Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game news & patch notes

Hey Chefs! We're excited to announce we're developing a new game: the sandbox RPG Dustgrave. In Dustgrave, you embark on a unique journey in every playthrough across the lands of the once mighty Dahlan Empire, now a shattered shadow of its former glory, full of dangers and warring factions. We used the experience made with Chef to create a game with a fully dynamic narrative in which every choice is recorded and used to adapt the narrative to the current context! We're partnering with Digital Tribe Games again to get this game in your hands. We will soon share more details, so wishlist the game if interested! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2393370/Dustgrave_A_Sandbox_RPG/ In our spare time, we are also preparing a new update for Chef. Developing Dustgrave is challenging, but following users' feedback, we are trying to improve Chef by balancing the content and removing some bugs. We hope to be soon able to release this update! As always, thank you for your support!

Hello fellow Chefs! Today we release a long-awaited feature: with the Cocktails & Drinks DLC you will finally be able to create your customized beverages, including many non-alcoholic options! We also included a few changes our community asked for, this is the changelog:

• Fixed some missing string and images
• Flour is now correctly tagged as Carbs
• The following ingredients are now available at game start without the need of unlocking them: Stock, Vegetable Stock, Almond, Noodles.
• The Sauteed Veggies Template is now unlocked at game start.
• Ramen Templates now have the Editor Perk Complex Recipe instead of Balanced Recipe.
• More Recipes can now be used as Side Dishes.

Hello fellow Chefs! It is true, Chef is finally available in Spanish! We also fixed a few issues here and there. Changelog

• Spanish localization is now available.
• Eatery Specialization is now correctly unlocked at 5 dollars of average recipe price.
• Eatery Specialization no longer requires beverages to be Heavyweight.
• Fixed missing Strings in some perks in English.
• Fixed some Turkish Strings.
• Fixed some German Strings.
• Fixed missing image for Dashi.
• Added some missing Alcoholic Beverages.

Hello fellow Chef, a new DLC is finally available! You asked for a Pizza-themed DLC for a long time, and we finally released it. It also includes many new Templates people asked in the last months, like Tacos or Omelettes! The base game has also been updated! Here's the changelog:

• Added 14 new ingredients: Feta, Goose, Marjoram, Pheasant, Plantain, Port Wine, Sumac, Tahini, Venison, Vodka, Whiskey, Wild Boar, Goat, Pigeon.
• Hungarian Localization is now available.
• Fixed an issue with the Story Mode which prevented the ending to trigger properly.
• Improved a few textures which appeared too blurry.
• Optimized the size of several textures to improve performances.
• Reduced the rate of customers with green or pink hair.
• Fixed a few strings which would not localize properly.
• Fixed strings in the following languages: Italian, Polish, Chinese, German, Turkish.
• Fixed an issue with Recipe Perks not activating at the correct threshold.
• Rebalanced the effects of Calendar Perks to create a more engaging game flow.
• Improved UI resizing and placing on Ultrawide screens.

Have fun!

Hello fellow Chefs! A new update is ready, which brings new free content to the game! Changelog

• Added 36 furnishing pieces, unlocked using a new decision.
• Added a new parsing system allowing players to fully see the requirements of each specialization, and their progress towards them.
• When an active Specialization's requirements are no longer met, it is now possible to see what's missing in the Specialization's tooltip.
• Fixed the requirements of Carbs Conglomerate decision to make it work properly.
• Fixed the missing icon for Coconut Milk.
• Fixed Wasabi not having flavor matches.
• Fixed Rice missing flavor matches.
• Fixed a few missing strings in the DLC.
• Fixed a few strings in the following languages: Polish, Russian, German, Portuguese.
• Some Specializations are easier to get.
• Improved compatibility with 21:9, 32:9, and 4:3 resolution ratios.
• Minor fixes to the UI.

Enjoy and stay tuned for new updates!

