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Happy Chef – Strategy Game Review
Happy Chef is a Strategy/Action/Entertainment game from Nordcurrent UAB, first launched in 4th April 2013.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 10,024+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Happy Chef Stand Out
Develop expert culinary skills in Happy Chef, a gripping Time Management game with tons of different dishes! Take command of the kitchen and demonstrate the skills of a master chef. Start with hamburgers and hot dogs and work your way to becoming the best known restaurant in the country! Decorate your restaurant, buy new furniture, find awesome accessories, and upgrade your kitchen to become a Happy Chef!
- 5 Locations: different restaurants with new meals to cook and new ingredients to use
- Story that follows the player’s progress through the game in full color comics
- Lots of upgrades that enhance your menu and modernize your restaurant
- 4 characters to choose from
- More than 70 levels to complete
- 25+ hours to complete the game
- More than 100 meals to cook
This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Happy Chef is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 10th January 2018
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Minor bug fixes
Download & Availability
Happy Chef is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We used to play this game when we were little and it hasnt changed its still just as good as it used to be.
Never ever dont play this game:).
This game is fast paced and really fun to play.
We really love this game. It great fun.
We love this game. The idea of food service is impeccable.
Fun game!!! We like the challenge.
Ive played this game on and off for several years and every time we enjoy it. We are thinking of finally purchasing the extra levels. We much prefer this game over all the other cooking games of its style. And the music!! Oh our goodness.
We love this game it is super fun but we recommend clocking fever its better quality and its made by the same company but this gamer it the original.
This is a fun game but its a bit repetitive. It is true that theyre not grabbing your money all the time though which is a plus.
Download this game you will not regret it.
Im in the restaurant biz and this game is just fun overall. Its a nice challenge trying to cook and please everybody at one time. We love it.
The game is really run to play when Im bored at home.
We love this game our favorite so far cant stay off of it.
We have play this game since we were little and we have loved it ever since.
This game is a lot of fun. Its not to hard to play. Sometimes its harder getting the higher numbers like 900. A person doesnt get enough time too make it.
Its a great app with awesome mechanics we just wish more levels were free.
This game is really fun .. We love playing all different kinds of. Poking games and this is in our top 3 favorite cooking games. We love it.
Fun game, love playing it in between time.
Played this game 3 times so far.
The game is great. It challenges you to be quick and coordinated. The days progress and it is exciting to go to the next levels and get more food items. We like the fact the customers let you know they have been waiting.
Great game! Focus & time mgmt. NO restrictions like energy & lives.
We love this game and find it very satisfying and great fun! The pace is good and find it keeps our attention wanting to come back fur more challenges! Try it and you will love it.
This game is really entertaining and a good cooking game! We love this.
We love this game so much, we actually paid for it. Its honestly worth it! So many levels, and it continues to be fun. We always replay it too. We dont get tired of it. Ive been playing it for 5 years now.
Wow Im so amazed on how Im only on lvl.6 and addicted!! We really recommend this game for a cooking/restaurant game.
Recommend. Super easy and you dont have to make purchases to enjoy.
We really like this game we think its a really good game to play for a quick game to calm down and relax.
We have HAPPY CHEF ON MY PHONE we HAVE PLAYED BOTH HAPPY CHEF 1 AND HAPPY CHEF 2 EVEN THOUGH we AM PLAYING HAPPY CHEF 1 now we WOULD LOVE TO PLAY HAPPY CHEF 2 ON MY iPHONE BOTH GAMES ARE FANTASTC SIMPLY GREAT BRING HAPPY CHEF 2 TO MY IPHONE SO we CAN PLAY IT AS WELL.
We wish we can play the whole version with out paying but great game.
This is the best game we have ever played we is like a real cafe it teaches you how to be fast.
Game is so addicting. Love it.
This is our second favorite game (behind Nordcurrent’s Cooking Fever) because we absolutely love the challenge of just getting it all done. Keeps us entertained for hours at a time.
Fast paced, versatile, stimulating, challenging game.
U should get it because it is fun.
This is a really fun cooking game. Great for kids and grown-ups too.
Can’t put it down, test your reflexes.
We love this game it gets really challenging and addicting! Can play it all day! We wish there were a lot more levels tho.
This game is so much fun with also being a littleChallenging. With so many levels.
We think that this game as so so super fun and we spend most of our life on it . This game is wonder us butAlthough this is the most fun game ever. It can be a little challenging past level 20 you die every time. This game is amazing but also hard if we were you we would definitely get it.
Don’t change a thing. So addictive can’t seem to put it down.. Our all time favorite game.one thing you really need to update this game last update was oct 28th 2013 not good. They should be updated regularly.why havent you guys updated this game been 3 years since your last update come on.
If you are familiar with other cooking strategy games Id it similar to that.
Challenging and interactive. Just needs to have more player options as it pertains to the food levels.
This is a great cooking game. It is easy to learn and progress through the levels. Very addicting.
We liked it. Could use some upgrades.
Its ok but when the levels get higher is more intense but its still fun.
Great game! Graphics, goals, design make for a terrific app. The one drawback is you can only go so far. After a certain point, if the player wishes to continue, payment is required. Overall, worth playing.
This game is pretty simple to learn. You need to pay attention between some levels where food is added and you have to figure out whether it needs to be cooked or not. The game starts out easy enough, but with each level it seems to get a bit harder with new foods and more foods for each customer. We have been playing for quite some time and have not had to pull out our credit card in order to advance. We recommend giving this game a try.
When we first downloaded this game about four years ago, we loved it. We would not recommend downloading it on a phone, however. The screen is small and therefore its hard to tap sometimes which can be frustrating. We also wouldve thought after taking a three year break that they wouldve updated it, but its exactly the same. Although it is probably the best cooking game that Ive ever played.
- we dont have to spend any real money buying gems or whatnot for upgrades in order to pass levels 2) Its simple which makes it fun, but it does get challenging Less 1 Star because we hate having to drag items with our finger because it doesnt respond well or quickly. It leaves us swiping several times and causes delays. It would be best if there was a tap to move items. We did notice a delay even when using the tapping feature (to place plates down).
It’s really entertaining, but to keep up with the fun you’ve to buy the full version, which we did and we’re not regretting it.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.3
- Size: 81.33 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, RU, ES
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Nordcurrent UAB
Last updated: 10th January 2018 | Genre: Strategy, Action | Developer: Nordcurrent UAB