Looking for Cultivation Novels About Chefs 求厨师修仙类小说

1. 1 厨 Master Chef: From the Start, My Junior Sister Stole My Chicken 厨神，开局被小师妹偷吃了鸡 Pineapple Pizza菠萝披萨Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsOngoing Hardcore food fiction + laid-back daily life + steamrolling the myriad races with food The executive chef of a six-star restaurant transmigrates to the Yaochi Holy Land and becomes the greatest chef in the world of culinary cultivation. There, he discovers that the pigs are bigger than elephants and the chickens have six legs! From then on, Beast-Taming Peak gets a large-scale, professional livestock farm, while fields of vegetables flourish year-round on Spirit Herb Peak. “These evil dragons an 6.6kReads9.2Score486Shelves

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   The protagonist possesses the "Cook Immortal Body," gaining cultivation through cooking.

2. 2 为 The Bigwigs Go Wild Fighting over a Bite to Eat 为了一口吃的，大佬们抢疯了 Sword Across Autumn Waters剑横秋水Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] + [laid-back daily life] + [no System] + [comedy] Li Heng is a chef who accidentally transmigrates to a cultivation world where culinary skills have fallen into decline. He discovers that his dishes are not only delicious, but can also improve cultivation and strengthen the body. One day, while Li Heng is cooking, a passing sect’s saintess spirits him away to work as their chef. As Li Heng serves up dish after delicious dish, the entire sect goes wild. The disciples go crazy competing 2.2kReads8.8Score162Shelves

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   Self-recommendation: Fantasy food novel, lighthearted, slice-of-life, and cheerful.

3. 3 修 A Great War in the Cultivation World, All for a Bite to Eat?! 修仙界大战，只为抢口饭？！ Red Carp, Donkey, Green Crucian Carp红鲤鱼驴绿鲫鱼Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet cooking + immortal cultivation + scheming sect disciple + lighthearted comedy + goofy daily life + no female lead or harem] Zhu Fan transmigrated to the cultivation world and became a disciple of a sect. Just as he was about to receive his golden finger, something unexpected happened Zhu Fan: Anyone else know this feeling? I was about to become a tycoon in the immortal realm! Once my divine pill was ready, I’d ascend to immortality! But someone suddenly cut in and bound me to the wrong 15kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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   I really love reading food-themed articles, especially when I'm craving something to eat. The first one, in particular, had a whole chapter featuring a single dish; it made me so hungry late at night! I highly recommend it, ladies!

4. 4 厨 The God of Cooking and the Demon Beasts: Oh No, We're the Ingredients! 厨神，妖兽：不好，我们成食材了 Jiu Yu九语Eastern Fantasy6.8M WordsOngoing A chef transmigrates to a fantasy world and awakens the strongest Chef God System. Whenever someone praises a dish he makes, his talent, physique, and insight improve. Well, this is an instant takeoff. What's more, his dishes have special effects: they can strengthen the body, nourish one's health, and clear away hidden injuries… The entire sect goes wild. From the Ancestor, Supreme Elders, and Sect Master to the servant disciples, everyone goes crazy for a taste. The Sect Master say 66.6kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves

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   This book is quite good, but there are too few chapters. I suggest you wait and read it for a while.

5. 5 以 Entering the Dao Through Cooking: I'm a Chef in the Cultivation World 以厨入道，我在修仙界当厨子 Loofah and Cabbage丝瓜白菜Eastern Fantasy210k WordsCompleted By chance, Zhang Xiaojiu discovered a recipe book left behind by his grandfather. To find the Dragon-Shaped Grass mentioned in its pages, Zhang Xiaojiu embarked on a quest to seek it out. During his search, he unexpectedly transmigrated to the Shenwu Continent. Come see how a chef uncovers the truth behind his parents’ disappearance and learns the treachery of human nature in the cultivation world. There are countless immortals and gods, but who says a chef can only cook and cannot cultivate imm 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Laughs] Relaxing and enjoyable, no mental strain, a combination of cooking and traditional Chinese medicine, highly recommended.

6. 6 舌 Cultivation on the Tip of the Tongue: I Conquer the Immortal Realm with My Cooking 舌尖上的修仙：我靠厨艺干翻仙界 Insignificant Stardust不值一提的星尘Eastern Fantasy289k WordsCompleted No System + transmigration + cultivation through cuisine + sly tricks + comedy + survival-first cultivation Liu Fan transmigrates to the Tianyuan Sect on the Tianyuan Continent. He thinks that being born with a fire spirit root means he has a perfect start, but after blowing up the pill furnace thirteen times and turning the peak master's alchemy room into rubble, the whole sect mocks him as an alchemy good-for-nothing with nothing but a spirit root. Just as he's so desperate he wants to pack up 68Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Food-themed cultivation novels, without a system.

