Top 10 Cooking Anime That Will Make Your Mouth Water
Who doesnât love food?Â
Letâs say you arenât a foodie but eat just to survive. But isnât it necessary to know how to cook as well?
If, god forbid, aliens attack and all the restaurants and eateries are destroyedâ you canât order or eat outside âyou have to cook your food. What will you do then?
To prepare for such times, you must watch the cooking anime I have recommended in this list. So, without further ado, letâs dive right into the list of Top 10 Cooking Anime.Â
10. Moyashimon
Moyashimon | Source: IMDb
Tadaysau Sawaki can see microbes of all kinds, from the ones in yeast or fermented food to the ones that cause athleteâs foot. Sawaki enrolls in an agricultural university where his grandfather asks him to meet Professor Itsuki.
Professor Itsuki specializes in fermentation; with him and other students in the university, Sawakiâs perspective on his ability changes. You always see how to cook food, so why not see something that helps create foods such as cheese, alcohol, to stinky fermented food?Â
9. Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits
Kakuriyo | Source: IMDb
Aoi Tsubaki can see spirits, just like her grandfather. She learns to live in peace with the ayakashi from her grandfather. But after his passing, Aoi has only her cooking skills to protect herself from human-eating spirits.
After feeding one such ayakashi, Aoi is transported to a mysterious realm. There, she finds out that her grandfather was indebted to this ayakashi known as Oodanna, and to pay off her debt, she has to marry him. Aoi declines it and decides to pay off the debt by working at Oodannaâs Inn.Â
8. True Cooking Master Boy
True Cooking Master Boy | Source: IMDb
After becoming the youngest Super Chef in history, Liu Mao Xing embarks on an adventure to learn more about cooking across China with his two friends. Maoâs mother fought against the Underground Cooking Society, and so will Mao to protect the Legendary Cooking Utensils. Mao faces chefs from the mysterious society in cooking battles, and the stakes are high. This anime is a rarity because it showcases Chinese cuisine; believe me, itâs mouth-watering.
7. Sweetness & Lightning
Sweetness & Lightning | Source: IMDb
After the passing of his wife, Kouhei Inuzuka is taking care of his daughter, Tsumugi, but as a full-time teacher, he couldnât provide her with home-cooked meals. When one of his students, Kotori, invites him and Tsumugi to her family restaurant, Kouhei accepts the offer.
Later, he discovers that Kotoriâs family restaurant is often closed, and she eats alone because of her motherâs work. Soon, the three would gather in the family restaurant to enjoy warm home-cooked meals.
6. Silver Spoon
Silver Spoon | Source: IMDb
To escape from his parentsâ unrealistic expectations, Yuugo Hachiken enrolls in Ooezo Agricultural High School in the countryside to escape the neverending stress.
In this school, Yuugo becomes the amateur among classmates who have lived their whole lives on the farms, caring for livestock, growing fruits and vegetables, and doing every other agricultural work, unlike Yuugo, a complete novice in this field. Silver Spoon displays what goes behind the scenes in the food industry.
5. Yume-iro PĂątissiĂšre
Yume-iro Patissiere | Source: IMDb
Ichigo Amano is clueless about her extraordinary tasting ability. Upon witnessing it, a famous patissier named Henri Lucas offers her a chance to enroll in St. Marie Academy, a prestigious culinary school known for sweets.
Further, upon Henriâs recommendation, she joined the âSweet Princes,â the top group in the school known for their magical treats. Can Amano use her passion for eating cakes to make one? If you love to binge-eat sweets, then you know what to watch.
4. Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd Skill
Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd Skill | Source: IMDb
Tsuyoshi Mukouda, a salaryman, is invited to another world as a hero to protect it from the forthcoming attacks. But Mukouda is clever enough to excuse himself from this trouble. With his ability, âOnline Supermarketâ Mukouda buys products from Japan and sells them here with remarkable profits, making him a renowned merchant.
Besides that, heâs an adventurer who cooks delicious meals along the way to feed himself and his familiar, a mythical wolf named Fel. For this one, I would ask you not to judge it by the cover and give it a try.
3. Yakitate!! Japan
Yakitate!! Japan | Source: IMDb
Kazuma Azumaâs dream is to create a bread unique to Japan. After discovering his love for breadmaking, Azuma is gifted with âSolar Handsâ; he has unusually warm hands which help quicken the fermenting process.
Soon, he aims to get a spot in Pantasia, the most renowned bakery in Japan, to create the bread he has always dreamed of. This anime is a must-watch for the bread enthusiasts out there.
2. Delicious in Dungeon
Delicious in Dungeon | Source: Netflix
After a dungeon dive, Laios and his party encounter the red dragon. Despite losing his sister Falin to the red dragon and send back outside, Laois is dead set on going into the dungeon, but every other member except Chilchuck and Marcille leaves.
With no funds to buy enough food, the trio meets a dwarf named Senshi, who lends his cooking skills by joining their party. Senshiâs specialty is cooking mouth-watering food out of dungeon monsters, yum-yum.
1. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
Food Wars! | Source: IMDb
Since childhood, Souma has honed his cooking skills to surpass his father and take over their family restaurant. But one day when his father decides to close the shop for a job in New York, Souma is surprised.
Heâs more surprised when his father sends him to Tootsuki Culinary Academy, a prestigious school for aspiring chefs, where only 10% can graduate. The academy is famous for its Shokugeki or Food Wars, high-stake cooking battles. Itâll only take you one episode to understand the genius of Food Wars.
Final Thoughts
The anime mentioned above should be enough to get a good taste of cooking anime. Although there are a couple more, you should watch the recommended ones before finding other names. If youâve watched all these cooking animeâ which I highly doubt âlet me know the ones that should be on this list.Â
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