A bustling kitchen(d, s and e)

This is a very large and bustling kitchen. All of your senses are assaulted at once: your skin from the heat, your nose from the aromas, your ears from various noises, and your sight from the kaleidoscope of activity. You break out in sudden sweat as heat hits you in waves from a banked fire in the massive fireplace and several black iron stoves. Your nose itches as you smell baking bread, roasting meat and a dozen spices and other smells you can not begin to name. Your eyes quickly take in a rack of lamb roasting on a spit over one end of the fire, a cauldron bubbling with stew over the other end, pots bubbling on stove tops, wheels of cheese and apples sitting on a counter...the number of things drawing your attention seems endless.
The down door is open.
The south door is open.
The east door is closed.
The only obvious exits are down, south and east.
A portly cook
A grumpy cook
A pretty cook
The headmistress of the kitchen