NEW GAME MODE UPDATE | BUSINESS RIVALS
Hello Chefs!
As we've pointed before, we're here with a new update in Cooking Fest, bringing a new game mode and many fixes/improvements along the way.
Before we get into today’s update, we’ve got some big news!
As part of Cooking Fest, Kebab Chefs is now 50% OFF, marking the biggest discount in the game’s history!
If you’ve been waiting to jump into the kitchen, now might be the perfect time.
But there’s another reason to gather your friends...
NEW CO-OP MODE | BUSINESS RIVALS
Until now, multiplayer in Kebab Chefs has mostly been about working together, sharing the same restaurant and beating gourmets.
This new mode changes that completely.
Instead of running one restaurant together, each player now can manage their own restaurant within the same neighborhood.
Build your business, serve your customers, improve your restaurant and try to outperform everyone else around you.
Your friends are no longer your coworkers.
They’re your competition.
SABOTAGE IS COMPLETELY FAIR GAME
In this mode, sabotaging your rivals is completely legit!
You’ll even be able to purchase special items designed specifically to cause trouble for competing restaurants.
See your friend having a suspiciously successful day?
Might be time to do something about that.
SANDBOX OR COMPETITION
The new mode can be played in two different ways depending on your gameplay style.
You can play it as a Sandbox Mode, where everyone runs their own restaurant in the same neighborhood for as long as they want, or turn it into a proper competition with a set number of days.
In Competitive Mode, once the final day is over, the best performing restaurant is crowned the winner!
BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS
OPTIMIZATION
- Exit times for large save files, which could previously take several minutes, have been reduced to just a few seconds.
- Up to 30% higher FPS via improvements related to customer pathfinding, item handling, and memory usage.
- Boss loading times have also been significantly reduced.
- Major optimizations have been made to the item system. Save files containing a very large number of items should now run at noticeably higher FPS.
GENERAL FIXES
- Fixed an issue where the sink could remain running after firing a waiter who was washing dishes.
- Fixed an issue where the ingredient list could overflow the UI when an item contained too many ingredients.
- Fixed an issue where the sponge could disappear when multiple players were washing dishes at different sinks at the same time.
- Fixed an issue where fish materials could become corrupted when trying to cook them before properly cutting them.
- Fixed various bugs related to soups and cooking pots.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Fixed the Festival Shop achievement. Players who already own the required festival items but did not receive the achievement can now unlock it by opening the Festival Shop during a festival day.
- Fixed the Soup achievement.
- Fixed the Dessert achievement.
GRAPHICS SETTINGS
- Fixed issues related to graphics settings.
- Graphics quality levels can now be changed properly without issues.
UI
- Improved the money earning visual effect.
- Added UI sound effects to the main menu.
- Fixed an issue where the Invite button in multiplayer rooms could sometimes become unresponsive.
RECIPES
Fixed incorrect recipe descriptions for the following recipes:
- Banana Cake
- Carrot Cake
- Chocolate Cake
- Raspberry Cake
- Strawberry Cake
- Focaccia
- Pierogi
- Ravioli
- Lemon Garlic Skewers
- Meat Lover's Pizza
- Pepperoni Pizza
- BBQ Pizza
- Pepperoni Burger
- Boss Dish 3
- Nigiri
- Kappa Maki
- Coffee Latte
- Donuts
- Croissants
- Heart Cookie
- Surf & Turf
That's it for this update. Hope to see you soon with new updates and DLCs!
Also you can check our other titles we're publishing:
Have fun!
BG Team
This announcement was originally published by Biotech Gameworks on Steam on Oct 12, 2026.
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