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LV: Food Tasting
Even though it was still against her professional ethics to blatantly destroy her dishes just she did not really want to cook in the event. Aside from that, she also did not have any valid excuse to turn down Sicilia.
Maya still owed the older woman a lot.
So she will do her best. Pleasing Sicilia can be sometimes hard as well, not to mention the amount of food she will be making. So she will just keep thinking that she was cooking for Sicilia and her friends only.
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