Master Chefs are selected based on genetic markers that tend to favour an aptitude for the culinary arts. Little is known about them except that they are kidnapped as children and then trained under rigorous conditions to bring out their genetic cooking potential. The use of Master Chefs is illegal in most Federal and Alliance systems, but is regarded as a sign of high status in many Imperial systems. Many anti-slavery protest groups have tried to free Master Chefs from their life of culinary bondage, yet due to their training, most return of their own free will to serve. Theirs is a life of servitude - they know nothing but to cook.

This rare good is legal in all Imperial and Anarchy systems as well as Independent Dictatorship, Feudal and Theocracy and Federal Democracy systems.

Please note that if a system's controlling faction changes, some formerly legal rare goods may become illegal in that system. If this happens, the rare goods in question will no longer be available for sale or purchase.