Kitchen Master

Cook and eat with your allies.

The Way to a Unit's Heart is Through Their Stomach

The Kitchen Master replaces the monastery Dining Hall, and he can be found in the mess hall within the Recreation Quarter. In Three Houses cooking and eating were two separate activities, but the Kitchen Master combines both into one. Shez can cook a meal with two units, and then eat that meal with the same two units. Cooking and eating costs a total of 1 activity point.

All units involved will gain support with each other, along with a boost to their morale. Instead of gaining stat boosts like in Three Houses, your units will all receive a temporary buff depending on the dish. This buff lasts until the end of the chapter. Multiple buffs can be active at the same time if the player decides to cook multiple times in a single chapter.

Rewards by Performance

Like "Cooking Together" in Three Houses, your cooking performance will affect the amount of support gained. It does not seem to affect the buff given from meal effects nor the amount of morale gained, just like how it didn't affect the stat bonuses in Three Houses. This result can be save scummed.

Rating	Morale	Support Text
Nice	+1	Bonds among the three of you grew slightly stronger. <Unit 1> and <Unit 2>'s support points increased slightly.
Great	+1	Bonds among the three of you grew stronger. <Unit 1> and <Unit 2>'s support points increased.
Perfect	+1	Bonds among the three of you grew significantly stronger. <Unit 1> and <Unit 2>'s support points increased significantly.

Unit Cooking Proficiency

In Three Houses some units were canonically good cooks, and some were canonically bad. This was shown directly in the UI when choosing who to cook with, and it would change the odds of getting a good result. This does not seem to appear in the Three Hopes demo, so it's either not in the game or hidden from the player. It may also just depend on whether the units chosen like the dish or not.

The following units were good at cooking in Three Houses.

The following units were bad at cooking in Three Houses.

Caspar
Raphael
Flayn
Hanneman
Constance
Hapi

Meal Effects

All dishes and the buffs they provide.

List of Dishes and Meal Effects

Dish	Ingredients	Meal Effect
Cabbage and Herring StewCabbage and Albinean herring stewed whole. The fish guts lend this hearty dish a superbly bitter kick.	Albinean Herring x1 Cabbage x1	Weapon durability loss slightly reduced
Fried CrayfishBreaded and fried Caledonian crayfish. Looks much tastier than it actually is.	Caledonian Crayfish x2	Slightly fills the Warrior Gauge at the start of battle
Grilled HerringHerring caught off the coast of Albinea, shredded and grilled in an earthenware pot with sliced turnips.	Albinean Herring x1 Turnip x1	Awakening Gauge fills slightly faster
Saghert and CreamA baked confection coated with Noa fruit cream and currant reduction, often enjoyed as a dessert at family gatherings.	Peach Currant x1 Noa Fruit x1	Warrior Gauge fills slightly faster
Small Fish SkewersMade by grilling skewered Airmid gobies. With a muddy flavor and dry texture, this dish is beloved by few.	Airmid Goby x1	Slightly fills Awakening Gauge at start of battle

Meal Preferences

All dishes and which units like/dislike them.

List of Dishes and Meal Preferences

Dish	Likers	Dislikers
Cabbage and Herring StewCabbage and Albinean herring stewed whole. The fish guts lend this hearty dish a superbly bitter kick.
Fried CrayfishBreaded and fried Caledonian crayfish. Looks much tastier than it actually is.
Grilled HerringHerring caught off the coast of Albinea, shredded and grilled in an earthenware pot with sliced turnips.
Saghert and CreamA baked confection coated with Noa fruit cream and currant reduction, often enjoyed as a dessert at family gatherings.
Small Fish SkewersMade by grilling skewered Airmid gobies. With a muddy flavor and dry texture, this dish is beloved by few.