Diary Maggie: Ice Cream Waffle
Sushi Oishi
Cooking Fever: Happy Chef
Papa's Freezeria
Pretty Box Bakery
Cooking Playtime: Chinese Food
(Twisted) Cooking Mama
Roxie's Kitchen: Japanese Curry
Hot Dog Bush
Restaurant Makeover
Tasty Shawarma
Grandma Recipe: Nigiri Sushi
Drinks
Papa’s Donuteria
MyCake
Papa's Cheeseria
Papa's Scooperia
Pizza Master
Papa's Cupcakeria
Toastellia
Bakery Chef's Shop
Papa's Pizzeria
Papa's Burgeria
Diary Maggie: Making Pancake
Little Cupcake Maker
U.F.O Shop
Make a Pizza
Papa's Pastaria
Birthday Cake for Mom
Roxie's Kitchen: Vietnamese Pho
Cook and Decorate
Cooking Madness
Cooking Street
Shirley Making A Pizza
Roxie's Kitchen: Egg Fried Rice
Sue's Cooking Game
Papa's PanCakeria
Papa's Wingeria
Papa's Hot Doggeria
Little Girl Birthday Cake
Ice Cream
Hotdog Shop
Dream Chefs
Roxie's Kitchen: Lasagna
Baby Princesses Playdate Joy
Magic Baking
Mushroom Soup Cooking
Baby Cathy Ep25: Cake Frenzy
Diy Dessert: Cooking Master
Pumpkin Muffins
Pizza Realife Cooking
Grandma Recipe: Ramen
Baby Cathy Ep16: Goes Sick
Roxie's Kitchen: Freakshake
Cooking Korean Lesson
Pancake Day
Didi Ice Cream
Travel Girls
Cute Pasta Maker
Yummy Hotdog
Roxie's Kitchen: Birthday Cake
Roxie's Kitchen: American Breakfast
The Smurfs Cooking
Puppy Cupcake
Cooking Fever
HK Cafe
Pizza Cafe
French Fry Frenzy
Roxie's Kitchen Valentine Date
Roxie's Kitchen: Tuesday Taco
Pizza Nizza
Family Restaurant
Cooking games started during the early days of browser games. One of the first cooking games on Y8 was an old barbeque (BBQ) game made as an advertisement game to promote a brand to players. This trend continued, one the first sponsored games I remember was called Better BBQ Challenge. another old yet addicting game was only known in english as chinese meat game. around the same time, the famous hot dog bush was released as a parody to then President George W. Bush. The game depicted the American president as a hot dog vendor on the streets. This game perfected the balance of fun cooking games and cemented this subgenre of games into the history books.
Since then, cooking games have grown to sometimes include actual recipes, semi realistic instructions that can be applied to real cooking, and of course simulated cooking. Games are a good entry point for young cooks who may want to cook meals in the future but maybe are too young to be working a hot dog stand. Even though you can’t eat a virtual hamburger, it is still very rewarding to learn new dishes or aspects to the cooking world like managing a business.