7. 7 我 My Everyday Food Adventures in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界的美食日常 Clear Wind, White Isle清风白屿Eastern Fantasy380k WordsOngoing [Cultivation + Gourmet + Lighthearted Comedy + Harmonious Sect + One Female Lead] {This book focuses on cultivation, with food as a supporting element. There will be other plotlines besides cooking, so if that's not for you, please don't read.} Lin Xiaofan transmigrates. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in the cultivation world. Huh? A menial disciple, the standard from-the-start setup. So where's the System? Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've awakened the Culinary Immortal System! 12Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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   These are all

8. 8 穿 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Farming with One Hand, Cooking with the Other 穿越修仙界左手种田右手美食 Come on, Rabbit!兔子加油Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis [Everyday life] [BL] [Cozy] [Farming] [Gourmet] [No golden finger] A tsundere, food-loving younger seme x a gentle, refined uke who loves making money Lu Sizhe transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. Unfortunately, cultivation still isn’t in the cards for him. After thinking it over, he decides to return to his old trade and become a chef. As his business flourishes, Lu Sizhe’s customers come from across the Nine Provinces. “Boss Lu, could you make me a plate of fried rice?” “ 7.6kReads9.1Score918Shelves

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   This is a heartwarming and simple story about food. When I read cultivation novels, I always felt there was so much fighting and killing, with characters getting hurt and then gaining opportunities. The characters in this book get along so well. Every time I watch the protagonist cook, I feel so healed. His friends and the little kids around him are all so kind. When they go out to do errands, I worry that one of them might leave and disappear. Luckily, everyone is still there in the end. Boss Lu's food can heal everything. It's so wonderful.

9. 9 做 My Cooking Is So Good, the Entire Cultivation World Treats Me Like a Treasure 做饭太好吃，被整个修仙界团宠了 Little Dog, Don't Always Get Caught in the Rain小狗别总淋雨Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + cultivation + farming + food + street vending + devoted to each other] In his previous life, Yun Ci was a poor student. His parents signed him up for the New Chinese Culinary School early on, and he studied there for three years. Once he graduated, he was ready to show off his skills, but a car accident put a stop to that. When he woke up again, Yun Ci found himself in a world of cultivation. He had no golden finger, no System, and was just an insignificant cannon-fodder charac 9.7kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
10. 10 只 All I Can Do Is Grow Vegetables and Cook, Yet I Became Cultivation World's Top-Tier Star 只会种菜做饭，却成了修真界顶流 Mr. Impenetrable不透君Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Hilarious and Heartwarming + Food + Farming + A Touch of Modern Cultivation] She inherited a cultivation legacy, and her innate talents were cooking and growing vegetables. She became the leader of a sect, but living in poverty was the norm. From the start, all she had was a ramshackle building, a patch of wasteland, and half a mountain forest. A leader with no great ambitions and four idle disciples. Sect leader Jiang Tingyun said, “In modern society, spiritual energy has dried up. Cul 23.6kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves
11. 11 你 You're an Immortal Emperor, So Why Are You Running a Restaurant in the Outer Sect? 你一个仙帝，窝在外门开餐馆？ Green Vegetables and Cucumbers青菜黄瓜Eastern Fantasy378k WordsCompleted Gu Yuan transmigrated to a fantasy world and became an outer disciple of the Tianyan Sect. While sorting through his master's belongings, he found a diary about a hopeless simp. As it turned out, the old man had run a restaurant in the outer sect his entire life just so his goddess could eat a meal he had cooked himself? Poor Gu Yuan. Even on his deathbed, the old man made him promise to keep the restaurant running. “Master, as your disciple, of course I must carry on your legacy.” “This little 598Reads8.1Score107Shelves

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    That's definitely the one! "Old Six," a story of intense competition and humor.

12. 12 美 Gourmet: Fragrant Dishes That Have the Sect's Disciples Fighting Over Them 美食：爆香菜肴，宗门弟子疯抢 All-Purpose Little Black Lord万能小黑君Eastern Fantasy231k WordsOngoing [Scoundrel + Food + Sect + Hilarious + Cutthroat Competition] Shi Hao transmigrates into a fantasy world and awakens the Chef God System. As one dish after another is served, the entire sect is thrown into an uproar. Not only are the dishes delicious, they even have special effects: increasing cultivation, healing hidden injuries, enhancing beauty... The disciples fight tooth and nail for every bite. Each one swears to train harder so they can grab two more bowls of rice. Shi Hao gives a crooked 15Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    This is the best book of its kind I've ever read.

