Tales Of Symphonia Remastered: Complete Guide To Cooking

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- Cooking Overview
- All Recipes
- Cooking Titles
Cooking, like most JRPGs, is a crucial aspect of Tales of Symphonia Remastered, allowing you to recover health, boost your Attack or Defense, and even cure Status Effects, making it essential to seek out Recipes and Ingredients to master every meal in the game to give you a huge helping hand in combat.
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You can prepare Meals during the post-battle screen or via the "Cooking" option in the menus. Furthermore, every party member has different tastes and skills when it comes to Cooking, allowing them to add additional ingredients to a Recipe to give it an extra kick, making it better overall or, sometimes, much worse.
Cooking Overview
As covered above, Cooking is an essential part of Tales of Symphonia Remastered, with some members of your party being excellent chefs. In contrast, others need lots of work to make even the most basic Recipes taste good for the rest of your party. Before we get into the Recipes, let's go over who the best and worst cooks are in the game!
- Genis (Best)
- Regal
- Sheena
- Kratos
- Colette
- Lloyd
- Zelos
- Presea
- Raine (Worst)
Despite the story pushing Regal as being the group's best chef, Genis is actually the best overall and by a considerable margin. Additionally, your party members are also a bit picky regarding what they want and don't want in their food, slightly impacting their Affection toward Lloyd. We covered all this and more in our Affection Guide, which you can find here, but the table below will give you a brief rundown of what everyone prefers in their dishes!
Food Likes And Dislikes
Character
Likes +1
Dislikes -1
Colette
Fruit (All)
Bell Peppers
Genis
Milk
Carrots
Raine
Lemon
Mushrooms
Sheena
Rice
Not picky (never loses Affection)
Zelos
Melon, Snapper, and Tuna
Octopus
Presea
Indiferent (never gains or loses Affection)
Regal
Tofu
Cucumber and Melon
Kratos
Tuna
Tomato
They will either lose or gain one Affection Point per meal. This means that if Regal were to eat something with Cucumber and Melon in it, he would only lose one point rather than two. Additionally, if he were to consume something with Tofu and Cucumber, they would cancel each other out, having no points gained or lost.
All Recipes
There are 24 Recipes in Tales of Symphonia Remastered, with the vast majority of them coming from the Wonder Chef sub-questline in the game. You can find out what each Recipe does, how to get them, and the Ingredients required to make them in the table below!
Recipe Effects And Unlock Guide
Recipe
Description
How To Unlock
Sandwiches
Replenishes a slight amount of HP.
Default Recipe.
Cabbage Rolls
Restores TP slightly.
Find the Wonder Chef in Triet.
Rice Ball
Slightly restores HP and TP.
Find the Wonder Chef in Izoold.
Omelet
Cures the effects of Poison.
Find the Wonder Chef in Palmacosta.
Meat Stew
Replenishes a slight amount of HP and raises Attack.
Find the Wonder Chef in Asgard.
Risotto
Replenishes a slight amount of HP.
Find the Wonder Chef in Hima.
Seafood Stew
Restores TP slightly and raises Defense.
Find the Wonder Chef in Luin.
Steak
Cures the effects of Paralysis.
Find the Wonder Chef in Meltokio.
Fruit Cocktail
Restores TP slightly.
Find the Wonder Chef in Meltokio.
Fried Rice
Slightly restores HP and TP.
Find the Wonder Chef in Sybak.
Ramen
Replenishes a considerable amount of HP.
Find the Wonder Chef in Mizuho.
Tenderloin
Restores TP considerably.
Find the Wonder Chef in Ozette.
Gratin
Slightly restores HP and TP.
Find the Wonder Chef in Ozette.
Curry
Considerably restores HP and TP.
Speak to Tabatha at Altessa's House.
After Presea rejoins your party.
Quiche
Cures the effects of Curse.
Find the Wonder Chef in Flanoir.
Miso Stew
Significantly restores HP and TP.
Find the Wonder Chef in Dirk's House.
Spaghetti
Replenishes a significant amount of HP.
Find the Wonder Chef in Altamira.
Shortcake
Restores TP significantly.
Find the Wonder Chef in Exire.
Cream Stew
Cures all Status Effects.
Find the Wonder Chef in Heimdall.
Pescatore
Slighty restores HP and TP. Raises Magic Attack.