Hello fellow Chefs! We just released a new update for Chef, which includes a few fixes and many new Ingredients to create new and exciting recipes! Changelog

• Added 15 new Ingredients to the base game: Faba Beans, Chives, Cardamom, Coconut Milk, Cilantro, Fish Sauce, Vegan Cheese, Vegan Milk, Seasoned Cow Cheese, Seasoned Sheep Cheese, Quinoa, Pomegranate, Gouda Cheese, Cheddar Cheese, Brie Cheese.
• Added 5 new Ingredients to the DLC: Oyster Sauce, Daikon, Eel, Dashi, Napa Cabbage.
• Added more flavor matches for Oysters.
• Fixed Wasabi not having flavor matches.
• Fixed Rice flavor matches.
• Fixed a few missing strings in the DLC.
• Fixed a few strings in the following languages: Polish, Russian, German, Portuguese.
• Ramen can now be used to make Soups
• Vegan Cheese and Vegan Milk can be used in place of Dairy Ingredients and Milk .

We didn't only release free content today, our first DLC is also available: Chef - Eastern Asian Cuisine! It will be on sale at a 15% discount for the next 7 days! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1617870

DLC Features

• 7 unique Templates, allowing you to create new custom recipes: Sushi, Ramen, Steamed Bun, Rice Bowl, Rice Balls, Stir-Fry Meat, and Stir-Fry Seafood.
• 28 tasty pre-made Recipes to inspire you.
• 15 additional Ingredients, bringing the unique Eastern Asian flavor to your kitchen.
• 54 exquisite Decorations, with several variants, to make your place more beautiful than ever.
• 32 shiny new customizations for Walls and Floors.

We hope you will enjoy traveling to a new dimension of cooking!

Hello fellow Chefs! Here's a major update for you, bringing much free content to the game and a new feature expanding the mid-late game! A DLC is also going to be released soon, dedicated to Eastern Asian cooking, featuring Recipes, Templates, Ingredients, and decorations from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cooking traditions! New Chefs will be able to get into the kitchen today at a discounted rate, as the game will be on a celebratory sale. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1617870/Chef_Eastern_Asian_Cuisine/ Our work on Chef is not over yet! We are already working on the next free content update, which will focus on improving the late-game gameplay by offering more challenges and things to do. Changelog

• Added a Specialization Mechanic, allowing the player to specialize the restaurant and face additional challenges to get more customers. The player will have access to the following specializations: Sandwiches, Seafood, Meat, Pasta, Fried Food, Desserts, Salads, Soups, Vegetarian, Vegan, Low-cost Food, Tourist Trap, Few Ingredients.
• Each specialization will grant special bonuses, but the player will have to satisfy specific requirements.
• Added several new customizations for all Vegetable-based Templates to let players create better-looking and more varied recipes.
• Added new, unique images for the Ice Cream Template.
• Added new unique Decorations: two different formats of a big panel for photos, with several variants.
• Added Green Beans and Dill as Ingredients.
• Added German as language.
• Fixed some issues on restaurants 901 and 902, not allowing to hang pictures properly.
• Balanced the customers' expectations and the late-game difficulty.
• Fixed some broken strings.
• Fixed some minor issues with the Russian localization.
• Slightly reduced the consumption of RAM and VRAM.
• The startup loading is now faster.
• Changed the buttons for Texture customizations in decorations to make them clearer.
• Fixed a bug with Staff Members not gaining Skill Points in simulated Restaurants.

We hope you will enjoy traveling to a new dimension of cooking!

Fellow Chefs, we are glad to announce that the Turkish Localization is now available, thanks to Talha Salimoğlu and the hard work he put into localizing the game! We hope all Turkish-speaking players will enjoy playing Chef in their language!

Hello, fellow Chefs! We have a surprise for all our Eastern Chefs: the game is now available in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean! We deeply thank the following people who helped us with the localization! Chinese: Lin Zhongrui, Frances Shao, mata, Yuxh, Anya Zhou! Japanese: Yoshihiro Inoue, Qi Yu Korean: Ruby Cho, Xinyue We also fixed some other issues and added minor features to the game, while we work on a bigger update:

• Added a quick way to adjust the price of all recipes inside a menu section.
• Fixed several issues with strings and grammar
• Fixed some issues with the multiple restaurants simulation
• Improved clarity regarding how to create multiple restaurants
• Slightly improved performances with some Restaurants
• Balanced some marketing policies

Have fun!

Fellow Chefs, another localization is ready, and we have to thank Krzysztof Gmyr for it! The Polish language is finally available using the Options Menu. We also fixed some minor issues with other localizations!

