Famous Pastry Chef Aspiration by xbrettface Updated

There was very very little that needed to change in this aspiration. It just needed updating for new added tuning and to mark it as a teen+ aspiration (there's no straightforward way to mark it as young adult and older). and to recognize cupcakes baked in the oven. So I changed as little as possible.

From the original description (also the picture at the top):

Famous Pastry Chef: This sim wants to master the art of baking and become a famous pastry chef!

Reward Trait: World-Renowned Baker (Adds Fresh Chef and Unstoppable Fame traits) This sim has earned a place in the Culinary history books! All prepared food is high quality and never spoils! Their fame is immortalized and incapable of fame decay over time.

Tips for gaining Fame Points and winning an Award as a Baker/Pastry Chef:

I have also included additional information/tips for objectives when you hover your mouse over the text of an objective.

1) Half Baked

• Watch 4 Hours of Cooking TV
• Buy a Cupcake Machine
• Bake 6 Cupcakes Achieve Level 5 Baking

2) Whisked Away

• Bake 10 Pastries
• Volunteer at a Bake Sale
• Research Advanced Cooking Techniques
• Achieve Level 10 Baking

3) Selling Like Hotcakes

• Earn Gold on 2 Fan Meet & Greet Events
• Reach Level 8 of the Culinary Career
• Buy a Bakery (Retail Lot) (If you need a bakery, you can download my Sweets & Treats Bakery lot here!)
• Become a 3 Star Celebrity

4) Life Is Sweet

• Earn Gold at a Hosted Charity Benefit
• Become a 5 Star Celebrity
• Win an Award at the Starlight Accolades
• Place a Celebrity Tile in Starlight Boulevard

What I've changed:

• I changed how cupcakes are registered--instead of checking using the cupcake making interaction on the cupcake machine, it now checks for making cupcakes (a whole batch, not a single cupcake). It will now register cupcakes made in the oven too.
• I added the teen+ aspiration_valid_age_type. Not having that is the main reason it was broken.
• I added completion loots to the objectives, for wants and pivotal moments, as is now the standard.
• I added a buff to let the game know that the aspiration was completed. I'm not sure why it's in all the aspirations I looked at, but it is, so this one matches those. Maybe milestones?
• The reward trait is now valid for reincarnation.
• The reward trait is now available for teens.
• The reward trait now has a display_name_gender_neutral.
• The reward trait is restricted to humans, or available for humans--humans meaning not pets. Probably both. I think a species test became required since the mod was last updated.
• I re-used the included icon on the trait, since it didn't have one.
• I updated the SImData.
• I added comments, since I had to update all the files anyway, and if it does require a full overhaul at some point in the future, they'll make it much, much easier. This time it just needed a little touch-up.

Most of those are things I've done for every aspiration I've updated.

I haven't added wants. I've made so few changes that it didn't feel right to, and xbrettface said they had plans for the aspiration the last time they updated it. Hopefully they will come back and make those changes.

If you've been playing with the aspiration despite it being a bit broken, you can pop the update into your game and keep going with no progress lost. And existing translations will still work (no idea where they are, since they're not linked or included).

Requires Get to Work, Get Famous, and Parenthood.

Updates:

• May 12, 2026: Patch update