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Cooking game

Dream Chefs

Fill customer orders and cook a varied menu of dishes in a restaurant kitchen that rewards knowing your recipes.

Difficulty
Easy to moderate
Compatibility
See device support below

Game overview

Dream Chefs is a restaurant kitchen built around order fulfilment. Customers arrive with specific dishes in mind, you cook what each one asked for, and the plate has to match before it leaves your hands. The variety of dishes is what carries it: each one has its own preparation route, so a busy service becomes a matter of knowing which orders can overlap and which ones need the station to themselves.

This title is best suited to players who want a manageable restaurant cooking game.

How to play Dream Chefs

  1. Read the dish each customer orders
  2. Start the components that take longest
  3. Cook and plate the dish to match the order
  4. Serve it and take the next order

Controls

  • Tap / left mouse button: Prepare, cook and serve each dish
  • Drag: Move ingredients between stations and onto plates

Objectives and failure conditions

Objectives

  • Fulfil every customer order
  • Cook a range of different dishes correctly
  • Keep the kitchen moving through a full service

The run ends or fails when

  • A customer leaves before their dish arrives
  • A dish that does not match the order is refused

Gameplay mechanics

  • Order-driven cooking
  • Distinct preparation routes per dish
  • Overlapping station use during a rush

Device compatibility

Desktop browsers

Mouse or trackpad: Dream Chefs loads straight into the page on desktop Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari with no download or plugin. Controls used: Tap / left mouse button, Drag.

Phones and tablets

Touch controls: Dream Chefs is driven by pointer input, which maps to tap and drag on a touch screen.

Tips for Dream Chefs

  • Group orders that share a station to save time
  • Start any dish with a long cook before touching quick plates
  • Keep one station free for the next unexpected order

What worked well and what did not

Pros

  • Recipe variety keeps service interesting
  • Easy to pick up without a tutorial

Cons

  • Station juggling gets crowded under pressure
  • Presentation is fairly plain

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