We are happy to announce that Chef has been localized in two more languages! Thanks to the efforts of Cédric G. (French), Maykon Mikhael (Portuguese), and Letícia Araújo (Portuguese)! Also, we fixed some minor issues! Changelog

• French is now available using the Options menu.
• Portuguese is now available using the Options menu.
• Two Menu Perks didn't work properly and have been fixed.
• Fixed a missing image in the Restaurants Panel.
• Fixed some missing strings in the Italian localization.

Hello fellow Chefs! A new patch has been released. It brings a few fixes and features people have been asking for. We are also happy to announce that the game is now available in Russian and Italian! New languages can be accessed in the Options! Thanks to Alex M. and Nick D. for helping us with the Russian language! Changelog:

• The game has been localized in Russian and Italian!
• Added new Ingredients-related Perks: having a lot or not enough ingredients in the menu will grant various bonuses and penalties.
• Added two buttons allowing to upgrade and downgrade the Ingredients in a Custom Recipe.
• Added two buttons allowing to upgrade and downgrade the Ingredients in all Custom Recipes.
• Fixed an issue with restaurants in the backgrounds not giving Skill Points to the Staff properly.
• Improved the AI of customers when choosing what to order.
• Added a framerate caps when the vsync is not active.
• Fixed some broken textures on a few decorations.

We keep working on the next juicy update for Chef, a system that will allow you to specialize the Restaurant in a certain field, gaining unique bonuses and gameplay changes. This update will also bring a rebalance of all customers!

Hello fellow Chefs, a new patch has been released! Changelog:

• Different ingredients used in the Menu are now counted properly.
• This may come as a surprise, but a few more messed up strings have been fixed.
• Fixed an issue that could break savegames with more than a restaurant. Broken savegames can now be loaded without issues.
• Fixed the issue with advanced Marketing Policies not unlocking anymore.
• Fixed an issue with Minor Events not spawning properly.
• Fixed an issue with the Alert related to Minor Events not disappearing.
• Fixed some missing Event images.
• The walls of a few restaurants have been fixed to avoid some items disappearing in them while furnishing.
• Fixed an issue with the pass of some restaurants not displaying dishes properly.
• Reviews will no longer create Alerts.
• Added a few new Menu Perks.
• Removed a few templates that were cut in earlier versions of the game but were still showing up in the Recipe Editor.

Hello fellow Chefs! We fixed a few issues and made some Quality of Life improvements. Here's the changelog for version 1.0.1!

• When changing the position of furnishing items, their rotation will be preserved.
• Edited Custom Recipes will now retain their price if they are on the menu.
• Fixed an issue with Restaurants 101 and 102 allowing to place furniture on the windows close to the door.
• Fixed a rare issue preventing saves to work properly due to a deleted Custom Recipe.
• The Meat Stew Template can now be used to create Soups
• Fixed the price of Tea Recipe being too high.
• Mortadella (the Ingredient) has now proper flavor matches.
• Fixed a few mismatched or missing strings.
• The "Faster Than Light" skill Tier for waiters have been changed.
• Achievements should now unlock more reliably, but never during the Tutorial.
• Changed the order of the Salad Skill Category in radials to match the order in the Side Staff Panel.
• Fixed an issue with an Air Conditioner not retaining its customized color.
• Fixed some minor events without proper tooltip on the choices.
• Fixed an issue with draggable UI pieces, like recipes and ingredients, that could make them break out of the UI and float around the screen. Now, unless someone starts dragging an ingredient and smashing all buttons of the keyboard for a couple minutes while moving the mouse like an insane person, the issue won't happen again.
• The Restaurants Panel now shows all data as intended.

Enjoy!

