Cafe World School Lunch Catering Order: Everything you need to know

With August quickly approaching, that can only mean one thing! School is almost back in session, and to help everyone get into the mood, Zynga has launched the "Cater a School Lunch" Catering Order in Cafe World, rewarding you with a new recipe - Fish Sticks - if you complete it fast enough.

This order has five tasks required of you, three of which deal with cooking. You'll need to serve Fiery Fish Tacos (a two-hour dish) 225 times, Corndogs (a one-hour dish) 55 times, and Tony's Classic Pizza (a five-hour dish) 50 times. Surprisingly enough, all of these dishes have relatively short cooking times, especially when compared to other Catering Orders, which normally contain at least one dish that takes more than a day to cook.

On top of these three dishes, you'll also need to collect two items in bulk: 14 Apron and 16 Hair Nets (what's a self-respecting cafeteria chef without their hair net?!). If you can finish all five of these tasks within a three day period, you'll receive the three star rating and prizes galore: 10 Catering Points, 3,500 Cafe Points, 75,000 coins and the Fish Sticks recipe. Honestly, this is one of the easier Catering Orders to complete, especially if you ask for help from the 13 friends you can share your progress with on this one.

If, for whatever reason, you can't finish in under three days, but you still complete this order in under five, you'll receive just two stars, 6 Catering Points, 2,500 Cafe Points and 50,000 coins. Finally, finishing this order at any point after the first five days rewards you with a single star, 3 Catering Points, 1,500 Cafe Points and 30,000 coins. Make sure to keep track of your time remaining if you're a recipe collector, chefs; you'll only receive the Fish Sticks recipe for finishing within the three star time frame.

For everything we can complain about in Cafe World, I'll gladly take a break from the hectic goals and building projects for this relatively easy catering order (all things considered). Won't you join me?

Will you complete the School Lunch catering order in Cafe World? Do you find it easier than other catering orders, or is it about the same?

Cafe World High Tea Party Catering Order: Everything you need to know

Last week, we brought you a rundown of the British section of festivities taking place in Cafe World as part of the game's two-year-anniversary event. At the time, something was always missing from that equation (the catering order), but now, the Catering Order has officially been launched. Are you ready for high tea?

The High Tea Party catering order has a three day time limit, and isn't exactly easy. You'll be required to serve Yorkshire Pudding 500 times, Shepherd's Pie 30 times and Bangers and Mash 120 times. Do those recipes look familiar? They should, as they're part of the prize list that can be earned by completing the Winston's Royals goals in the game. However, you'll need to complete these goals multiple times to unlock all of the prizes associated with this event, so I can only imagine just how few chefs actually have all three of these dishes available to cook/serve. Luckily, you can bring 18 of your friends in on this order with you, so hopefully a few of them can take care of most of (if not all of) the cooking for you. Just remember to say thank you with free gifts!

On top of all of this, you'll need to collect 12 Fancy Hats and 12 Food Trays by sending out individual request to friends. If you can complete all of these tasks in under three days' time, you'll receive the three-star rating, 12 Catering Points, 3,200 Cafe Points, 70,000 coins and the 2-Year Anniversary cake recipe.

Unfortunately, you must finish in under three days in order to walk away with this new recipe. If you can't manage to do that, but still finish within five days (I have to admit that still sounds like it would be hard), you'll receive two stars, 8 Catering Points, 2,300 Cafe Points and 50,000 coins. Finally, if you finish at any point after the fifth day, you'll receive just a single star, 4 Catering Points, 1,400 Cafe Points and 30,000 coins.

As an extra bonus (since this catering order goes along with the two-year-anniversary event), if you can finish with three stars, you'll also walk away with 10,000 free Travel Passes, which are used to enter yourself (automatically) into contests for in-game prizes like stoves, but also real world trips around the world! Good luck to all those who enter, along with all those who tackle this High Tea Party catering order itself.

What do you think of this High Tea Party order? Have you unlocked all three of these dishes in your own cookbook, or are you being forced to rely on your friends to finish this one in time?

Cafe World Farmers Insurance promotion comes with Professor Burke Statue

If anything, the folks at Zynga definitely know how to setup a good cross-promotion. After Capital One recently set up shop in a slew of Zynga's games (and practically took over FarmVille), we now see a new promotion launching in Cafe World with another company: Farmers Insurance (remember, we were told that Farmers would be making an appearance in the game back in June). If you watch a lot of TV, you might recognize this promotion's mascot of sorts - Professor Burke - from recent Farmers Insurance commercials.

Now, Professor Burke has come to your cafe as a character and as a statue, plated in gold. This "Professor Burke Statue" has a limited time of effectiveness, but will "insure" your cafe, granting you spoil protection on all of the dishes you cook from now until October 2. Luckily, the statue is free, and it doesn't require any "building" to gain its effect. You can either simply place the statue from the in-game pop-up that appears, or you can head into the game's build menu manually to drag your free statue out and into your cafe.

If there's one thing to remember about this, it isn't that the statue itself comes with a time limit that can be turned on and off depending on when you place it in your cafe; rather, it's a case where you'll want to place it in your cafe as soon as possible as the overall countdown timer ticks down until October 2. If the Farmers Insurance promotion grows in Cafe World, we'll make sure to let you know.

Would you have liked the Professor Burke Statue to have another effect, rather than wither protection? Or, will you take advantage of this opportunity to cook some quickly cooking dishes while you're busy doing other things since they won't spoil? Sound off in the comments.