Hob having a YouTube channel where he just drinks wine and teaches people how to cook things if they live in a mediocre apartment. While cooking and drinking he just talks about stuff like memes and history and, most importantly, his undying thirst for Dream Endless.
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10/10 would watch this.
Dream’s biggest secret is that he is Hob’s most loyal and obsessed fan. He watches every video and tunes into every livesteam. Is this behaviour that you would expect from a world famous, Michelin starred, TV show presenting, culinary icon, celebrity chef? Probably not. But Dream can't help himself. He's hooked on Hob’s creamy mushroom soup and rants about the Battle of Agincourt. He desperately wants to drink wine in Hob’s cosy kitchen, despite the dubious stains on the counters.
How do they finally meet in real life? Maybe Dream comments on one of Hob’s streams, forgetting that his screen-name is DreamEndless (with an official tick and everything). And Hob is like, wait a second, is this real?? Dream Endless in MY chat??? Commenting on MY rant about non dishwasher-safe cooking equipment???
And then about 6 months later Dream shows up in one of Hob’s videos as a special guest. The make microwave chocolate pudding together and it's soooooo freaking obvious that they're fucking as soon as the camera turns off <333
Spiced chickpeas, turmeric rice, fried paneer, vegetable curry, samosas, and garlic naan from the new Chef!Hob fic by @chaosheadspace. Also from anon's ask and @gabessquishytum 's answer!
I am very excited about this because it's the first post of 2024, my 25th post, it's Indian food, and it's based on a fic by @chaosheadspace who made my first recipe--the Dreamling Cookies--and sent a picture of them almost a year ago! Chef!Hob is one of my favorites and this fic has everything--hot Hob, good food, stunned dream, and hopefully more!
I made these dishes based on how I traditionally make them. But I did seek clarification on the textures from the author. For the photos I also added some things I had lying around that are similar to Hob's tattoos like the lotus and elephant. Here are some excerpts from the fic!
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... a moment later Dream is handed a plate that is loaded to the point of overflowing, and some naan... He carefully perches the plate on his knees and inspects it. There’s turmeric rice and spiced chickpeas, fried paneer, golden and crispy, samosas, and of course the curry.
Dream takes the spoon and scoops up a chickpea, pops it into his mouth, rolls it around on his tongue. Turmeric and curry powder, he thinks, which is not surprising, and chilli, and smoked paprika. He eats another one. Something earthy and a little sharp. Hmm. Probably nutmeg, he decides. No onion, no coriander. Surprising, but not unwelcome.
[Normally I would add onions and coriander leaves too, but the fic said no, so I didn't! While I don't use curry powder, I have the individual spices that make up curry powder. This allows me to adjust the quantity of each component based on the type of dish I'm making. The powdered spices I added are turmeric, cumin, coriander seed, garam masala, chilli powder, paprika, nutmeg, dried mango, dried fenugreek, besides brewed black tea, lemon juice, ginger garlic paste, whole cumin seeds, green chillies, slivered ginger, and a bit of mashed potatoes to thicken the gravy.]
The samosas are still hot, so he leaves them be for now.
The rice is fluffy, and his stomach groans at the promise of carbohydrates.
The paneer is good, too (lemon, not vinegar, he realises with satisfaction), and will probably be better together with the curry, but Dream likes to taste things individually first, a habit so ingrained he’s not getting rid of it now.
He eats the chickpeas with his fingers, licks the spices off of them afterwards, he sops up the curry with the naan, stray rice grains falling off the plate and on the front of his turtleneck. Dream doesn't care.
His mouth and nose are filled with explosive flavours, with the dense richness of protein and starch, with the softness on the inside of the fried cheese, with the crisp-hot melt of fried dough and vegetables.
Dream does not dare call it simple. It comes from a food truck, yes, and it is, in his own, unkind words “comfort food”, but in no way is it simple. It is a celebration of being alive, joy and love in every touch, in every single ingredient.
