chef build is around 60x slower than chefless build with cache

Could somebody help me understand why this happens?

chef 1st run: https://github.com/garysassano/dummy/actions/runs/15756336482
chef 2nd run: https://github.com/garysassano/dummy/actions/runs/15756424292

chefless 1st run: https://github.com/garysassano/dummy/actions/runs/15756822760
chefless 2nd run: https://github.com/garysassano/dummy/actions/runs/15756930831