Shokugeki no Souma is the most popular cooking-themed anime series. Having the title Food Wars in the English version, this anime tells the story of Soma Yukihira of the Yukihira restaurant who is aiming for the top position at the Totsuki Saryo Culinary Institute. Through challenging cooking classes, Soma rises up the ranks of the greatest chefs at his culinary academy.

This anime is so famous, an Indonesian celebrity chef named Chef Arnold really admires Yukihira Souma. It even went viral when Chef Arnold made 3 dishes from Shokugeki no Souma which turned out to be delicious too in the real world. Curious about Shoukugeki no Souma? Check out these cool facts and unknown stories about Shokugeki no Souma.

1. This Anime is Very Accurate with Real-World Cooking Techniques

From food, cooking techniques, and procurement of food ingredients, Shokugeki no Souma is accurate to real life. For example, in episode 16 of season 3, Akira had his revenge match against Soma, and the main ingredient for cooking was bear meat. What is very accurate about this is that in areas of Northern Japan, the inhabitants actually eat bear meat.

2. Showing Tempe as a Food from Indonesia

Expensive food ingredients are not the only appeal in Shokugeki no Souma. It turns out that simple foodstuffs such as tempeh are also recognized as delicious food ingredients in the anime adapted from a manga. When Yukihira Souma competes in the Polar Star dormitory against his father, Souma's father uses tempeh as the ingredient for his delicious dishes.

It turned out that his father's tempeh dish was successfully recognized by his seniors and also the landlady of the hostel. They also revealed that this food made from soybeans is a traditional food from Indonesia that is delicious and easy to make into dishes.

3. The Fans can Learn to Cook by Following the Recipes

A really cool fact about Shokugeki no Souma is that the food and cooking are true to life, so anime viewers can learn to cook by trying the recipes. For example, in episode 8 season 3, which featured Singaporean chicken rice dishes. This Hainanese chicken rice dish is actually adapted from Chinese cuisine but is considered the national dish of Singapore. With Eizan's recipe shown in this anime, the audience can gain a lot of knowledge in the culinary world and try to cook it.

4. Teach the Audience the Basic to Sell Food

In Shokugeki no Souma season 3 which tells the Moon Banquet Festival, starring Souma and Kuga in a battle between food stalls. In this section, it is shown that Souma needs to use his wits and ingenuity when challenging Elite 10 members in a quick race to sell his food during the festival. This can increase the knowledge of the audience by providing accurate tricks to sell food with minimal capital.

5. The Female Antagonist Turns Good When She Meets Her Evil Father

Erina Nakiri's character is himedere, which means she behaves like a princess of a powerful kingdom. At first, Erina seemed to be the antagonist in Shokugeki no Souma, but in front of Erina's father, Azami, she became a helpless girl. Everything is revealed in episode 6 of season 3 entitled "The Imprisoned Queen", where the story dives into the dark past of Erina and Azami.

6. Erina's Father is the Real Villain 

It turns out that Erina is not originally evil, it's just that her father's upbringing from childhood made Erina cold-hearted. Erina's great ability to taste food is used by her father to ruin the culinary world. Their relationship became a separate arc for this anime.

What really sets him apart from Erina, is that Azami looks like a vampire. His dark clothes, dark aura, and eyes were terrifying. No wonder Azami's appearance immediately showed that he was the real villain.

7. Azami Tries to Reform the Culinary Academy 

Cooking, food, and vulgar reactions are the three main concepts of Shokugeki no Souma. However, this plot has changed since the third season.

In episode 7 season 3, Totsuki Culinary Academy is under a new regime led by Azami, Erina's father. He bribed the cooking judges, the school's culinary club was disbanded, and he tried to close the Polar Star dorm. Azami's goal is to make a school reform that eliminates vulgarity in the culinary world.

8. The Main Characters of This Anime Join Polar Star Dormitory

Fumio, the head of the Polar Star house, is a formidable woman who can secretly make the great chefs who have lived in it. For example, Souma's father and other alumni who have been successful in the culinary world of Japan and abroad.

When the eviction team led by Eizan threatens to tear down Polar Star's dormitory, Souma and his residents band together to protect their home. With that fighting spirit, Fumio provided shields, helmets, water hoses, smoke bombs, shovels, and so on. Despite her age, Fumio does everything to save the dorm he has guarded for decades.

9. The Judges of this Anime have Strong Stomach

When watching Shokugeki no Souma, many people wonder how the judges can swallow their food. Here the judges don't just taste the food, they devour the entire dish.

In the final arc of season 3, during the team cooking match between Central and the Rebels, WGO or the World Gourmet Organization was the judge. There were so many bowls of buckwheat noodles for the judges to eat, and proved how strong their stomachs were in eating the food.

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10. A Famous Chef Becomes a Consultant in Making This Series

Yuki Morisaki, a famous chef and model, helped create Shokugeki no Souma. Yuki became a consultant for Yoko Tsukada and Shun Saeki in developing the story about the food in the manga Shokugeki no Souma. That's why all the cooking techniques shown in this story are very accurate.

11. Chef Yuki Morisaki also Made a Recipe Book from the Dishes in This Series\

It turns out that there is a recipe book about the cooking in Shokugeki no Soma written by Yuki Moriska and illustrated by Shun Saeki. The book was published by Shueisha on June 4, 2015.

12. Seiyuu Change for Nakiri Erina 

The voice actress for Nakiri Erina in Shokugeki no Souma has changed from Risa Taneda to Hisako Kanemoto. The replacement of Erina's voice actor was because Risa Taneda was sick so she couldn't do her job.

13. This Series was Adapted Into a Game Too

Shokugeki no Soma has also received a game adaptation entitled Shokugeki no Souma: Saikyou no Recipe. The game can be played mobile on a smartphone. The game was released on iOS and Android devices on August 17, 2015.

14. Souma is Not Only Good at Making Delicious Dishes, He is Also Good at Making Very Strange Dishes

Yukihira Souma in Shokugeki no Soma is not the perfect chef, he can make various delicious dishes because he is diligent in practicing and daring to try new things. He often tried various strange experiments about his cooking and ended up making some very strange and unpleasant dishes. One of them is the dish of octopus tentacles covered in peanut butter which is terrible and unappetizing.

15. This Series Has Collaborated With One Piece 

Shokugeki no Soma has collaborated with the famous series One Piece because they both present a chef who is obsessed with the culinary world. Titled Shokugeki no Sanji, the manga featuring Vinsmoke Sanji from the Straw Hat pirates shows his cooking skills by being drawn in the style of Shokugeki no Soma.

Those are the 15 facts about Shokugeki no Souma, an exciting anime series about food wars. Do you think there are other facts about Shokugeki no Souma that have not been discussed here? You can share them in the comment section.

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