Shokugeki

Shokugeki, the traditional duel at Tōtsuki.

Shokugeki (食戟 Shokugeki lit, Food Halberd) is a cooking duel in Tōtsuki Culinary Academy. It is a longstanding tradition that allows students to settle debates and arguments through a formal duel of their culinary prowess.

Overview

A Shokugeki can be initiated by anyone within the school and can be done even by the intermediate school students. In most cases, these have been started either to further a person's personal project in Tōtsuki or to overturn a judgment by the school such as an expulsion or a disbanding of a club. Shokugekis are battled between two parties. The number of people participating in each party does not have to be equal, so one side can be challenging solo while the other has a partner. Each side must lay out their "compensation", or something they must give up if they were to lose the challenge. Both sides must agree that the compensation of the duel equate with each other. For example, if any student were to challenge an Elite Ten Council member for their chair and lose, expulsion would not equate to the value of an Elite Ten seat.

Authorization

Though a Shokugeki can be initiated by anyone in the school, there are three main conditions to issue a Shokugeki:

• An authorized individual to validate the Shokugeki. This means that a member of Tōtsuki's staff, an Elite Ten Council member, or even Senzaemon Nakiri himself must validate the challenge for it to be an official Shokugeki.
• An odd number of judges. This is to prevent a Shokugeki from having a tie as much as possible.
• Both sides must mutually agree to have the Shokugeki and the conditions of the Shokugeki. If one side is unwilling to participate, the challenge is not feasible.

Preparation

When issuing a challenge, both parties will establish a date and a theme for the match. A request is then sent to the Shokugeki Board for approval. Once authorized, any time between the issue and the Shokugeki may be used to prepare for it. On the day of the challenge, both contestants will cook at the same time in a fixed amount of time. Both parties must provide their own ingredients and appliances they need to cook their dish. After both sides have finished their dish, they will present their Shokugeki dish to the judges.

Judging

There are several winning factors for the dish, but the four core traits in a dish are aroma, taste, presentation, and impact. After tasting both dishes, the judges will choose which dish they felt was better by writing their names down. Whoever receives the most amount of votes from the judges wins the match. Despite the fact that a Shokugeki has an odd number of judges to ensure that a match does not end in a tie, a judge does not have to choose a clear winner if they feel that both parties did equally well in the match, meaning that a duel can be ruled a tie if they are unable to choose a victor by the end of the judging time. If such a case happens, another Shokugeki will be set up for a later date.

Once all votes have been tallied and a clear victor is declared, the winner will have all conditions of their victory immediately fulfilled and the result cannot be revoked.

Participants

Main article: Shokugeki participants

Dishes

Main article: List of Shokugeki Recipes

Notable Shokugeki

Official Shokugeki

Culinary Theme	Chefs	Stipulations	Judges	Dishes	Winner	Results

Unknown

Nao Sadatsuka Vs. Hisako Arato

Nao Sadatsuka Nao cannot be within 50 meters of Erina at all times. Hisako Arato Hisako must relinquish her job as Erina's secretary to Nao.

Unknown

Nao Sadatsuka Unknown Dish

Hisako Arato Unknown Dish

Hisako Arato

Hisako remains as Erina's secretary and Nao cannot be within 50 meters of Erina.

Unknown

Alice Nakiri Vs. Kyōichi Makime

Alice Nakiri The Cutting-Edge Cooking RS will take some of Alice's appliances. Kyōichi Makime Kyōchi will give Alice the Cutting-Edge Cooking RS clubroom.

Unknown

Alice Nakiri Unknown Dish

Kyōichi Makime Unknown Dish

Alice Nakiri

The Cutting-Edge Cooking RS gives its clubroom to Alice.

Unknown

Erina Nakiri Vs. Kiyoshi Gōdabayashi

Erina Nakiri Chan RS will remain active and cannot be targeted by Erina's project. Erina must give up her seat in the Elite Ten Council. Kiyoshi Gōdabayashi Chan RS will be disbanded and its club room will be demolished.

Unknown

Erina Nakiri Ravioli Di Aragosta

Kiyoshi Gōdabayashi Seafood Chankonabe

Erina Nakiri

Chan RS is immediately destroyed and the club is disbanded.

Don RS Vs. Mito Shokugeki

Meat

Sōma Yukihira Vs. Ikumi Mito

Sōma Yukihira Don RS will still be demolished and Sōma will be expelled from Tōtsuki Culinary Academy. Ikumi Mito Erina cannot target the Don RS and Ikumi will join the Don RS.

Shigeno Kuraki Yoshiki Bitō Katsunori Okamoto

Sōma Yukihira Chaliapin Steak Donburi

Ikumi Mito A5 Japanese Beef Roti Don

Sōma Yukihira

Don RS demolition is canceled and Ikumi joins the Don RS.

Aldini Vs. Mimasaka Quarterfinal Shokugeki

Dessert

Takumi Aldini Vs. Subaru Mimasaka

Takumi Aldini Takumi must give his Mezzaluna to Subaru and Subaru will advance to the Semifinals. Subaru Mimasaka Subaru will have to prostrate before Takumi and Isami. Takumi will advance to the Semifinals.

Senzaemon Nakiri Ōizumi 3 Unnamed Judges

Takumi Aldini Lemon Curd Italiano Semifreddo

Subaru Mimasaka Improved Three-Layer Semifreddo

Subaru Mimasaka

Subaru takes Takumi's Mezzaluna and advances to the Semifinals.

Yukihira Vs. Mimasaka Semifinal Shokugeki

Western-Style

Sōma Yukihira Vs. Subaru Mimasaka

Sōma Yukihira Sōma will quit being a chef forever. Subaru will advance to the Finals Subaru Mimasaka Subaru will return all 100 knives he has won from his Shokugekis. Sōma will advance to the Finals

Gin Dōjima Hinako Inui Fuyumi Mizuhara Taki Tsunozaki Sonoka Kikuchi

Sōma Yukihira Yukihira Beef Stew: Autumn Election Special

Subaru Mimasaka Beef Stew with Bacon Garnish

Sōma Yukihira

Sōma advances to the finals and Subaru returns all 100 knives he has won from his Shokugekis.

Unofficial Shokugeki

Culinary Theme	Chefs	Stipulations	Judges	Dishes	Winner	Results

Unknown

Kojirō Shinomiya Vs. Hinako Inui

Kojirō Shinomiya Kojirō will not move to France. Hinako Inui Hinako will accept Kojirō moving to France.

Fuyumi Mizuhara Hitoshi Sekimori Donato Gotōda

Kojirō Shinomiya Unknown

Hinako Inui Unknown

Kojirō Shinomiya

Hinako has no objections about Kojirō moving to France and gives her blessings.

Yukihira-Tadokoro Vs. Shinomiya Shokugeki

Vegetable

*Sōma Yukihira & Megumi Tadokoro Vs. Kojirō Shinomiya

Sōma & Megumi Both Sōma and Megumi will leave the training camp and be expelled from Tōtsuki Culinary Academy. Kojirō Shinomiya Megumi's expulsion from the camp will be rescinded.

Fuyumi Mizuhara Hitoshi Sekimori Donato Gotōda Unofficial Judges: Gin Dōjima Kojirō Shinomiya Hinako Inui

Sōma & Megumi Rainbow Terrine

Kojirō Shinomiya Chou Farci

Draw

Kojirō reverses his judgment of Megumi, allowing her and Sōma to stay in the camp.

(*)Kojirō originally won this Shokugeki. However, an intervention by Gin Dōjima led the match to a draw. This also rendered the duel as unofficial due to the even number of judges.