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Career & Skill

Five-Star Chef

It starts with burnt eggs and a smoke alarm.

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Type
Skill ยท Career
Difficulty
Brutal
Length
Multi-session
Best for
Players who want cooking *and* business

Difficulty (1โ€“5 plumbobs): 1 Casual ยท 2 Moderate ยท 3 Hard ยท 4 Brutal ยท 5 Extreme

๐Ÿ“– The story

It starts with burnt eggs and a smoke alarm. It ends with a five-star restaurant where the town's elite beg for a table. Master the kitchen, then master the business, and turn a humble cook into a culinary empire.

๐Ÿ’ The goal

Go from a novice cook to owning a **five-star restaurant**, mastering both the food and the management.

๐ŸŽ€ Packs required

Dine Out

Packs recommended

Get to WorkHome Chef Hustle

๐Ÿก Setup

LotA home kitchen, then a restaurant lot
Fundsยง5,000
AgingOn, normal
SimsOne aspiring chef

๐Ÿš€ Getting started

  • Create a Sim, build cooking skills at home, then buy and run a restaurant toward a five-star rating.

โŒจ๏ธ Cheats to type

testingcheats truemoney 5000

๐Ÿ“‹ General rules

  • Cooking mastery comes first, the business second.
  • No cheats for skills, ratings or perk points.
  • Reach and sustain a five-star restaurant.

โœจ Specific rules

  • Build **Cooking** and **Gourmet Cooking** high before opening.
  • Own and actively run a restaurant.
  • Climb to a five-star rating through good food, service and management.

โœ… What you can do

  • Own and actively run a restaurant; build Cooking and Gourmet Cooking first; manage your staff.
  • Use `bb.moveobjects`.

โ›” What you can't do

  • No cheats for skills or restaurant ratings.
  • Reach and then sustain five stars.

๐ŸŽฏ Objectives โ€” complete the checklist

0 of 5 done ยท 0%

๐ŸŽฎ If you don't own the packs

Requires Dine Out for restaurants. The base-game stand-in is a home 'restaurant' roleplay, but there's no real rating mechanic without the pack.

๐Ÿ’ก Strategy tips

  • Master the menu at home first โ€” a chef who can cook excellent food makes five stars far easier to reach.
  • Hire and train good staff, then spend perk points on quality and efficiency rather than flashy extras.
  • Manage the floor actively on opening days โ€” greeting, pacing and fixing problems drives your rating up fast.

๐Ÿ’• Milestones โ€” track your progress

0 of 5 done ยท 0%

๐Ÿ”ฅ Want it harder?

  • Build a **chain** of two five-star restaurants.
  • Reach five stars without ever personally cooking โ€” pure management.

๐ŸŽญ Variations

A "home chef" version (Home Chef Hustle) building a food reputation purely from a home kitchen. ---

Original โ€” Plumbob, built around the Dine Out restaurant system. ยท Last tested: Patch 1.108 โ€” Feb 2026