Talk:Head Chef/@comment-35924610-20180717142929/@comment-45.56.46.26-20180718045854

Level 1 is edible cooking (can prevent debuffs from starving, but has no buffs and maybe a minor temporary debuff that is merely less bad and permanent than starving). Level 2 is tasty enough to eat even when you aren't starving (prevents minor debuff from mere hunger, no debuffs, maybe a minor buff to resting recovery rate). Level 3 is delicious (grants minor mental buffs, protects against some negative status effects other than hunger/starvation).

Level 4-5 gets you into ridiculous reaction territory from cooking shows like Yakitate Japan. Major short-term buffs to physical abilities beyond what is normally possible in our world. Actually, since Yakitate Japan eventually gets into food that lets you visit Heaven, go back in time to save your parents from dying, evolve into a divine being, or radically alter Karma, I think it probably covers the rest of the levels of how good food can taste.