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Chef

Dishwasher to Celebrity Chef at Amala Shitta. Pays ₦7,400–₦70,500 a shift and ranks #20 of 33 careers by top pay.
In-game description
“Start washing plates at Amala Shitta. Cook your way to celebrity chef.”

You cook at Amala Shitta itself. Cooking is cheap to train (Mama's Ewedu Secret at ×1.8, cooking at home feeds you), so this is one of the easiest careers to push up the ranks.

Pay grows 9.5× from the first rank to the last. At entry level, 6 shifts a week bring in ₦44,400, which covers 37 weeks of the cheapest Lagos rent (Hall of Residence, ₦1,200). At the top rank the same week is worth ₦423,000.

Rank ladder and pay

  1. 1Dishwasher₦7,400
  2. 2Line CookNeeds Cooking 1₦15,000
  3. 3Sous ChefNeeds Cooking 3 · Rep 3₦26,500
  4. 4Head ChefNeeds Cooking 5 · Rep 6₦42,000
  5. 5Celebrity ChefNeeds Cooking 7 · Rep 10₦70,500

Each rank has 3 grades in between with small raises. Degree holders earn a bonus on top: up to +20% for a First.

Best ways to train Cooking

Your career skill unlocks every rank jump.

ActivityWhereXP rateTimeCost
📝 Learn Mama's Ewedu SecretAmala Shitta×1.81h₦200
🍪 Bake Chin-ChinHome: 5-Burner Cooker & Oven×1.450 minFree
🥘 Egusi Soup & EbaHome: Kerosene Stove×1.31h 15mFree
🥬 Efo Riro & SemoHome: Kerosene Stove×1.31h 10mFree
🍛 Cook JollofHome: Kerosene Stove×1.11hFree
🐟 Titus Stew & White RiceHome: Kerosene Stove×1.11hFree

Education that helps

🍳Chef short course₦1,500 a class, five lessons. Certificate gives a performance boost here.

Other Cooking careers

Same skill, so your training carries over if you switch.

🫖Mai Shayi₦7,400 → ₦70,500 · Federal Secretariat🐟Bole & Fish₦7,400 → ₦70,500 · Mama Ibiba's Bole Spot

Questions players ask

Numbers come from the live game build and may change after updates.