Dream is a celebrity chef at a big name restaurant with many Michelin stars under his belt. He knows all kinds of cuisines and is a force of nature in the kitchen, what with his intense focus, picky taste and endless pursuit of perfection. These days however he mainly oversees menu design and runs the kitchen, leaving the actual cooking to Jessamy and the Corinthian, both extremely talented in their own right.
Enter Hob, a bumbling novice who is eager to join Dream's team and catch the head chef's eye. By some stroke of luck, he makes it into Dream's kitchen. Hob has always had a great love for cooking, although to be honest he focuses more on joy than on perfection, and doesn't mind good ol' sloppy looking food as long as it hits the right spot. But the industry is tough and Hob works hard to be as perfect as possible, he wants to stay in the kitchen and out of trouble. A single mistake could have him burned, slicing his hand off or poisoning a customer. Plus, he wants to make it big as a chef. It's because he loves food and wants to prove he can do it. It has nothing to do with the fact that the head chef looks absolutely amazing in that white button up uniform, that his wild black hair curls beautifully into his eyes as he leans over the heat of a stove, that his piercing eyes look enraptured as he flips a steak over and sears it to perfection, filling the air with the smell of caramel using fat. Nothing. At. All.
The head chef always looks so strict and Hob has all these fantasies of making a mistake and being bent over one of those stainless steel counters for a spanking. Not that Dream would ever get his precious counters contaminated like that. But one could dream. Hob also fantasizes about doing so badly in the kitchen he gets sent out to wait tables instead, either stinging from his spanking or having to shuffle around and carry heavy plates and pour wine as a vibrator buzzes up his ass. The whole kitchen would be laughing behind his back but Hob would have no choice but to do as told, the head chef told him to, he wants to keep his job!
Hob is a silly boy, little does he know that Dream has been watching him out of the corner of his eye with a mix of confusion and amusement. Who is this newbie and who even let him in? Why is he daydreaming while he crushes those herbs he's supposed to be cutting up? Is that drool coming out of his mouth? He has lots of raw talent but not a lot of focus, someone needs to sit him down and give him some firm, proper training.
I am always so obsessed with chef!dreamling and this is!! So good!! I love you cockstruck and mildly incompetent baby cook Hob!!
Dream is a good boss and generally a philanthropist so he decides to give this poor boy a helping hand. So he calls Hob to him after a long shift (it's like 2am and Hob thinks he'll be fired). Instead Dream takes him into the wine storage and precedes to give him an amazing handjob. Of course, Hob cums in about 25 seconds and Dream is like "that's your entire problem, you have no discipline or concentration, we're going to work on that."
And then after every shift, Dream gives Hob a handjob, and edges him until he cries, until Hob gradually builds some ability to hold off his orgasm! Lo and behold, his performance in the kitchen improves too! He is no longer losing focus, he is fully committed to his work! And yes the whole entire time he's thinking about his post-work handjob, but that's okay, as long as he's working hard. Dream is so proud :)
oh my god. But imagine that culinary Youtuber Hob who spends his channel talking about history and his Dream thirst finds out, somehow, that Dream MIGHT be watching his channel. MIGHT. He has no idea which account it is, how to identify him, or how to connect in person.
But he just HAS to signal to Dream somehow, doesn't he?
(as if his constant thirsting and ranting are not enough. Which, clearly, they are not. Only the best for his crush.)
Hob decides to amp it up on his channel, in hopes that Dream will be persuaded and be the first to reach out. At first it's a little subtle. He pays extra attention to his grooming. He slips on a beautiful earring. He makes sure to flash a megawatt smile straight at the camera every time he talks about Dream or mentions his name.
Then he starts to have themes for his shows, which "require" him to dress up to get into the spirit of things. He's moved away from Michelin cooking by now - now it's much more, cosplay + theme appropriate dishes from menus that he designs himself. Think Hob in a GOT outfit cooking GOT food.
(Hob, actually, finds that this is also so enjoyable, freeing, and really gives his creativity a work out!)
Dream finally messages Hob after one show where Hob is in a french maid outfit showing his fellow watchers how to properly dust down pots and pans while bending over and maintaining their balance (Hob has really branched out by now).