13. 13 全 Our Whole Family Transmigrated as Cannon Fodder, but We Became Great Cultivators 全家穿成炮灰后，我们成了修真界大佬 Mo Jingchun莫惊春Ancient Romance907k WordsCompleted A family of three transmigrated into a xianxia novel, becoming cannon fodder who died before they were even worthy of having names. Luckily: Dad got an Alchemy System and became a Pill Saint. Mom got a Zither Cultivation System and became a Zither Saint. Even her new little brother was a powerful big shot in the novel! Only Lu Xianyun got a God of Cooking System! Immortals all abstain from food. Who's going to eat her cooking, for crying out loud? But to her surprise, more and more people starte 177Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    The whole family transmigrated into cannon fodder—this fits the bill perfectly. The female lead has a culinary god system and can only level up through it, without needing to cultivate immortality. However, she has seven sets of meridians, so she needs to level up seven times, allowing her to fight opponents far above her level. Everyone in the cultivation world believes she's a master because her cooking is incredibly beneficial to them.

14. 14 我 I'm a Culinary God, and the Empress Is Drooling Over My Cooking 我厨神，女帝被我馋哭了 Ou Xiaohuang欧小皇Eastern Fantasy126k WordsCompleted Fang Yuan transmigrates into the Xuanji Sacred Land as a cook and awakens the Chef God System. Any ingredient in his hands can become a mouthwatering delicacy or a miraculous elixir! His cooking can improve comprehension and cultivation, and even transform spiritual root aptitude! From the sect leader down to the elders and disciples, the entire sect becomes a crowd of eager eaters. Seriously, if you can solve it with a meal, who still needs to pop pills? Can pills be eaten like braised pork? Ca 179Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book! This book! A bunch of kids pull all sorts of crazy stunts to grab food. Even the neighbor's kid was drooling after reading it! I'm totally recommending it!!! [Kissing emoji]

15. 15 我 I'm a Culinary God: The Way of Nature? More Like the Way of Cumin! 我厨神：道法自然？道法加孜然！ Mai Le Xuebi麦乐雪碧Eastern Fantasy271k WordsCompleted Passionate and hilarious, with a laid-back vibe, unbeatable cooking, a protagonist who grows into his power, and a gaggle of hungry senior brothers and sisters to raise. No female lead. Stir-frying heaven, earth, and the Heavenly Dao. Wei Jitong, heir apparent to the head chef of the state banquet, accidentally transmigrates to a fantasy cultivation world and becomes a junior disciple of Qingfeng Mountain, where he awakens the God of Cooking System. As long as his dishes amaze people, he can ear 221Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    This looks great! (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡

16. 16 我 I Bound the God of Cooking System and Became Unbeatable in the Sect 我绑定厨神系统，在宗门无敌了 Borrowing Ships with Grass Boats草船借舰Eastern Fantasy801k WordsCompleted [Everyday life + silly, brainless wish fulfillment] After transmigrating into a fantasy world, Ye Chenxing takes charge of all the old, weak, sick, and young members of Cangqiong Peak from his senior brother. A good-for-nothing second senior brother takes over as peak master. Cangqiong Peak is doomed! After binding to the God of Cooking Food System, Ye Chenxing cultivates through cooking. His dishes can increase spiritual energy, help people reach enlightenment, raise their cultivation, and ha 497Reads8.7Score110Shelves
17. 17 全 Global: I Am the Supreme God of Cooking, and I Can Cook Anything! 全民：我，至高神厨，烹饪万物！ He Is Called the Bright King其称明王Urban202k WordsCompleted When the game descended upon reality, monsters began roaming everywhere, and the wilderness filled with dungeons and secret realms. Blue Star entered an era where everyone could change classes, level up by killing monsters, and grow stronger through repeated class changes! On the day of his class change, Lin Feng became an ordinary life-class chef. Just as everyone was lamenting his bad luck, his System awakened and promoted him to the Supreme Divine Chef. What the heck? His boiling technique be 34Reads6.3Score—Shelves
18. 18 玄 Xuanhuan: I’m the God of Food, and I’ve Made the Entire Cultivation World Drool 玄幻：我食神，馋哭了整个修仙界 Wen Liuxiang文留香Eastern Fantasy188k WordsCompleted [Also known as: “I Just Became a Peak Master, and You Want Me to Be a Chef?” and “Invincible God of Food: All My Disciples Have the Potential to Become Emperors”] Lu Qi transmigrates to the cultivation world and spends twenty years finally becoming a peak master of the Xuantian Sect, only to awaken the Invincible God of Food System. Damn System! I just became a peak master, and now you want me to be a chef? Luckily, all the dishes he makes have special effects: longevity noodles that extend your 163Reads8.1Score—Shelves
19. 19 美 Gourmet: My Cooking Makes the Myriad Worlds Drool 美食，我的美食馋哭诸天万界 There's a Little Divine Beast at My House俺家有只小神兽Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Fantasy, food, illustrations, comedy, scheming, farming. The starry-sky yanggeng, the undisputed beauty queen of desserts. The upgraded version of Stargazing Pie: Eyes Shut Forever. Boiled cabbage so beautiful it takes your breath away. Spicy crayfish that'll make anyone gain a few pounds before they leave. A chopped chili Kun head big enough to feed dozens. Red-braised lamb, fish-fragrant shredded pork, crystal shrimp dumplings, chicken broth soup dumplings, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish... Hel 953Reads8.9Score101Shelves

