A Chef's Dream
by gaiuscerney
A Chef's Dream is a NeoForge mod for Minecraft 1.21.1 that focuses on farming and cooking, with new crops, foods and a grinding block.
What it does
Players grow brand new crops, such as corn, and cook them into new foods, including turning corn into popcorn. A new block called the Grinding Mill is the main machine for processing ingredients. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Only version 1.21.1 is covered, with the 1.0.0 NeoForge file published on 2026-08-01, and it is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
New crops
Crops such as corn are added to the farming system, expanding what players can plant and harvest.
Cooking recipes
Harvested ingredients can be cooked into new foods, for example corn turned into popcorn.
Grinding Mill
A new Grinding Mill block processes ingredients and is the main machine for obtaining the new foods.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Chef Steve is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 that is open source under the MIT License, and it shares the client and server environment with A Chef's Dream. Cooking covers 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 and is under All rights reserved, so it does not target the same version.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Chef's Dream | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-01 |
| Chef Steve | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-28 |
| Cooking | NeoForge | 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-05-26 |
Questions
Does A Chef's Dream need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does A Chef's Dream support?
In the catalog
A Chef's Dream is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,596 Food mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This mod A Chef's Dream is a mod that is focused on farming brand new crops such as corn. On top of farming theres also cooking such as turning corn into popcorn. On top of adding new foods and crops there is a new block called the GrindingMill which is the main block used for getting these new foods. As of right now…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/a-chefs-dream
- Owner
- gaiuscerney
- Published
- 2026-08-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
