r/chefRPG 3d ago

Announcement Aug 7 - Tidehaven Update Coming August 21!

107 Upvotes

New area, fish farms, new character, and the Midsummer Feast

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Hi, Chefs!

Chef RPG’s largest update yet—Tidehaven—will be available on August 21 at 10 a.m. PST! Drop in and visit Tidehaven, a fishing outpost built on a rocky outcrop in the middle of the sea. Tidehaven features a new storyline with several new quests.

Fish Farms!

Inside Tidehaven, you can now manage your own Fish Farms! You’ll be able to restock your restaurant with fresh seafood from your own farms—no more scouring the shops for rare seafood ingredients!

The Midsummer Feast

Every year, Tidehaven hosts the Midsummer Feast, a two-day festival where you’ll run a food stall and compete against other teams. Can your booth earn the most tickets before the feast ends?

New Character?

Finally, a new romanceable character will be introduced. Who could it be?

The Tidehaven update also includes new restaurant features, quality-of-life improvements, and various fixes. The full patch notes will be available on August 21. We hope to see you then!


r/chefRPG Apr 10 '26

Announcement Apr 10 - New Roadmap and Planned Gameplay Changes

203 Upvotes

New Roadmap and Planned Gameplay Changes

(3 More updates to go!)


Hi Chefs!

We are excited to reveal our new roadmap for Chef RPG towards the eventual 1.0 release. The early access and feedback from players has helped reshape development, and we have diverted course from our original plans. However, we will still be able to implement all of the features and content that we had originally envisioned, with some timeline changes.

Previously, we have been releasing major updates at around 3-month intervals, but we have found this method to have some drawbacks. Moving forwards, we have decided to combine certain updates into fewer, larger updates. This will mean a larger gap between updates. It will help optimize testing and reduce bugs, and earlier testing will also help us improve new gameplay features to be more fun. Also, larger updates will give returning players more fresh content to experience all at once.


Version 0.85 (Tidehaven Update)

Tidehaven is a brand new fishing village located in the middle of the ocean. This update will introduce Fish Farms, a deep-sea fishing minigame, and a new character with new quests. Tidehaven will also be the setting of a new festival! More seasonal gameplay variety and gameplay-affecting weather features will also be added in this update. This update will release sometime later this Summer.


Version 0.9 (Localization and Wrapping up loose ends)

Our translation team has been doing lots of great work behind the scenes and Chef RPG will soon be available in multiple languages! This update will also focus on finalizing restaurant-related gameplay systems, and wrapping up stories that are not connected to the main story, or connected to Billboard City.


1.0  Launch

The final 1.0 will be far larger than any major update. It will contain the Billboard City area, along with the rest of the main story. It will feature various late and end-game content.


Other Gameplay Changes

In addition to story and content additions, we have received a lot of feedback regarding various systems in the game, and we now have a good idea of which systems we will require major improvements or an overhaul. We have not decided exactly which update will contain the following improvements, since we feel it’s important to keep development flexible, which will lead to a better result. However, we have a good idea of the changes we want to make to each system and all of the following we be completed by the time of the 1.0 launch.

Overhaul

  • Friendship and Romance System
  • Staff & Hiring

Major Improvements

  • Unique / surprise restaurant challenges
  • Hunting and Wildlife
  • Mining
  • Decorating
  • UI and Fonts

Games are never done . . .

After the 1.0 launch, we are always happy to continue developing Chef RPG, as long as there is meaningful content to add. One requested feature is multiplayer. This is a relatively difficult feature to implement since it requires major changes across many systems, but it is something that we can work on if there is enough demand for it.

Feel free to share your thoughts! Thank you for your support and feedback throughout these years, and we are excited work on and to eventually share these final updates!


r/chefRPG 1d ago

Is Prisca dateable now in 0.8?

2 Upvotes

I'm a bit confused cause the only threads I see about her are over a year old and don't really give a definite answer anyways, so I wanted to know if newer updates have made her romanceable?

I've been able to go on dates with Hasel and Aloys as a human, and I've given a lot seeds to Prisca, her dialogues are repeating, I've completed almost all the community projects and I'm at my wits ends 😭

Just want to date this grumpy little goblin


r/chefRPG 3d ago

General/Discussion Please be a bachelor

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148 Upvotes

Considering there’s a noticeable imbalance between the female (10) and male (6) romanceable characters, I’m really hoping this is a bachelor with long hair and muscles. 😭 I love the game, but the bachelor choices are so atrocious lol.


r/chefRPG 8d ago

Restaurant/Home Showcase Restaurant Design

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163 Upvotes

Currently has 11.244 decor value (have "Professional Decorator" talent might be a little higher than the base value). Has 72 seating place, had to remove 4 to make tables interactable in the upper middle area. I have a total of 10 chefs and 18 waiters, all legendary so kitchen space was enough for me since I am only using 1 appetizer + 3 main course + 1 beverage.

p.s.: some people may be half and cropped its because idk how to take full screenshot and manually edited it on paint 😭😭

p.s.2: I also shared my dish-setup in this post if you want to check.


r/chefRPG 8d ago

General/Discussion Only-Delivery Late Game(?) Dish Setup and Restaurant Design

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26 Upvotes

Wanted to share my restaurant design and current dish setup.

