Farmville Cook Off Day Quest Guide

Starts: September 6th - Quest Story: "Hey Farmer? It is great to see you again! After the shenanigans at the Lighthouse Cove, I have had enough excitement. But I am having a cook off with my colleagues today. Please help me out?"


Expected duration of the Farmville Cook Off Day! Quest is Thu 6th September 2018 to Thu 20th September 2018.

MAKE SURE TO READ THE FULL POST AND ALL TIPS! IF YOU SKIM OR SKIP AROUND, THE MINUTE OR TWO YOU SAVE NOW MAY CAUSE YOU TO MISS INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED AND LEAD TO HOURS OF FRUSTRATION OR CONFUSION LATER.

For a printable version of this quest, check out the Dirt Farmer's  Items Site forcurrently active quests or unreleased upcoming quests. Or simply scroll to the bottom of this post.

YOU WILL NEED A 3 STAR WINERY, A 3 STAR BAKERY AND A 3 STAR SPA IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS QUEST.

PLANT AHEAD:

KIDNEY BEAN CROPS WILL TAKE 16 HOURS TO GROW

DOUBLE PIKAKE CROPS WILL TAKE 18 TO GROW

COVE CRANBERRY CROPS WILL TAKE 20 HOURS TO GROW

LILY AND MINT CANDY BUSHELS WILL TAKE 23 HOURS TO GROW

 CAULIFLOWER, EGGPLANT, BROCCOLI AND DAFFODIL CROPS WILL TAKE 46 HOURS TO GROW

 

READ DF TIPS BEFORE BEGINNING TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE WILLING OR ABLE TO DO THIS QUEST: 

NOTE: NOT ALL QUESTS ALLOW FOR ALTERNATIVES. IF WE DO NOT LIST ALTERNATIVES IN A QUEST STEP, THAT MEANS THAT YOU MUST PLANT THE EXACT CROP IT CALLS FOR. ANYTHING WITH AN ORGANIC SYMBOL IS THE ORIGINAL CROP AND WILL COUNT. SUPER CROPS DO NOT COUNT UNLESS THEY ARE LISTED AS ALTERNATIVES.


Note: Smart Quest credit is not guaranteed and can be removed by Farmville at any time without warning. Smart Quest amounts are provided in case you wish to GAMBLE, but planting anything less than the full amount required by the quest is at your own risk 

"COOK OFF DAY!: PART 1": Do you know the definition of cooking is 'the preparation of food using consumption of heat'. By definition, sushi doesn't count as cooking!
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 7 Silver Cutlery	Harvest 60 Red Pineapple (8 hrs )	Craft 3 Cranberry Coolers Winery	Sous Chef Gnome
Other Rewards: 2500 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: None..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –6
Thank you so much, Farmer! You really seem to know what you're doing.

"COOK OFF DAY!: PART 2": Preparing food with fire is only observed in humans. Scientists believe it is a huge chunk in our evolution,
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 8 Vegetable Basket	Harvest 90 Coffee (9 hrs 30 mins)	Craft 3 Chili Muffins Bakery	Book Of XP
Other Rewards: 3000 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: Kona Coffee (9 hrs 30 mins).. Coffee (16 hrs ).. Coffee (8 hrs ).. Cocoa Coffee (14 hrs ).. Jamaican Coffee (23 hrs).. Super Cocoa Coffee (14 hrs )..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –9
Thank you so much, Farmer! You really seem to know what you're doing.

"COOK OFF DAY!: PART 3": Anthropologists believe that cooking started around 250,000 years ago. What a whopper!
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 9 Cooking Saucepan	Harvest 120 Bitter Taste (12 hrs )	Craft 3 Pumpkin Breads Bakery	3 pack of Turbo Chargers
Other Rewards: 3500 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: None..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –12
Thank you so much, Farmer! You really seem to know what you're doing.

"COOK OFF DAY!: PART 4": The reason proposed to explain why cooking is considered a major step in human evolution is that it reduced foraging time and increased brain size.
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 10 Knife Stand	Harvest 150 Celery (23 hrs)	Craft 2 Cauliflower Gratins Bakery	Sous Chef Rabbit
Other Rewards: 4000 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: None..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –15
Thank you so much, Farmer! You really seem to know what you're doing.

"COOK OFF DAY!: PART 5": Roasting, baking, frying, steaming, smoking and boiling are the different methods to cook food.
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 10 Cooking Salt	Harvest 180 Bitter Taste (12 hrs )	Craft 2 Spicy Tomato Juices Winery	Unwither
Other Rewards: 4500 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: None..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –18
Thank you so much, Farmer! You really seem to know what you're doing.

