A new, massive update for Chef is now available! Are you ready for a massive changelog?

Changelog

• Staff can now gain experience and level up skills! Chefs and Waiters will have a deeper influence on the daily service and having them skilled will greatly improve the restaurant's performances.
  
• The player's Avatar now has, just like other chefs, a skill tree dedicated to practical cooking.
  
• Tasks can now be freely assigned to the entire staff, allowing the player to carefully decide how to use the entirety of the staff!
  
• The Staff now has Energy and Morale values to be taken into account while managing them.
  
• When the Morale is too low, Staff Members will resign.
  
• The player can now unlock special active skills that can be used to take care of emergencies during the daily service, and their cooldown is influenced by the average morale of the staff.
  
• Skills have been revamped to be much more meaningful, and now Template-dedicated skills can be leveled, unlocking special Perks that can be used while creating recipes and following certain conditions.
  
• Greatly optimized performances, especially in big restaurants and advanced phases of the game.
  
• Steam Trading Cards are now available.
  
• Cloud Save is now available.
  
• Changed the Waiter's workflow and AI to increase their performances
  
• Improved the consistency of ChefAdvisor Reviews
  
• Fixed an issue preventing players to scroll down the staff panel.
  
• Fixed several strings
  
• Fixed an issue with Influence Points being lost while moving to another Restaurant
  
• Added both Dark and White Chocolate as ingredients
  
• Reworked ingredient requirements for all recipes, making them much more flexible and suited for different cooking styles.
  
• Slightly reworked the tutorial to include more information and be easier to skip.

This is a massive update, so we'd like to know what you think about it! For suggestions and reports, head to the Steam Forums!

We uploaded a new patch, with new contents to enjoy and several fixes requested by the community! We finally added a Quest System to the game, and added a first storyline allowing players to earn the Chef Stars in a more organic, interesting way!

We are eager to know what you think about the new Quest System, and we are already working on several quests and storylines that will be included in future updates!

Changelog

• A Quest System has been implemented! Players may now get Tasks of any sort and the leveling is now managed through repeatable Tasks. We plan to release dozens of events and storylines in the next months, using this Quest System as foundation.
  
• Completely reworked the Tutorial using the new Quest System.
  
• The process of gaining the three Stars is now part of a storyline consisting in multiple Tasks with increasing challenge.
  
• Waiters performances have been optimized: many actions have been modified to allow them to spend much less time walking around the restaurant.
  
• Data in the Stats Panel can now be sorted.
  
• The balance screen is now showing correct numbers.
  
• The Recipes summary no longer breaks when recipes with more than 5 tags are displayed.
  
• Fixed a missing string when clicking on customers.
  
• Added a new ambient track.
  
• Buttons used to find more people to hire are now more reliable.
  
• The Policies panel will no longer take a few minutes, after loading a game, to activate the various sections.
  
• Fixed an exploit allowing to gain infinite skill points when closing the skill panel.
  
• The ingredient tooltip in the Ingredients Panel now shows taste values for ingredients.
  
• Fixed some missing icons.
  
• Fixed an issue with Influence Points not being assigned when making a new game without restarting the application.
  
• Recipes on the right area of the menu can be now sorted correctly.
  
• Menu Perk are now updated in real time in all cases, without any delay due to some orders still being processed.
  
• Added a button to go back to the main menu after opening the map to select a first restaurant.
  
• Fixed Missing hair on a waitress.
  
• Fixed conditions for decisions not properly showing and moved them near the description to increase clarity.

A new, juicy update has gone live: we expanded the entire Policies System, adding another layer of depth and strategy to the game!


You will now be able to finely tune each category of advertisement, target specific customers groups and/or drive away some of them! The update also come with a completely reworked UI, easier to use and clearly diplaying all important data!

Changelog

• Completely reworked how Policies works, with the addition of an apply button and hourly costs.
  
• Added multiple stances to each Policy.
  
• Advanced Policies are now unlocked via events.
  
• Reworked and extended all marketing policies to allow players to both extend their influence on the map and filter desired customers.
  