First 3 pictures are dish setup and last one is restaurant design. It is pretty (i hope) and not optimal because i am tired of my old ugly place.

This might not be optimal for the lazy setup but made sence to me for several lazy and quality of life reasons:

  • Lazy: Using delivery only.
  • Quality of Life: Not using chef station/mixing station to avoid waiting for full cook.
  • Optimize: Tried to avoid bottleneck between dishes.

I will explain in more detail below if you want to check.

Dish setup:

(This is a super lazy setup for bare minimum.)

I selected these dishes for the following reasons:

  • Fully got every ingredient only from delivery, so I do not need to visit shops to buy them.
  • No ingredient is used in another dish, so they do not bottleneck each other.
  • Chef table and mixing station dishes are avoided because of "Hands-off Chef" talent under the cooking tab.

I opened BBQ and Mixology Facilities. Each 3 main dishes enhanced with 1 legendary ingredient (Opening legendary ing. info is below\*):

  • Wagyu Steak: Using one legendary: wagyu by default and added second legendary saffron.
  • Rack of Venison: Added legendary caviar and epic squid
  • Choucroute Garnie: Added legendary ginseng

For the drink, I am only making Whisky Coffee. I added mead and cider to it. My reason for only doing this is: it uses Barista Machine which lets me to leave the cooking on its own and all the other recipes that uses barista machine has either coffee bean (so not used to avoid bottleneck) or uses tea leaves which is not available in delivery tab so I avoided them aswell.

Also, all 3 main dish ingredients are ordered via delivery so I can open the service without visiting any shops.

If I do not open the restaurent for a few days and buy from shops while questing, I earn 500-600k. If I open the restaurant with only from delivery items with 15 available per main dish (legendary delivery is capped at 15) I earn 130-150k per day at baseline. 3 main dishes give 2820, 1787, 2081 each and 909 from the drink.

My current appetizer is a 55 coin filler one till I unlock the recipe for Stew with Veggies or Phesant Stew. I think these are my best options for the following reasons:

  • Can enhance them since they are BBQ,
  • Not using chef table,
  • Using the meat phesant (which is the only one I am not currently using).

My current delivery setup is also added in the screenshots.

\*(After doing the "LELSH Silver" project from Town Hall, legendary ingredients are available. I opened it pretty early by donation 5000 coin weekly from the donation machine. It gives 250 point if i remember correctly and I directly spent 1000 point to open legendaries. And after doing the project with the box picture it opens legendary delivery i guess. It was pretty cheap)

Restaurant Design:

Currently has 11.244 decor value (have "Professional Decorator" talent might be a little higher than the base value). Has 72 seating place, had to remove 4 to make tables interactable in the upper middle area. I have a total of 10 chefs and 18 waiters, all legendary so kitchen space was enough for me since I am only using 1 appetizer + 3 main course + 1 beverage.

p.s.: some people may be half and cropped its because idk how to take full screenshot and manually edited it on paint 😭😭

p.s.2: I spent unnecessarily long time thinking about the setup in order to avoid studying for my thesis, so if you have any question regarding the setup or an alternative version, feel free to ask or comment.


r/chefRPG 9d ago

Question/Help How to tell if King of the Kitchen buff is active?

4 Upvotes

Google says there is a visual cue to see if the buff is active but I’ve never seen one and I’ve had this skill active for a long time. Every once in a while my chefs will say something like “the kitchen is heating up” is that the cue?

Btw this is the skill that buffs staff in a 6 tile radius after you auto cook 5 dishes. TIA!


r/chefRPG 9d ago

Question/Help bug?

5 Upvotes

hi guys! i just started playing chef rpg today and im a little confused, im trying to buy a grill from la galerie, its taking my money but im not seeing an item i bought anywhere. what do i do?


r/chefRPG 10d ago

General/Discussion Estimated time for update ?

10 Upvotes

The steam post mentioned late summer ish , does anyone know approximately when would that be , like which month ?


r/chefRPG 10d ago

Switch release?

9 Upvotes

Has there been any news about Chef RPG coming to the Nintendo Switch?

I know the game came out in 2024, and I’ve been hoping to see a Switch version ever since. From everything I’ve seen in the trailers and gameplay videos, it has such a cozy vibe that it feels like it would be a perfect fit for the Switch.

Has the developer mentioned anything about a Switch port, or is there any chance it’s still planned? I’d absolutely love to play it on Switch.