"COOK OFF DAY!: PART 6": Whether you are vegan, vegetarian or a carnivore, all food items that you eat come from living organisms.
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 11 Sous Chef Hat	Harvest 180 Chickpeas (20 hrs)	Craft 2 Mint Lotions Spa	Organic Fertilizer
Other Rewards: 5000 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: Chickpea (19 hrs 54 mins).. Sol Chickpeas (8 hrs ).. Chickpea Bloom (12 mins)..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –18
Thank you so much, Farmer! You really seem to know what you're doing.

"COOK OFF DAY!: PART 7": Carbs, proteins, fats, water, vitamins and minerals form the major components of food.
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 12 Cutting Board	Harvest 200 Peppermint (23 hrs)	Craft 2 Flower Leis Spa	Pastry Panda
Other Rewards: 5500 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: Peppermint (23 hrs).. Mint Candy (23 hrs).. Choco Mint (15 hrs 54 mins).. Lotus Mint (12 hrs ).. Peppermint Poppies (19 hrs 54 mins)..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –20
Thank you so much, Farmer! You really seem to know what you're doing.

"COOK OFF DAY!: PART 8": Molecular gastronomy is the application of technology and science to cooking. Hadn't I become a chef, that is what I'd have wanted to do.
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 13 Wok Pan	Harvest 220 Daffodils (16 hrs )	Craft 1 Organic Eggplant Curry Bakery	Instagrow Potion
Other Rewards: 6000 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: Lilac Daffy (16 hrs ).. Daffodil (46 hrs).. Daffodil (8 hrs ).. Yellow Daffodil (23 hrs).. Snowed Daffodil (12 mins)..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –22
Thank you so much, Farmer! You really seem to know what you're doing.

"COOK OFF DAY!: PART 9": Food is a decadent pleasure. Those who have a passion for food have a passion for life. Which is why I love doing what I do - it is rewarding for me and others!
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 14 Chefs Apron	Harvest 240 Eggplants (46 hrs)	Craft 2 Organic Stem Latkess Bakery	Sous Chef Pegasus
Other Rewards: 6500 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: Eggplant (46 hrs).. Forbidden Eggplant (46 hrs).. Chinese Eggplant (46 hrs).. Mini Eggplant (17 hrs 54 mins).. Dragon Eggplant (23 hrs).. Eggplant White (19 hrs 54 mins).. Amethyst Eggplant (4 hrs )..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –24
Thank you so much, Farmer! You really seem to know what you're doing.

Links To Crafting Cottages For Recipes

Winery
Bakery
Spa

   

Total Winery Ingredients Needed:

 9 White Grape

 6 Cove Cranberry 

 6 Sugar Cane

 6 Tomato

 2 Pepper

6 Carrot.

Total Bakery Ingredients Needed: 

12 Kidney Bean

 15 Pepper

15 Pumpkin

18 Wheat

 4 Cauliflower 

 4 Patty Pan Squash

 8 Basil

 3 Eggplant

 6 Broccoli

 8 Carrot

Total Spa Ingredients Needed: 

 4 Mint Candy

 6 Aloe Vera

 6 Lilac

 6 Double Pikake

 2 Daffodil

 4 Lily 

Bushel summary (Winery, Bakery, Spa, combined) This listing will only be added to quests that use the same bushel in more than one cottage, to make planting easier for those who opt to grow their own. -Note CLUB CROPS will give the same crafting bushel as the regular version. If the club version grows faster, it will be noted below.

6 Aloe Vera (Super Crop Available)

8 Basil

6 Broccoli (Club Crop grows in 14 hours)

14 Carrot 

4 Cauliflower

 6 Cove Cranberry

2 Daffodil (Club Crop grows in 8 hours)

6 Double Pikake

3 Eggplant

12 Kidney Bean

6 Lilac (Super Crop Available)

 4 Lily

 4 Mint Candy

4 Patty Pan Squash (Super Crop Available)

 17 Pepper  (Super Crop Available)

15 Pumpkin (Super Crop Available)

6 Sugar Cane

6 Tomato (Super Crop Available)

18 Wheat (Super Crop Available)

9 White Grape (Super Crop Available)

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Total Plots to Harvest With Smart Quest Credit: 144

Total Plots to Harvest Without Smart Quest Credit: 1440

 

Thanks to our friends at Farmville Wikia for orignally figuring out the Smart Quest pattern. To read the updated chart in full, visit the Dirt Farmer here.

Note:  As quest is active for all farms, make sure you plan and plant the crops for the quests across the farms for better planning... More tips and details will be added as and when they are found out... Stay Tuned..