Yukihira Souma's ambition is to become a full-time chef in his father's restaurant and surpass his father's culinary expertise. However, just as Yukihira graduates from middle school, his father, Yukihira Jouichirou, closes the restaurant in order to travel and cook around the world. Although defeated, Souma's battling spirit is reignited by Jouichirou's challenge to thrive in a top cooking school where only 10 percent of students finish. Will Souma live?