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    I'm recommending myself! [Sending hearts]

20. 20 我 I’m Just Cooking, Why Are the Demonic Beasts So Nervous? 我就做个菜，妖兽你紧张什么？ Chilled Dinosaur冰镇恐龙Eastern Fantasy336k WordsCompleted Xie Fan, a food lover, accidentally transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation and awakens the God of Cooking System! He thought a world of cultivation would be full of fun, but there’s no internet or air conditioning, and worst of all, the food is terrible! With the principle that he can give up cultivating immortality, but he can’t give up eating, Xie Fan decides to fend for himself! The entire sect goes wild! The disciples: “What is this? How can it be so delicious!” “Eating a bowl of f 736Reads6.6Score112Shelves

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    It's not like that ヘ(_ _ヘ)

21. 21 宗 The Sect's Culinary God: I Conquer the Immortal Cultivation World with Food 宗门厨神，我靠美食征服修仙界 A Sweet Chili Pepper一颗甜辣椒Eastern Fantasy231k WordsCompleted [Food + No Female Lead + Farming + Ensemble Cast] Ye Bai transmigrates to a fantasy cultivation world, with nothing but a body incapable of cultivation and an inn from the start. Fortunately, he awakens a Culinary Cultivation System. Complete its quests, and he can earn recipes, spiritual roots, cultivation techniques, immortal artifacts, a pocket dimension... And so, every meal Ye Bai cooks becomes an unparalleled delicacy. The entire cultivation world goes crazy trying to get a taste of his co 248Reads6.1Score—Shelves
22. 22 我 How Did a Cultivation Big Shot Like Me End Up Cooking? 我一个修真大佬怎么开始搞美食了 Beef Ball Soup with Rice牛肉丸汤饭Modern Romance135k WordsCompleted Cultivation-world powerhouse + portable convenience store + no romance + food After inexplicably being kicked out of the cultivation world following her ascension, Tao Yu unexpectedly returns to Earth. She spends a few days eating and drinking to her heart’s content, only to be kicked out again by the world’s consciousness! At last, she realizes there’s nowhere that will accept her! Every time she arrives in a new world, she’s greeted by that world’s consciousness. Each time, Tao Yu thinks she c 4Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 我 I'm the Head Cook at the Number One Sect 我在第一宗门做煮饭大妈 Going to Sleep睡觉了Ancient Romance320k WordsCompleted [No romance + mother-daughter dual storyline + everyday cultivation + lighthearted plot] Lin Shuzhen is a wonderful cook, but a great drought has left the land barren and the harvest ruined. To save herself and her daughter, Lin Shuzhen tears up the ancestral talisman of protection. It was passed down from her great-great-grandmother, and protects women, but not men. Her mother told her that many years ago, an immortal was traveling through the mortal world when he hit a bottleneck in his cultiv 1.5kReads7.1Score254Shelves
24. 24 魔 Magic Ingredients in an Iron Wok, The Otherworldly Food Is So Fragrant 魔法食材配铁锅，这异界菜太香了 Ke Jiuchang柯久常Eastern Fantasy239k WordsCompleted After a night of overtime, corporate drone Fan Xingyu opens his eyes and finds himself transmigrated to a different world where magic reigns supreme: the continent of What the Heck. Even more absurdly, he awakens the [God of Cooking System]. Every dish he makes earns experience, unlocking recipes and culinary skills! But this world is practically a “culinary hell.” Mages char steaks with flames, nobles consider bland stews delicacies, and commoners chew on black bread hard enough to kill someone 16Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 老 The Ancestor Takes on an Alternate Identity and Uses Food to Turn the Cultivation World Upside Down 老祖宗披小号用美食掀翻修仙界 The Book of Falling Words落语之书Ancient Romance163k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Feng Jinhua worked hard to cultivate and became a renowned immortal master. But before she could enjoy the thrill of reaching the highest level, she was told her time was almost up. The good news was that she could be reborn in a new body and start cultivating all over again. The bad news was that this new body was only twelve years old, not even five feet tall, and as tiny as a little bean. In her little-bean body, she rejoined the sect she had founded, took one bite of a 4Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 她 She Survived in the Cultivation World With Food and a System Until She Ascended 她靠美食和系统在修真界苟到飞升 Retired Salted Fish养老的咸鱼Ancient Romance586k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System + food + spirit pets + spirit fields + no romance] Xingchen kindly saved someone, then transmigrated to the Blue Star Continent. Her father had died before she was even born? Xingchen thought the story she'd gotten was... a tale about dressing as a man, making a fortune, and working her way toward a comfortable life through farming... But when she was ready to throw herself into the work... she discovered this was a cultivation novel... Cultivation... Fine, then, she'd c 516Reads8.8Score106Shelves
27. 27 什 What, I Can Ascend to Immortality Through Gourmet Food? 什么，让我靠美食飞升成仙？ Black Prison Snow黑狱雪Ancient Romance204k WordsCompleted [No Romance, Focus on Food] [System + Cultivation + Transmigrate Into a Book + Lighthearted Comedy] Reader’s Guide: Does anyone else get it? Hua Xianli, a food blogger with millions of followers in the 21st century, actually slipped and fell to her death! Then she transmigrated into a cannon-fodder character with the same name in a male-oriented harem novel about a reborn hero’s rise to power! She thought she was about to embark on a story of turning the tables and taking down her enemies, but i 36Reads8.0Score—Shelves
28. 28 我 My Cooking God System Is Acting Up 我的厨神系统不对劲 Little Wu Yu小乌彧Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted A cultivation-world massacre sparked by egg fried rice, and a bowl of black sesame paste that fools people into founding a “sacred Buddhist lineage.” Lin Xian, a chef who transmigrates to the cultivation world, is bound to the “Ancient Food Cultivation System.” He thinks he can reach the pinnacle of life by cooking, until he makes a bowl of egg fried rice. Everyone who eats it sees their cultivation surge. It has just one “tiny drawback”: their hair falls out. Overnight, everyone in Radiant Sec 566Reads5.7Score100Shelves

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    I initially thought it was a mindless, feel-good story, but the ordinary people in it really touched me! Old Zhao didn't care about going bald because he was fixing the roof, and Master Chen didn't care about his hair because of his students. I laughed and then my eyes welled up with tears!

29. 29 厨 Chef God: Feasting on the Classic of Mountains and Seas 厨神，食在山海经 Pineapple Pizza菠萝披萨Eastern Fantasy137k WordsOngoing A classic food-themed story, with no nasty surprises! Everyday push and pull with a lazy master who likes to sneak peeks, and a gentle senior sister. The ingredients are a bit wild. I hope you'll believe that the cooking methods and the taste of the finished dishes are things I've only heard about. Please don't send me to eat plain rice! Beloved by everyone, with a laid-back, slice-of-life style! The male lead is not impotent! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both of these books are very good.

30. 30 修 Cultivation Begins with Becoming a Chef 修真从当厨子开始 One Scallion Short少根葱Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [The Path of Culinary Cultivation] + [War] + [Transmigration] The Great Way is rugged, the culinary path our foundation. We chase the wind and moon, across open fields and verdant hills. Wang Yue transmigrates from another modern cultivation world to an ancient cultivation realm. In his previous life, he was a Culinary King, and cultivators who practiced the culinary arts existed in his world and were revered. In this world, a cook? That's just someone who makes food. In this life, Wang Yue will 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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    😝① In his past life, he was a cook, and after transmigrating, he's still a cook. He thought everything would be different in the cultivation world, but he's even bound to a system—the God of Cookery System! ② The cook transmigrates into an outer disciple of the Pill Peak in the cultivation world; while others use bottles to store their pills, he uses a pot! 😌