The time has come, Chef has finally left the Early Access! It has been a wonderful journey, during which we had the chance to meet some many awesome people from all around the world. Your feedbacks and support had been invaluable for us, and allowed us to work with passion and motivation in the last 18 months. But the journey is not over! While Chef is ready for its full release, we are definitely unwilling to abandon it. There are already plans for future updates, both in terms of contents and features, and we are eager to welcome all the newcomer chefs that will join our brigade in the next weeks! As always, you can find us on the Steam Forums, or on our Discord channel! Here’s the changelog for version 1.0:

• Added minor events: according to the restaurant performances, the staff morale, and the adopted policies, some minor events may trigger in the restaurant.
• Added two new difficulty settings, one providing a more relaxed experience and one capable of pushing every chef’s skills to the limit.
• Added a Sandbox Mode with a massive amount of money available right at the beginning. The feature is experimental, please let us know what you think about it and what would you add to it!
• Fixed several walls not showing paintings properly.
• Fixed the stacking alerts not working properly before reaching the modifiers’ cap.
• Fixed the Quest UI overlapping over other UIs.
• Fixed the Luxury table not having a proper boundary cube.
• Fixed the missing Avatar string in the Daily Recap Panel.
• Fixed a missing image in the event triggered by a staff member leaving the restaurant.
• Fixed the Mixed Meat perk in the Paella Template.
• Fixed some missing hair on an Avatar model.
• Fixed some Attractiveness strings that were missing.
• Fixed a rare issue breaking a few details the game when loading a high popularity save.
• Skipping the tutorial will now give the same amount of Ingredient and Skill Points that are gained during the tutorial.
• Fixed a crash caused by the presence of Citrix.
• Fixed an issue with missing savegames due to the use of special characters.
• Improved the lighting of all paintings in order to make them more beautiful.
• Fixed an issue in the Map Screen in ultrawide resolutions.
• Fixed the Historical Building Perk.
• Fixed two Waiter Skills not having the proper numerical progression.
• Fixed the Fried Fish Template not using its perks properly.
• Fixed an issue with Events slightly reducing performances over time.
• Optimized the game to get minor performance improvements in big restaurants.

We just released a new patch for Chef! Changelog

• Influence points can now be properly spent after moving to a Restaurant that is inside the area owned by the previous Restaurant.
• Fixed the Multiple Restaurants decision not working properly.
• Added an option to turn off the Camera Edge Scrolling,
• Added a banner to clearly highlight that the game is paused.
• Ambient sounds will now be turned off when turning off SFXs.
• When trying to unpause when an Alert is forcing the pause, a proper visual effect will highlight the Alerts.
• The Microwave's Perk icon has been fixed.
• A Steamer is now available by default at the beginning of the game instead of being unlocked while progressing.
• Fixed a few broken strings showing wrong data.
• Removed an old event adding Tasks that was obsolete.
• Added a visual feedback to alert the player when a certain Tool with modifiers will no longer have its effects stack with the others.
• Dishwashers now only stack up to three times.
• Mixers now only stack up to three times.
• Fridges now only stack up to three times.
• Fixed a potentially blocking issue when removing Tools from the restaurant.

A new patch has been uploaded! Changelog

• Added proper animations for waiters when delivering orders.
• The Kitchen pass now shows if there are orders to be delivered with a proper graphical feedback. It can also be clicked to see everything that needs to be brought to tables.
• Fixed an issue with staff members having wrong names.
• Fixed an issue with customers getting blocked when staying until 4 AM.
• Lard has no longer the Meat Tag
• Ginger has no longer the Vegetable Tag
• Fixed an issue with an Executive Chef not working as intended and providing no bonuses.
• Fixed an issue with the Temperature Management Skill in the Carbs Tree.
• The "Well Structured Menu" Perk is now working properly.

Enjoy!

We just uploaded a new patch for Chef, bringing many new contents and some important fixes to the game. And yes, Hamburgers and Sandwiches are now available! Changelog

• Added a new Skill Tree dedicated to Sandwiches and Burgers
• Added five new Templates for recipe creation: Sandwich, Grilled Sandwich, Hamburger, Fish Burger, Veggie Burger
• Reworked how the Skill and Ingredient Points are gained. There is a new panel dedicated to Cyclic Tasks.
• Added several new Cyclic Tasks, only availble when starting a new game to avoid breaking the game's balance.
• Moved the Tasks to a different Panel on the left area of the screen.
• Added a button to remove all Influence from a certain Neighborhood.
• All Menu Perks are now shown greyed, allowing players to know what Perks are available and what to do to activate them.
• Added a button in the Menu Panel to import Custom Recipes from different save games.
• It is now possible to Move to a new place inside the Influence Area of the current Restaurant.
• The UI now clearly shows the Restaurant owning a certain Influence Area.
• Fixed a Major issue with Restaurants and Influence Points. The fix is save-compatible.
• Fixed the missing main character string being broken after the previous update.
• Restaurants have now a number to help identify them.
• Improved the Tutorial with blocked buttons to focus the player's attention on the matter at hand.
• Added a proper preparation time to all recipes, some of them will be quick to prepare on the counter, others will require Chefs to work for longer.
• Fixed a minor issue on the map when starting a New Game without restarting the game.

