- Steam Trading Cards are here! - 25 September 2026
You can now earn Little Chef Trading cards when playing the game. You get a free card every 15 minutes with a maximum of 4 cards total. Earn more cards by creating booster packs or trading with friends. ːLittleChefRatːIn addition to that you can also find Profile Backgrounds and Emoticons in the Point Shop! ːLittleChefPointːWe hope you like these new items! If you have any ideas for more things we can add to the point shop, like animated backgrounds or avatars, feel free to let us know in a steam discussion, over on Discord or through the in-game feedback form ːLittleChefCakeː.New BundlesWe also bundled up with games from some of our friends that we think fit the Little Chef vibe!Some of these bundles might still take a bit to show up.
- Changelog v1.1 - 11 September 2026
FixesThe coioioin Achievement will now correctly be added to SteamFixed 4 spelling errors in the english texts. Thanks to everyone that reported these errors through our in-game feedback form! (We read every one of them, even though we can't answer directly)Fixed a jar in level 1.. for some reason one jar was there twice instead of all of them being uniquePrevented the settings button in the book from breaking itselfFixed the goulash and tomato cocktail recipe in the cook bookImprovementsImproved the visuals of the rat cursor and increased the size of the clickable area on the number lock in the secret level
- Hot Fix - 26 August 2026
Shredded cheese made... pizza? Sorry about that, it has been fixed now! Much love
- 1.0 Release - 26 August 2026
1.0 OUT NOWThank you all soooo much for your support during Early Access. We finally pressed the release button, after adding our final wave of content. Those who complete Level 1, 2 and 3 to 100% will find a little extra surprise content waiting for your!We are super happy, proud and relieved to have made it until here and couldn't have done it without such a loving community! So we truly want to say thank you to EVERYONE who supported us along the way in any shape or form.If you haven't yet, then we would highly appreciate it if you could leave a review on Steam as that is incredibly valuable for the games success. Thank you~What's next?Although we don't have any plans to create more content for Little Chef in the forms of DLC's or similar, we are still planning on adding one final layer of seasoning.We will be adding more language support soon, such as Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese…
- Changelog v5.4ea - 30 July 2026
New - Added a button to the book that will remove all "new" stars with one click - Added and improved the sounds of level 3 - Added a lot of new hints to the dishes in level 3 - More german translation has been added Fixes - Fixed a cursor interaction with the mugs in level 1 and spatula in level 2 - Fixed spelling errors in the dish descriptions.
- Changelog v5.3ea - 19 July 2026
New - Added a little animation to grandmas picture frame when clicking it. Fixes - Objects no longer 'phase' through the pot in level 3 - Fixed spelling errors in the dish descriptions.
- Changelog v5.2ea - 18 July 2026
Fixes - Mac users will no longer randomly lose their save files after updating the game! The only sad thing is that mac users will lose all their save files again one last time :( We are REALLY sorry that this even happened in the first place... (we added a button for you that will finish level 1 & 2 and hope that helps a little). - Fixed the issue where all the unlocked Magnets would disappear (Thank you @Lucy from our Discord for helping us solve this issue)!
- 1.0 is coming very soon! - 14 July 2026
Hello everyone!We are extremely excited (and slightly scared) to announce, that Little Chef: Cozy Cooking will leave Early Access on August 26th! On that day we will launch the 1.0 version of the game, which means that the game will be what we set out to make from the beginning. With the 1.0 version one final update will come, so there is one extra piece of secret content for all you Early Access players still in store!Will there be more content?We haven't planned too much new content or extra levels once the game is in 1.0. We will of course continue improving the game, by adding more languages, removing bugs if there are any, etc.But at this point we don't have any extra levels or DLC's planned, and are happy with the three 'acts' that our story and game walk through. We don't want to stretch out this concept too far and are happy to have created a game that can actually be finished i…
- Changelog v5.1ea - 14 July 2026
IMPORTANT - If you want to play level 3, you must first go to Level 2 and finish the to-do list. There is also a new recipe in Level 2! New - Added a hint to the fuse box - Added a note to the book - showing how to get to level 3 (this will only be there during early access) Adjustments - Improved a lot of recipes based on your feedback
- Level 3 Update - 12 July 2026
The Bistro is finally here!!!We wish you a lot of fun with all the new recipes, achievements and interactions.It is still early access, and a lot of audio especially is missing or has some placeholders. If you do find some weird bugs or have general feedback, please keep reporting it through the in-game form by pressing F2 in-game. We read and appreciate all the feedback we receive!With level 3, we are also getting close to the final version of Little Chef. Because of this, this will be the last big content update as we are moving ever closer to the full 1.0 launch that might just be waiting around the next corner!(The launch date for version 1.0 is coming very soon).Thank you for playing our game!Much love!!
