Cooking Craze is a highly addictive time-management cooking game developed by Big Fish Games. Players step into the role of a professional chef traveling around the world, preparing and serving delicious dishes in busy restaurants.
From burgers in New York to pizza in Rome and sushi in Tokyo, each level introduces new recipes, faster-paced challenges, and more demanding customers. The goal is simple: cook quickly, serve accurately, and keep customers happy to grow your restaurant empire.
As you progress, you unlock new cities, ingredients, and kitchen upgrades. The gameplay becomes more challenging, requiring fast decision-making, multitasking, and smart upgrade strategies to succeed.
Big Fish Games is known for producing casual mobile games with strong progression systems and Cooking Craze is one of its most popular cooking titles. (Google Play)
Fast-paced cooking and serving gameplay
Global restaurant locations (cities around the world)
Hundreds of recipes and ingredients
Kitchen upgrade and boost system
Time-management challenge mechanics
Customer satisfaction scoring system
Hundreds of levels with increasing difficulty
Colorful, casual arcade-style visuals
There are no fixed story characters. Gameplay focuses on:
👨🍳 Player as the chef
🧑🍽️ Customers with different patience levels
🍔 Food stations and kitchen staff systems
🌍 City-based restaurant environments
Cooking stations (grill, fryer, oven, etc.)
Ingredients (meat, vegetables, desserts, drinks)
Boost items (speed boosts, combo boosters)
Kitchen upgrades (faster cooking tools)
Currency system for progression
Tap to cook food at different stations
Match orders from customers
Serve dishes before time runs out
Earn coins and tips
Upgrade kitchen tools and unlock new restaurants
Winning depends on speed, multitasking, and upgrade planning.
Core Strategy:
Upgrade cooking stations early
Always prioritize fast-cooking items
Serve multiple customers in efficient order
Use boosts in difficult levels
Don’t let food sit idle on stations
Focus on combo serving for higher tips
Upgrade high-traffic stations first
Memorize common customer orders
Use boosts only in hard levels
Keep production balanced between stations
Start by learning simple recipes
Focus on one station at a time
Don’t rush upgrades too quickly
Learn customer timing patterns
Replay early levels to build coins
Chain multiple orders for maximum efficiency
Upgrade based on level difficulty, not preference
Optimize station layout memory flow
Save boosts for boss-style levels
Focus on high-value ingredient upgrades
Players can unlock:
City completion milestones
Level mastery rewards
Combo streak achievements
Restaurant upgrade trophies
Speed completion rewards
Story Restaurant Mode (main progression)
Challenge Levels (increasing difficulty)
Time Attack Mode (fast cooking challenges)
Players describe Cooking Craze as:
Fast, exciting, and addictive
Fun but challenging
Great for short gameplay sessions
Sometimes stressful in later levels
Very rewarding progression system
Very engaging fast-paced gameplay
Huge number of levels
Fun global restaurant theme
Strong upgrade system
Can become stressful in later stages
Requires fast reflexes
Some progression grind at high levels
Platform: Android / iOS
Genre: Time Management / Cooking / Arcade
Developer: Big Fish Games
Free-to-play with in-app purchases
Online + offline play support (partial)
Android 6.0+ or iOS equivalent
Mid-range devices recommended for smooth performance
Stable internet for updates/events
Typical updates include:
New cities and restaurants
Additional recipes
Event-based challenges
Performance improvements
Bug fixes and balancing
Faster paced than Cooking Fever-style games
More arcade-focused than simulation-heavy cooking games
Less realistic, more casual and colorful
Strong emphasis on speed and multitasking
Players often say:
Very addictive cooking gameplay
Fun progression across cities
Challenging but rewarding
Great time-management experience
Good casual arcade cooking game
Yes, if you enjoy fast-paced cooking and time-management games. It is best for players who like multitasking challenges and quick decision gameplay.
Cooking Fever
Good Pizza, Great Pizza
Diner Dash style games
Restaurant Story games
Idle Grill Master
Cat Barbecue
Cooking Madness
Restaurant Tycoon games
Q1: Is Cooking Craze free?
Yes, it is free with optional in-app purchases.
Q2: Can it be played offline?
Some parts work offline, but updates/events require internet.
Q3: Is it hard to play?
Easy at the start but becomes challenging later.
Q4: What is the main goal?
To cook and serve customers quickly across global restaurants.
Q5: Is it more strategy or action?
It is mainly a fast-paced time-management cooking game.









