Breakfast of Champions

One allowance here buys 459,310 EXP, the best of the 6 Lv 54 Culinarian tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 316,760 EXP, 31% less.

Across that rung the return runs from 38,978 EXP to 459,310 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 1078%, so the wrong pick leaves 420,332 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 56 Culinarian tradecraft leve returns 409,190 EXP per allowance, 11% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 52 rung behind tops out at 310,610 EXP.

At Lv 54 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 296,533 EXP per allowance, the 6 Fieldcraft ones 622,778 EXP, which puts this leve 55% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 998 gil per allowance is 2nd of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 1,061 gil.

Emerald Soup ×3 is a Lv 56 Culinarian recipe, a single step, costing 9 units of raw material and 9 crystals.

Handing that in returns 51,034 EXP and 111 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.