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In the game Cooking Academy you’ll be able to test out your culinary skills in the kitchens of a prestigious culinary school. You have the chance to prepare eggrolls, gyoza, pancakes, crème brulee and many more. Cooking Academy lets you prepare over 50 different recipes!
I decided to try out the game. As a chef in training you will have a Top Chef that guides you through each delicious recipe that you prepare. Each cooking session begins with the Top Chef supplying interesting trivia about the food you are preparing. There are five categories for you to test your culinary skills; Appetizers, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Dessert. Advancing to the next category, which unlocks additional recipes, is done by passing your cooking courses and exams. If you do exceptionally well, the head chef will award you bonus points. I received bonus points for each recipe I prepared. If you receive exceptionally high marks on each task within a particular recipe, you have the chance to move to the head of the class with an A+.
Keeping track of your progress is easy simply select the appropriate category to view the score for each recipe that you’ve prepared. I was awarded a bronze trophy after preparing several recipes. Unlike the television series Top Chef, if you screw up your culinary masterpiece the Top Chef will let you recreate the recipe until you pass.
Cooking Academy was developed by Fungazo and can be purchased for $19.95 USD by logging onto the Macgamestore. You will need to be running Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later. You have the option to try before you buy thanks to the free 60 minute trial Universal Binary demo version of the game.
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