Chef's Workbench

# Chef's Workbench Build a functional Minecraft kitchen with stoves, pans, pots, ovens, bamboo steamers, and counters. Chef's Workbench turns cooking into a small kitchen system instead of a single furnace block. Use fuel, cookware, batch baking, and custom datapack recipes to build a kitchen that feels useful in survival and flexible in modpacks. ## Kitchen Blocks | Block | Crafting recipe | What it does | |---|---:|---| | **Stove** | | Burns fuel, cooks food, and can produce a byproduct. Also supplies heat to cookware placed above it. | | **Pan** | | Place directly on a Stove to fry up to four separate items or one combined recipe. | | **Pot** | | Place directly on a Stove to boil up to six ingredients into one output. | | **Oven** | | Uses its own fuel slot and bakes in eight independent slots. Each slot accepts up to one stack of the same item. | | **Bamboo Steamer** | | Place directly on a Stove to steam food in four independent slots. | | **Counter** | | A matching kitchen surface for building a cleaner cooking area. | ## Cooking Examples | Recipe type | Preview | Notes | |---|---:|---| | **Stove Cooking** | | One input, one fuel slot, one main result, and optional byproduct. | | **Pan Frying** | | Independent frying can run per slot. Combined recipes consume all required inputs together. | | **Oven Baking** | | Eight independent baking slots. Larger stacks take longer and scale output and experience. | | **Bamboo Steaming** | | Four independent steaming slots, powered by the Stove below. | | **Pot Boiling** | | Six inputs combine into one output, powered by the Stove below. | ## Custom Recipes Chef's Workbench supports datapack recipes for every cooking station. Datapack authors can add new foods, replace built-in recipes, and tune cooking time or experience without editing the mod jar. [Open the datapack recipe guide](https://github.com/TamKungZ/ChefWorkbench-MinecraftMod/blob/main/DATAPACK_RECIPES.md) ## Supported Versions | Minecraft | Mod loaders | |---|---| | 1.19.4 | Forge, Fabric | | 1.20.1 | Forge, Fabric | | 1.20.6 | Forge, Fabric, NeoForge | | 1.21.1 | Forge, Fabric, NeoForge | | 1.21.11 | Fabric, NeoForge | | 26.1.2 | Fabric, NeoForge | | 26.2 | Fabric, NeoForge | Always use the file made for your exact Minecraft version and loader. ## Recipe Viewers Recipe viewers are optional. Chef's Workbench works without one, but installing a supported viewer makes every custom cooking recipe easier to browse in-game. | Minecraft | Forge | Fabric | NeoForge | |---|---|---|---| | 1.19.4 | JEI, EMI, REI | JEI, EMI, REI | | | 1.20.1 | JEI, EMI, REI | JEI, EMI, REI | | | 1.20.6 | JEI | JEI, EMI, REI | JEI, EMI, REI | | 1.21.1 | JEI | JEI, EMI, REI | JEI, EMI, REI | | 1.21.11 | | JEI, REI | JEI, REI | | 26.1.2 | | JEI | JEI | | 26.2 | | JEI | JEI | ## Install 1. Download the file that matches your Minecraft version and mod loader. 2. Place the downloaded `.jar` file in your `mods` folder. 3. Start Minecraft and look for the **Chef's Workbench** creative tab. 4. Craft a **Stove**, add fuel, and begin building your kitchen. ## Need Help? Found a bug or have an idea? Report it on the [Chef's Workbench issue tracker](https://github.com/TamKungZ/ChefWorkbench-MinecraftMod/issues).