3 July 2007. RuneScape Polls. In a 2007 poll, 3% of players voted that Cook's Assistant was their favorite novice quest. 29 August 2013 (Update): - The quest journal not states players haven't started the Cook's Assistant during or after the quest. 27 Could 2014 (Update): - The "I've not began this quest yet" textual content in the quest journal for "The Branches of Darkmeyer", "Cook's Assista