I actually prefer the current setup for culinary over other DoH because looking at it from a "realistic standpoint" it makes sense given how much ingredients you get in general and can find -- the "simplified change" to others made sense because a lot of it required you to basically level every other DoH to do one synth on the main DoH you're trying to level.

Culinarian is basically self-sufficient in that manner, especially if you level DoL so you don't have to buy your ingredients.