Food Wars!—Even as a child, Soma Yukihira's main goal was beating his father in a cooking contest and taking over the family diner. When his dad suddenly announces he's shutting the restaurant down and sending Soma to cooking school, he’s shocked. But Tohtsuki Academy is no ordinary school. This elite institution is staffed with culinary giants like Erina "God Tongue" Nakiri, who tries to keep a lowly short-order cook like Soma from getting past the door. But if these snobs can dish it out, Soma can serve it up. When he learns that only a handful of students manage to graduate from Soma every year, he vows to leave as its number one.