Gourmet - A Cooking Overhaul

⭐ ⭐⭐ (6,163 endorsements) 📥 8.4M downloads 📌 v1.2.0 📅 7/30/2023
🟡 Updated this year

By Simon Magus Jelidity and wolll · Crafting

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods 📅 Updated: 6/23/2026 📅 Created: 7/30/2023
⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
1🛠️ SKSE64 — Skyrim Script Extender 64 Download ↗
2🔧 USSEP — Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch Download ↗
3🖥️ SkyUI — SkyUI (MCM framework) Download ↗
4🧩 Address Library — Address Library for SKSE Plugins Download ↗
5🔧 SSE Engine Fixes — SSE Engine Fixes Download ↗

Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 0.1% endorsement rate
  • 🏆 #1 of 5 Crafting mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

Gourmet - A Cooking Overhaul

Gourmet is a complete overhaul of Skyrim’s cooking system that distributes food, ingredients, and crafting tables throughout the game. In addition to thoroughly reworking cooking recipes, it also rebalances the inventories of all food vendors, including innkeepers, general merchants, grocers, butchers, and brewers. New recipe items, cookbooks, and chef merchants have also been added to the game, as well as new drinks and drugs.

Requirements

Gourmet comes with a suite of new icons designed for use with Constructible Object Custom Keyword System and Inventory Interface Information Injector. Since the mod will still function without these icons, these mods should be considered soft requirements.

Food

In Gourmet, food provides long-lasting buffs to Health, Magicka, or Stamina Regeneration. Meats and stews provide Health Regeneration; vegetables, soups, and breads provide Stamina Regeneration; and pastries, desserts, and cheeses provide Magicka Regeneration. All food buffs last for 20 minutes by default, and the player can benefit from all three buffs at once.

Meats and Stews

Uncooked meat grants 10% Health Regeneration. If Survival Mode is installed, these items also have a chance to give the player Food Poisoning. Cooked meat grants 25% Health Regeneration. These meals are created in a cooking pot with raw meat and salt. Stews and chowders provide 50% Health Regeneration. Meat stews are created in a cooking pot with raw meat, frost mirriam, garlic, and salt. Mushroom stews are created in a cooking pot with two mushrooms, frost mirriam, elves ear, and garlic. Chowders are created in a cooking pot with raw meat, butter, milk, and salt.

10% Health Regeneration

Horker Meat

Mammoth Meat

Mudcrab Legs

Skeever Meat

Slaughterfish Meat

25% Health Regeneration:

Cooked Beef

Cooked Boar

Cooked Chicken

Cooked Goat

Horker Loaf

Cooked Horse

Mammoth Steak

Steamed Mudcrab Legs

Pheasant Roast

Rabbit Haunch

Charred Skeever

Slaughterfish Steak

Venison Chop

50% Health Regeneration

Clam Chowder

Horker Stew

Mammoth Stew

Pheasant Stew

Rabbit Stew

Venison Stew

Mushroom Stew

Wild Mushroom Stew

Glowing Mushroom Stew

Clam Chowder

🤖 AI-enhanced — based on mod data

Gourmet is a complete overhaul of Skyrim's cooking system, redistributing food, ingredients, and crafting tables throughout the game. With over 6,000 endorsements and 8.4 million downloads, it's a popular choice for players seeking a more immersive culinary experience.

✨ Key Features

Overhauls Skyrim's cooking system completely.
Distributes food, ingredients, and crafting tables throughout the game.

📊 Pros & Cons

✅ Pros

  • Huge community trust: 6,163 endorsements and 8.4 million downloads.
  • Makes cooking feel like a real part of the world instead of a menu afterthought.
  • Actively maintained, last updated June 2026.

⚠️ Cons

  • May conflict with other mods that alter food or crafting tables.
  • Requires careful load order management to avoid issues with vanilla cooking.
🎯 Is This For You?
For Skyrim players who want cooking to be more than a quick buff stop—if you enjoy immersion and world-building, this is for you. Skip if you're happy with the vanilla cooking system or prefer gameplay mods that add new mechanics rather than redistribute existing ones.
📦 Install:Easy· Under 1 minute

💡 Beginner Tips

  • Use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 to keep track of load order.
  • Place Gourmet early in your load order to let other mods overwrite if needed.
  • Check the mod's page for any patches if you use popular food or crafting overhauls.

📊 Mod Details

Game
Skyrim Mods
Author
Simon Magus Jelidity and wolll
Version
1.2.0
Downloads
8,374,952
Endorsements
6,163
Category
Crafting
Created
7/30/2023
Updated
6/23/2026

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