Co-op cooking game tips for three stars

Before the match

• Check the menu and star targets in the map picker: know which dishes need the grill, which need a plate and which are sides.
• Pick a map your team can three-star rather than the hardest one — your ranking score keeps only your record on each map.
• Turn voice chat on. One "I’ve got plates" saves ten runs to the wrong place.

The first ten seconds: claim stations

• One owner per station — two people at one pan is two people doing one job
• Always keep one person on plates and the sink, even in a team of two
• On maps with tables, the plates person also clears dirty plates off the tables
• Whoever is free first handles sides and drinks

While cooking

• Start the slowest step first: let anything grilling or frying cook while you chop the rest.
• Watch the countdown bar once food on the stove is done — past it, the food burns, and burnt food only goes in the bin.
• For ingredients that only chop while you stand at the board, do not wander off halfway: progress pauses until you come back.
• Have to leave mid-cook? Pick the ingredient up or set it on a counter — the cook timer pauses and resumes when it is back on the right station.
• Stuck? Look for the green circle: it always points at the next step for the most urgent dish.

Serving customers

• Serve the customers whose patience pie is nearly empty first — every lost order costs team points and breaks the combo.
• Serving early earns a speed bonus, so a dish served fast is worth more than one served at the last second.
• For two-dish customers, serve whichever is ready first — it scores right away, but the combo only rises once both are in.
• Never carry a dirty plate to a customer. One dirty-plate serve costs exactly as much as letting the customer walk out.
• Glance at the ticket before running to the counter: a wrong dish is not penalised, but it costs the same time.

Every customer and order rule →

After the match

• Read the contribution board: if one person carried everything, re-split stations next time.
• Look at "Dishes lost": whether you lost orders to patience or to dirty plates tells you what to fix.
• Replay the map with your lowest record — that is where your ranking score grows the most.
• Keep the same crew if you want the group leaderboard; swapping one person makes a new group.