Cute Taco Maker
Clara's Chocolate Pizza
Papa's Burgeria
Roxie's Kitchen: Japanese Curry
Diary Maggie: Making Pancake
Roxie's Kitchen: Korean Tacos
Papa’s Donuteria
Papa's PanCakeria
Ayla Cook: Thanksgiving
Diary Maggie: Ice Cream Waffle
Christmas Afternoon Tea
My Ice Cream Factory
Hot Dog Bush
Roxie's Kitchen: Freakshake
How to Cook a Turkey
How to Make Christmas Cake
Cooking
Cook and Decorate
Baby Cathy Ep11: Cooking for Mom
Chinese Popcycle
Papa's Pastaria
(Twisted) Cooking Mama
Moms Recipes Candy Cake
Moms Recipes Broccoli Salad
Pizza Nizza
Papa's Scooperia
Homemade Pastry Making
HK Cafe
Moms Recipes Blueberry Muffins
Roxie's Kitchen Homemade Naan
Cute Pasta Maker
Cook a Delicious Carrot Cake
We Bare Bears : French Fry Frenzy
Better BBQ Challenge
Roxie's Kitchen: Spring Roll
Mushroom Soup Cooking
Cooking Empire
Cooking Frenzy
Cooking Show: Fish n Chips
Cooking Show: Tuna and Spaghetti
Bake Baguette
Barbecue Chicken Sandwich
Capybara Mukbang ASMR
Cooking Show: Cheese Omelette
Cooking Show: Deviled Egg
Baby Cathy Ep16: Goes Sick
Baby Cathy Ep23: Summer Camp
Meal Masters 2
Sugar Cookies
Cooking Show: Chicken Noodle Soup
One Cup of Cocoa
Meal Masters 3
Cooking Show: Chicken Fried Rice
Cooking Show - Russian Salad
Cooking Turkey
New York Thin Crust
Tropical Fruit Salad
Cooking Show: Carrot Lentil Soup
Ice Cream Sandwich Cake
Roxie's Kitchen: Cute Macaron
Dinner Party
U.F.O Shop
Grandma Recipe: Nigiri Sushi
Pizza Making
Tasty Shawarma
Salad Day
Roxie's Kitchen: French Bread Pizza
Roxie's Kitchen: Ramen Carbonara
Max Mixed Cuisine
Cute Twin Care
Dream Chefs
BFF Special Day Meal
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.