The Sims 3 Ambitions Guide Walkthrough Traditional Careers

Culinary

Sims who want to pursue a career in the culinary arts should head to either the bistro or the diner.

This is not one of the higher paying careers, but it does come with a lot of perks, such as the consistent development of the Cooking skill while at work and discounts at the restaurant of employment.

Work Locations: Little Corsican Bistro or Hogan's Deep-Fried Diner (both towns)

How Hired: Report to bistro or diner, answer computer ad, answer newspaper ad

Work Week: Normal work week but with hours that start later in the day. Sims are typically reporting to work in late morning or early afternoon and do not come home until late.

Salary Progression: Starting pay is very low and increases only a little with each promotion. Even at high level, this is not a high-paying career.

Culinary Career

Level	Position	Work Days	Start Time	Length of Day	Average Daily Pay	Average Weekly Pay	Pension Pay	Metrics for Promotion
1	Kitchen Scullion	SU, M,T,F, S	3:00PM	6	148	740	40	Mood, Cooking Skill
2	Spice Runner	SU, M,T, F, S	3:00PM	6	190	950	50	Mood, Cooking Skill
3	Vegetable Slicer	SU, M,T, F, S	3:00PM	6	230	1,150	60	Mood, Cooking Skill, Relationship w/ Boss
4	Ingredient Taster	SU, M,T, F, S	3:00PM	6	280	1,400	70	Mood, Cooking Skill, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/ Co-Workers
5	Line Cook	SU, M,T, F, S	3:00PM	5.5	460	2,300	110	Mood, Cooking Skill, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/ Co-Workers
6	Pastry Chef	SU, M,T,F, S	3:00PM	5.5	590	2,950	150	Mood, Cooking Skill, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/ Co-Workers
7	Sous Chef	SU, T, F, S	3:00PM	5.5	680	2,720	130	Mood, Cooking Skill, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/ Co-Workers
8	Executive Chef	SU,T,F,S	3:00PM	5	750	3,000	150	Mood, Cooking Skill, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/ Co-Workers
9	Chef de Cuisine	SU,F,S	3:00PM	5	1,005	3,015	150	Mood, Cooking Skill, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/ Co-Workers
10	Five-Star Chef	SU,F,S	3:00PM	4	1,400	4,200	200	Mood, Cooking Skill, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/ Co-Workers

Culinary Tones

Tones	Description
Business as Usual	Perform average job duties
Work Hard	Work hard to increase performance, but adds stress
Take it Easy	Relax at work. Slower performance, but less stress
Practice Cooking	Increases cooking skill at work
Meet Co-Workers	Allows Sim to possibly meet new co-workers that have not already been met outside of work
Hang with Co-Workers	Build relationship with co-workers
Suck up to Boss	Build relationship with Boss
Grovel to Leader	Build relationship with boss

Benefits and Rewards

Because cooking is such an important part of every Sim's life, the Culinary career has benefits that extend far beyond a daily paycheck.

The Culinary career offers the Practice Cooking tone, which lets you advance the Cooking skill while earning a paycheck.

Using this tone may come at the expense of not hastening an improved relationship with the boss or with co-workers (essential to promotion), but being a good cook is a mood booster for your Sim and potentially all other Sims in a household.

Good food is a mood booster for all Sims, so the benefit of occasionally getting free meals from work to take back to the lot is a real happiness generator.

This benefit does not happen until the Sim reaches Ingredient Taster. But once it happens, expect to see free meals on a regular basis. And if you have multiple Sims in a household, that free meal will have enough servings to satisfy all.

Dining out is another mood booster that benefits from the Culinary career. At the Sous-Chef level, Sims get a discount at the restaurant where they work. This saves money on meals.

Once the Sim reaches Executive Chef, the discount extends to both restaurants.

Sims in the Culinary career get two very cool equipment bonuses. At the Pastry Chef position, the Sim earns the food processor, which speeds up the cooking process at home.

The real prize, though, comes at the final promotion: Five-Star Chef. The Sim is awarded the MinusOne Kelvin Refrigerator.

This fridge gives the Superior Equipment moodlet to any Sim who walks near it. Also any recipe that uses food out of the fridge will come out high quality.