Authentic Tea House
Dinner Party
Hearty Chocolate Cake
Papa’s Donuteria
Falafel Master
Cooking Marina
Cooking Tasty: Restaurant Game
Papa's Cheeseria
HK Cafe
Restaurant Makeover
Papa's Freezeria
Roxie's Kitchen: Tuesday Taco
Princess Halloween Turkey Biriyani
Pinkys Pancakes
Baby Cathy Ep6: Choco Days
(Twisted) Cooking Mama
Sue Potato
Roxie's Kitchen: Cromboloni
Pancake Cake Treat
Roxie's Kitchen Valentine Date
Roxie's Kitchen: Apple Pie
Baking Cooking Fun
Zombie Burger
Baby Cathy Ep15: Making Hotdog
Baby Hazel in Kitchen
Decor my Cupcakes
Kebab Maker
Roxie's Kitchen: Fun Churros
Roxie's Kitchen: Cute Macaron
Cooking Street
Roxie's Kitchen: Freakshake
Princess Unicorn Ways
Pizza Master
Ice Cream Donut
Chicken Casserole
Yummy Hotdog
Rapid Cooking
Sushi Oishi
Fluffy Pancake Maker
Candy Floss Maker
Kebab World
New York Thin Crust
Grandma Recipe: Nigiri Sushi
Cute Twin Care
Blonde Sofia: Fruity Bingsu
Cooking Rage
Churros Ice Cream 2
Dream Chefs
Barbecue Chicken Sandwich
Baby Mary Goes Shopping
Papa's Pizzeria
Burger Restaurant
Max Mixed Cuisine
Baby Cathy Ep 2: 1st Christmas
Roxie's Kitchen: American Breakfast
Hot Dog Bush
Papa's Burgeria
Papa's Scooperia
Cook and Decorate
Roxie's Kitchen: Egg Fried Rice
How to Bake Blueberry Muffin
Roxie's Kitchen: Sushi Pizza
Roxie's Kitchen: Spring Roll
Blonde Sofia: Tteokbokki Fever
Halloween Spooky Pancakes
Cute Pasta Maker
Roxie's Kitchen Pizzeria
Roxie's Kitchen: Christmas Cake
Roxie's Kitchen: Mini Tart
Homemade Ice Cream Cooking
Cute Taco Maker
Mia Christmas Gingerbread House
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.