About the Game
Take the reins of your dream restaurant
Choose and customise dozens of kitchen components (cooking surfaces, food processors, ovens, etc.) to build your dream kitchen! Before firing up your burners, organise your team and manage your suppliers to obtain premium ingredients that would impress the most demanding of gourmets.Track your finances and predict how busy you will be so you are not overwhelmed by the dinner rush!
A menu built around your own tastes
Are you more of a bœuf bourguignon or caccio e pepe type of chef? Build your menu around classic dishes from French, Italian and international cuisine! Are you looking to go beyond just basic recipes? Improve them and take them to new gastronomic heights! Adapt your menu to the seasons and your customers' expectations to make a name for yourself.Chop, grill, bake, mix and more!
Your cooking and management skills will be put to the test during each service. Your team will provide invaluable help for satisfying your demanding customers. Manage the cutting, cooking and all the preparation, right up to plating where you can add your creative touch.From local café to Michelin-starred restaurant
Learn how to keep your customers loyal and grow your restaurant. Learn new recipes and refine your cooking skills. Do you want to become the neighbourhood's favourite hotspot, or will you pursue fine dining and ultimately earn a prestigious star from the Michelin Guide?Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Build 13998616
Apr 19, 2024
Greetings Chefs,
We've just pushed a small patch for Steam users. Here's what changed:
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We've just pushed a small patch for Steam users. Here's what changed:
Changelog:
- Changed the color of the rice vinegar to a more natural tint.
- Fixed the logos on the Ichiban Short-Sleeve.
- Fixed the DLC's ingredients not appearing on the counter.
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Build 13632731
Apr 19, 2024
Greetings Chefs,
We've just pushed a small patch for Steam users. Here's what changed:
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We've just pushed a small patch for Steam users. Here's what changed:
Changelog:
- Changed the color of the rice vinegar to a more natural tint.
- Fixed the logos on the Ichiban Short-Sleeve.
- Fixed the DLC's ingredients not appearing on the counter.
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Build 11749357
Aug 7, 2023
Greetings Chefs,
We're grateful for your continued support, as the entire the team has been wording to resolve the new bugs that some of you encountered after our latest update. Your feedback has been invaluable, and we wanted to thank you all once again for pointing these issues out and for your patience.
We have now pushed a new patch that includes the following fixes for our PC users:
Best regards,
Chef Life's Team
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We're grateful for your continued support, as the entire the team has been wording to resolve the new bugs that some of you encountered after our latest update. Your feedback has been invaluable, and we wanted to thank you all once again for pointing these issues out and for your patience.
We have now pushed a new patch that includes the following fixes for our PC users:
- Fix of the major errors on the stove, mixer and mixing table, no unresponsive controls and blocking bugs anymore
- Fix on the warm keeper station with the different kitchen tools
- Fix on Horace's quest
Best regards,
Chef Life's Team
Build 11405855
Jun 22, 2023
Hello Chefs!
It’s with great happiness that we’re deploying a new patch! Huge improvements were made on user interfaces, quality of life, balancing and animations, as well as a lot of bug fixing, including repairing the save system, and new content!
You can read below a list of the changes. There are many others that you may or may not notice, but they should make your experience on Chef Life all the better!
You can now skip the tutorial.
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Added an Accessibility menu:
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We hope this update will provide the answers to the important feedback you’ve been giving us in the past months. We want to thank you for your patience and your cooperation, allowing us to improve Chef Life.
Have fun in the kitchen!
View on Steam
It’s with great happiness that we’re deploying a new patch! Huge improvements were made on user interfaces, quality of life, balancing and animations, as well as a lot of bug fixing, including repairing the save system, and new content!
You can read below a list of the changes. There are many others that you may or may not notice, but they should make your experience on Chef Life all the better!
MAJOR CHANGES
IMPROVED SAVE SYSTEM
- fixed bugs
- optimized save file size
- more auto-saves during the tutorial
- new popup warning the player they'll lose progression if they quit during service
QUICK START
You can now skip the tutorial.
