Levels and Challenges

How levels are built

Every level has a fixed guest list. The same customers arrive in the same order with the same orders each time you play, so a level you failed can be learned: you will know that the third guest wants a burger before they sit down. What changes between attempts is how well you prepare for them.

The star targets come from each level's par, which is the value of all its orders served in one unbroken combo with no tips: 40% of par for one star, 75% for two and 110% for three. You fail a level if you finish below the one-star target or if 3 customers leave unhappy.

Beginner Kitchen: levels 1–5

Learn the stations. Food never burns here, so you can take your time finding a rhythm.

Seats: 3. Stations: Fryer, Griddle, Blender, Prep Board.

Level 1: Opening Day

Fry potatoes into French fries and blend milk with ice cream for milkshakes.

French FriesVanilla Milkshake

Patience for a one-dish order: 26 seconds.

Level 2: Breakfast Shift

Pancakes take two steps: cook batter on the griddle, then add syrup on the prep board.

French FriesVanilla MilkshakePancakes

Patience for a one-dish order: 26 seconds.

Level 3: Burger Basics

Grill a patty, then stack it with a bun, cheese and lettuce on the prep board.

French FriesVanilla MilkshakePancakesCheeseburger

Patience for a one-dish order: 28 seconds.

Level 4: Table for Two

Some customers now order two dishes. Strawberry milkshakes join the menu.

French FriesVanilla MilkshakePancakesCheeseburgerStrawberry Milkshake

Patience for a one-dish order: 28 seconds. Orders of up to 2 dishes.

Level 5: Lunch Rush

The full beginner menu at a faster pace. Use the warming tray to cook ahead.

French FriesVanilla MilkshakePancakesCheeseburgerStrawberry Milkshake

Patience for a one-dish order: 27 seconds. Orders of up to 2 dishes.

Busy Family Diner: levels 6–10

A fourth seat and an oven arrive, and hot food now burns if you leave it on the heat. Customers in a hurry start showing up.

Seats: 4. Stations: Fryer, Griddle, Oven, Blender, Prep Board.

Level 6: Welcome to the Diner

Food left on the fryer or griddle now burns after 6 seconds. Donuts are fried, then glazed.

French FriesVanilla MilkshakeCheeseburgerGlazed Donut

Patience for a one-dish order: 28 seconds. Orders of up to 2 dishes. Food burns after 6 seconds.

Level 7: Cookie Jar

Fire up the oven: dough plus chocolate chips bakes into cookies.

French FriesCheeseburgerGlazed DonutChocolate Chip CookiesStrawberry Milkshake

Patience for a one-dish order: 28 seconds. Orders of up to 2 dishes. Food burns after 6 seconds.

Level 8: Pizza Night

Pizza needs dough, sauce and cheese, and it is the slowest bake so far. Start it early.

Vanilla MilkshakeCheeseburgerGlazed DonutChocolate Chip CookiesCheese Pizza

Patience for a one-dish order: 29 seconds. Orders of up to 2 dishes. Food burns after 6 seconds.

Level 9: No Time to Wait

Customers with a clock badge are in a hurry: less patience, but double tips.

French FriesPancakesGlazed DonutChocolate Chip CookiesCheese PizzaStrawberry Milkshake

Patience for a one-dish order: 28 seconds. Orders of up to 2 dishes. Food burns after 6 seconds. 2 customer(s) in a hurry.

Level 10: Friday Night Diner

The diner finale: seven dishes, twelve customers and a full house.

French FriesVanilla MilkshakePancakesCheeseburgerGlazed DonutChocolate Chip CookiesCheese Pizza

Patience for a one-dish order: 28 seconds. Orders of up to 2 dishes. Food burns after 6 seconds. 3 customer(s) in a hurry.

Master Kitchen Challenge: levels 11–15

Food critics pay double but wait less, orders grow to three dishes, rush-hour waves hit, and food burns faster.

Seats: 4. Stations: Fryer, Griddle, Oven, Blender, Prep Board.

Level 11: The Critic Arrives

Critics wear a crown and pay double. Chocolate cake is baked from batter and cocoa, then frosted.

French FriesVanilla MilkshakeCheeseburgerCheese PizzaChocolate Cake

Patience for a one-dish order: 28 seconds. Orders of up to 2 dishes. Food burns after 5 seconds. 1 food critic(s).

Level 12: Big Appetites

Orders can now have three dishes. Pepperoni pizza adds a fourth topping.

CheeseburgerGlazed DonutCheese PizzaPepperoni PizzaChocolate CakeStrawberry Milkshake

Patience for a one-dish order: 28 seconds. Orders of up to 3 dishes. Food burns after 5 seconds. 3 food critic(s).

Level 13: Rush Hour

Customers arrive in waves of three with a quiet spell in between. Stock the tray during the lull.

French FriesVanilla MilkshakeCheeseburgerChocolate Chip CookiesCheese PizzaChocolate Cake

Patience for a one-dish order: 29 seconds. Orders of up to 2 dishes. Food burns after 5 seconds. 3 customer(s) in a hurry. 4 food critic(s). Customers arrive in waves of three.

Level 14: Hot Plates

The burners run hot: food burns after just 4 seconds. Pull dishes the moment they are ready.

French FriesPancakesCheeseburgerGlazed DonutChocolate Chip CookiesPepperoni PizzaChocolate Cake

Patience for a one-dish order: 26 seconds. Orders of up to 3 dishes. Food burns after 4 seconds. 2 customer(s) in a hurry. 2 food critic(s).

Level 15: Grand Finale

Every dish, every customer type, sixteen orders. Good luck, chef.

French FriesVanilla MilkshakeStrawberry MilkshakePancakesCheeseburgerGlazed DonutChocolate Chip CookiesCheese PizzaPepperoni PizzaChocolate Cake

Patience for a one-dish order: 26 seconds. Orders of up to 3 dishes. Food burns after 4 seconds. 5 customer(s) in a hurry. 1 food critic(s).

Which levels are the hardest?

Level 8, Pizza Night, is the first real wall for many players. Pizza is the slowest bake in the diner and the oven can only hold one thing, so a cookie order and a pizza order at the same time will queue up behind each other. Start pizzas the moment you see them.

Level 13, Rush Hour, feels different from everything before it. Three customers sit down almost together, then nothing happens for a while. The quiet spell is not a break: use it to fill the warming tray with the dishes that take longest.

Level 14, Hot Plates, cuts the burn window to four seconds while also allowing three-dish orders. It punishes starting more batches than you can collect. Two stations cooking at once is usually the safe limit here.

For help with any of these, see Cooking Game Tips. If you are just starting, Beginner Strategies covers levels 1 to 5 step by step.