Hob is over the moon! He is ever so happy that his perseverance has paid off! Plus, now he has a clue as to what Dream likes!
MAID OUTFIT HOB 🙌🙌 WITH A LITTLE DUSTER AND A TINY SHORT SKIRT WITH LACY UNDERWEAR PEEKING OUT UNDERNEATH AGHHHGG YEAH
I just adore the idea of Dream tuning into every new show feeling increasingly feral. He's 90% sure that Hob is... directly appealing to him? It sure feels like that anyway. He even dedicated a whole show to using one of Dream recipe books, and the whole time he was smiling and giggling, and he wore the cutest button-down shirt which showed off a lot of beautiful chest hair. Dream nearly drooled all over his laptop.
But the maid outfit is the final straw for Dream, he's too horny to contain himself any longer. He can't get the image of Hob’s thighs out of his brain, and he feels like he'll die if he doesn't at least shoot his shot. Imagine his shock when he finds out that Hob was trying to get his attention the entire time!!! And when they meet up for the first time and Hob answers the door wearing the maid outfit 😉
Hob is hired to cook for a reclusive businessman he never sees. He was hired by his very organized but stressed PA, Lucienne, who tells him that unfortunately his new employer, M. Endless, keeps weird hours and has very strange taste in food.
But the pay is good and Hob doesn’t mind a weird client.
Hob does indeed have weird hours. Sometimes he isn’t needed for a couple of weeks and then suddenly he’ll be on call for a month, staying in a guest bedroom in case he’s texted an order for something random, like cherries jubilee at midnight.
And the house is huge, so he really never sees anyone there.
Until one night his mysterious employer throws a party. Hob has two weeks to prepare and he throws a gigantic feast. Lucienne brings in a ton of very well trained catering staff and at least 200 people dressed to the nines show up.
Hob stays on to cook and make sure everything goes as planned, but when he’s finally allowed a break, he takes it and grabs a cigarette in a corner of the garden.
There, he finds one of the party guests, also apparently avoiding the crowd.
They start talking. The guy is HOT. He looks like a runway model, introducing himself as Dream and hob definitely wouldn’t mind a quickie before his break is over.
Offhand, hob mentions that he works for the host and he’s never met him.
Dream quirks an eyebrow. “You don’t know what he looks like? Nor what he does?”
“No, but he’s a weird one, that’s for sure.”
Hob goes on, charming the man, he’s sure, until Dream finally kisses him (maybe just to shut him up).
Hob gets his quickie, coming with the man’s tongue buried so deep in his arse he could cry. And that’s when Lucienne interrupts.
Turns out hob just called his boss a weirdo, got off with him…oh and they’re out of the waygu sliders.
Alakdjfhshaja its giving great gatsby vibes <333 love it.
Lucienne coughs politely and tells Dream that he's wanted to give his speech to the guests - that's literally how Hob finds out that Dream is the host!! Then he's left to scramble back into the kitchen, furiously wash his hands, and try to make up for his missteps by whipping up a few of Dream’s favoured tidbits to send up for the buffet table. The whole time his knees are trembling and he just can't fucking believe that he had the boss's tongue shoved so far up his hole he was seeing stars.
He doesn't see Dream until its pretty much dawn the next morning. Hob stayed up supervising the cleanup, and he's still diligently wiping down counters when Dream appears in the doorway. He looks exhausted, but he smirks at Hob and beckons him to come closer. Hob goes willingly and drops to his knees, ready to apologise for not recognising Dream and calling him a weirdo. He also really, really just wants to suck Dream off - any excuse to be on eye-level with his cock, honestly.
From now on, Hob’s going to make sure that he delivers Dream’s meals personally - hell, he'll hand feed him if Dream allows it. And Dream (who has never had anyone take such good care of him before, except perhaps Lucienne in a professional capacity) can't help but fall in love with the himbo chef. The sloppy blowjob on the kitchen floor surely convinced him that he'd never be letting Hob find employment elsewhere. Even if he has to promote Hob to "boyfriend" sometime sooner rather than later <3
Dream's Michelin starred restaurant is in an up and coming neighborhood. It's expensive generally, but Dream also makes sure to have a more economical version of his pre fixe menu, so they people in the neighborhood could also eat in the restaurant.
