Mists of Pandaria Classic Cooking Profession and Leveling Guide

Cooking is one of the four secondary professions available to all players in Mists of Pandaria Classic. As it is a secondary profession, it can be learned by all players without conflicting with other professions. Cooking can be useful early on to provide yourself with free food while leveling.

Cooking goes great when paired together with Fishing as you can use most of the fish you catch to level your cooking at the same time, leveling two professions for free at once.

Below you'll find our recommended crafting options while leveling Cooking. Since you will frequently be crafting items when they are yellow and green, it is possible you may need to buy more than the recommended materials shown above.

In Mists of Pandaria Cooking has been made significantly easier to level up. You can train all the way level 1 up to 520 by simply making trainer learned recipes that use trainer sold materials. Speak with Sungshin Ironpaw Halfhill Market in Valley of the Four Winds to train each rank, learn your recipes, and buy the materials you need until you reach 520.

To learn new Cooking you must complete the quest So You Want to Be a Chef... given by Sungshin Ironpaw; she requests to you make 5× Sliced Peaches before returning. Then you will need to complete Ready for Greatness, requiring 5× Rice Pudding. Once you have completed these quests you are able to unlock all 6 cooking specializations by completing the appropriate quest. You are able to learn all 6 of these specializations, and even level them up at the same time, but your Cooking is determined by your highest level specializations.

• Way of the Brew – No stat gain
• Way of the Grill – Strength
• Way of the Oven – Stamina
• Way of the Pot – Intellect
• Way of the Steamer – Spirit
• Way of the Wok – Agility

We recommend choosing a single specialization (way), and leveling it all the way to 600 first before working on a second way quest. This will allow you to unlock everything that you need and progress as quickly as possible. Below are the 6 ways you can pick, we recommend picking the stat that matches your classes main stat and going with that.

Skill Level	Item to Craft	Materials
520-550	Ginseng Tea	1× Ginseng
550-576	Jade Witch Brew	5× Witchberries 5× Jade Squash
576-600	Great Banquet of the Brew	1× 100 Year Soy Sauce 100× Green Cabbage 100× Witchberries

Skill Level	Item to Craft	Materials
520-550	Charbroiled Tiger Steak	1× Raw Tiger Steak
550-576	Eternal Blossom Fish	1× Jade Lungfish 5× Striped Melon
576-600	Great Banquet of the Grill	1× 100 Year Soy Sauce 10× Redbelly Mandarin 10× Raw Crab Meat 100× White Turnip

Skill Level	Item to Craft	Materials
520-550	Wildfowl Roast	1× Wildfowl Breast
550-576	Twin Fish Platter	2× Krasarang Paddlefish
576-600	Great Banquet of the Oven	1× 100 Year Soy Sauce 10× Krasarang Paddlefish 10× Raw Turtle Meat 100× Mogu Pumpkin

Skill Level	Item to Craft	Materials
520-550	Swirling Mist Soup	1× Jade Lungfish
550-576	Braised Turtle	1× Raw Turtle Meat 2× Juicycrunch Carrot
576-600	Great Banquet of the Pot	1× 100 Year Soy Sauce 10× Reef Octopus 10× Mushan Ribs 100× Juicycrunch Carrot

Skill Level	Item to Craft	Materials
520-550	Shrimp Dumplings	1× Giant Mantis Shrimp
550-576	Fire Spirit Salmon	1× Emperor Salmon 2× Scallions
576-600	Great Banquet of the Steamer	1× 100 Year Soy Sauce 10× Emperor Salmon 10× Wildfowl Breast 100× Jade Squash

Skill Level	Item to Craft	Materials
520-550	Sauteed Carrots	2× Juicycrunch Carrot
550-576	Valley Stir Fry	1× Reef Octopus 1× Wildfowl Breast
576-600	Great Banquet of the Wok	1× 100 Year Soy Sauce 10× Giant Mantis Shrimp 10× Raw Crocolisk Belly 100× Red Blossom Leek

Mists of Pandaria brings 5 new Cooking daily quests, which reward you with Ironpaw Token upon completion. These Ironpaw Tokens are needed to purchase additional cooking recipes, and other cooking related goods. You may also return to previous expansions to complete those dailies, as they now also reward Ironpaw Tokens.

