2021Peter C. Hayward
- Videos
- 54
- Creators
- 45
2 players15 - 30 minMedium weight

2025Alex Cutler, Peter C. Hayward
Mainly reviews. Critter Kitchen is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 26 reviews, 9 how-to-play guides, 8 recorded sessions, 14 unboxings, and 4 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
It's Restaurant Week in Bistro Bay! Restaurants are competing in food challenges, while also planning an epic meal to impress a celebrity critic. As one of 1-5 players in Critter Kitchen, you'll send your chefs into the city to gather ingredients to create amazing meals and demonstrate that your restaurant is the best in town. Each round, new random ingredients are placed in locations throughout the city. Players simultaneously and secretly plan which locations to send their three chefs to, hoping to collect the best ingredients. Some chefs are fast, but can gather only one item, while others can carry three items but arrive late. Rumors are also available at locations and provide guidance on what the critic desires. Challenges revealed in rounds 1-6 offer the players opportunities to earn stars for crafting dishes with specific ingredient requirements. After round 7, the players must create an epic meal to impress the celebrity critic and cater to their appetites. A multitude of different critics, rumors, and restaurateurs mean every game is fresh! -description from the publisher
Critter Kitchen has 61 videos from 45 creators: 26 reviews, 9 how-to-play guides, 8 playthroughs, 14 unboxings and 4 other videos. They date from 2023 to September 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Critter Kitchen - Kickstarter Tutorial" by Before You Play, which runs 13 min. For a quicker teach, "Critter Kitchen Rules Overview From @CardboardAlchemy" by Bower's Game Corner runs 5 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Critter Kitchen ~ an early first look & comparison to Flamecraft 👀| Board Game Preview" by ThinkerThemer. 19 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Rahdo Previews►►► Critter Kitchen" by Rahdo Runs Through, one of 8 playthroughs.
If you like it, try That Time You Killed Me, Rolling Deep and Things in Rings, also by Peter C. Hayward, or A Place for All My Books, also by Alex Cutler.
8 of 45
2021Peter C. Hayward
2 players15 - 30 minMedium weight
2025Alex Cutler, Michael Mihealsick
1 - 4 players40 - 60 minMedium weight
2027Peter C. Hayward
1 players45 minMedium weight
2024Peter C. Hayward
2 - 6 players20 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
It's Restaurant Week in Bistro Bay! Restaurants are competing in food challenges, while also planning an epic meal to impress a celebrity critic. As one of 1-5 players in Critter Kitchen, you'll send your chefs into the city to gather ingredients to create amazing meals and demonstrate that your restaurant is the best in town. Each round, new random ingredients are placed in locations throughout the city. Players simultaneously and secretly plan which locations to send their three chefs to, hoping to collect the best ingredients. Some chefs are fast, but can gather only one item, while others can carry three items but arrive late. Rumors are also available at locations and provide guidance on what the critic desires. Challenges revealed in rounds 1-6 offer the players opportunities to earn stars for crafting dishes with specific ingredient requirements. After round 7, the players must create an epic meal to impress the celebrity critic and cater to their appetites. A multitude of different critics, rumors, and restaurateurs mean every game is fresh! -description from the publisher
Designers
Alex Cutler, Peter C. Hayward
Artist
Sandara Tang
Publisher
Cardboard Alchemy
Mechanics