... Huh.
The level 50 Culinarian's MSQ 'Revenge of the Chefsbane' is the only DoH questline so far that does not recognize the character's achievements in the full MSQ, meaning that, until otherwise altered, it takes place before a majority of the MSQ, unlike the flexibility of many other quests.
In, I think, pretty much every other case (and, mind you, this is my last DoH MSQ line to do, and the only other unfinished one is FSH), every major NPC you meet that might have history with you reflects that if you meet them in those questlines. It's quite charming, honestly, to see they've taken into account the variability of when the player might approach a quest in relation to the MSQ.
Feels weird, after all this time, for Nanamo to look at me and go "And what is your name?"
Very strange.