ONE PIECE Grand Gourmet Straw Hat Crew: Who You Cook With on Baratie No. 2

Every restaurant lives or dies by its staff, and the ONE PIECE Grand Gourmet Straw Hat crew is the one keeping Baratie No. 2 afloat. You arrive as a rookie staff member rather than a captain: you hunt down ingredients, borrow ideas from the people around you, and cook beside Sanji while the ONE PIECE Grand Gourmet Straw Hat crew runs the dining room. Knowing how that arrangement works — who actually develops recipes, whose tastes shape the décor, and why certain guests keep coming back — is the difference between a menu that flops and the best restaurant on the seas.

This guide sticks to what the official store listings, the announcement trailer, and the promotional cooking series actually show, so you know which character details are confirmed and which are still guesswork before launch.

What the ONE PIECE Grand Gourmet Straw Hat Crew Actually Does

ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet is a casual restaurant management sim developed by Kairosoft Co., Ltd. and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. You are not Luffy or Sanji — you are the new hire, and the ONE PIECE Grand Gourmet Straw Hat crew is the cast you support. Their second Baratie location is yours to stock, staff, and decorate until familiar faces start lining up.

The core loop, as described on the official Steam store page for ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet, is short: collect ingredients, dream up dishes, and decorate so guests come back for more. The official announcement trailer adds the framing — grow your restaurant's fan base and aim to become the very best restaurant of the seas.

Because this is a management sim rather than an action game, the crew matters less as fighters and more as recipe sources, taste-makers, and customers. Your progress comes from menus and floor plans, not combat.

Sanji Leads the Kitchen While Character Ideas Lead the Menu

Sanji is the only ONE PIECE Grand Gourmet Straw Hat crew member the official store copy and trailer name as your direct cooking partner. You mix and match ingredients to develop brand-new dishes with him, and the trailer confirms that Devil Fruit abilities can be used to create extra-special plates. In practice, that points to two production tracks: the everyday recipe grind and the flashy showpiece dish.

Everything the other crew members do in the kitchen is described collectively in the material released so far. That is worth knowing before you buy. If you are expecting a detailed per-character skill tree for every crew member, the official descriptions do not promise one.

Here is what the official sources do describe:

• Character ideas that inspire new dishes
• Ingredient selection that you control
• Sanji as the cooking partner who develops recipes with you
• Devil Fruit-powered special dishes
• Meal sets you assemble, decorate, and name

Over 400 Characters, Regulars, and Décor That Wins Them Over

The trailer states there are more than 400 characters to discover, which is a much wider net than the core crew. Store copy adds a mechanic that changes how you should think about interior design: if a character likes your restaurant's design, they may become a regular.

More than 200 furniture, building, and decorative items are available, ranging from dessert-themed Whole Cake Island pieces to futuristic Egghead items. Serving Water-Water Meat BBQ or Sea King Penne Gorgonzola is only half the job; the room also has to feel like somewhere a pirate would happily linger.

Community reports around the reveal compared the concept to co-op kitchen games like Overcooked, and at least one commenter on IGN's Facebook post said they wanted to play as Sanji serving Nami. Treat that as player experience and wishful thinking rather than confirmed features — the official listings describe a one-player management sim.

Meal Sets: Presentation Tips From the Tori Cooking Series

The official "Teach Me, Tori" series is promotional, but Episode 4 on Fruit Macedonia explains the presentation mindset better than any store bullet point. The host draws a direct comparison between mixing and matching fruit in a Macedonia and mixing and matching how a meal set is presented in game.

According to that episode, you can choose the utensils, the dishes, and even the tray a set is served on, then give the set its own name. That is where your ONE PIECE Grand Gourmet Straw Hat crew restaurant stops looking like a default template and starts looking authored.

Practical takeaways for your first few meal sets:

• Build one signature set early. Pick a tray, plateware, and utensil combination you repeat, so your restaurant reads as a single brand rather than a random assortment.
• Name your sets. The video confirms naming is supported, and a named set is easier to remember when you are iterating.
• Match theme to furniture. Whole Cake Island pieces lean dessert-themed and Egghead pieces lean futuristic, so pairing décor with a compatible set is a low-risk way to keep a room coherent.
• Keep a Devil Fruit showpiece on the menu. Special dishes built on Devil Fruit abilities give your regulars something they cannot get from an ordinary recipe.

Release Date, Platforms, and Price: Dated Snapshots

Release timing and pricing are moving targets, so treat the table below as a frozen snapshot rather than a live fact. As of October 21, 2026, the Steam listing displayed the game as not yet unlocked, with a countdown of roughly 21 hours.

The trailer's October 23 mention and the stores' October 22 dates disagree by one day, so confirm on your regional storefront before planning a launch-night session. Platform coverage also differs by listing: the game appears on Steam for PC, and Nintendo's page carries it as a Switch 2 title.

FAQ

Who is in the ONE PIECE Grand Gourmet Straw Hat crew? Official materials treat the crew as a group running Baratie No. 2 alongside your rookie character, with Sanji singled out as the crew member who cooks with you. Beyond that, the trailer points to more than 400 characters across the wider One Piece cast, so the ONE PIECE Grand Gourmet Straw Hat crew is the story anchor rather than a fixed playable roster.

Can you play as Luffy, Zoro, or another crew member? No official source describes playing as a named hero. Every description casts you as a new staff member working alongside the crew, so the ONE PIECE Grand Gourmet Straw Hat crew appears to be who you support rather than who you control.

Is ONE PIECE Grand Gourmet multiplayer? As of October 21, 2026, Steam's feature list showed single-player only, and Nintendo's listing recorded one player. Nothing in the supplied official material mentions co-op.

How much does the game cost, and when does it come out? Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia lists Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 for October 22, 2026, and PC via Steam, App Store, and Google Play for October 23, 2026. Prices vary by storefront and region; check your local listing. Publisher schedule.