Hello Chefs! This is a small patch to address a recent issue softlocking players during the celebration service. With this fix, you should be able to finish the day as usual, without any blockers.
See you (very!) soon for more delicious news!
In the meantime, you can get our most recent (free) DLC: the Cooking Lab!
We're grateful for your continued support, as the entire the team has been wording to resolve the new bugs that some of you encountered after our latest update. Your feedback has been invaluable, and we wanted to thank you all once again for pointing these issues out and for your patience.
We have now pushed a new patch that includes the following fixes for our PC users:
Fix of the major errors on the stove, mixer and mixing table, no unresponsive controls and blocking bugs anymore
Fix on the warm keeper station with the different kitchen tools
Fix on Horace's quest
Best regards,
Chef Life's Team
Recent Known Issues
Dear Players,
We sincerely apologize for the recent patch, which, despite addressing some bugs, has introduced new issues to the game, resulting in an occasional unplayable experience for some of you.
We have identified these issues, and our team is actively working on resolving them as quickly as possible. We assure you that resolving these problems is our top priority.
We will provide you with further updates as soon as we have more details regarding the release date of the upcoming patch.
Thank you for your understanding and patience.
Best regards,
Chef Life's Team
Patch 04: QoL, UI and Save System
Hello Chefs! It’s with great happiness that we’re deploying a new patch! A lot of small tweaks were made on user interfaces, quality of life, balancing and animations, as well as a lot of bug fixing, including repairing the save system!
You can read below a list of the most important and obvious changes. There are many others that you may or may not notice, but they should make your experience on Chef Life all the better!
Fixed the Activity feature that didn't correctly load the game
Improved save system: fixed bugs optimized save file size
Added an option to have all cooking gestures be done automatically
Better sorting in the fridges and recipe book
Added character animations during dialogues
Added markers to quest-related recipes
Split the Warmer station by adding the Heating Lamps
More hot dishes can now be kept on the station
Reworked the cutting board mapping
You're now able to restock the day before
Improved rumble features
Tweaked controls
UI has been improved to be clearer and more dynamic
Added comfort settings in the menus subtitle size toggle the HOLD action order yesterday’s ingredients
You can now skip the tutorial
Balanced and fixed some events
Added more character customization
Improved the plating feature: added an ingredient size option limited the amount of personalized plating
Improved and fixed sous-chefs' behaviors
Build mode and layout mode UI have been improved
Added an interface to change background music
Fixed and balanced some recipes
Steam Deck optimization
Better inputs: everything is clickable
We hope this update will provide the answers to the important feedback you’ve been giving us in the past months. We want to thank you for your patience and your cooperation, allowing us to improve Chef Life.
Have fun in the kitchen!
Adressing the Stuck Pots
Greetings Chefs!
We're pushing a very small patch today to bring a temporary fix to the pots & pans that got stuck on the ground. While they still may end up there, they will be reset once a new day starts.
Thank you for playing Chef Life!
Bake Pizzas with the AL FORNO DLC!
Hello Chefs! We're very happy to release our first DLC: Al Forno!
But before getting into the meat of it, we want to thank you all again for your support and patience. We're still working on solving bugs so your cooking experience can be worthy of a MICHELIN Star, both on PC and consoles. The Steam forums & Discord server are being read everyday, and your feedback compiled.
Now, for the pièce de résistance!
This first DLC — already available if you bought the Deluxe version of game, or for sale on the Steam Store page — brings eight new pizza recipes, a beautiful pizza oven and a lot of decorative items to transform your restaurant into a true pizzeria!
We hope you'll enjoy baking fresh pizzas!
Send us your best decoration and plating ideas on our socials, we always love looking at them! Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Discord
Small Patch — 10.03.23
Greetings Chefs, We've just pushed a small patch for Steam users. Here's what changed:
Added a temporary option in the "Game" tab to respawn the character during the day.
Dishes are now sold at higher prices, player gains more money after services.
