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Cooking is an important skillto learn inThe Sims 4, especially since you’ll need to feed your sims somehow if you want to avoid eating out. However, as you’ll notice, you’ll be stuck with the same old recipes, including grilled cheese, mac and cheese, eggs and toast, and many other classics.
To get out of this rut, you can eventuallyunlock the Gourmet Cooking skill. This will take time and effort, as you’ll need to hone your abilities in the kitchen before you can start making the good stuff. Here’s how you can unlock the Gourmet Cooking skill and create culinary art inThe Sims 4.
How To Unlock The Gourmet Cooking Skill In The Sims 4
As you might have noticed while cooking meals for your sims at home, there aren’t many recipes to choose from at first. You’ll be stuck with the usual easy meals, such asgrilled cheese or eggs and toast, with a few bakery items on the side, such as chocolate chip cookies and vanilla cupcakes. However, there’s a way to easily upgrade your sim’s cooking skills and allow them to eventually start makinggourmet meals.
To start, you’ll want to hone your Cooking skill all the way toLevel 5. To do this quickly, make sure to create some meals on thestoverather than having a quick meal from the fridge. As you reach each new level, you’ll unlock some new recipes, including fish and chips, carrot cake cupcakes, tteokguk, and more. If you want to speed this process up, you’re able to cook multiple meals at once and place any leftovers back in your fridge. Most of your leftovers will last for a few days, so you don’t have to eat each item immediately.
After doing a decent amount of cooking andfilling your Cooking skill bar, you’ll eventually reach Level 5, where you’ll now be able to cook gourmet meals. To get started, interact with a stove and choose’Cook a Gourmet Meal.'
How To Cook A Gourmet Meal In The Sims 4
After you’ve interacted with a stove, you can finally get started on creating a gourmet meal. The first few options you’ll have are:
These are just a few of the options you have, but you’ll be able to unlock much more as you get further in your gourmet meal-cooking adventure. You can select one of the three to cook, or if you want to step up the quality of your meals, you can do somegardeningto get your own vegetables, herbs, and fruits.
This will improve the quality of your meals and will lower the cost of making the food items at home. you may alsoenhance yourfishingskillsand get your own fish ingredients, thereby increasing the quality of seafood dishes likeTrout MeuniereandLobster Tortellini. If you have access to some of the expansion packs, you can sell some of your meals for a profit.
To use your own ingredients, make sure to check the’Use Fresh Ingredients’box at the top. As you spend more time in the kitchen cooking gourmet meals, you’ll slowly level up your Gourmet Cooking skill, which can increase all the way toLevel 10. You’ll eventually get new recipes to choose from as well, including:
