The Kitchen Storm update has arrived in Grow a Garden, bringing a massive Cooking Expansion with new pets, seeds, items, quality-of-life changes, and a powerful new event that boosts your cooking abilities. Released in August 2025, this patch is one of the most feature-packed updates yet, giving farmers more ways to earn, cook, and collect rare rewards.
Kitchen Storm – The New Cooking Event
The Kitchen Storm is a special, player-triggered event that grants the Aromatic mutation and can be leveled up four times by submitting food to NPCs. Each level increases cooking speed, allowing everyone in the lobby to prepare dishes much faster.
Key Points:
Triggered by submitting food to Chris P.
Grants Aromatic mutation to plants.
Four upgrade stages, each with faster cooking speed.
Works best when the community collaborates.
Rat Connoisseur – Mutated Dish Rewards
A new NPC, the Rat Connoisseur, now appears next to Chris P, seeking mutated dishes. Every time you submit a mutated meal, you’ll get to choose 1 of 3 rewards from his expanded prize pool.
Possible Rewards Include:
Pets: Lobster Thermidor, Gorilla Chef, Hotdog Daschund, Sunny Side Chicken, Bacon Pig.
Seeds: King Cabbage, Badlands Pepper, Bitter Melon, Pricklefruit, Butternut Squash, Spring Onion, Rhubarb.
Special Items: Aromatic Pet Mutation Shard, Kitchen Crate, Culinarian Chest, and more.
Recipe Book – Track Your Cooking Progress
The Recipe Book is a brand-new feature that records every dish you’ve discovered, including the ingredients required to make them. This helps you keep track of rare recipes and ensures you can recreate high-tier dishes more easily.
QoL Cooking Changes:
High-tier dishes are now easier to craft without Bone Blossoms.
Improved ingredient management for smoother cooking.
New Pets in Kitchen Storm Update
The update adds five+ new pets, each with unique abilities:
Lobster Thermidor – Produces Molten and Meteoric mutations on nearby fruits.
Gorilla Chef – Duplicates cooked meals with a small chance when using cooking pots or cauldrons.
Bacon Pig – Temporarily boosts nearby fruit variant chance.
Sunny Side Chicken – Speeds up egg hatching.
Hotdog Daschund – Drops mustard/ketchup puddles for cooldown and XP boosts.
New Seeds in Kitchen Storm Update
Seven new seeds have been introduced, obtainable from Rat Connoisseur or inside the Culinarian Chest:
King Cabbage – High-value, multi-harvest crop.
Badlands Pepper – Produces 3–4 fruits per harvest.
Bitter Melon – High-value, multi-harvest crop with sustainable profit.
Pricklefruit – Multiple harvest potential.
Butternut Squash – Consistent income plant.
Spring Onion – Single-harvest crop with good value.
Rhubarb – Multi-harvest crop with steady sales.
New Items
Culinarian Chest – Contains rare pets and seeds.
Kitchen Crate – Holds cosmetic items.
Aromatic Pet Mutation Shard – Applies Aromatic mutation to pets.
Additional Features & Changes
Pet Loadouts – Save and swap between up to 3 custom pet setups.
Overlapping Weather – New weather system allows multiple conditions at once.
Admin Weathers & Mutations – Special events and mutation effects.
UI & Cosmetic Updates – Revamped active pet UI, new utility tab, 13+ new cosmetics.
Bug Fixes & Balance Changes – Nerfs to certain pets, improved passive effects, guaranteed drops for new chests.
Final Thoughts
The Grow a Garden Kitchen Storm update is a major content drop, especially for cooking-focused players. Between the Aromatic mutation boosts, mutated dish rewards, and new pets and seeds, there’s more incentive than ever to experiment with farming and cooking strategies. Whether you’re after profit crops, mutation farming, or pet collection, this update has something for everyone.