Chef/Guide

Chef is one of the first professions you unlock in Hopeport. The aim of this guide is to inform players as to the best money making methods within Chef, combined with the most efficient route to level up, as well as a few bonus tips and tricks.

Chef can be an easy way to make reliable money early on, even moreso if sourcing most of the ingredients yourself. From level 9 Chef, Bounties can be accessed and are almost guaranteed profit, while also netting yourself extra experience for each bounty completed. This can be found in The Delectable Dab Kitchen.

Profit Efficient Leveling

The benefit of this order is that every ingredients needed to cook these recipes are available at Kevin's store. The XP is not always optimal, but there is no prep required while earning money to use on other skills.

Levels	Product	XP per Hour	Profit per Hour
0—4	Basic Bacon Sandwich	21,188					50			600
4—8	Basic Omelette	22,487					56			810
8—12	Basic Vegetable Stew	29,741					78			815
12—25	Appetizing Bacon Sandwich	30,043					80			960
25—38	Appetizing Vegetable Stew	47,958					126			774
38—63	Fine Bacon Sandwich	55,344					145			475
63—94	Fine Vegetable Stew	99,635					230			499
94—120	Tasty Bacon Sandwich	162,553					287			789
120—170	Tasty Vegetable Stew	297,790					394			79
170—217	Delicious Bacon Sandwich	687,847					480			702
217—276	Delicious Vegetable Stew	1,544,344					665			473
276—345	Delicious Omelette	1,827,419					698			301
345—438	Gourmet Bacon Sandwich	unknown					923			455
438—500	Gourmet Vegetable Stew	unknown			1			286		333

Note: XP and Profit are based on Chef table.

XP Efficient (purchasable) Leveling

The benifit of this order is that every ingredients needed to cook these recipes are available at Kevin's store. The XP is optimal, but the gold cost may be expensive.

Levels	Product	XP per Hour	Profit per Hour
0—4	Basic Bacon Sandwich	21,188					50			600
4—6	Basic Omelette	22,487					56			810
6—8	Basic Sausage and Mash	27,794					-25			911
8—12	Basic Vegetable Stew	29,741					78			815
12—18	Appetizing Bacon Sandwich	30,043					80			960
18—25	Appetizing Sausage and Mash	39,336					-127			198
25—38	Appetizing Vegetable Stew	47,958					126			774
38—56	Fine Bacon Sandwich	55,344					145			475
56—63	Fine Chicken and Leek Pie	71,249					-354			838
63—76	Fine Vegetable Stew	99,635					230			499
76—94	Fine Sausage and Mash	127,197					-320			349
94—120	Tasty Bacon Sandwich	162,553					287			789
120—125	Tasty Vegetable Stew	297,790					394			79
125—144	Tasty Sausage and Mash	326,708					-628			921
144—157	Tasty Omelette	390,575					384			657
157—170	Delicious Sausage and Mash	593,352			-1			194		243
170—197	Delicious Bacon Sandwich	687,847					480			702
197—217	Delicious Chicken and Leek Pie	1,105,627			-1			185		607
217—276	Delicious Vegetable Stew	1,544,344					665			473
276+*	Delicious Omelette	1,827,419					698			301

* XP rates beyond 276 mostly unknown.

Note: XP and Profit are based on Chef table.

Efficient leveling up guide

The XP/h will vary depending on if you already have the ingredients in storage or if you buy them from Kevin every run. The following guide and rates assume the player will utilise Kevin's shop to buy ingredients.

0—4: Basic Bacon Sandwich, 20.5k Xp/hr.

4—8: Basic Omelette, 23.9k Xp/Hr.

8—25: Basic Vegetable Stew, 29.8k Xp/Hr.

25—63: Appetizing Vegetable Stew, 50.5k Xp/Hr - Can comfortably start using 5% xp potions from this point on, providing it loses only 1 inv space to do so.

OR

25—38: Appetizing Vegetable Stew, 50.5k Xp/Hr

38—63: Fine Bacon Sandwich, 53.5k Xp/Hr.

Note: If the skill you are using Knowledge points on gives you less than 3k, then move to Fine Bacon Sandwiches, however if you gain more than 3k xp, continue doing Appetizing Vegetable Stew as the extra KP gain over the hour will make stew more efficient.

It should also be noted that vegetable stews are somewhat more AFK than bacon sandwiches due to the latter requiring two ingredients and making only half the number of finished dishes as vegetable stew.

Once 63 has been reached,

63—94: Fine Vegetable Stew. 105k Xp/Hr.

94—120: Tasty Bacon Sandwich. 162k Xp/Hr

120+: Tasty Vegetable Stew. 298k Xp/hr

Best profit dishes

Appetizing Vegetable Stew is easily one of the best early dishes to make, requiring 25 Chef. Using only 1 ingredient, Appetizing Mixed Vegetables, it has a high profit margin of 341  per dish if sold to the Head Chef, which means a full inventory of 24 will give you 8  184  in profit.

Fishing for your own supplies is highly profitable, albeit lower profit per hour(?). An example is Rocky Jellied Eels, requiring 22 Chef and 16 Fisher (if catching yourself). Gelatin costs 220  and you can sell the dish for 815 , netting you a profit of 325  if sold to the Head Chef over selling the eels to The Frequently Fresh Fish Stall. A full inventory of 12 will give you 3  900  in profit.

Another example is Common Fried Ray Wings, requiring 50 Chef and 50 Fisher. This requires no other ingredients, so we are looking at higher profit margins. They can be sold to the Head Chef for 794  each, meaning a full inventory will give you 19  56  in pure profit. When factoring in the time to obtain the Common Ray, the profit per hour may be less compared to other dishes at a similar level however.

Bounty board

The Chef's Bounty Board can be found in The Delectable Dab Kitchen. Every hour, 4 new bounties will be posted and always seem to be around your level. You won't get basic sausage and mash if you have the level to make appetizing sausage and mash. Exactly how much you get paid seems to be based on the amount that is required of you to cook, and how far away that person is from the bounty. Due to the fluctuating rewards, it's impossible to give an estimated copper/hr and exp/hr, but it is worth noting in the guide, as although it is every hour, the rewards can make it worthwhile. Players should only do bounties that call for items they are already making.

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