- Changelog v4.1ea - 10 June 2026
New - After the completion of the piggy bank a happy post-it will now appear in its place - Sorting the books now has unique sound effects - Steam rich presence (friends on steam can now see in which level you are and how many recipes you have) Adjustments - Canned Coffee can also be made using a coin now - Clicking the piggy bank now has a different sound, the more coins are inside - Moved one poster in Level 0 a tiny bit so it has more space Changes - Dropping a coin now respawns it instead of losing it. - Changed the hints for Baked Potato, Paper Trash, Specialty Espresso, Canned Coffee, Chocolate Cake and Cupcake
- My Room Update (Version 4.0ea) - 7 June 2026
New- Level 2 has now a piggy bank. Saving up 20 coins unlocks the paint brush for Level 0 - Players can now customize Level 0, by changing wallpapers, wood types and poster frames - Changed posters and other customizations are now saved - Books can be sorted and rearranged which leads to a new achievement - Level 1 and Level 2 both have their own "100% complete" achievement, which also shows up in Level 0 once unlocked - A new achievement can be unlocked in the Main Menu, referencing another great indie game with a similar cursor to ours - Added 2 folders to Level 0 which allow you to see all dishes in one place - Added a new good dish in Level 1 - The new discord implementation will show other people on discord how far you've come and which level you are currently in - New easter egg when looking at the Void Bagel for too long - New and improved sound effects for several interactions A…
- Changelog v3.1ea - 27 April 2026
Sorry for all the Mac users. Our last update only came out for windows at first due to some poor planning on our end. We will make sure that all future updates always release at the same time! Adjustments - The order papers now have a spawning animation and sound - Fixed spelling errors and improved german and chinese localisation - Prevent the espresso mug from spilling while it is already in the oven - Made it much easier to drag espresso into the oven without spilling it - Improved the audio on the espresso machine - Changed the cups and balls illustration to a coin instead of a ball Fixes - The oven no longer breaks when cooking Strawberries + Berry Tea + Strawberry Cake - You can now draw with all chalks on the chalk board - Fixed some incorrect recipe icons
- Café Update (Version 3.0ea) - 23 April 2026
NewAdded a Hint-System!!The big boss of the café bought a brand new espresso machineAdded 18 brand new recipes to the caféAdded a rolling pin to more visualize the fact that it's dough :DAdded three new shelfs in the caféThe painted mug now appears in Alex' shelfThe big boss left a stack of documents in his shelf - thanks to our discord for the many great suggestions for what to put onto the documents!Orders will come in from time to time - completing them will earn you tipsNew Todo: complete 8 ordersAlex brought their radio to work (More music coming to the radio in another update)Added 25 new phone numbers - partly created by discord members (22, 42, 67, 666, 1003, 1128, 1337, 1800, 1850, 1901, 1939, 2904, 3397, 3593, 4705, 7933, 9001, 09100, 15010, 32168, 51184, 86435, 727225, 909080, 950455)AdjustmentsAdjusted and improved a lot of different dishes based on your feedbackAdded the vo…
- Changelog v2.9ea - 19 March 2026
Adjustments - Removed one of the 2 chocolate spreads as they were confusing - Allow more options for Tiramisu based on feedback by all of you (Cake + Coffee + Dough or Milk) - Bread + Cheese + Tomato Sauce now also makes a Savory Sandwich - Bread + Basil no longer makes a Savory Sandwich - Put a delay on the "I smell cheese" achievement - Adjusted the size of the language buttons in the settings menu Fixed - Fixed the blue letter appearing every time when coming back to level 1 - Fixed an issue with the team photo breaking too early - Prevent that the void bagel can be interacted with through the safe door & stop the audio on door close mid-animation - Fixed the tags, showing that they are active once the book is closed, and disable the level 3 tag
- Changelog v2.8ea - 19 March 2026
Improvements - Chalk in Level 2 now actually plays a drawing sound while drawing on the blackboard - Post-It's now play a sticking sound when being stuck onto the wall and play a sound when dropping from the wall after time - improved the way levels unlock which might've fixed the blue letter reappearing (we are still on the lookout for this bug) Fixed - Fixed spelling errors on some dishes - Fixed localization of the V-SYNC text Known Issues - For some players, the letter that unlocks level 2 reappears when going back into level 1. We understand this is frustrating and are working on a fix! (This might be fixed, but we are still investigating it. Please report it if you encounter it: F2).
