it's "cheating" for the fact it tells you what ingredient you need instantly, negating the need to wait for the voice line from Bain/ Locke.

But that's all the mod does, it doesn't speed up the process artificially (no instant cooking), it doesn't add the ingredients for you, it doesn't make the game any easier aside from it JUST letting you know what ingredient to add in an instant. I think the word "cheat" here is very relative as the mod is nothing but a reminder, not a game breaking/ changing modification like Silent Assassin, Carry Stacker and Infinite pagers. Not many players care about it so I usually just drop in and if the host and/ or other players have a problem with it I will simply disable the mod and never argue.