One more clarification please. Looking at the Culinary career:
Level 6 needs level 5 mixology and 5 friends
Level 7 needs level 5 mixology and 2 friends
Are these backwards perhaps? I haven't got a sim up to this level of mixology yet so can't clarify myself (only had the game since it went on Christmas special).
I found your site when researching game play for Sims 3. Resisted the game for all of Sims 2, now freely admit to being an addict. The free play of Sims 4 can be very frustrating, though. Some of them take forever to eat, even if not distracted by people talking to them!
I actually love creating a garden, and find it annoying that it doesn't help any career at all (can add lots of $$, but takes up lots of time when trying to max out careers).
Cheers!