- Changelog v2.5ea - v2.7ea - 17 March 2026
Here are all changes from the versions 2.5ea, 2.6ea and 2.7ea combined. Also thank you everyone for using the bug & Feedback form in-game (F2)! It truly helps us out a lot to fixing these bugs. We read every single message we get. Adjustments - the secret bagel dish is no longer needed to get the Master of Disaster Achievement as this lead to confusion and wasn't clearly enough communicated Fixes - fixed the spelling on void bagel and add missing localization to it - We FINALLY fixed a huge bug that broke the entire game. The cooking sound didn't stop and the pot wouldn't clear dishes. This happened when the pencil wrote on top of a letter in the main menu. Super difficult to find but thank you everyone for the bug reports! - Fixed a case where you could draw and right click to put the pencil back at the same time, which allowed you to continue drawing with your cursor. - Set an default…
- Early Access is here! - 16 March 2026
Big big announcement for all our little Little Chefs!Our game is out NOW on early access!Not only does the game cost less during Early Access but we are also running a 10% discount for the first 2 weeks.You will be able to play the student level, the cafe level and unlock over 170 dishes and discover many hidden secrets!After this release we will be working on the final level and adding more sound design, music, more languages and a bunch more polish.We are roughly planning the early access period to last 6 months with content updates coming every other week!Thank you so much for everyone's support, especially our discord community!Thank you and have a lovely day or evening,Your Little Chef Team
- Changelog v2.4ea - 16 March 2026
Adjustments - Removed the Ice Tea since it was too confusing to make Fixes - Prevent the security card from being enabled before making the dish. - Fixed a visual bug on the safe. - Fixed the reload button in the settings menu from breaking the game. - Prevent the -secret bagel- sound to play if the safe door is closed during the animation (it still plays through the closed door but stops when leaving the safe). Known Issues - For some players, the letter that unlocks level 2 reappears when going back into level 1 - The cooking sound doesn't stop and prevents further cooking. We are hard at trying to fix this asap!! - If the coffee maker is used in a very specific moment the sound doesn't stop
- Release Date Announced - 27 February 2026
Finally!We are super excited to announce that Little Chef: Cozy Cooking will finally be available in an Early Access state to everyone on Steam!Why Early Access?We are a fully self-funded indie team. In order to allow us to pay for localization, music, and continue to fund the last steps of development we decided to opt for Early Access. This way, everyone gets to enjoy the game much earlier at a discounted price while we already secure some funding that will allow us to make Little Chef: Cozy Cooking the game that it deserves to be.We appreciate all of your support, hope you enjoyed our Demo so far and are just as excited (and nervous) as us for the release! Make sure to mark March 16th in your calendar!DiscordAnd if you need more Little Chef: Cozy Cooking in your life before then, you can join our cozy and friendly community on Discord. Everyone is welcome!Much love,julien & erika
