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!Contents:1 Box1 Chipboard insert1 Rulebook1 Waterfront board (long game board)8 Gameboards (locations, 2 larger)5 Player boards1 Solo Player mat5 Folding Player shields6 Punchboard A (ingredients, spice, rumors, soup, stars, Zous Chefs, etc)5 Punchboard B (plates for players)160 Poker cards - Player locations, Zous Chefs, Critics, Challenges, Restaurateurs, Rumors, Solo Decks, Reference1 Cloth bag5 Mouse meeples, silk screen printed both sides5 Lizard meeples, silk screen printed both sides5 Boar meeples, silk screen printed both sides5 Chef hat meeples, silk screen printed both sides1 wood round marker, silk screen printed both sides
