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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has no shortage of quests and cooking recipes, and there are a few select instances where you can encounter both simultaneously. This is exactly the case in the quest "Gourmets Gone Missing," a step in the right direction for a recipe, a cash reward, and (eventually) a new armor set.
However, if you want to do this quest, you'll probably want to make a few preparations first. After all, who wants to attend a cook-off with no ingredients? With your bag full of delicious goodies, you'll be ready to take on any recipe the gourmets throw at you.
Riverside Stable
To begin this quest, you'll need to have already started the "Potential Princess Sightings" quest at the Lucky Clover Gazette. With that quest activated, Penn will be available to speak with at each stable.
However, before you go anywhere, you'll likely want to ensure you've prepared some items first. For this quest, you'll want:
One Hylian Rice | Found by cutting grass in shallow water (rare) or purchasing at Hateno Village, Gerudo Town, Koroko Forest, Zora's Domain. |
One Rock Salt | Found by mining ore deposits (best found in Lake Darman Monster Den) or by purchasing in Goron City. |
One Raw Meat | Found by killing any non-bird animal. |
Travel to Riverside Stable to find Penn outside next to a large tree on the waterfront (past all the animal pens). He'll tell you that he's heard tale of a recipe said to have been made by Princess Zelda.
Naturally, the game won't just hand you the recipe. What's the hold-up this time? The people who know it never turned up to the stable.
To learn more, you must speak with Gotter, the stable chef. He stands directly ahead across the two animal pens and faces the bridge. He gives you a hint that the traveling gourmet chefs who know Zelda's recipe used to travel the bridge ahead.
As your road ahead will be a veritable trek, you'll probably want to head to the stable and grab a horse for the ride. There are no nearby shrines or towers that will be faster than going by horseback, and the gourmets are, thankfully, along the main road anyway.
Travel across the Owlan Bridge into the forest on the other side. You'll want to stick to the main path, stopping only if you wish to pick up resources along the way (this is a good tomato farming spot).
Eventually, you'll come across the traveling group of chefs in a camp on the right side of the road and slightly up a small hill. If you try speaking with them, however, it becomes clear that they've all fallen fiercely ill from "monster meat."
To revive them, you'll need to use the ingredients mentioned before and in the journal next to the fire (Hylian Rice, Rock Salt, and Raw Meat) in the provided pot in the center of the camp. This will create a Meat and Rice Bowl.
Give the Meat and Rice Bowl to the ill-stricken chef curled against the tree (closest to the road) to revive the full troupe. You do not need to make more than one dish.
Once the troupe is revived, you will be given a Raw Gourmet Meat, Rock Salt, and Hylian Rice to replace what you've used in the bowl.
Afterward, Penn will arrive and give you the rest of your "Potential Princess Sightings" rewards. With another lead completed, you'll be one step closer to that coveted Froggy Armor.