• Cindergut Peppers
• Fatty Goatsteak
• The Mile-High Grub
• The Thousand-Year Dumpling
• The Truffle Shuffle

Achievement	Description
Zen Master Cook	Obtain 600 skill points in cooking.
Master of the Brew	Obtain 600 skill points in the Way of the Brew.
Master of the Pot	Obtain 600 skill points in the Way of the Pot.
Master of the Steamer	Obtain 600 skill points in the Way of the Steamer.
Master of the Grill	Obtain 600 skill points in the Way of the Grill.
Master of the Wok	Obtain 600 skill points in the Way of the Wok.
Master of the Oven	Obtain 600 skill points in the Way of the Oven.
Master of Pandaren Cooking	Obtain 600 skill points in all six Ways of Pandaren cooking.
The Pandaren Gourmet	Cook 15 of the Pandaren recipes listed below.
The Pandaren Gourmet	Cook 30 of the Pandaren recipes listed below.
Ironpaw Chef	Learn 200 cooking recipes (200)
Now I Am the Master	Take on an apprentice in the arts of cooking, and teach your student to become an expert.

Achievement	Description
Journeyman Cook	Obtain 150 skill points in cooking.
Expert Cook	Obtain 225 skill points in cooking.
Artisan Cook	Obtain 300 skill points in cooking.
Master Cook	Obtain 375 skill points in cooking.
Grand Master Cook	Obtain 450 skill points in cooking.
Illustrious Grand Master Cook	Obtain 525 skill points in cooking.
Lunch Lady	Learn 25 cooking recipes.
Short Order Cook	Learn 50 cooking recipes.
Chef de Partie	Learn 75 cooking recipes.
Sous Chef	Learn 100 cooking recipes.
Chef de Cuisine	Learn 160 cooking recipes.
Iron Chef	Learn 200 cooking recipes.

Achievement	Description
Captain Rumsey's Lager	Brew up some of Captain Rumsey's Lager.
The Cake Is Not A Lie	Bake a Delicious Chocolate Cake.

Achievement	Description
Kickin' It Up a Notch	Complete each of The Rokk's 4 cooking daily quests listed below.
The Outland Gourmet	Cook each of the Outland cooking recipes listed below.

Achievement	Description
The Northrend Gourmet	Cook 15 of the Northrend recipes listed below.
The Northrend Gourmet	Cook 30 of the Northrend recipes listed below.
The Northrend Gourmet	Cook 45 of the Northrend recipes listed below.
Cooking Award	Obtain a Dalaran Cooking Award.
10 Cooking Awards	Obtain 10 Cooking Awards.
25 Cooking Awards	Obtain 25 Cooking Awards.
50 Cooking Awards	Obtain 50 Cooking Awards.
100 Cooking Awards	Obtain 100 Cooking Awards.
Cooking with Style	Obtain a Chef's Hat.
Critter Gitter	Using Critter Bites, coerce 10 critters to be your pet within 3 minutes or less.
Dinner Impossible	Present a Great Feast in each of the battlegrounds listed below.
Second That Emotion	Eat each one of the "emotion" foods listed below.
Our Daily Bread / Our Daily Bread	Complete each of the cooking daily quests offered by Katherine Lee or Awilo Lon'gomba in Dalaran.
Hail to the Chef / Hail to the Chef	Complete the cooking achievements listed below.

Achievement	Description
The Pandaren Gourmet	Cook 15 of the Mists of Pandaria recipes listed below.
The Pandaren Gourmet	Cook 30 of the Mists of Pandaria recipes listed below.
Let's Do Lunch: Ironforge	Complete each of the Ironforge cooking daily quests.
Let's Do Lunch: Darnassus	Complete each of the Darnassus cooking daily quests.
Let's Do Lunch: Stormwind	Complete each of the Stormwind cooking daily quests.
A Bunch of Lunch	Complete each Let's Do Lunch achievement.
Let's Do Lunch: Thunder Bluff	Complete each of the Thunder Bluff cooking daily quests.
Let's Do Lunch: Undercity	Complete each of the Undercity cooking daily quests.
Let's Do Lunch: Orgrimmar	Complete each of the Orgrimmar cooking daily quests.
A Bunch of Lunch	Complete each Let's Do Lunch achievement.

Cooking is just one of the many professions you may choose to level in Mists of Pandaria Classic. To learn more about the other options available, we recommend checking out our overviews of all professions and their unique bonuses below.