How do you make perfect food?

[veralidaine]

I want to complete the challenge to make every dish perfectly but I don't know how to create perfect dishes.  A while back I completed the chef career and got this neat fridge and soon after all the food I made was turning out perfectly.  However I moved and couldn't figure out how to take it with me.  I started the chef career again but I haven't gotten another fridge.  Do I even need the fridge though?  I'm just guessing.  How exactly do I make perfect food?

[Sportsfan]

It helps to have perfect quality ingredients. Try having a fisherman and a gardener. Have them obtain high quality produce and have the chef cook with it.

[veralidaine]

I see.  So other than that its just a luck thing?  That stinks.  Oh well.  My cook has gardening and fishing maxed too so it shouldn't be so awful.  I was hoping there was another way.  Thank you!

[TheChronicR]

Try checking out the last pages of the My Garden of Eatin' Smells Fishy challenge thread. People shared a great amount of information on this there assuming one of the scoring components was how many perfect dishes one could cook.

[veralidaine]

Where is that thread located?

[TheChronicR]

Where is that thread located?

Here it is:

http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=2724.0

[veralidaine]

Thank you!

[Pam]

Keep in mind, though, that the Garden of Eatin' challenge was based on the PC version of the game and this is posted on the Console board.  There may be a difference in the solution because it's two different platforms.

[TheChronicR]

Yes Pam is correct, didn't notice this was on the Console board sorry.

[veralidaine]

No worries, I noticed.  Thanks again!

[mjross316]

The ingredients do play a role. Try to get the highest rated ones. Also it helps to have a high skill level in cooking. There is also a stove you can purchase "tri forge stove" that helps you learn the cooking skill faster

[glacier777]

I have cooked all bar 1 meals perfectly, it dit it by:
getting my sim to level 10 cooking and comeplting culinary career - getting best fridge
my sim has the natural cook trait
another sim is a garder - harvesting perfect ingreidents
also i have the most expensive appliances and they are all upgraded by my handy sim

[ElagantFrost]

On Sims 3 I did it with a Sim who maxed out, or almost maxed out their cooking skill. I just used the normal fridge ingredients (using a fridge I got after an opportunity or something at work) I was at the top promotion at work though. My person had the Natural Cook trait, and one of the best stoves/counter/appliances to use too. I never grew my crops, or bothered maxing or really raising those skills at all. Every meal I had prepared no matter what was perfect.