Leise

Leise is the head chef of the Othmar Company and is the expert in cooking pound cakes.

Appearance
Leise is a plump woman who appears to Myne about the same age as Effa and resembles Karla.

History
Leise grew up helping her parents in a restaurant near the east gate and learnt to cook before her baptism as well as having enough math skills to handle sales. After her baptism, she joined a restaurant run by a family friend and learnt many more recipes. She continued to move from store to store learning more recipes until she was asked to cook for a noble. While she learnt a large amount while working there, she never progressed up the hierarchy as she did not have any other connections. When Gustav was looking for a noble trained cook to help acclimatises Freida, the head chef recommended Leise as he knew she had the skills.

Personality
Leise is very competitive about food. If she is told about a new recipe or new variation, she must go and cook it immediately. When the Italian Restaurant hosted Sylvester, she personally delivered the desserts in order that she could test the food cooked by Hugo. Hugo had cooked the meal well to which she gave her grudging approval.

Story
Myne met Leise when she was recovering from the using a magic tool that was supplied by Freida. There Myne talk Leise how to cook a pound cake. After the inital pound cake was over-cooked on the outside, Leise immediately began cooking a second cake to improve her skills. This improvement continued until Myne returned and Leise traded a bag of sugar for more ideas. When Myne visited a third time, Freida purchased the recipe for rumtopf as well as trading another bag of sugar for more pound cake flavourings.

When Sylvester decides to visit the Italian Restaurant, Benno send Hugo and Todd to learn noble recipes from Leise to help improve the menu. Leise made the desserts for Sylvester's lunch as Hugo and Todd were too busy making the main courses and Leise had far more experience with sweets.