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     Score 5.0     Vote: [-] [+] by ElectronMaster, 2.1 years ago
    You have to have your cooking skill at 225 before you can even get the quest.  There may also be a level requirement.  I am at M40 and the quest shows up as red on my log.  So this is probably a M45-M50 quest.  So, like the First Aid quest, you may need to be at M40 to even get this quest.  The person that you need to see is Dirge Quickcleave in Gadgetzan which is in the Tanaris Zone on Kalmidor.

    Also of note, don't kill anyone of the oppisite faction while you are in Gadgetzan.  A hunter managed to kill me and he was immediatly killed by the guards there.

    Word to the wise.
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       Score 6.8     Vote: [-] [+] by supermanx1313, 9.2 months ago
      there is level requirement of 35 to get the Quest, from the cooking Instructor in Ironforge.
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       Score 18     Vote: [-] [+] by ronaldgam, 8.7 months ago
      Ok. Since this took forever to find and several of the details that others gave were right, I'd like to clarify..
      First, you need to see the cooking trainer Daryl Riknussun in Ironforge.location 60,36. He will tell you to go see Dirge Quickcleave in Gadgetzan. The quest is called "I know a guy..."
      Then you must go to Gadgetzan, on the Kalimdor continent, location 52,28 to Dirge Quickcleave. He will give you a quest that gives you Cooking to 300 skill and 20 "clamlette surprises"( 1392 health+well fed bonus.)
      Getting through thousand needles is pretty simple if you stay on the road. there are a couple lvl 40 horde guards near the lift.
      For the quest you must gather, 12 Giant Eggs, 20 Alterac Swiss, and 10 Zesty clam meat. which i'm sure you can buy at AH or farm pretty easily. Good luck all!
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         Score 2.7     Vote: [-] [+] by ramadar69, 4.9 months ago
        Just as a side note...you dont have to see the guy in Ironforge first.  I think that is just to point you in the right direction.  I was fishing in feathermoon to catch the yellowtails and I stopped by Gadgetzan and the quest was available to me.  I took the eggs, cheese & zesty clam with me and it was done...  then went to steamwheedle port and got the recipie for yellowtail and immediately took my cook skill up to 265 before it went green
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         Score 0.00     Vote: [-] [+] by gomurph, 8.4 months ago
        ummmm ok, thats well and good if ur alliance, but how bout for us poor horde creatures????
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         Score 0.97     Vote: [-] [+] by gomurph, 8.4 months ago
        its all good, i found him, ya go to trainer in org, and get same instructions-go to gadget
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         Score 3.4     Vote: [-] [+] by Remob4, 8.3 months ago
        You Do not Need to go to IF to get the "go find em Quest"

        Just go to the inn in Tanaris and get your quest hit up the AH before u go there and pick up the mats for the quest.

        Boom, your a better cook now...
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         Score 0.00     Vote: [-] [+] by spleenmerc, 7.9 months ago
        Is there a way to lvl up cookin past 275 with out fish, and if not does anything drop the raw fish to lvl it without having to lvl up fishing
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           Score 1.0     Vote: [-] [+] by Agoostic, 7.7 months ago
          I actually havent used fish at all since just starting out at a very low level of cooking...leveled up on mostly lean Venison, Big Bear Steak (From bears and stag in Ashenvale) and then moved on to Roast Raptor and Jungle Stew (Raptors and Tigers in Stranglethorn Vale)... by level 35 I was at 225. 

          I did this instead of fishing, because it was obvious there was no big rush to get to 225 since there's a level req to continue... and it allowed me to keep plenty of stat food in my bags.  AND... being a skinner I was able to get a little more out of hunting the animals for cooking.

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           Score 0.62     Vote: [-] [+] by ellchr3, 5.6 months ago
          Actually it looks like you have to use fish to level from 275 to 315ish or so.  I did this by checking AH a good bit and finding what I needed at a decent price.  Cooking is now 375.
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         Score 0.50     Vote: [-] [+] by []D [] [\/] []D, 7.8 months ago
        Im not Sure if you can go without fishing you might be able to get it off meats from mobs but....It's Probably alot easier if you fish for it or ask for somone to fish what you need and cook it..Might cost you some gold though.
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         Score 0.52     Vote: [-] [+] by oneto one, 7.6 months ago
        It seems as if from the last patch the recipe from the lil guy in Gadgetzan now only takes you to cooking 275 and the only recipes that cover the gap need fish!!
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         Score 37     Vote: [-] [+] by cybertrix, 5.7 months ago
        That ironforge guy totally doesn't give you cooking beyond 225, he just gets pissed and starts to attack you.  I think he might have something against the horde...
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           Score 5.5     Vote: [-] [+] by Juliusevola <Dominators>, 4.8 months ago
          For hord ppl! Quest name "To Gadgetzan You Go!" U can get it from cooking trainer in Ogrimar(it`s our city) not in Iron Forge ))) Lol!
          Bon appetite
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           Score 2.3     Vote: [-] [+] by Sinusitis, 4.2 months ago
          The quest is obtainable from gadgetzan before level 40, but the cheese is to be bought, for example in Stormwind and Theramore(the Inn) only after level 45.  The eggs are available in lots of realms.
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           Score 4.1     Vote: [-] [+] by allan07, 22.5 days ago
          Got my cooking 225 at lvl 28 but you have to have lvl 35 to talk to the guy at the inn in gagetzan, went and did Nat Pagals quest with the fish bait at the marsh.
          So I decided to swim to Tanaris, did it in about 7 minutes then ran the road to gagetzan, got the flight path to boot. Oh stop at the 1st hut at wheelport and buy a couple of 240 and 250 recipes seeing thats where you pop in Tanaris at anyway! (P.S. the first time I went to Tanaris with another toon I went through Thousand needles and died alot, this time I made it all the way no deaths and in a 1/4 of the time!) 7-01-08
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