Unfortunately the ability to make solid profits is difficult for many due to demand and location.
Below are a few tips to make some decent Kinah with cooking.
"Ye olde Iron Chef style Kitchen"
Luckily cooking is one of the few professions that will bring in a little profit before reaching Master status, that being said, aiming for 399 skill as soon as possible is advised and then start collecting rare recipes and ingredients. There are more than 50 materials used in cooking and even more reagents and drops from monsters out and about, so it isn't an easy process to farm some of the rarer ingredients.
Rather it is a good idea to keep an eye on the Trade Broker for when prices drop on which ever items you need. This will happen quite regularly as many many people just sell off everything they gather as soon as they can just to empty out their bags and they don't realise the items worth.
Having your warehouse stock-piled with large sums of materials is never a bad thing, especially for when you wish to use them for those really good recipes.
Remember to check the Abyss whenever you get a chance for the rare recipes. You can only get these when your faction controls the fortresses, so it is good to always keep an eye out on that.
"Perfect Cooking Clothes"
Turning your Ingredients into Profit:
It is best to focus on a few different food types. The best way to go about this is to know your customer (before they know you), by this i mean the best places usually to set up store is in the Abyss or outside an instance. This is because of the immediate demand that will appear here. Focus on food types that offer stats you know players will be needing in your spot, these include things like Magic Boost, Attack Power, Critical Hit and Flight Time, basically anything that will buff powerful combat stats. Remember to use a creative tag for your store and become active in chat drawing people in. Don't spam your goods, as this just annoys people and half of your customers will put you on ignore rather than putting Kinah in your wallet.
