Cooking (All Classes)
Novice - the cook knows enough, not to burn water.
Apprentice - may cook the most basic of dishes. Able to make simple soups and broths.
Journeyman - the cook knows how to make adequate simple dishes of a variety and type indigenous to their area.
Expert - the cook is now showing even greater proficiency. They have come to excel at all manner of local cuisine and know inherently the proper spices to use for making most dishes.
Master - has learned even many dishes of exotic nature and can now use spices from foreign areas in the preparation of their dishes as well as exotic cooking styles. No dish is beyond their skills and they can create food worthy of the Emperor himself.
While I realize that they may be working on the whole Ranked vs Unranked skill. I do sincerely think that the descriptions need to be reworked. If you are a cook - and they are calling you a cook, then you can cook. Period. As humorous as it is to say that a novice cook just knows enough not to burn water - this is a skill that is worth 20 mhls a month should you be employed at a location that pays for it - and as such should be equal to the unranked skill of cooking.
Novice - While you might be able to cook basic dishes, they are not at the level, or speed required for customers to pay money, as such your job within the kitchen is often relegated to cleaning and more simple prep work. (Like the washing and peeling of vegetables)
Apprentice - Some of your basic dishes are now suitable for customers, you have also begun making broths as your area of expertise in prep work has expanded to include simple chopping and knife work.
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This puts Novice in line with the expectations of the un-ranked skill - and worth paying actual money for.