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Food is a critical component ofStardew Valley, no matter why your farmer wants a snack. Whether they need to heal as they push through the in-game dungeons, replenish stamina after a long day of tool use, or even just to earn a buff, you’ll be treated to plenty of meals.
But if you’re also hoping for a full achievement list, you’ll need to make every single dish in the game in order to earn the Gourmet Chef achievement. Since recipes unlock so sporadically, we’ve included a list of every ingredient you’ll need to make every dish in Stardew Valley.
There was only one recipeadded with the 1.6 update, so we’ve made a note of which one this is.
Prepare Every Recipe At Least Once
On the surface, the Gourmet Chef achievement in Stardew Valley seems fairly simple -cookevery dish in the gameat least one time. But as soon as you interact with thestovethat becomes available afterupgrading your farmhouse for the first time, you’ll see just how many dishes you’ll need to make: there are75 recipesas of the 1.6 update!
There are several ways to receive recipes, including:
The truest struggle with getting the recipes you’ll need to totally fill out your cookbook istime: you won’t organically receive the final recipe available untilWinter 28 of Year Two, when the Queen of Sauce shares her recipe forShrimp Cocktail. This means this achievement is one heck of a lengthy endeavor!
And since there’s so much time between when you begin cooking and when you finally get the Gourmet Chef achievement, it helps toplan what ingredients you’ll need ahead of time, since there are several things likeseasonal crops and forage, a handful offish that only appear in one season, and plenty of stuff you’ll need tobuy or make ahead of time.
To help you out with that, though, we’ve includedall ingredients for the Gourmet Chef achievementin Stardew Valley in the next section of this guide. This way, you cangrow or gather what you need ahead of time,so you’re not stuck waiting for the next time the season you need rolls around so you can grab that last foraged item or plant that final crop.
Every Ingredient For The Gourmet Chef Achievement
In the table below, we’ve broken downevery ingredient you’ll need to prepare every dish in Stardew Valleya single time. Naturally, you can cook recipes more than once - we’ve already got our favorite recipes forhealing from combat, boosting our luck, and more - but for this achievement, you’ll need to cook each dish at least one time.
The table is broken into sections by theingredient’s item type, with sections foranimal productsandthe artisan goodsthat come from them,cropsfrom each season,fish(and other things youmay catch while fishing),seasonalforaged items,dry ingredientsyou’ll need to buy or make separately, andcomplete mealsthat need to be made and assemble into one larger dish.
Given the nature of needing complete meals to make other meals in Stardew Valley, we’ve added the ingredients needed to make these meals to the totals below. That said, the first time you make a dish, you may save it to use in a larger dish instead of eating it on its own, but better too many ingredients than not enough!
Two dishes, Sashimi and Maki Roll, require one of any fish for the recipe instead of a specific type of catch. Any two random fish will work for these recipes, soadd two of any fish to your listto finish those off - we don’t specify which you need below.
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Yam: 2
- If you’re playing in version 1.6, you’ll need to prepare at least one portion ofMoss Soup, the only recipe added in the update and the source of the 20 Moss required in the table above. If you’re still playing in version 1.5, Moss Soup won’t count toward this achievement until you receive the update.
