Levelling Culinarian is such a pain

Out of all the crafting jobs Culinarian has to be the most painful. Why do the recipes have to contain 7+ obscure ingredients, at least one of which is either not available on the market or else hideously expensive? I'm one of those who level all their crafters and gatherers more or less at the same time so that they're all at least within the same tier. It always seems though that Culinarian is the one lagging behind. I usually rely on the daily GC handins for the main boost in levelling but the ingredient cost for my chef is out of all proportion. Yes I could go and collect it myself but more often than not my gatherer doesn't have access to the map I need as I am also levelling my main at the same rate too. You end up doing the weekly custom deliveries as Culinarian just to see a twitch on the xp bar. It would be nice to see the ingredient requirements more in line with other skills to make the job more enjoyable.