Cooking (The Sims 3)

Cooking

A Young Adult Sim cooking

Not to be confused with Cooking.

Cooking returns as a skill in The Sims 3. The skill is augmented by the Natural Cook trait and the Born to Cook lifetime reward. Perfectionist Sims take longer to cook for better results. Vegetarian Sims learn vegetarian versions of meat dishes. Eco-Friendly Sims serve organic dishes. The cooking skill is also an excellent skill for making legendary parties because high quality food makes guests happy.

When a Sim is cooking a recipe with a random ingredient, such as pancakes, they first will try use theingredient available in their inventory. If there's no eligible ingredient, they will use the first ingredient in the fridge.

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.

Abilities

Better meals give progressively better and longer lasting positive moodlets. The moodlets vary depending on the quality of the meal. The higher the quality, the better the moodlet. Certain foods have special abilities such as ambrosia resetting a Sim's life stage or a lesser effect such as "Warm Fuzzies" from angel food cake. Having flame fruit in inventory also gives a Sim the "Cozy Fire" moodlet.

Once a Sim reaches level 10 of cooking skill, they can cook lobster thermidor. To be able to cook all meals perfectly, the Sim should accomplish the "Menu Maven" challenge, get an upgraded stove or MinusOne Kelvin Fridge, and/or achieve "Star Chef" status.

It is possible to cook food perfectly without having the aforementioned traits, simply by repeatedly cooking the same meal. Though it is tedious, the more a dish is cooked, the better the base will become. It can eventually be raised to perfect, without the need for expensive cooking appliances.

Recipes

Dishes that have a recipe source can be learned in a number of ways.

• Purchasing and reading recipes from the bookstore. See list of cooking books. Recipes for foods from World Adventures can be purchased from the bookstores in Al Simhara, Champs Les Sims and Shang Simla.
• Using the 'Trade Cooking Secrets' social interaction. Target Sim must have cooking skill, active Sim must have unknown recipes. In case the target Sim does not have the cooking skill, the active Sim can increase their Logic Skill to 10, and then "Tutor Sims for Skill".
• Watching "Cookin' Cable" TV channel.

Sims can prepare gourmet pet food once they've reached level 1 of Cooking skill. These recipes count as the number of recipes known, despite being food for pets.

Mealtime	Monday-Friday	Weekend
Breakfast	01:00 - 11:00 1:00 AM – 11:00 AM	01:00 - 09:00 1:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Brunch	Not available	09:00 - 15:00 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Lunch	11:00 - 17:00 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM	15:00 - 17:00 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Dinner	17:00 - 01:00 5:00 PM – 1:00 AM	17:00 - 01:00 5:00 PM – 1:00 AM

