I figured it out but I thought it wasn't clear that at the cutting board you are supposed to press the interact button very fast in succession, especially before seeing the preparation animation. I think in the itch.io page it should say that you may need to press the interact button repeatedly (or "spam" it) to interact with some things.
Other than that I really liked the visual style, music, and the gameplay was simple but very fun, really nice job on this!