Are you ready to create a burgers-based menu?

Another day, another patch for Chef! While working on new features, we spent some time taking care of bugs and making minor improvements! Changelog

• Fixed an issue with Waiters and Chefs no longer being available after hiring too many of them in several different restaurants.
• Fixed the "Al Dente" skill giving a double bonus to Lasagna Templates.
• Fixed a few strings to improve clarity.
• Balanced all Executive Chefs.
• Fixed some missing strings.
• Sorting by Energy in the Staff Ledger now works by sorting people by their percentage of Energy.
• Added an Alert to inform the player about the lack of 4 seats tables, which may lead to many customers going away because all or most tables are with only 2 seats.
• Rearranged all skills in the Skill Panel.

Have fun with Chef, new contents are coming!

Get ready for a new update! Version 0.9.2 is available, bringing some contents and several fixes! Changelog:

• Fixed a bug messing up the end of the day balance with more than a restaurant.
• Fixed the Customer Counter to reflect Customers that are actually waiting for a Waiter to interact with them.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Menu Perks of other Restaurants to actually show properly.
• Changed how Executives work: instead of switching when you go back to an older restaurant, they become unactive.
• Fixed the tier 3 Coffee rating that was too low compared to other beverages.
• Dishwashers now improve the Cleaning Ambience Rating
• The Microwave now has a proper in game effect. Crappy cooking is now possible!
• Added the Coffee Machine, it improves all non-alcoholic beverages.
• Fixed an issue with all high-level skills affecting several templates, which will now work properly.
• Added some strings to several items.
• Fixed some minor UI issues.

And in case you missed it, here's the changelog for the previous patch! Changelog:

• Removed a critical bug corrupting save games. Old save games affected by this bug can now be loaded without any issue.
• Rebalanced the various customer removal policies.
• Fixed a couple waiters without hair. It won't affect existing games unless those waiters are fired and re-hired later.
• Fixed some missing strings.
• Fixed the Policies being reset when going back to an older restaurant.
• Fixed a bug removing all influence from older restaurants. Sadly it won't recover old savegames, but you can send those to us and we will gladly restore them for you.
• Fixed a broken tooltip on the customers recap.
• Fixed an issue with the main character's photo reverting to a black silhouette.
• Fixed an issue corrupting savegames right after unlocking a new popularity tier.

Fellow Chefs, a new patch has been uploaded! We worked hard to fix all issues that has been found and we'd like to thank you all for your patience and the love you showed us! Changelog:

• Removed a critical bug corrupting save games. Old save games affected by this bug can now be loaded without any issue.
• Rebalanced the various customer removal policies.
• Fixed a couple waiters without hair. It won't affect existing games unless those waiters are fired and re-hired later.
• Fixed some missing strings.
• Fixed the Policies being reset when going back to an older restaurant.
• Fixed a bug removing all influence from older restaurants. Sadly it won't recover old savegames, but you can send those to us and we will gladly restore them for you.
• Fixed a broken tooltip on the customers recap.
• Fixed an issue with the main character's photo reverting to a black silhouette.
• Fixed an issue corrupting savegames right after unlocking a new popularity tier.