Find the Wonder Chef in Latheon Gorge.
Pork Cutlets
Replenishes a significant amount of HP
Talk to the Chef in the House of Guidance.
Potato Salad
Restores TP significantly.
Talk to the Chef in the House of Guidance.
Paella
Raises all Stats for a short period.
Talk to the Chef in Asgard.
Beef Stew
Cures all Status Effects.
Defeat the Dark Chef in a Cookoff.
Recipe Ingredients
Recipe
Ingredients
Additional Ingredients
Sandwiches
- Bread
- Beef
- Cucumber
- Greens
- Lemon
Cabbage Rolls
- Cabbage
- Pork
- Mushroom
- Onion
Rice Ball
- Rice
- Beef
- Seaweed
Omelet
- Egg
- Rice
- Beef
- Chicken
- Onion
Meat Stew
- Kelp
- Meat
- Carrot
- Radish
- Tofu
Risotto
- Cheese
- Rice
- Milk
- Mushroom
- Onion
Seafood Stew
- Fish
- Kelp
- Radish
- Tofu
Steak
- Meat
- Onion
- Carrot
- Cheese
- Lemon
- Rice
Fruit Cocktail
- All Fruits
- All Fruits
Fried Rice
- Egg
- Rice
- Beef
- Bell Pepper
- Carrot
Ramen
- Black Satay
- Panyan
- Seaweed
- Beef
- Pineapple
Tenderloin
- Meat
- Onion
- Tomato
- N/A
Gratin
- Cheese
- Milk
- Pasta
- Beef
Curry
- Onion
- Red Satay
- Rice
- Beef Potato
Quiche
- Kelp
- Meat
- Carrot
- Radish
- Tofu
Miso Stew
- Egg
- Kelp
- Miso
- Beef
Spaghetti
- Noodles
- Onion
- Tomato
- N/A
Shortcake
- All Fruits
- Egg
- Milk
- N/A
Cream Stew
- Carrot
- Milk
- Onion
- Beef
- Potato
Pescatore
- Fish
- Pasta
- Tomato
- N/A
Pork Cutlets
- Bread
- Egg
- Pork
- Greens
- Purple Satay
- Rice
Potato Salad
- All Vegetables
- Potato
- Purple Satay
- Carrot
- Cucumber
- Onion
Paella
- Fish
- Purple Satay
- Rice
- Fish
- Onion
Beef Stew
- All Meats
- Purple Satay
- Tomato
- Carrot
- Onion
Cooking Titles
Lastly, you can earn Titles for every party member via Cooking in Tales of Symphonia Remastered. To do this, you must Master every Recipe in the game, which simply means preparing each Recipe several times until the game notifies you that that character has Mastered it. Every character will be different in terms of how many stars they can earn per dish, but it will take a significant amount of time to Master every Recipe with every character.
Nonetheless, the table below will provide all the information necessary for every Cooking-based Title in the game. One last thing of note is that Regal has an additional Cooking Title, which requires him to defeat the Dark Chef in a Beef Stew Cookoff, the finale of the Wonder Chef questline. You can learn more about that here!
All Cooking Titles
Character
Title
How To Get
Lloyd
Gourmet King
Master all Recipes and return to the Wonder Chef in the Altamira Hotel.
Colette
Charismatic Chef
Return to the Wonder Chef at the Altamira Hotel after Mastering all Recipes.
Genis
Little Chef
Go to the Altamira Hotel and speak to the Wonder Chef after Mastering all Recipes.
Raine
Passable Chef?
Have all Recipes Mastered and talk to the Wonder Chef at the Altamira Hotel.
Sheena
Master Cook
Talk to the Wonder Chef in the Altamira Hotel when you Master all Recipes.
Zelos
Gourmet Prince
With all Recipes Mastered, go to the Altamira Hotel and speak to the Wonder Chef.
Presea
Master Chef
Head to the Altamira Hotel after Mastering all Recipes and talk to the Wonder Chef.
Regal
True Chef
After Mastering all Recipes, go to the Altamira Hotel and speak with the Wonder Chef.
God of the Kitchen
Clear the Wonder Chef questline and defeat the Dark Chef in a Cookoff.
Kratos
Gourmet Master
Travel to the Altamira Hotel and speak to the Wonder Chef after Mastering all Recipes.
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