstore. Menu Mavens prepare higher quality food.
 * Note: 28 recipes total, ca. 3.5% per recipe

Recipes
Dishes that have a 'Recipe' source can be learned in a number of ways.
 * Purchasing and reading recipes from the bookstore
 * 'Trade Cooking Secrets' social interaction. Target Sim must have cooking skill, active Sim must have unknown recipes.


 * Watching 'Cookin' Cable' TV channel.

(1) These can be cooked on outdoor grill. (2) Eating Baked Angel Food Cake grants Warm Fuzzies Moodlet (+15 mood for 5 hours) (3) Eating Ambrosia grants Divine Meal Moodlet (+75 mood for 7 days), resets age, and revives ghost. See Ambrosia for more details.

Opportunities

 * Cooking Contest
 * Your sim is invited to submit a dish to a cooking competition.


 * Prepare Meal
 * Prepare a 'perfect' meal for a neighbor. This is only accomplished when your Sim has made a meal with a quality of Perfect.


 * Fresh Cookies for Sale!
 * Bake two group servings of Cookies for a class.


 * One, Two, Tri-Tip Steaks
 * Prepare a group serving of tri-tip steaks and give it to a Sim neighbor.