Chef's Workbench
by TamKungZ_
Chef's Workbench swaps the single furnace for a small kitchen system, where players place cooking blocks and cook food in batches.
What it does
Players build a working kitchen from cooking stations that fry, bake, steam, boil and cook food. Stoves take fuel and begin the process, and a creative tab groups the blocks together. Cooking becomes a chain of stations instead of one furnace block, which suits survival play and modpacks that rely on custom setups.
Recipe viewers are optional: without one, the workbench still works, and an installed supported viewer lets players browse custom cooking recipes in-game. Files are made for one exact Minecraft version and loader, and the mod runs on client and server, so both sides need it. Builds cover 1.19.2 – 26.2 for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and the code is not open source under All rights reserved.
Key features
Cooking stations
Kitchen blocks such as ovens, pans and counters combine into one working setup.
Batch cooking
Fuel and cookware allow several items to be prepared in one run, with stoves taking fuel to start.
Datapack recipes
Datapacks can add foods, replace built-in recipes and change cooking time and experience values.
Optional recipe viewer support
A supported recipe viewer installed alongside the mod lets players browse custom cooking recipes in-game.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.19.x2 of 2 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Survival kitchens
Players can build a full cooking area and craft a stove early to begin building it.
Custom recipe packs
Pack makers can write their own cooking recipes and tune the process through a datapack guide.
Who it’s for: Players who want a kitchen with several cooking stations, and pack makers who want to change recipes with datapacks rather than by editing the jar.
Questions
Does Chef's Workbench need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and version should be used?
Is a recipe viewer required?
In the catalog
Chef's Workbench is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
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…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/chefs-workbench
- Owner
- TamKungZ_
- Published
- 2026-06-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15