Quote Originally Posted by SeleneVenizelos View Post
I'm sorry, it seems the poster above said pretty much the same thing! I feel silly.
No problem

I was making the point that you don't have to meld the Culinarian gear to do this, so long as HQ Culinarian mats are sufficiently cheap on your server. You can use food to get to 2-star minimum stats (prob Rolanberry Cheesecake) and then just spam Spicy Relish with HQ mats until you have 10 and can get the Specs. This is exactly how I did it when I got my first max melded class (Weaver).

I'm not saying getting Culinarian to 3-star is any way a bad thing, just that it's not needed to get the Specs if you want to focus on another craft first.