31. 31 我 I Turn the Tide in the Cultivation World with My Cooking 我靠美食在修仙界逆风翻盘 Half a Durian半只榴莲Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Food + cultivation + slow-burn growth + lighthearted, witty style] [The heroine is clever and a bit of a goofball. The hero is obsessive and crazy, with a sharp tongue, a soft heart, and a haughty streak.] Living in the apocalypse, Yu Guiwan had imagined all kinds of ways she might die, but never that she, a celebrated chef, would be poisoned to death by a pot of mushroom soup! Humiliated, she realized she had transmigrated. Even more humiliatingly, the moment she came back to life, her husband 2.7kReads8.9Score350Shelves
32. 32 魂 Soul-Transmigrated to a Cultivation World: The Chef God System Helps Me Ascend 魂穿修仙世界：厨神系统助我飞升 I Want to Pet a Kangaroo想摸下袋鼠Eastern Fantasy104k WordsCompleted [System + Cultivation] An accident caused Zhou Xiaochuan, who was on Earth, to transmigrate to the world of cultivation. He misses his mother and younger sister back on Earth terribly, but this new world is full of danger. Zhou Xiaochuan has only one thought: stay alive and find a way home. Need a Nine-Turn Purification Pill to survive your tribulation? Try a batch of grass cake, and the heavenly tribulation will ignore you completely! Been stuck at a bottleneck for years? Try some spirit wine I 2Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 异 The Otherworld's Gourmet King 异界的美食天王 Oily Gurgle油油咕叽Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted [Food + System] An ordinary chef is brought to the Continent of Gods and Demons, where he runs a restaurant that’s anything but ordinary. The food here can’t be found anywhere else, yet people from every corner of the continent can make their way to this restaurant. This world has magic, battle qi, cultivators, and charlatans. I, Chen Mo, just want to be an ordinary chef, winning every customer’s heart with the Chinese cuisine they can’t get in this other world. [Some characters in this book may 112Reads8.7Score—Shelves
34. 34 修 The Little Culinary God of Cultivation 修真小厨神 The Darkness in the Eyes瞳中的黑暗Urban1.1M WordsCompleted What’s so special about being a chef? Isn’t it just cooking? Ordinary chefs may not be anything special, but a chef who can use martial arts in the kitchen is something else entirely! In Huaxia, a nation with five thousand years of history and culture, there’s a secretive group of chefs who use martial arts to cook. They are mysterious and highly esteemed, and their dishes are not only delicious but also have all kinds of special effects. Lin Muye runs a steamed bun shop on Qinggang Road that ba 9Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 觉 Awakened a Mortal Artifact? This Is a World-Creating Dao Artifact! 觉醒凡器？这可是创世道器！ Chengcheng Loves Oranges澄橙爱吃橙Ancient Romance464k WordsOngoing Have you ever seen a white tiger with a cake balanced on its head? An irascible old ginseng that has cultivated for nine thousand years? A man-eating flower that keeps saying it wants to eat its master, yet fights harder than anyone? Su Yu has seen them all. Ever since awakening at eighteen, she's been bringing these oddballs home one by one, while everyone else risks their lives just to secure a single sentient ingredient. Now, loss of taste is sweeping across the four great culinary continents 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hardcore food fantasy. Strong female lead. Excellent plot.

36. 36 食 The Feast Records: The Simple Joys of a Flavorful Life 食案录：人间有味是清欢 Watching Gulls in the Deep Mountains深山看鸥Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + everyday cooking + running a neighborhood business + female chef] After becoming the cook at a small shop in ancient times, Lin Zhiwei doesn’t rely on reclaiming wasteland to survive. Instead, she runs a humble neighborhood shop with her skill at preparing all kinds of delicious dishes. Starting with a bowl of bone broth that costs four coins, she serves rice with lard, braised pork bones, and glutinous rice cakes, warming an entire street with one homestyle dish after another. 172Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A slice-of-life story about a person who travels back to ancient times, opens a shop, and runs it. Every chapter features food, somewhat similar to the style of Fang Yishao.

37. 37 随 Random Food Stalls: I Win Over the Cultivation World with My Cooking 随机摆摊：我靠美食征服修真界 I've Decided to Eat Something Good决定吃点好的Eastern Fantasy245k WordsOngoing [Gourmet + Cultivation + No Romance + Ensemble Cast + Comedy + Heartwarming] Jiang Chen transmigrated into the cultivation world, where cultivators were everywhere. Just as he was starting to worry, the Random-Stall System came online. As long as his food earned sincere praise from others, he could improve his cultivation and exchange rewards for all kinds of magic treasures and items. His dishes could even improve other people's cultivation, natural aptitude, comprehension, and more. And so, a 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    01 Randomly setting up a stall, I conquer the cultivation world with my food. 02 The Great War of the Cultivation World: The Unfinished Meal. 003 I sell boxed lunches in the cultivation world. 005 Cultivation begins with being a chef. 006 Hearing the chosen chef's voice: Delicious food, delicious food!