When Dream opened his restaurant it was next to a smaller neighborhood favorite restaurant run by this sweet older couple. When Dream heard that the couple was retiring, he was sad to lose their friendly, simple, fare place.
A few months later, the neighborhood scuttlebutt was that a relative or some long-lost someone was going to takeover from the couple and continue to run the restaurant. Dream didn't think much of it.
Until, during the height of summer, when Dream caught a glimpse of the hottest (looking), sweatiest, man unloading produce into the old couple's restaurant..... he kept stopping, putting down the box he was holding, and using the bottom of his shirt to wipe his face.
Dream started sweating himself from all the damp hair (chest & trail) on display whenever the mystery man lifted his shirt.
This is the first time Dream wishes his restaurant served something as plebian as lemonade.....Dream would have brought him a glass and introduced himself.... A bottle of water will have to do.
Dream is calling dibs, before that lady from the fashion boutique sees him and tries to get new hot guy first!
I totally love the idea of Dream fighting with other local businesspeople for Hob’s undivided attention. He's super territorial and Hob obviously absolutely loves it.
Hob is honestly a little nervous about the restaurant next door. He's never even stepped into a Michelin star place, let alone eaten in one! But he's actually heard that the place isn't so snobby, and the owner actually really cares about food and the community. And when Hob sees the owner? He stops caring about what the restaurant is like. If a man that angelically gorgeous runs the place, food is not the thing that Hob’s thinking about having in his mouth.
The man even approaches Hob with a bottle of fancy branded water and offers to help with unloading his van. Hob has never been so flattered, although he doesn't want to make the pretty man strain himself in the midday sun. He offers Dream a seat and carries on with the heavy lifting while Dream watches. And boy, he is definitely watching. Hob starts putting on a proper show, squatting when he lifts each box, pulling his shirt all the way up to show off his tits. He should be embarrassed by his own behaviour but Dream seems to be eating it up.
They end up making out inside the kitchen of Hob’s restaurant, while some of his produce totally defrosts on the floor... but hey, it's so worth it. Dream even has one of his staff members run over later with replacements. After he's finished running his hands through every inch of the hair on Hob’s chest, belly, and between his legs... Dream is a Michelin star chef for a reason, and he is VERY clever with his fingers. And Hob won't be looking at any other local business owners now that he knows exactly how much Dream likes to, ahem, eat.
Chef Hob is the new cook for the boarding school that Orpheus attends (Robyn attends as well with the steep tuition discount Hob gets as staff,,,,,,,one of the reasons Hob took the job). Orpheus has never tasted food the way that Mr. Hob makes it before. Everything tastes so good and interesting (the cooks at home are sooooo boring).
So when he goes home for breaks he keeps asking his dad and the cooks at home to make things taste like Mr. Hob does! Since neither Dream nor his team of live-in cooks know how to translate young teenager descriptions into food flavors, they and Orpheus are at a loss.
Dream decides to be somewhat proactive -- there is only so long he can stare at Orpheus's sad, woeful, face - next time he goes to pick Orpheus up, he asks him to introduce him to this amazing chef, Mr. Hob.
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It's the beginning of break and Hob is in the kitchen, with Robyn, working in menus for the meals for the small number of kids who stay on campus during the break (Hob hates how some of these rich parents treat their kids, leaving them alone over a holiday period at a mostly empty school. It's horrible.) Hob tries to make the foods especially fun for the left behind kids,,,,even planning some meals where the kids can cook with him. There's a reason all the kids think Mr. Hob is cool.
Any way, Hob and Robyn are in the school kitchen together (Hob is forever grateful that his boy still likes to hang with his old man.) when the most beautiful man walks into the kitchen. He's being pulled along by a kid Hob recognizes, Orpheus.
Orpheus shyly introduces his father to Hob (who happens to be staring at Hob as much as Hob is staring at him). Dream didn’t think school "lunch ladies" were allowed to be as attractive as Mr. Hob.