• Added decision to search for new potential employees directly in the Staff Panel.
  
• Reworked the Policies UI to be clearer and better looking.
  
• Fixed an issue seeing customers seating without facing the table.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Ambience rating when moving to a new restaurant.
  
• Tutorial Images are not a little blurry anymore.
  
• Fixed a bug with policies not working properly after reloading.

Today we finally released a feature many people asked in the last weeks: the Info Panels!



It is now possible to click on most in-game entities to learn more about what's happening in the restaurant! That will allow all you chefs to better tune your restaurant and increase your profits!

We also balanced late game contents and fixed a couple issues!

Changelog

• Added Info Panels: players can now click on in-game entities to learn more about their stats and what they are doing.
  
• Improved the visual effects on tools in use and made them closely reflect the actual number of slots used.
  
• Balanced staff salaries.
  
• Balanced tools' slots.
  
• Reduced the Popularity needed to unlock Popularity Events.
  
• Balanced the cost of all tools.
  
• Fixed the Summary Panels showing some erroneous data.

We uploaded a new patch addressing a couple issues!

Changelog

• Tools in use now have proper visual effects
  
• Fixed a minor issue in the Summary panel with Tags not aligned properly.
  
• Fixed a blocking issue related to selling tools in certain moments.
  
• Fixed a rare issue with stuck customers not recovering properly.
  
• Fixed a major issue preventing players to save if certain characters were used in the name of the recipe.
  
• Influence Points/Popularity ratio is now at 20, as originally intended.
  
• Fixed a missing string in the popup appearing when trying to sell or move an object that's being used.

We are happy to announce that the first Major Update for Chef is finally available! You will now be able to explore the entire city, choose in which District you want your restaurant to be, and then amass Popularity to slowly extend your influence across the whole town!

Each District is characterized by a specific amount of potential customers and unique stats. By earning Influence Points you will be able to increase your restaurant's customer pool by acquiring the customers available in neighbouring Districts!



And after you managed to add them to your pool, you can now decide who can come and who should go away. We reworked the customers generation system, introducing the Attractiveness: adjust your Menu and your Policies to lure specific group of customers, while sending away unwanted guests. Thanks to many new Perks, you will now have a much better control over the target you want to aim for! Goodbye Cheapskates!



This update also includes a plethora of other fixes and improvements, including an overhaul of several UIs!

Changelog:

• Created the City Map system, allowing players to extend their influence across a city with more than 140 different Districts
  
• Improved the Customers generation system, introducing the concept of Attractiveness, to allow player to strategically tune their Menu and Policies to aim for specific Customer Groups.
  
• Reworked the Event UI in both aesthetics and functionality.
  
• Reworked the Summary UI in both aesthetics and functionality.
  
• Added two more informative panels in the Summary UI, one for Customers and one for Recipes.
  
• Reworked the End of the Day Ui to be consistent with changes made on the Summary UI.
  
• Completely reworked how restaurant perks works: they are now available both depending on the related to both each single restaurant and the district where the restaurant is.
  
• Changed the sensitivity settings when placing items on the wall, to prevent minor issues and allow for a more precise placing.
  
• Added several dynamic perks in the menu, allowing players to apply even more strategy when building their menu.
  
• Unlocked items are now shown at the top of each furnishing subpanel.
  
• Added several images to enhance the flavor of all events
  
• Tutorials have been reworked with clear images showing what to do and where to find things
  
• Added several restaurant perks.
  
• Added several missing strings.
  
• Fixed the missing string bug on ChefAdvisor.
  
• Improved performances in the Recipe Editor reducing the load on the CPU
  
• Fixed some ingredient matches not working properly.
  
• Fixed Jiaozi Recipe ingredients.
  
• Fixed Mooncakes Recipe ingredients.
  
• Added all missing templates in pre-made recipes.
  
• Reworked the ingredient list in the Recipe Editor to improve its clarity always showing all Taste values.
  
• Fixed the loading screen at startup.
  
• Added an additional fail-safe measure to prevent people to get stuck around the restaurant.