Hello fellow Chefs, a new Major Update is available for Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game! Prepare yourself, because you will finally be able to own more than a single Restaurant, creating new lucrative enterprises in the city. Executive Chefs will run the old Restaurant for you will you focus on the new one, but you will be able to go back and improve things as you like! Please, be careful with older save games because they won't be compatible! If you want to keep playing with your old restaurant, you can open the game's properties on Steam, then head for the Betas panel and select version 0.8 from the dropdown menu! Changelog:

• Multiple Restaurants can now be managed, allowing the creation of a restaurant empire.
• Added a new decision to activate Multiple Restaurants once the player is popular enough.
• Executive Chefs can be hired to manage old restaurants, granting varied bonuses.
• Several minor UI improvements in many different panels.
• Added a new UI panel, in which info about all restaurants can be easily reviewed.
• Fixed an issue with the character's avatar disappearing.
• Fixed an issue with the skill of the character's avatar and other staff members not being properly shown in radials.
• Fixed an issue with bubble icons being activated twice on Chefs.
• Fixed the wrong customers count when loading.
• The icon of Custom Recipes can now be dragged in the Menu Panel.
• Added two sort toggles in the Skill Panel.
• Daily Perks now works correctly, preventing bonuses to stack only to be removed when loading.
• Added a button to focus the map on the current Restaurant.
• Fixed some missing strings in Chefadvisor's reviews.
• Fixed an issue appearing when going back to the main menu and starting a new game.

That's all for now! For feedbacks and suggestions, you can find us on the Steam Forums, at your disposal!

Fellow Chefs, we are keeping ourselves busy with the next Major Update, but we wanted to give you all a Christmas present! Happy holidays and thank you for supporting us! Changelog

• Three tiers of Cola and Soda added to the game.
• Three tiers of Tea and Coffee added to the game.
• Greatly expanded the selection of Wine and Beer.
• All Beverages have been rebalanced to perform better in the late game.
• Fixed an issue with the Salad Template not allowing some ingredient combinations.
• Fixed some broken strings.

We are happy to announce that we just released a Major Update for Chef! We completely overhauled the existing Furnishing system, making it deeper, easier to use, and adding more than 50 new items! We also improved ChefAdvisor with dynamic reviews and added a new Calendar mechanics that will let you people see the place swarming with customers during christmas and other holydays. As always, we also brought some other minor improvements and fixed existing issues! Changelog

• Improved and expanded the Furnishing: there are now different Styles and each Customer Category will react differently to them, to the point of not coming at all into the Restaurant if their minimum requirements are not met.
• Added the Calendar Mechanic: the year has been divided in 48 weeks, and some of them have a chance of having unique modifiers affecting the gameplay, creating new challenges but also new opportunities.
• Added more than 50 new decorations and furnishing pieces.
• ChefAdvisor has been improved with dynamic reviews, offering a more in depth and realistic experience.
• The overall Ambience Scores are now visible.
• Added a new minor feature: the World Chef Ranking. It features the best Chefs in the world and allows the player to slowly climb it and become the best of all.
• The space occupied by various furnishing elements is now visible when furnishing the place.
• Added a toggle to filter pre-made recipes in the Menu.
• Added a button to cycle the quality of all ingredients in the Recipe Editor.
• Fixed the blocking issues seeing several customers stuck outisde the restaurant.
• Customers are less likely to flee the restaurant and will wait some more time before going away.
• Customers' AI has been improved when it comes to choosing from the menu. Each customer category has a precise choice profile based on their priorities.
• Waiters performances have been improved.
• A new toggle has been added in the Menu Panel to show/hide all pre-made recipes.
• Added an alert to clearly signal if, during Recipe creation, the mandatory Ingredients are missing.
• Fixed Colliders on Restaurant 401 to prevent certain paintings to melt inside the wall, creating a new kind of art the world is not ready to witness.
• The Master Chef achievement is now working properly.
• Placed a limit on customers waiting outside to prevent the formation of massive crowds which worsened the overall performances.

We uploaded a new, juicy patch! It brings several fixes and some new features, improving the overall polish of the game! Changelog