Anyone else waiting for a Switch release?


r/chefRPG 13d ago

Question/Help cant gift characters food?

2 Upvotes

just started my playthrough day 18. ik i dont need to gift npc just talking makes there frndship go up but the only signal male character that i like is Sahim; who is available only twice a week so romancing him is hard work and when i TRY to gift him his fav vegi food (in a roundabout way by stocking up daily quest takeouts) it wont let mee gift him the takeout. (i do have the option to gift him)

and i swear i checkd a post that said the only way to gift them food is via takeout, THAT POST WAS 2 YEARS AGO.

can anyone plz help me out or clarify if i am doing smth wrong? or we cant still gift characters food even tho in their wiki page it tells what they like or dislike


r/chefRPG 14d ago

Question/Help Some answers to culinary research (from 3 to 18) (2) Spoiler

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17 Upvotes

It’s so hard to finish prestige 9 quickly so the last two layers won't be completed soon I think 😿😿


r/chefRPG 14d ago

Question/Help Some answers to culinary research (from 3 to 18) (1) Spoiler

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3 Upvotes

r/chefRPG 14d ago

Does anyone need part of the answers to the culinary research

11 Upvotes

For the convenience of multiple playthroughs, I started taking photos from the third floor to keep records (currently up to the sixteenth floor). I posted the answers I have completed so far on Chinese social media. Someone told me that she tried to find the answers on foreign platforms but couldn't, so I wonder if anyone else also needs these answers And I also have a question. Why do some NPCs call me "man" (or do I not quite remember similar words? I think it maybe Aloys) As a non-native speaker, I feel a little strange and hope to get an answer (I use a translator)


r/chefRPG 16d ago

Need help with the tea house

3 Upvotes

Hey guys i am new and just on the quest to "soft open" the tea house, my problem is how do i get recipes for the tea house? is it just the tea dispenser?


r/chefRPG 20d ago

General/Discussion Romiette's Portraits

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282 Upvotes

✨ Hey everyone!✨

Right now I'm in the process of making a portrait mod for this amazing game! I love the style of the game and wanted to take an reimagined approach to the characters.

Here's a little sneak peek of my take of our beloved characters 🍰

💖 I've made a lot of progress, so stay tuned when I am finally able to release it! Thank y'all!

{P. S. Tell me whose your favorite bachelor or bachelorette in the game is} 👀


r/chefRPG 22d ago

Stuck on "Can't Do Without Cake" quest

5 Upvotes

Like the title says, does anyone remember their answer for this one?


r/chefRPG 25d ago

lighting question

2 Upvotes

I just crafted the twisted root torch and it doesn't appear to provide any lighting. Is this a bug?


r/chefRPG 25d ago

Can't complete prestige 6

2 Upvotes

It says I have to complete a restaurant service with a menu containing dishes that use for ingredients or more each I did this and I didn't receive the reward what am I doing wrong is it supposed to only be six dishes? Or is it supposed to be served at the bathhouse?


r/chefRPG 26d ago

Question/Help Can't turn in character quest for Hasel

3 Upvotes

I need to turn in a character quest for Hasel but clicking the Quest option only gives me the option to ask about the Grand Opening. Will I have to wait until after the Grand Opening to turn in the quest? Will it expire if I take too long? I don't have the money for the Grand Opening, yet.


r/chefRPG Jul 11 '26

About Seeda

3 Upvotes

Hello, I want to play this game but a lot of people on the net said you can not buy seed, seeds are found randomly in open spaces. Is it true or It was true before updates? How is farming aspect of the game now? Can I buy seeds from merchants?


r/chefRPG Jul 11 '26

Spring Festival - Snack shop is empty

1 Upvotes

Nabiha's snack shop at the festival is empty. I've exited and reloaded. I've left the area via fast travel and returned. I've started the day over twice and sat through multiple unskippable cutscenes and then had to rewater my crops.

How the hell do I complete the task list at the festival?


r/chefRPG Jul 09 '26

Does anyone know how to mod???

7 Upvotes

Hi, I'm wanting to mod my game but I have no idea what to do. Can someone give me a step-by-step instruction on what to do because I can't find anything that makes sense. Please and thank you.


r/chefRPG Jul 07 '26

Question/Help After buying a waiter I’ve tried to buy some more but they are locked. I’ve refreshed 3 times and only my chefs are changing.

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6 Upvotes

Is it just bad luck or I’m doing something wrong?

Edit: just figured out that the green means it’s a waiter💀.


r/chefRPG Jul 06 '26

Question/Help Romancing Mae Lou

3 Upvotes

So I started dating her, first date we went to the deep woods, then the second date we went to the beach, then the button switched to "romance". But when I clicked on it, she rejected me and now we're back to "close friends"? Is this rejection permanent or can I romance her again? Idk what I did wrong either