The top food-themed video games

The top food-themed video games

Anyone who has worked in hospitality, particularly in food service, will know that it can be a tough job. Not only do you need to have a good memory and great attention to detail, but you also need to be physically strong and well-coordinated to avoid dropping people’s lunch into their laps.

 

Mastering these skills could well give you an advantage when it comes to playing food-themed video games, but you don’t need any real-life experience to enjoy playing them. There are plenty of fun games based on food, from online slots to high-energy restaurant simulators, so if you have a hunger for a new game, check out these top titles:

 

Hell’s Kitchen

 

Gordon Ramsay fans will love the chance to hear his withering put-downs and less-then-complimentary reviews in this five-reel slot based on the popular TV show. Shaking up the traditional format, this slot features some of Ramsay’s more famous meals among more traditional slot symbols.

 

You might want to make sure you’ve had a good meal before you start playing, or the sight of a luscious beef Wellington or a spicy bean burger might distract you from the game. And if your performance isn’t up to scratch, you won’t get much sympathy from the head chef who can be heard dishing up his own special brand of insults in the background.

 

Cooking Simulator

 

This game really does live up to its name as players navigate their way around a virtual kitchen, learning to prepare meals for their hungry customers. With more than 140 different ingredients available to make a selection of more than 80 meals, this game is truly engaging.

 

There are several different modes players can choose from. There is a cooking school, where players can learn how to prepare a selection of different recipes, and a career mode where players gain skills and experience in the hope of achieving the ultimate goal of becoming a celebrity chef.

 

There are more relaxing options such as pizzeria mode, in which players have to assemble pizzas with various different bases and toppings and deliver them on time. Sandbox mode is ideal for those who just enjoy getting creative in a fully stocked kitchen with no time or cost constraints – a dream job for many.

 

Chocolates

 

For those with a sweet tooth, playing a chocolate-themed game is the next best thing to snacking on your favourite sweet treat. Set in the home of quality chocolate, the Swiss Alps, the game follows the fortunes of budding chocolatier, José Cavadoré, as he tries to become a world-class chocolate maker.

 

The game is set in a 4 by 4 grid, offering 256 ways to win and the additional Golden Ticket wild symbols offer a range of multipliers. Chocolate boxes reveal more matching symbols, increasing the ways of winning to 2401, and you can get even more free spins by using sticky chocolate boxes.

 

If you’re a fan of chocolates and would love nothing more than to be showered in sweets, then this could be the game for you.

 

Ninjabread Man

 

If, instead of cooking the food, you want to be the food, then Ninjabread Man is a fun way to experience life from the perspective of sword-wielding baked goods. You play as a gingerbread man equipped with a samurai sword, slashing your way through the oncoming enemies in an attempt to collect eight power rods to make a teleporter.

 

The game is simple, so it’s great for anyone, but particularly those who appreciate a good gingerbread man throw-down.

 

Cooking Mama

 

Working in a kitchen requires a variety of skills and this game includes plenty of opportunities to practice chopping, slicing, sizzling, and serving food, all under the watchful eye of the kitchen boss, ‘Mama’. Whether you are preparing octopus for a discerning customer or altering the stove to make sure your dishes don’t burn, you need to avoid incurring the wrath of Mama.

 

The game requires a variety of different skills such as rhythm and hand-eye coordination, so it’s ideal for those who like to have a variety of tasks to do. The original game was such a success that several spin-offs have been released since, with many following the cooking theme, but some also include crafts and even babysitting among Mamas skills.

 

Diner Dash

 

If you like your game to have a proper backstory, then you’ll love Diner Dash, in which a stockbroker gives up her unfulfilling finance role and buys a diner. Flo, our hero, needs to make enough money to renovate the diner, and her success leads to her opening a whole string of food service establishments.

 

Players guide Flo around her diner, serving customers and making running repairs whenever funds allow. Happy customers mean more money, so players need to master a variety of actions in order to ensure that they get paid in full, ideally with a healthy tip to help Flo achieve all her dreams.

 

Everybody has to eat, so it’s no surprise that food-themed games are so popular. The delicious imagery is the perfect way to cure your cravings without constantly succumbing to junk food.