Buongiorno fellow chefs!

We keep working on the first major update and it is now time to show you some of the contents we will soon release for Chef! As you may know, we are working on the City Map, a new system that will allow you to extend your influence across the city and slowly gather loyal customers. But to do that, we needed to rework how customers work in the game.

We felt like that the current system wasn’t clear enough, we wanted players to have a precise idea of how many people could come to the restaurant with a certain setup. That’s why we reworked the existing customers’ bars that appear in the Menu Panel and in the Policies Panel.



What’s new? Well, let’s start with the fact that there will finally be a clear number representing how many people may currently be interested in coming to your restaurant. All those numbers represent the actual pool of customers of the restaurant and the bars have now a different role: they indicate the Attractiveness of the restaurant’s offer.



While previously the Menu composition directly affected the number of people in the pool, with imprecise effects, now the pool can only be affected by your Popularity and your efforts to reach new districts expanding the influence you have in the city.

It will now be possible to know how many customers will pay a visit during the day, and you will be able to carefully assemble the menu and develop tactics to maximize profits. There will also be a much rewarding progression, since you will have to deal with low-budget customers at the beginning (including the infamous Cheapskates!), and slowly conquer more and more districts to gather enough high-budget customers to finally be able to serve only them in the restaurant!

We are now finishing all mechanics related to the City Map and the player’s expansion in it, and we will soon share more info regarding this major update with you! We are also still fixing bugs and minor issues, and all those fixes will be included in the City Map Update!

We just uploaded a patch with a few fixes!

Changelog

• Added a proper feedback when trying to unpause the game that is blocked by an important alert.
  
• Tables will now occupy less space.
  
• Made a few changes to the navigation system to some rare issues with both staff and customers blocking on place until the game is reloaded.
  
• Cooking time of recipes is now displayed properly in the tooltip on the left side of the Menu Panel.

Buongiorno, cuochi!

A quick update for those who are wondering what we were working on last month, a surprisingly low profile January for our bombastic and loud standards.

Our initial idea was to work on the next big, fat update, but then we noticed this on our store page:



We obviously reacted like professional, adult and responsible people. Apart from a couple of panic attacks and a desperate, naked escape through the historic center of Rome.

Browsing the most recent reviews, we realized that we had given a low priority to some glaring issues that actually needed to be fixed as soon as possible (i.e. tutorial consistency and UI usability), simply because Chef's veterans are true Catholic Saints with an infinite reserve of patience. Some of the new players were not as ready for such a turbulent start and they rightly complained. We could have done better and we’re sorry for that.

January has therefore gone from "wow, let's start working on these fantastic new features" to "OMMIODDIO WHAT IS THIS? OUR TUTORIAL SUCKS LET'S PURGE IT WITH FIRE", forcing us to postpone the first really juicy update for at least a couple of weeks.

Do not fret, friends, because our January work wasn't all for naught: We have managed, among various Quality of Life improvements, to finally add the much requested recipe editing in the menu panel!

WOOOOOH! Your new menu will look like this:



We know you all expected a huge update in these first weeks of February, but at least we had to try to transform some of those negative feedbacks in a positive and enjoyable experience for everybody.

Want to know about the next update? Well… here’s a second hint:



No, zero Pokémon Go Mechanics. We are working on the City Map, along with a completely revamped customers spawn system!

Buon appetito!

A new patch for Chef is ready, bringing several improvements asked by the community!

Changelog

• Customer recipes can now be edited, using proper buttons available in the Menu Panel!
  
• Fixed the event conditions chain to allow the tutorial to progress smoothly.
  
• Added an informative string when the player tries to sell an item that's being used.
  
• Added a tooltip area for Recipes added to the menu, to easily see their stats.
  
• Made the Recipe Rating visible on Recipes added to the menu.
  
• Baloons appearing overcharacters have now colored icons, to be easily distinguishable.
  
• Starting a new game no longer prevents the activation of the tutorial chain of events.
  
• Made some minor fixes on tables' navigation obstacles to prevent some minor issues.