When Soma Yukihira's father enrolls him in a classy culinary school, Soma must learn if he can make the grade in such a prestigious environment.

"Leaving home for the first time in his young life, Soma moves into the Polaris Dormitory--a place run by an old crone and filled with crazy and eccentric students! Barely settled in, Soma quickly finds himself in one of Totsuki's legendary cooking duels--a shokugeki! Who will his very first opponent be?"--

A new dean shakes up the Totsuki Institute. Imprisoned Erina is freed by her cousin Alice in a midnight escape.

Three students survive the harsh trials of the preliminaries, winning their way into the finals. Which student will be the one to take home the crown as the winner of the Fall Classic?! Later, the furor of the Fall Classic has barely died down when Soma and the others are sent off to new battlefields! What is this new challenge that will test their desire to be chefs?

"The assignment is to invent a new dish worthy of appearing on the high-class Totsuki Resort's breakfast menu. To create their dishes, Soma and his friends use the combined knowledge and confidence they've gained while at the cooking camp to individually pass the challenge--everyone, that is, except for Soma! Having made a critical error, he finds himself behind with little time left. What can he do to overcome his biggest hurdle yet?!" --

"In the third bout of the team shokugeki, Eizan designs his recipe specifically to negate the best qualities of Takumi's, but Takumi's expression remains confident as he pulls his creation from the oven. Just what secret weapon could Takumi's Italian dish hold? Meanwhile, both Soma and Megumi continue working their hardest in order to bring victory to the resisters as this bout reaches its thunderous conclusion!"--Back cover.

Day three of the Autumn Moon Festival has begun, and Soma is still trying to recover from ending deep in the red on it sfirst day. Lookin gto finally overtake Restaurant Kuga in overall profit, Soma unveils his ace in the hole--a new mapo tofu recipe! Will it be enough to push this first-year to victory over a Council of Ten member?