'cook together with' interaction

That interaction has never worked for me, sadly, but it's worked for my sister so idk

Is there enough counter space for two Sims to cook at? The Sim you have asked to cook with you (whether adult or child) will usually just prep/chop food at a free counter. In my experience, as long as there are atleast two free counter spaces then it should work just fine.

Edit: Incase adding more counter space does not solve your issue, I've found two threads on Answers HQ that may help:

This one has been solved:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Feedback/Sims-won-t-cook-together/td-p/10540397

And this one is still open:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Group-Cooking-Sims-just-stands-around/td-p/10531137

If your issue persists, you can click the "me too" button in the first post in the open thread and then reply with a description of your own experience.

I hope the "cook together with" interaction gets fixed for you! :smile:

It doesn’t seem to work for me either, not in my current household anyway. I have a theory that possibly there is not enough accessible counter space so the extra helping sims just stand talking but I’m not 100% sure about this.

Here are my sims cooking together. 2 are actually cooking, teen is taking selfies, boy is standing there chatting. I have found that any more than 2 sims just doesn't work.

https://i.imgur.com/TxZDDQZ.jpg

And I regularly get a mom and daughter autonomously cooking together in another family.
https://i.imgur.com/ExTX0pm.png

Probably no help but, it's happened autonomously for my sims a few times. Then they get "Cooking Memories"

Ahh, yes. That day we made toast together. I'll never forget it.

Such exciting lives they lead. :D

I've only tried it a few times with a couple. Their kitchen is fairly small with maybe two or three counterspace available. The first time, the second sim did no cooking actions, but seemed to be watching and cheering on the other sim who was cooking. The other times both sims did go through the cooking motions. I wonder if the recipes determine the action, or is it always the same?
The cooking menu is somewhat confusing too. One time they prepared a dish together and it turned out it was only one serving so my second sim had to make another dish. I also don't think they automatically grab a serving together, or even 'call to meal' would have been nice to add on as a next step to the cook together interaction.

Thanks @GirlFromIpanema , I clicked me too on the bug report and made a note.

I wanted to share this thought here too: it seems like, in my game, it's random whether the other sim does a cooking animation, a reading cookbook animation, or a "stand there and talk about food" animation. "Stand there and talk about food" feels buggy, and maybe it is, idk, but in the end they do end up producing the extra servings that you should get from "cook together". So it's possible it's just a poorly designed alternative animation.

(I feel like if it's by design, you shouldn't have stand-and-talkers helping to cook unless you have at least 2 or 3 sims doing cooking animations already. People definitely hang out in my RL kitchen and helpfully argue about garlic or shellfish while a couple of people are actively cooking. But not if I'm the only one actively cooking. Or if they do, then that kind of help I don't need!)

"mightysprite;c-17967044" wrote:
Thanks @GirlFromIpanema , I clicked me too on the bug report and made a note.

I wanted to share this thought here too: it seems like, in my game, it's random whether the other sim does a cooking animation, a reading cookbook animation, or a "stand there and talk about food" animation. "Stand there and talk about food" feels buggy, and maybe it is, idk, but in the end they do end up producing the extra servings that you should get from "cook together". So it's possible it's just a poorly designed alternative animation.

(I feel like if it's by design, you shouldn't have stand-and-talkers helping to cook unless you have at least 2 or 3 sims doing cooking animations already. People definitely hang out in my RL kitchen and helpfully argue about garlic or shellfish while a couple of people are actively cooking. But not if I'm the only one actively cooking. Or if they do, then that kind of help I don't need!)

In my game, even the visitor didn’t talk anything. He was standing beside the counters and did nothing. He was just standing without words. But anyway, my sim made 12 portions meal.

@Mstybl95 Maybe, do you have Cottage living pack? It might work with this pack? I haven’t got it yet. Because I also have the bug which I cannot sell the harvestable through my sim’s inventory. I heard there is a market that you can sell your produces but I don’t have that market without cottage living.

its little glitchy but as long as your sims can route and there is enough counters you just have to select sim to cook with and theyll go do their thing

should not matter if the sim is in household

It's a tad glitchy. I've only had it work out really nice, once. The mom and her two Child daughters were actually able to prepare the meal together.

https://i.imgur.com/IjhzQNX.jpg