I for one am not a chef.
Unlike some of the "powergamers", of which i have been called 1, I appreciate them. Ask any long term archer 3 things he stops hunting to restock for.
Arrows, aids, food. I am 120 archer,and I ate till full, thenafter about 10 minutes hunting rune beetles, took 9 fishsteaks to be full again. It may be me, but even at 120, I miss more often hungry than full. I swear.
So when ya decide "okay I'm gonna stop putting food on my vendor", odds are, somewhere someone is thinking, "god i need some food".