38. 38 我 I Sell Bento Boxes in the Cultivation World 我在修真界卖盒饭 Hawthorn Dog山楂狗Ancient Romance386k WordsCompleted (One-on-one romance + absurd comedy + System + food + trash-talk champion) Zhang Jiuqiu accidentally transmigrated into the role of a vicious female antagonist and got bound to a diss System that let her diss anyone she couldn’t stand. From then on, Zhang Jiuqiu’s name spread far and wide, and she became the foulest-mouthed person in the cultivation world. After eating the meal her senior brother cooked, Zhang Jiuqiu’s cultivation level dropped. Zhang Jiuqiu: “What the hell is this? Even my dog 179Reads8.1Score—Shelves
39. 39 修 Cultivation: Starting Out as a Chef 修仙：从当厨子开始 The Scholar Beneath the Moon, Moon's Chant月下书生月之吟Eastern Fantasy237k WordsOngoing Modern chef Lu Xiao'an accidentally transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. With her cooking skills, she wins over everyone in the sect. They used to focus on cultivation, but now they rush to the dining hall as soon as mealtime rolls around. For the sake of a good meal, everyone in the sect sets off to search the world for rare treasures and magical beasts. The demon clan: “You eat us every day, and you still have the nerve to show your faces? We’re reporting you to the Jade Emperor!! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 人 In the Cultivation World, I Set Up a Stall Selling Barbecue from the Start 人在修仙界，开局摆摊卖烧烤 Mouse Licks Cat耗子舔猫Eastern Fantasy499k WordsCompleted [Gourmet cultivation, running a business and farming, no female lead, slow burn, hilarious power progression] I'm just a chef. Surely it's only fitting for me to have a sect of my own~ …Divider… [Cultivation Realms] Human race: Body Tempering, Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Mahayana, Tribulation Transcendence, Ascension, Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal… Demon race: (Ranks 60Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    A hilarious and funny story about a famous chef from Earth who transmigrates to start a business selling kebabs.

41. 41 最 The Strongest Chef System: I Won a Hundredfold Cashback 最强厨神系统，我抽中百倍返还 So Much Good Food好多吃的Eastern Fantasy783k WordsCompleted Ye Xuan wakes up one day to discover that he has transmigrated to a cultivation world where the culinary arts have fallen into decline. With the System to help him, he can earn great rewards by completing Culinary God training missions, so he puts his knowledge of traditional Chinese cuisine to good use. “It's spicy, it's fragrant! Wait, this scallion-oil noodles can even temper your spiritual energy? Bring me ten more bowls!” “This cuttlefish roe soup! It can actually improve my physique, too.” 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Cultivation sect, slow-paced, with plenty of delicious food.

42. 42 美 Food and Immortal Cultivation: Even the Immortals Are Foodies 美食，修仙，上仙大能皆吃货 Northward Through the Snow Country雪国向北Eastern Fantasy598k WordsCompleted [A laid-back cultivation journey with a touch of absurdity] Zhang Taiyi transmigrates to a cultivation world with a black wok spirit root and joins a sect, only to be assigned to the outer sect kitchen. He awakens the God of Cooking System and obtains the Record of Spirit Cuisine. Cooking demon beasts not only boosts his cultivation, but also lets him acquire their unique skills. Zhang Taiyi wins over everyone in the kitchen with his cooking, and soon the sect’s entire leadership falls under his 134Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    🔥①A chef transmigrates to a fantasy world, awakening the strongest culinary god system. 🍀His dishes receive rave reviews, and his talent, constitution, and comprehension soar. 🍀His dishes even possess miraculous effects, driving the entire sect wild. 🍀The sect leader and patriarchs fight over the food, while disciples rush to eat during mealtimes. The strongest culinary god leads a culinary frenzy in the sect. 🔥②Carefully selected, take what you like!

43. 43 厨 Chef God, Ancestor, Run! The Sword Immortal Is Here for Ingredients Again 厨神，老祖快跑剑仙又来抓食材了 There's a Little Divine Beast at My House俺家有只小神兽Eastern Fantasy173k WordsOngoing Where are the trolls? I haven't given myself away at all! A chef transmigrates to a world of cultivation and uses the tiniest bit of his culinary talent to dominate the immortal realm. Short on food in the desert? With people from my great land of China around, growing vegetables in the desert is a piece of cake! Are demonic beast meats poisonous and inedible? With chefs from my great Celestial Empire on the job, no matter what kind of demon or monster you are, you won't escape becoming an ingre 8Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 公 The Young Master Is a Fine Cook 公子善厨 Hu Pangya胡胖丫Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Slow burn, no romance, no System, has a golden finger, traditional xianxia) After living two lives, Chu Liuyun is used to being a spoiled wastrel. All he wants is to eat, drink, and wait for death. Then, by a stroke of bad luck, an immortal master chooses him to join the immortal sect. But with his five-element spiritual roots, he’s a good-for-nothing. The only job he can get in the sect is as a menial outer disciple, struggling to survive. He thinks his carefree days are over, but then his luc 1.8kReads8.3Score208Shelves

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    It's very well written. The main character has several close friends, a cute younger sister, and respectable teachers. There's no nauseating backstabbing or scheming, and the cooking is described quite well—it's very addictive.