Image	Skill	Food	Ingredients	Cost	Serving Time	Source	Note	EP
	0	Waffles	Egg	§11	Breakfast Lunch	N/A		&BG
	0	Autumn Salad	Lettuce	§5	Brunch Lunch Dinner	N/A	Cold food. Requires no cooking	&BG
	0	Mac and Cheese	Cheese	§8	Lunch Dinner	N/A		&BG
	0	Hot Dogs	Links	§8	Lunch Dinner	N/A	Requires a grill or microwave	&BG
	0	Tofu Dogs	Tofu	§11	Lunch Dinner	N/A	Requires a grill or microwave Vegetarian meal	&BG
	1	Pancakes	Fruit	§6	Breakfast Brunch	Skill		&BG
	1	Peanut Butter and Jelly	Fruit	§6	Brunch Lunch	Skill	Cold food. Requires no cooking	&BG
	1	Ratatouille	Tomato	§5	Lunch Dinner	Recipe		&BG
	1	Shawarma	Steak	§30	Lunch Dinner	Recipe	Recipe bought from Al Simhara	&EP01
	1	Chili Con Carne	Steak, Ghost Chili	§63	Lunch Dinner	Recipe	Spicy meal	&EP07
	1	Vegetarian Chili	Tofu, Ghost Chili	§44	Lunch Dinner	Recipe	Spicy vegetarian meal	&EP07
	1	Cheese Plate	Cheese, Grape	§6	Dessert	Recipe	Recipe bought from Champs Les Sims	&EP01
	2	Grilled Cheese	Cheese	§8	Lunch	Skill		&BG
	2	Goopy Carbonara	Onion	§11	Lunch Dinner	Skill		&BG
	2	Mushroom Omelette	Egg, Bell Pepper, White Cap Mushrooms	§26	Breakfast Brunch	Recipe		&EP07
	2	Egg Rolls	Egg, Lettuce	§5	Lunch Dinner	Recipe	Recipe bought from Shang Simla	&EP01
	3	Hot and Sour Soup	Porcini Mushroom, Ghost Chili	§48	Brunch Lunch Dinner	Recipe	Spicy meal	&EP07
	3	Fish and Chips	Fish	§5	Dinner	Recipe	Can be grilled	&BG
	3	Vegetarian Fish and Chips	Tofu	§11	Dinner	Recipe	Can be grilled Vegetarian meal	&EP06
	3	Bouillabaisse	Fish, Vegetable	§5	Dinner	Recipe	Recipe bought from Champs Les Sims	&EP01
	3	Frogs Legs	Frog, Garlic	§23	Dinner	Recipe	Recipe bought from Champs Les Sims	&EP01
	3	Cookies	Egg	§11	Dessert	Recipe		&BG
	4	Fruit Parfait	Apple, Grape	§12	Breakfast Brunch	Recipe	Cold food. Requires no cooking	&BG
	4	Spaghetti	Tomato	§5	Dinner	Skill		&BG
	4	Spaghetti with Veggie Sauce	Tomato	§5	Dinner	Skill	Vegetarian meal	&BG
	4	Sushi	Fish	§5	Dinner	Skill	Cold food. Requires no cooking	&BG
	4	Veggi Rolls	Tofu	§11	Dinner	Skill	Cold food. Requires no cooking Vegetarian meal	&EP06
	5	Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich	Banana	§11	Brunch Lunch	Recipe		&EP06
	5	Cheesesteak	Cheese, Steak	§38	Lunch Dinner	Recipe	Can be grilled	&BG
	5	Cheese Tofu Steak	Cheese, Tofu	§19	Lunch Dinner	Recipe	Can be grilled Vegetarian meal	&EP06
	5	Stu Surprise	2 Ingredients	§10	Dinner	Skill		&BG
	5	Firecracker Shrimp	Honey, Ghost Chilli	§54	Brunch Lunch Dinner	Recipe	Spicy meal	&EP07
	5	Firecracker Tofu	Honey, Ghost Chilli	§54	Brunch Lunch Dinner	Recipe	Spicy vegetarian meal	&EP07
	5	Falafel	Lettuce, Onion	§15	Lunch Dinner	Recipe	Recipe bought from Al Simhara	&EP01
	5	Pumpkin Pie	Egg, Pumpkin	§24	Dessert	Skill		&EP08
	6	Hamburger	Onion, Patty	§35	Lunch Dinner	Skill	Can be grilled	&BG
	6	Veggie Burger	Onion, Tofu	§22	Lunch Dinner	Skill	Can be grilled Vegetarian meal	&BG
	6	Aloo Masala Curry	Tomato, Potato, Ghost Chilli	§49	Brunch Lunch Dinner	Recipe	Spicy meal	&EP07
	6	Stir-Fry	Bell Pepper, Garlic	§41	Dinner	Recipe	Recipe bought from Shang Simla	&EP01
	6	Cobbler	Fruit, Egg	§17	Dessert	Recipe		&BG
	7	Eggs Machiavellian	Watermelon, Egg	§25	Breakfast Brunch	Recipe		&BG
	7	Porcini Risotto	Onion, Porcini Mushroom	§26	Lunch Dinner	Recipe		&EP07
	7	Key Lime Pie	Lime, Egg	§25	Dessert	Skill		&BG
	8	Crepes	2 Fruits	§12	Breakfast Brunch	Recipe	Recipe bought from Champs Les Sims	&EP01
	8	Grilled Salmon	Garlic, Potato, Salmon	§48	Dinner	Skill	Can be grilled	&BG
	8	Vegetarian Grilled Salmon	Garlic, Potato, Tofu	§45	Dinner	Skill	Can be grilled Vegetarian meal	&EP06
	8	Tri-Tip Steak	Potato, Vegetable, Steak	§46	Dinner	Recipe	Can be grilled	&BG
	8	Tri-Tip Tofu Steak	Potato, Vegetable, Tofu	§27	Dinner	Recipe	Can be grilled Vegetarian meal	&EP06
	9	French Toast	2 Apples, Egg	§23	Breakfast Brunch	Skill		&BG
	9	Dim Sum	3 Fish	§15	Brunch Lunch	Skill		&BG
	9	Vegetarian Dim Sum	3 Tofus	§33	Brunch Lunch	Skill	Vegetarian meal	&EP06
	9	Potato and Truffle Torte	Truffles, Egg, Potato	§85	Lunch Dinner	Recipe		&EP07
	9	Stuffed Turkey	2 Vegetables, Roast	§40	Dinner	Recipe	Group Meal only	&BG
	9	Stuffed Tursoykey	2 Vegetables, Tofu	§21	Dinner	Recipe	Group Meal only Vegetarian meal	&BG
	10	Lobster Thermidor	Garlic, Lobster, Bell Pepper	§66	Dinner	Skill		&BG
	10	Vegetarian Lobster Thermidor	Garlic, Tofu, Bell Pepper	§52	Dinner	Skill	Vegetarian meal	&EP06
	10	Ceviche	Fish, Ghost Chili, Lime	§52	Lunch Dinner	Recipe	Spicy meal	&EP07
	10	Ambrosia	Deathfish, Life Fruit	N/A	Breakfast Brunch Lunch Dinner	Recipe	Gives "Divine Meal" moodlet, resets age, and revives ghost. Single serving only.	&BG
	10	Baked Angel Food Cake	Flame Fruit, 2 Eggs	§40	Dessert	Recipe	Gives "Warm Fuzzies" moodlet	&BG

