The culinary career was introduced with the expansion pack in The Sims 4. This career focuses on preparing food and drinks. The different branches of this career benefit from creativity, and most of the rewards unlocked will be decorative items to make your kitchen look fancier.
Like the other careers, you will get daily tasks as a culinary expert and, later on, promotion tasks. This guide will cover all the details about the Culinary Career in Sims 4, like its skills, traits, career levels, best mods, and cheats.
How to start Culinary Career in Sims 4?
You can start working as a Culinary expert by going to the phone and selecting Find a Job to make money from it. You can also go to the Career Panel in the bottom right corner and select the Find a Job option. Here, you will find a complete list of available careers, and you can choose Culinary.
The main skills required to progress in this career are cooking and mixology, with an additional skill of either gourmet cooking or charisma, depending on which branch you specialize in. The ideal mood for training in cooking, mixology, and gourmet cooking is being inspired, and the ideal mood for training charisma is being confident.
Best Skills and Traits for Culinary Career
Some of the best skills and traits for the Culinary are given below.
Foodie
If you have chosen a Culinary career, you can choose the foodie trait. This will allow you to watch different cooking shows for ideas to help your career.
This trait will help Sims research new recipes to boost their cooking skills. This trait is very useful for quickly advancing in your career.
Food Aspiration
Food aspiration is another trait that can be very useful as it will grant you the Essence of Flavor. Because of this, the Sims can cook excellent food quite often.
Creative
The creative trait is very useful for both branches of the Culinary career. This will help Sims in getting inspired. You can also stack it with other bonuses to get more Inspired.
Culinary Career Levels and Job Ranks
When you start your career in this job, you will go through 5 levels before the Culinary career gets divided into two branches. After level 5, you can choose from the Chef or Mixologist branch. All 5 levels, jobs, and salaries can be seen below.
| Level | Job | Salary | Promotion Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assistant Dishwasher | $135 | N/A |
| 2 | Head Dishwasher | $144 | Reach Level 2 in mixology skill by preparing food or mixing drinks |
| 3 | Caterer | $208 | Reach Level 2 in mixology skill by preparing food or mixing drinks |
| 4 | Mixologist | $280 | Reach Level 3 in mixology skill by preparing food or mixing drinks |
| 5 | Line Cook | $344 | Reach Level 4 in mixology and cooking skills by preparing food or mixing drinks |
Chef Career Levels and Job Ranks
Once you have completed the fifth level in your Culinary career, you are given two branches to choose from. The first branch is Chef, and its levels, jobs, and salaries are below.
| Level | Job | Salary | Promotion Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Head Caterer | $468 | Reach Level 6 in cooking skill and Level 2 in gourmet cooking skill |
| 7 | Pastry Chef | $520 | Reach Level 7 in cooking skill and Level 4 in gourmet cooking skill |
| 8 | Sous Chef | $786 | Reach Level 8 in cooking skill and Level 6 in gourmet cooking skill |
| 9 | Executive Chef | $1518 | Reach Level 10 in cooking skill and Level 8 in gourmet cooking skill |
| 10 | Celebrity Chef | $2460 | Prepare food |
Mixologist Career Levels and Job Rank
The second branch is Mixologist, and its levels, jobs, and salaries are given below.
| Level | Job | Salary | Promotion Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Job | Salary | Promotion Requirement |
| 6 | Head Mixologist | $315 | Reach Level 5 in mixology skill and Level 2 in charisma skill |
| 7 | Juice Boss | $448 | Reach Level 7 in mixology skill and Level 4 in charisma skill |
| 8 | Chief Drink Operator | $888 | Reach Level 8 in mixology skill and Level 6 in charisma skill |
| 9 | Drinkmaster | $1660 | Reach Level 10 in mixology skill and Level 8 in charisma skill |
| 10 | Celebrity Mixologist | $1970 | Mix drinks |
Culinary Career Rewards in the Sims 4
Just like all the other careers, there are rewards, item unlocks, and social interactions that you earn as you grow in the culinary career. Let’s go over the rewards earned in all the culinary career branches.
| Level | Rewards |
|---|---|
| General Culinary Career | |
| Head Dishwasher (level 2) | Corporate Chic Countership |
| Caterer (level 3) | Stain Steel Auto-Pot |
| Mixologist (level 4) | Umber Kitchen Sink |
| Line Cook (level 5) | Corporate Chic Counter Island + New items in CAS |
| Chef Career Branch | |
| Head Caterer (level 6) | Positronic Pro Magnetic Knife Back + Heavy dutiest pot rack |
| Pastry Chef (level 7) | Professional Calling-Mounted Pot Rack |
| Sous Chef (level 8) | Ceiling Pot Rack + Icebox of steel by Krampft Industries |
| Executive Chef (level 9) | Write Cookbooks on Computer + Simoleon bonus + Pancake Pro Free-Standing Griddle + Discretion Stove Hood |
| Celebrity Chef (level 10) | Pro Performance Range Hood + The Obelisk + New items in CAS |
| Mixologist Career Branch | |
| Head Mixologist (level 6) | Captain Rodrigo de Pablo Cask |
| Juice Boss (level 7) | Simoleon bonus |
| Chief Drink Operator (level 8) | Vinoteca Bottle Rack + Write Bar Guide on Computer |
| Drinkmaster (level 9) | Lemonade on a Sunny Day Torchiere |
| Celebrity Mixologist (level 10) | Bar Setters Bar + New items in CAS |
Best Culinary Career Mods in the Sims 4
Here are some of the best mods in Sims 4 that you can use while playing the Culinary Career.
Custom Food Interactions Mod
The custom food interaction is one of the best mods by TheFoodGroup that will give you a custom food option. You can make different types of food using this mod. You will get new recipes that your Sims can cook for leveling up quickly.
More Servings Options & Better Meal Time Menus Mod
This mod will allow you to choose how many meals you want to cook. You can cook meals for two Sims or for seven Sims etc. You can even cook a single cheese Sandwich using this mood. So this mood gives you complete control over the Culinary career in Sims 4.
Healthy Drinks Mod
Healthy Drinks mod created by LittleMsSam will allow your Sims to have healthy drinks available at all places where drinks are served and prepared.
You can get drinks like Spinach Juice, Carrot Juice, Plasma Fruit Juice, etc., giving your Sim buffs like happy moodlet. These drinks will also boost their Happiness and Fitness.
Culinary Cheats in the Sims 4
You can access these cheats by heading to the Cheat Console by pressing Ctrl + Shift + C.
If you play this game on Mac, you can use Command + Shift + C. For Console, you can use R1 + R2 + L1 + L2. For Xbox One, you must press all four shoulder buttons to access the Cheat Console.
Once the Cheat Console appears, type Testingcheats True or Testingcheats On and press enter to enable the cheats. For quick promotion, you can type careers.promote culinary, and Culinary will promote to the next level. You can use this cheat till you get to the required level.
You can use the following cheats to level up some specific skills required for a Culinary Career.
- Cooking: set_skill_level Major_HomestyleCooking 10
- Gourmet Cooking: set_skill_level Major_GourmetCooking 10
- Mixology: set_skill_level Major_Bartending 10
- Charisma: set_skill_level Major_Charisma 10