45. 45 星 Interstellar: What Shall the Big Shot Eat Today? 星际：大佬今天吃点啥 Strawberry Rice Ball草莓圆子Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted The founding ancestor of the Feixian Sect was about to ascend to immortality. He never expected that eating an egg before his ascension would incur Heaven’s wrath. When he woke, he found himself in a strange world. Spiritual energy was scarce, yet strange beasts were brimming with it. Well... this is the story of a food lover who gorges on delicacies across the stars, levels up, and hunts for ingredients. It’ll make your mouth water. 870Reads9.1Score100Shelves

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    This one, however, has interstellar elements.

46. 46 异 The God of Cooking in Another World 异世厨神 Foodie Kitty爱美食的喵Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted In this fantasy world, where cultivators can split mountains with a raised hand and sever great rivers with a kick, he begins his path to godhood with a tiny restaurant! The most beautiful woman in the capital, the saintess of the Ice Spirit Palace, the enchanting demoness of the demonic cult, and the emperor who travels ten thousand miles a day all become his devoted foodies! Faced with the flood of customers, Qi Xiu declares, “Each person can order only one serving of each dish per day!” What? 1.5kReads8.0Score177Shelves

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    Every single one is amazing, the kind that makes your mouth water.

47. 47 带 Running a Street Stall with My Daughter, I Have the Whole World Drooling! 带女儿摆地摊，全球被我馋哭了！ Loves Sliced Meat爱吃肉片Urban1.2M WordsCompleted (Food + comfort reads + devoted dad + urban slice of life + heartwarming comedy + System + no female lead) Su Chen binds himself to a food System and takes his daughter to set up a stall at a random location each week. He sells cold noodles outside a gym, leaving the trainers and their students drooling as they lament how hard it is to lose weight! He sells extra-spicy crayfish outside a hospital, where patients with hemorrhoids endure the agony just to take one more bite! He sells lemon chicken 1.6kReads8.6Score169Shelves

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    You can't possibly get out of here. I guarantee that once you slip into this novel, you're not going anywhere. It's absolutely super, incredibly, explosively good!

48. 48 吃 The Foodie Cultivation World 吃货修真界 Zhi Lu沚鹭Ancient Romance912k WordsCompleted Born on the Vermilion Bird Continent into an ordinary family, he had only a decent talent, but became an apprentice in the culinary world and made his way on the continent, carefree and too young to know sorrow. Cultivators have to abstain from food? What a pity that would be for all the delicious dishes in the world. What could be better than being born into a cultivation world of food lovers, eating delicious food while leveling up? 7Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    These are all pretty good. [1] It is really a very serious food novel. [2] To level up a chef, you should not only improve your cooking skills, but also your cooking spirit.

49. 49 合 Sword Immortal of the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗剑仙 I'm Not Even a Supporting Character我连配角都不是Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [No System + Traditional Cultivation + Eastern Fantasy] He was given an innate spiritual physique, yet kept in the dark about it. Give him another chance to cultivate, and he can soar to the top. It's not that the other sects are out of reach, but the Hehuan Sect offers better value for money. Of three thousand rivers, he drinks from only one. Better to roam free with a sword than command the mandate of heaven. The mighty cultivators of the cultivation world all regret their choices. If they had 8.9kReads8.7Score891Shelves

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    [Laughing][Laughing][Laughing][Almost crying][Smiling][Pouting][Laughing][Cool][Thinking][Awkward laugh][Laughing][What][Awkward laugh] Readers tired of clichés should check out "The Useless Member of the Hehuan Sect." It avoids old tropes and features a fresh plot. [Traditional Fantasy] + [Espionage] + [Multiple Female Leads]

50. 50 校 The Campus Cafeteria: My Brother-in-Law Exposes My Identity as a Culinary God 校外食堂：厨神身份被小舅子曝光 Five Ridges, Six Beasts五脊六兽Urban172k WordsOngoing [Gourmet Romance + Everyday Life + A System Gets Turned on Its Head] Chef God Lin Chen transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the owner of a small restaurant. In this little shop, ordinary ingredients always become extraordinary dishes! The braised pork is tender and sweet, and the soy-braised pork bones smell delicious from blocks away. The spicy chicken is crisp and fragrant, while the stuffed tofu is tender and juicy... And the campus belle is working her way through college by serving 43Reads7.9Score—Shelves

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    These are all pretty good.

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