If the household has a toy oven, children can bake pastries. They can make muffins (level 1), pie (level 2) and cake (level 3). With Ambitions, they can make blueberry muffins, vanilla muffins, chocolate cookies, sugar cookies, chocolate brownies, caramel brownies, vanilla cupcakes and pie.

Opportunities

Title	Description	Reward
One,Two,Tri-Tip Steaks	Prepare a group meal of Tri-Tip Steaks and deliver it to specified Sim neighbor.	Cash
Fresh Cookies For Sale!	Bake two group serving of cookies and deliver them to the school.	Varies
Hot Dogs,Please!	Prepare hot dogs and give it to specified Sim neighbor.	Cash
Burgelicious	Cook burgers and deliver them to specified Sim neighbor.	Cash
Borrowing Ingredients	Deliver a tomato to specified Sim neighbor.Cash Reward.	Relationship Increased
Great Gooey Cheesesteaks	Cook Cheese Steak and deliver it to specified Sim neighbor.	Cash
Swim Into The Grill	Cook Grilled Salmon and deliver it to specified Sim neighbor.	Cash
A Life Giving Recipe	Prepare Ambrosia and deliver it to the hospital.	Cash
From One Chef To Another	Share cooking tips with specified Sim neighbor.	Cash, Relationship Increased
Burgers For Sims In Uniform	Cook burgers and deliver them to the police station.Time Limited.	Cash, Relationship Increased
A Favourite Meal	Cook specified recipe and deliver it to specified Sim neighbor.Time Limited.	Varies
Excellence You Can Taste!	Prepare an 'excellent' group meal and deliver it to specified Sim neighbor.Time limited.	Varies
The Greatest Food Ever	Prepare a 'great' group meal and deliver it to specified Sim neighbor.Time limited.	Varies
Nice!	Prepare a 'nice' group meal and deliver it to specified Sim neighbor.Time limited.	Varies
Very Nice!	Prepare a 'very nice' group meal and deliver it to specified Sim neighbor.Time limited.	Varies
Perfection From The Pan	Prepare a 'perfect' group meal and deliver it to specified Sim neighbor.Time limited.	Varies
That's Outstanding!	Prepare an 'outstanding' group meal and deliver it to specified Sim neighbor.Time limited.	Varies

Achievements

The following achievements from The Sims 3 Website can be unlocked through the activities involving cooking skill:

Name	Image	Type	Description	Notes & Tips
Bon Appétit!		Gold	Have your Five-Star Chef Sim serve perfect Lobster Thermidors 20 times	Requires Level 10 of the Culinary career and Level 10 of the Cooking skill to unlock the recipe
Evil Sweets		Gold	Have a Sim become an Emperor of Evil in the Criminal Career then serve 20 batches of great cookies	Requires Level 10 of the Criminal career
Heavenly Warmth		Silver	Experience the Warm Fuzzies of Angel Food Cake	Prepare the special recipe Baked Angel Food Cake and have your Sim eat it
Pastry Perfect		Silver	Have your Pastry Chef Sim prepare 5 perfect Key-Lime Pies	Requires Level 6 of the Culinary career
Profoundly Perfect Dishes		Platinum	Have Sims prepare 200 perfect meals
Sturgeon Surgeon		Silver	Have your Trauma Surgeon Sim prepare Great Sushi	Requires Level 6 of the Medical career
The Perfect Chef		Gold	Prepare 3 Perfect meals of the following: Grilled Cheese, Hamburger, Stuffed Turkey, Goopy Carbonara, Tri-Tip Steak, and Stew Surprise	Requires Level 9 of the Cooking skill to unlock every necessary recipe

Notes

• The Menu Maven challenge actually requires a Sim to learn 28 recipes, the number of recipes available when it was introduced. More recipes were introduced in the World Adventures, Pets, Showtime, Supernatural, and Seasons expansion packs, making it possible for a Sim to complete the skill challenge by raising the Cooking skill alone.