Cooking Line is a kitchen time-management game. You run a short service at the pass: tickets print, patience ticks down, and every dish has to move through Prep, Cook, Plate, and Pass. A step cannot be skipped.

A shift is a few minutes long. The rail shows the orders in front of you. Tap the station that matches the ticket's current step. Prep starts and finishes the mise. Cook is a moving heat bar with a golden band — release inside the band and the dish is perfect, pull it early and it is underdone, leave it too long and it burns. Burnt or wrong plates go to the waste bin and can break a combo. Plate builds the dish. Pass is a short window at the counter: slide the plate out in time, or the guest walks.

Rush tickets give you less time. Combo tickets ask for more than one dish. A dietary tag on a ticket is only a label for that order. It is not nutrition advice, and it does not say whether a real dish is safe for an allergy.

You clear a shift by meeting its goals before the clock ends. Those goals are usually a number of orders served and a cap on waste. One star means the goals are met, and the next shift can open. Two stars ask for enough perfect-heat plates, or a service with no waste. Three stars ask for a high combo on a shift you finish without a Kitchen Kit, unless that shift sets a different bar. Service fails if time runs out, too many guests walk, or waste is over the limit. You can retry that shift from the result screen.

There are 72 shifts in 9 kitchens, eight services each.

Starter Kitchen teaches the four stations.
Grill Alley tightens the heat window and adds rush tickets.
Sushi Rail asks for colder pass timing and precise plates.
Pasta Line lengthens the cook and can open another holding slot.
Wok Station is a fast flame with more prep pressure.
Bakery Pass is pastry heat, then a plated set.
Brunch Bar stacks family tickets and VIP orders.
Midnight Diner thins patience on a late rail.
Chef's Table is critic service at a tasting-menu pace.

The first shift is always open. Clear a shift with at least one star to open the next. Clear a chapter to open the next kitchen. Replay any opened shift. The game keeps your best star count.

The menu book lists recipes as you unlock them: tomato soup, chef salad, grilled fish, street tacos, tomato bisque, salmon nigiri, miso bowl, pesto linguine, skillet lasagna, wok noodles, bakery tart, shakshuka, midnight ramen, and a chef's tasting. Open a card to read the four steps before you take the line.

Coins come from service. Spend them on the stations. Prep chops faster, Cook widens the golden band, Plate builds quicker, and Pass holds the window longer. When a chapter allows it, line layout adds a second small rail or another holding slot.

Four themes dress the room: Classic, Midnight pass, Coastal counter, and Chef's table. Classic is available from the start. The others open as you clear shifts.

Kitchen Kits are earned from shifts, quests, and the daily result. They are not sold in a shop. Auto-plate sends the current cook straight onto a plate. Rush Heat pushes the needle into the golden band once. Calm Ticket holds one ticket's patience for a few seconds. The game asks you to confirm before a kit is used.

Guests change the night, not the screen. A food critic wants perfect heat and no burnt dishes. A family table brings a larger ticket. A VIP regular is an order inside a shift — a higher score and less room for waste — not a membership you pay for.

Daily Special follows the date on your device. Same four stations, one fixed menu, and a best score kept for that day. It does not lock the 72 shifts. Kitchen quests are goals on this device: pass dishes, string perfect heat, clear a shift without waste, serve the harder tickets. Claim the reward when a quest is done.

You do not create an account. Kitchens, orders, coins, and settings stay on your device.