• Added more icons that can be used to customize several Meat, Seafood, and Vegetables Templates.
• Added new Tag-based Perks in the menu for the following Tags: Healthy, Heavyweight, Fruit, Spice, Nut, Dairy.
• Fixed the colliders preventing to place furniture near the entrance of restaurants 101 and 102.
• Improved the evaluation of tier 2 and 3 pre-made recipes.
• Fixed some Ui issues on the Skills Panel.
• The customers baloon at the end of their dinner now shows the correct satisfaction.
• Created new baloons for customers and staff.
• Fixed the Dessert Perk not giving a proper penalty to strange desserts.
• Fixed all Tag related string to be more detailed.
• Added the Heavyweight Tag.
• Re-aligned some Tool related info in their description.
• The effects of leveling up Template Skills are now clearer.
• When browsing the Tutorial section in the Stats Panel the scrollbar will now be reset properly.
• It is now possible to see the maximum tier available for each Ingredient used in the Recipe Editor, allowing for a simpler and faster Recipe creation.
• Fixed an issue in the Recipe Editor changing the Menu Section of a Recipe.
• Rebalanced the conditions for the activation of various perks in the menu.
• A picture of the created character can now be taken and used in the game.
• A new option panel is now available, allowing for default keys to be changed freely.
• New Staff can be found even when the budget is below zero.
• Fixed the issue with the menu not allowing for proper scrolling after loading.
• The task in the Star Chef storyline now can be completed without having to remove all beverages.

A new patch is now available! We are working on some big updates, but that doesn't mean we can't find some time to fix a few issues and bring minor improvements! Changelog

• Reworked the Character Creation panel to be easier to use and better looking.
• Experimental: added ambience sounds to the restaurant.
• Fixed a few UI issues with 21:9 screen ratio.
• Fixed a few usability issues with the Recipe Editor.
• Fixed the missing button in Television Advertisement.
• Increased the maximum possible weight for some ingredients.
• Player's Skill Points are now properly shown in the Staff Panel.
• Fixed an issue in Restaurant 602 that made customers appear from nowehere.
• Fixed an issue with phantom Tags appearing in the Menu.
• Fixed a few missing strings.

As always, we invite you to join us on the Steam Forums and let us know what you think about the game!

A new patch for Chef has been released! We fixed all compatibility issues between the new editor and the old saves, so the Reworked Editor patch is now the default one! For anyone interested in playing with the old version, we added a new branch in the game's Beta panel. The old version can be accessed by accessing Chef's properties on Steam, then heading to the Beta panel and choosing the version 0.7! Changelog

• Fixed issues when loading pre-existing recipes from older savegames.
• Credits are now available, you can finally know who need to be insulted when bugs pop out!
• Improved the Save and Load UI to have more info in it and be better looking.
• Fixed a Template bug when editing recipes.
• Minor improvements on some UIs: Chefadvisor, Policies, Staff.
• Changed the graphics of some panels to be more consistent with the rest of the game.
• Reworked how the staff's jobs are assigned to prioritize fresh Staff Members and avoid most tasks being assigned to a single person.
• Added tooltips on some UI pieces.

A new patch for Chef has been released! The patch can be temporarily accessed on the beta branch! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33318309/c899960bb3b85e7346f856159a4a32566861ab9f.png We are very happy to deliver you an improved Recipe Editor: it is now possible to precisely tune the amount of all ingredients used in the recipe, and editing recipes has been made easier, funnier, and more realistic! Changelog

• The Recipe Editor has been reworked in many aspects, the UI is now more informative and it is possible to change a Recipe Name, Template, and Icon at any time.
• Tags are now applied to custom recipes following different rules, and a nice slider updated in real time let the player know about the Recipe's Tags.
• The three Quantity rows have been removed, and it's now possible to fine tune the weight of all ingredients used, which will affect their impact on the Recipe's taste.
• It is now possible to change an Ingredient's Quality more easily when the recipe is being made.
• It is now clearer which Skills affect the rating of a Recipe.
• The performances when opening and using both the Recipe Editor and the Ingredient Panel have dramatically improved.
• The Ingredient Panel has been reworked to be better looking and clearer.
• Ingredients are now unlocked like Skills, therefore to unlock the third Tier of an Ingredient is now necessary to have both Tier 1 and Tier 2
• Flour is now aroma neutral.
• Pasta related skills have been fixed to apply to all templates.
• The character creation screen have been improved.
• Fixed some bugs connected to the staff Morale.
• The rating in Hats for a Recipe is now scaled with the player's Popularity
• Some Skills have been balanced.

EDIT: since a few issues have been reported, the update has been temporarily moved to the beta branch. It can be accessed in the game's properties, in the beta panel. We are sorry for the issues it may have caused to anyone, feel free to contact the development team to get help if you need something solved!