[AA] Sims try to cook for themselves in hotels even when a chef is assigned

Lock the doors for kitchens and areas where food is served for everyone but staff and make them little rooms with at least half walls. This should prevent customers from trying to cook.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t work. When I close the door to a kitchen for everyone but stuff, chef cannot enter the kitchen neither. Also, chef cooks and leaves meals in the kitchen so guests should have access to the kitchen to take food.

I havent had a restaurent in forever. Why are the meals in the kitchen? Arent waiters supposed to take it to the customers? Or could you build things so the staff doesnt leave the meals in the kitchen but in an area where customers have access to but not in the kitchen?

Try this if you still want to lock the kitchen down.

Select the chef, lock the doors for everyone but the chef. Then select the door and "unlock for specific sim...". Select the staff.

Or after locking it for everyone but the chef, select the door and choose "allow access to..." -> employees.

I’m not sure I understand you correctly. Chef is an npc selected for this vacation. I cannot select him and close the door for everyone but chef. I don’t have such an action on the door. And the sims I can open the door to are those who only live in my household.

I see. Thats inconvenient.

Just to be sure, this is what I mean to lock the doors:

But if you can find that NPC in the manage households list (on the world selection and region screens, upper right) you could enter that household, visit the lot and then try to lock the doors. He is assigned to the lot so he should be able to interact this way with the doors. Just set the household to inactive again after you are done.

I also have the same problem..

For my boarding school I would like to have an option for the students to just eat without cooking. The cooking will be done by a staff members who does cleaning and repairing during other hours of the day.