Career & Skill
Five-Star Chef
It starts with burnt eggs and a smoke alarm.
Difficulty (1โ5 plumbobs): 1 Casual ยท 2 Moderate ยท 3 Hard ยท 4 Brutal ยท 5 Extreme
๐ 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.
๐ The goal
Go from a novice cook to owning a **five-star restaurant**, mastering both the food and the management.
๐ Packs required
Packs recommended
๐ก Setup
๐ Getting started
- Create a Sim, build cooking skills at home, then buy and run a restaurant toward a five-star rating.
โจ๏ธ Cheats to type
testingcheats truemoney 5000๐ General rules
- Cooking mastery comes first, the business second.
- No cheats for skills, ratings or perk points.
- Reach and sustain a five-star restaurant.
โจ 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.
โ 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.
๐ฏ Objectives โ complete the checklist
0 of 5 done ยท 0%
๐ฎ 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.
๐ก 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.
๐ Milestones โ track your progress
0 of 5 done ยท 0%
๐ฅ Want it harder?
- Build a **chain** of two five-star restaurants.
- Reach five stars without ever personally cooking โ pure management.
๐ญ 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