In Grow a Garden, eggs can be used to hatch a surprising variety of pets, not at all limited to those species who are oviparous in the real world. Limited-time events in Grow a Garden frequently bring special eggs that can be hatched into special pets, and the recent Cooking Update is no exception, introducing five unusually food-themed pets to collect.
The Cooking Update isn’t the first Grow a Garden event to introduce new pets, and history tells us that once the event is over you won’t be able to obtain these food-themed companions any more. Each food-themed pet has its own unique trait that procs a beneficial skill at set intervals, so it’s worth trying to get your hands on them while you still can. To find out just how to do that – including your odds of successfully hatching each pet from any given Gourmet Egg – read on below.
Grow a Garden Gourmet Egg pet list
| Bagel Bunny | 50% / Common | Every 5-45 seconds, eats a carrot for a x5 value bonus |
| Pancake Mole | 38% / Rare | Every 10-80 seconds, digs down underground to find treasure; can dig up gear or sheckles |
| Sushi Bear | 7% / Legendary | Every 10-80 seconds, 15% chance that a nearby fruit becomes chilled or frozenEvery 100-670 seconds, flings a sushi towards a random pet and feeds it for 1-50% of its hunger |
| Spaghetti Sloth | 4% / Mythical | Every 200-840 seconds, goes to a nearby fruit and applies one of the following mutations: Pasta, Sauce, or MeatballIf all mutations are applied, they are replaced with the Spaghetti mutation |
| French Fry Ferret | 1% / Prismatic | Every 1200-3632 seconds, increases a random pet’s level by 1; this ability cannot be mimicked or refreshed |
How to get a Gourmet Egg in Grow a Garden
Gourmet Eggs are one of the possible rewards for handing over cooked meals to Chris P. Bacon, the quest-giving pig chef NPC who arrived with the Cooking Update. Unfortunately, it’s a randomised reward with nothing much you can do to increase your chances of getting one, other than feeding Chris his requested meals as often as possible and hoping.
Once obtained, a Gourmet Egg needs to be equipped in your inventory and then placed in an open space on your plot. The Gourmet Egg will then behave more or less like any other egg in Grow a Garden, and will hatch without any further intervention from you after the oddly specific real-world wait time of 4 hours and 10 minutes exactly.
If fancy food and/or piquant pets are of interest to you, be sure to take a look at our Grow a Garden codes page to find out if there are any freebies coming your way!
