I’ve always been put off by the fact that you have to level all crafting classes, the inventory space alone would be a nightmare, but I’d still like to dip my toe into crafting in some kind of meaningful way.
I’ve heard that Culinarian is somewhat self-sufficient, that while the higher level cross-class skills can make it easier and give you higher HQ chances and such, that they’re not essential. In addition, CUL uses mostly base materials, and I’ve got all three gatherers going so I’m good on that front.
(Also, that new Tonberry knife from Valentione’s day looks pretty cool too)

So what do you guys think? Is Culinarian on its own ‘worth it’? In the sense that I won’t just be throwing my time down the drain?
Can I get to ‘end-game’ meals easily enough and make a bit on money, even if I just end up using most of the food myself?

Obviously the main draw back is that I wont be able to craft my own crafting gear, so it'll cost me gil to gear it up, but if I can mostly offset that with selling food anyway I'd be happy to pay for the gear.