1: Sounds good. (He's never made food for large groups on his own - his mom and sister usually help.)

3: I completely get the staggering! I wouldn't mind going that route, with inability to die being first and then the healing rate and then what other aspects go along with it as future Tier 1 Echoes. (In TVD, immortality would be broken down into "inability to die," "inability to age," and "greater healing rate." I'm blanking on other aspects atm.)