The Cook

Cooking Recipes (in German only so far):

The Cook's Guild

How to earn reputation with the Cook's Guild

The Cook's Guild can be found in Michel Delving, right across from the Great Oven, as befits. You can visit any Crafting Guild Trainer to join. They are usually near the Master or Mistress of Apprentices, and there is one right there in the center of the crafting area of Michel Delving. Once enlisted, you can enter the Guild Hall and buy special recipes for items that increase guild reputation. These are available from expert level on. Ingredients can be found in the cooking recipes tables (s. links above).

This is how the reputation recipes are sorted:

Tier	Recipe	Interval	Reputation Points
Expert	Small Expert Repast	24 hours	400
Expert	Medium Expert Repast	3 days	1200
Artisan	Small Artisan Repast	24 hours	500
Artisan	Medium Artisan Repast	3 days	1500
Master	Small Master Repast	24 hours	600
	Medium Master Repast	3 days	2000
	Large Master Repast	7 days	4000
Supreme Master	Small Supreme Repast	24 hours	700
	Medium Supreme Repast	3 days	2500
	Large Supreme Repast	7 days	5000

It takes 85,000 reputation points to go from neutral to kindred status. That means it is possible to reach maximal guild reputation in 15 days. But: Expert / Artisan Medium Repasts as well as Master / Supreme Large Repasts are also used in special recipes that can be bought from the Guild vendors. They allow you to cook 25 meals at a time, with critical success guaranteed. More AND better food. What else could a hobbit wish for?

Therefore, I suggest you keep your Large Meals and use them for those special recipes. It will take you only 4 days longer to maximise your reputation and get you lots and lots to eat!

Intervals

As you can see in the table above, guild reputation repasts have cooldowns. Assuming you cook every meal as early as you can, a full circle will last 21 days. On day 22 you can restart cooking all meals at once, as on day 1 (see table on the right →).

So, 21 days is a sensible time unit for a cooking list. Get the following ingredients and cook them beforehand to be able to cook all repasts for 21 days as soon as the cooldown is ready. No fiddling around with ingredients each day (s. table below ↓).

Do cook the smaller repasts, even if you don't need them - they can be bartered in the Guild Hall for larger ones.

Day	Small Repasts	Medium Repasts	Large Repasts
1	x	x	x
2	x
3	x
4	x	x
5	x
6	x
7	x	x
8	x		x
9	x
10	x	x
11	x
12	x
13	x	x
14	x
15	x		x
16	x	x
17	x
18	x
19	x	x
20	x
21	x

21 Days Shopping List

There is a small dropdown menu in the top right corner of the vendor's window where you can check "ingredients only". Makes shopping so much easier.

Plant / buy from a farmer:	pc	Buy from the vendor:	pc	Make (1):	pc	Make (2):	pc
Shire Apples	28	Bags of Fine Herbs	42			Apple Pie Fillings	14
Bundles of Spring Barley	120	Bottles of Water	35	Cups of Spring Barley Flour	60	Blackberry Pie Filling	9
Bundle of Winter Barley	232	Bottles of Vinegar	9	Cups of Winter Barley Flour	116	Jars of Blackberry Jam	7
Bundle of Mint Leaves	18	Large Milchflaschen	10			Jars of Mint Sauce	9
Green Onions	56	Chicken Eggs	37			Spices Potatoes	6
Bunches of Blackberries	74	Lamb Kidneys	21			Marinated Chicken Cutlets	21
Bunches of Strawberries	21	Scoops of Lard	21			Pie Crusts	30
Taters	26	Pinches of Shire Seasoning	6			Bowls of Mashed Royal Taters	21
Royal Taters	42	Pinches of Mixed Spices	22			Bowls of Hearty Stock	21
Heads of Cauliflower	42	Pinches of Mixed Herbs	48			Cuts of Marinated Beef	14
Onions	35	Pinches of Cinnamon	14			Cups of Tasty Frosting	37
		Stalks of Rhubarb	7			Balls of Dough	7
		Uncooked Chickens	21
		Bags of Salt	56
		Pork Shanks	6
		Lumps of Butter	14
		Cuts of Beef	56
		Cups of Fresh Cream	56
		Drops of Fine Clover Honey	21

Day	Small Repasts	Medium Repasts	Large Repasts
1	x	x	x
2	x
3	x
4	x	x
5	x
6	x
7	x	x
8	x		x
9	x
10	x	x
11	x
12	x
13	x	x
14	x
15	x		x
16	x	x
17	x
18	x
19	x	x
20	x
21	x

Day	Small Repasts	Medium Repasts	Large Repasts
1	x	x	x
2	x
3	x
4	x	x
5	x
6	x
7	x	x
8	x		x
9	x
10	x	x
11	x
12	x
13	x	x
14	x
15	x		x
16	x	x
17	x
18	x
19	x	x
20	x
21	x

Day	Small Repasts	Medium Repasts	Large Repasts
1	x	x	x
2	x
3	x
4	x	x
5	x
6	x
7	x	x
8	x		x
9	x
10	x	x
11	x
12	x
13	x	x
14	x
15	x		x
16	x	x
17	x
18	x
19	x	x
20	x
21	x