- Serve mutated food to the Rat Connoisseur NPC to earn new rewards in Grow a Garden.
- More ingredient mutations mean more mutations on the food items, resulting in better reward options.
- Cooking during the Kitchen Storm event in Grow a Garden boosts mutation chances for higher-quality food items.
With the Kitchen Storm update, Chris P now has competition from the Rat Connoisseur, whose refined taste buds demand only the best. And by best, he means food with mutations. The more mutated food you feed him, the better the rewards you will earn. In this guide, learn how to cook mutated food in Grow a Garden, serve it to the Rat Connoisseur, and claim your rewards.
How to Get Rewards from Rat Connoisseur NPC
To get rewards from the Rat Connoisseur NPC, players must submit the food items with mutations. Check the newest Grow a Garden cooking recipes from our list and decide which item you want to cook. Once done, here is how to submit the food items:
- Walk over to the Rat Connoisseur and click the E key to interact.
- Hold the food item with mutations and select the “Try this food I cooked up!” option.
- Once you submit the food, you will get the reward selection screen with three rewards. Select one you like from them.
- Remember, the fruit with more mutations decides the rarity of the rewards you will get for selection.
How to Cook Mutated Food Items in Grow a Garden
Before you can claim the rewards, you need to cook food items with mutations. To do this, place the harvests with Grow a Garden mutations into the cooking pot. After adding them, check the mutation meter on the pot to see how much mutation will carry over to the food.
If the meter is above 80%, mutation carryover is guaranteed. Cooking during the Kitchen Storm event increases your chances of getting food item mutations. The more mutations the fruits have, the more mutations the final dish will inherit.
Here is my pro tip that will help you get more mutated food items faster: use the Gorilla Chef pet in your garden with the Cooking Pot cosmetic item. The pet will increase the chances of duplicating your food items.
Moreover, starting the Kitchen Storm event before cooking items will be helpful. It will not only boost cooking speed and mutation carryover but also add the Aromatic mutation to the crops in your garden, helping you cook more mutated fruits.
All Rat Connoisseur NPC Rewards in Grow a Garden
Now that you know how to get food items with mutations and submit them, you must be wondering what you will get from the quests. Here is a list of all the Rat Connoisseur quest rewards:
| Reward Image | Reward | Odds |
|---|---|---|
 | Culinarian Chest (Rhubard seed, Bacon Pig, Hotdog Daschund, Badlands Pepper seed, Lobster Thermidor, King Cabbage seed) | 40% |
 | Spring Onion | 30% |
 | Bitter Melon | 5% |
 | Pricklefruit | 8% |
 | Butternut Squash | 10% |
 | Cooking Cauldron | 30% |
 | Gourmet Seed Pack | 50% |
 | Gourmet Egg | 50% |
 | Kitchen Cart | 20% |
 | Kitchen Crate | 30% |
 | Kitchen Flooring | 30% |
 | Pet Shard Aromatic | 20% |
 | Gorilla Chef | 5% |
 | Sunny-Side Chicken | 30% |
 | Smoothie Fountain | 15% |
That ends the complete Grow a Garden Rat Connoisseur guide that you will need to get all the new rewards. Have you started cooking the mutated food items yet? Let us know in the comments.