Alsksjdhsbav such a great au concept!!! I love it!!!!
Hob ends up showing Orpheus's dad around the kitchen, plus showing him the menus he's been planning out. Dream is suddenly acting like food is the most interesting thing in the world to him - Orpheus is very confused, because his dad would totally live off pizza rolls if he didn't have cooks making his meals. But he shrugs it off and goes to join Robyn making brownies. Orpheus enjoys baking - when he's not busy with his music, he does his best to attend the fun baking club that Mr Hob runs for the students at weekends.
Meanwhile, Hob is rambling on about the nutritious foods he likes to make for the kids, how he's really passionate about fostering a healthy relationship with food while they're young... Dream is hanging off his every word as Hob talks about the different dietary restrictions he caters for, how he got really into vegan food because of the kids, how he'd like to do more in the community but he doesn't have time to do much except occasionally run a charity bakesale. Dream thinks he is the most beautiful and interesting man in the entire world.
Eventually Hob gives Dream a copy of his recipe folder to take home, and he must see the way Dream looks a little bit helpless, because he laughs and offers to give a quick 'cooking 101' demonstration. Dream does not mention that they have chefs at home who could handle the recipes. He's too busy watching Hob dismantle an onion. Dream has never wanted to be a vegetable so much in his entire life.
Orpheus glances over, and even with his limited worldly experience, he can see that his dad is totally whipped for Mr Hob. Orpheus thinks that this is a good thing. For a start, maybe his dad will start eating better. And even better, if they start dating, Mr Hob will come over to their house and Orpheus will get to eat his cooking! He needs to encourage this relationship as much as possible. (And hey. It would be cool to see Robyn more, too. He makes GREAT brownies.)
Chef!Hob cooks for [*]; Dream is a regular guest/customer who only "eats" plain omelets/dry turkey sandwiches/unadorned oatmeal.
Hob likes being the new chef for [*]. The regulars have been receptive to Hob's addtions to the menu, but there is a single customer who never eats anything but the same thing off the menu. Hob doesn’t want to pry, he understands that people have food allergies and/or that neurodivergent people have needs that should be respected, but pretty goth boy is so thin and quiet,,,,and doesn't really look like he enjoys his plain meal.
So Hob does some research and resolves to try to engage the young man.
Dream likes [*]. They have the simple thing(s) that he eats and people leave him alone to write/draw. Dream knows he has food issues, but it's so hard to find food that he likes.
The handsome new chef probably doesn't see Dream staring at him (he's arresting, his smile and energy make Dream blush). But Hob is so amazing, he couldn't possibly want to know Dream. Except almost as soon as Dream thinks this,,,,hot new chef comes over and introduces himself.
Chef Hob asks Dream if there was anything else he could make for Dream,,, or add to the menu so Dream might have some variety. Hob even says that if Dream has issues with textures, that Hob has been doing some research to adjust some of his favorite recipes so that Dream might be able to try them.
No one, even his own family, had ever made an attempt to cater to Dream food issues.
This is so sweet, my eyes got a little wet.
Gently and kindly, Hob encourages Dream to make a list of the foods that he actually likes to eat. They're mostly plain stuff with reliable textures - Dream confesses that he doesn't really like anything that feels squishy, no matter how much he tries. Hob comes out of his chat with Dream with a pretty decent list of stuff to try. If Dream likes garlic bread, it's fair to assume that he won't mind a little garlic in other dishes. If he likes salty snacks then maybe Hob can try him with some pickled veggies... as long as they're not too squishy.
Dream is doing his best to be brave about it, honestly, when Hob presents him with a whole grazing board of stuff. Some of the stuff is a definite no, but there's some stuff that Dream rather likes. Like pesto pasta. And dark chocolate swiss roll. Those things immediately go onto the menu, which makes Dream blush - why is the hot chef being so nice and catering to Dream’s needs?! It might be because hot chef thinks that hot skinny goth is drop dead gorgeous and deserves a bit of feeding up (and a kiss or two!)
