Key & Compass presents:
You Are A Chef!
by Dan Shiovitz

You Are A Chef! is a TADS 2 interactive fiction game and is © 2000 by Dan Shiovitz. It was an entry in the Speed-IF 8 event. It was also a finalist at the 2000 XYZZY Awards in the Best Writing category.

HELLO CHEF!!!!!1 You must make FOOD! You have a list! First to food wins!

This solution is by David Welbourn.

Walkthrough
Extras
- Characters, Inventory
Thank You to my Patreon supporters
External links:
- This game at IFDB, IFWiki, and ifwizz.
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Walkthrough

Outside SHOP

Oh, I dunno if I can do this game justice; you have to play to believe it. (This game obviously inspired a small part of Emily Short's "Savoir-Faire", plus the 2002 April Fool's prank on the ifMud.)

> i. x list. x shop. x pot. z. (repeat waiting about 10 turns, until the sky stops raining things.)

The various items will be randomly scattered between the game's three locations. Don't bother examining any of them. However, you can't pick them up in any order you like; some items require you to hold other items first, eg: you need the banana before you can take the monkey. If you don't want to be bothered figuring out the relationships, just do TAKE ALL at each location and then again, until you've got all the items.

Or, visit the three locations and pick them up in this order: potato, corn (for) banana (for) monkey, tongs (for) octopus, pepper (for) cabbage, magnet (for) paperclips, tomato.

Then return to "Outside SHOP":

> put potato in pot. put monkey in pot. put octopus in pot.

> put cabbage in pot. put paperclips in pot. put tomato in pot.

> z. (repeat waiting and wandering until a safe falls on a clown.)

> look. take mystery. put it in pot.

*** Congratuations Chef!!! ***

Extras

Characters

A funny clown may run into or out of the room. A safe will fall on the clown.

Inventory

a list. You're carrying it. Read it.
Several ingredients are dropped into any of the three game locations at random:

a an apple. You don't need it.
a banana. You cannot take the banana without the corn. You need the banana to be able to take the monkey.
a loaf of bread. You don't need it.
a cabbage. You cannot take the cabbage without the pepper. Put the cabbage in the pot fourth.
a chocolate. You don't need it.
a corn. Take it. You need the corn to be able to take the banana.
a fork. Take it. You need the fork to be able to take the salmon.
a magnet. Take it. You need the magnet to be able to take the paperclips.
a monkey. You cannot take the monkey without the banana. You need the monkey to be able to take the Blair Witch. Put the monkey in the pot second.
a giant octopus. You cannot take the octopus without the tongs. Put the octopus in the pot third.
a paperclips. You cannot take the paperclips without the magnet. Put the paperclips in the pot fifth.
a pepper. Take it. You need the pepper to be able to take the cabbage and yogurt.
a potato. Take it. Put it in the pot first.
a salmon. You cannot take the salmon without the fork.
a lost sock. You don't need it.
a bruised tomato. Take it. Put the tomato in the pot sixth.
a tongs. Take it. You need the tongs to be able to take the octopus.
the Blair Witch. You cannot take Blair Witch without the monkey.
a yogurt. You cannot take the yogurt without the pepper.

a MYSTERY INGREDIENT. Found in the safe that falls on the clown. Take it and put it into the pot.

Thank You to my Patreon supporters

This walkthrough is provided free of charge since I wrote this walkthrough prior to January 2015 when I began my Patreon account, and also because the work it's based on has less than fifteen locations (so I wouldn't have charged for it anyway). I've since reformatted this walkthrough to use my currently preferred style. I hope you enjoy it!