SMOOTHER DAILY FLOW
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BETTER QUEST WORKFLOW
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- Quest markers are displayed if a recipe needs to be leveled up to complete a quest
- You can filter recipes out recipes not needed in quests
- They're displayed on the preparation table so you now know exactly what to give to your brigade
- New feedback to show the progress of brigade members' levels
REWORKED THE WARMKEEPER
- Heat lamps are now a separate station from the warmkeeper
- The warmkeeper allows you to store a wider variety of dishes
IMPROVED THE DRESSING EDITOR
- Resize all ingredients that you've already dropped
- Improved interface and feedback
- Only 300 personalized plating max. New feedback to find the extra plating in the editor index
- Only variants compatible with the dish are displayed
NEW PHOTO MODE FEATURES
- More backgrounds colours
- New decorations, with different moods
- Interface had been reworked to offer better readability
BETTER DIALOGUES & NPCs
- New animations and visual effects to enhance dialogue events
- Improved NPC animation and camera movement when they arrive in the restaurant
BETTER MAPPING
- More interfaces are now clickable (PC only)
- Reworked the cutting board
- Reworked the meat slicer
- Improved rumble features
- Tweaked controls
IMPROVED RECIPE BOOK
- Improved the interface for readability
- Better sorting to find recipes by their status : new, still learning able to be leveled up
- You can filter recipes needed for quests
- Easily identify recipes that are currently being learnt
- The minimum/maximum grade a craft can get is displayed
ACCESSIBILITY & COMFORT OPTIONS
Added an Accessibility menu:
- Change subtitle size
- Toggle the HOLD action on mandatory inputs
- Can display longer the barks
- Display a voice indicator
- Turn off background animation during dialogues
CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION
- New appearances
- New haircuts
- New beards and mustaches...
- and above all... you can now wear glasses!
LAYOUT AND BUILD
- Reorganized sections
- Improved UI
- Room capacity of each layout is clearer
- Workstation capacity is now displayed
BOOMBOX
Added a boombox, allowing you to change the background music. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41993947/c380f6acf852c00a9cb5c26a270dfa24bd4d9418.jpg
OTHER CHANGES
- Sous-chefs’ wheel provides information about who does what
- Tags are displayed on the recipes on the research table
- Money gained is displayed on the character
- Better sorting in fridges to find food by their categories
- Better sorting on the shipping table during service
- Improved research table interface
- Improved certain workstations' visuals
- Restaurant menu is more intuitive to use
- Improved different interfaces for clarity and dynamism
- Improved some recipes' final designs
- Some craft icons has been changed for consistency
- Fixed and balanced recipes that can be kept in the fridge
- Fixed and balanced other recipes
- Balanced and fixed some events
- Improved and fixed sous-chefs' behaviors
- Added an open/closed sign on the restaurant entrance
- Better feedback to understand what needs to be shipped during daytime for quests
- Shortcut to change all wall lamps with one button {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41993947/f570f5947de4b14615193824aae8d3a32c0b3a07.png
- Steam Deck optimization
- Many others fixes
We hope this update will provide the answers to the important feedback you’ve been giving us in the past months. We want to thank you for your patience and your cooperation, allowing us to improve Chef Life.
Have fun in the kitchen!
Build 10849710
Mar 30, 2023
Greetings Chefs!
We're pushing a very small patch today to bring a temporary fix to the pots & pans that got stuck on the ground. While they still may end up there, they will be reset once a new day starts.
Thank you for playing Chef Life!
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We're pushing a very small patch today to bring a temporary fix to the pots & pans that got stuck on the ground. While they still may end up there, they will be reset once a new day starts.
Thank you for playing Chef Life!
Build 10812625
Mar 23, 2023
Hello Chefs!
We're very happy to release our first DLC: Al Forno!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1788351/Chef_Life__AL_FORNO_PACK/
But before getting into the meat of it, we want to thank you all again for your support and patience. We're still working on solving bugs so your cooking experience can be worthy of a MICHELIN Star, both on PC and consoles. The Steam forums & Discord server are being read everyday, and your feedback compiled.
Now, for the pièce de résistance!
This first DLC — already available if you bought the Deluxe version of game, or for sale on the Steam Store page — brings eight new pizza recipes, a beautiful pizza oven and a lot of decorative items to transform your restaurant into a true pizzeria!
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We hope you'll enjoy baking fresh pizzas!
Send us your best decoration and plating ideas on our socials, we always love looking at them!
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Build 10730253
Mar 10, 2023
Greetings Chefs,
We've just pushed a small patch for Steam users. Here's what changed:
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We've just pushed a small patch for Steam users. Here's what changed:
- Added a temporary option in the "Game" tab to respawn the character during the day.
- Dishes are now sold at higher prices, player gains more money after services.
- Fixed some issues about the sous-chef quests.
Current Release
Not available
System Requirements
OS
Windows 10
CPU
Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD FX-4100
RAM
6 GB RAM
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 5750, 1 GB or Intel HD Graphics 630
How to Install
1
Download all files
2
Extract the .ISO file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
3
Mount the ISO file (double-click or right-click → Mount)
4
Run setup.exe
5
Launch the game from desktop shortcut or Start Menu
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
Size
2.2 GB
Password: cracked-games.org or 123
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