So, I'm writing my first Review ever here. Why for this Manga ? Dunno, just felt like it.

So Shokugeki no Souma is about a boy, who works at a small daily dinner his father owns - "The Yukihira's". He always competes with his father, but never seems to stand a chance. Than one day, his father suddenly goes somewhere outside of Japan and tells Souma to go to a Cooking Academy. He doesn't like the idea at first, thinks that it's child play, but he'll know very soon, that it isn't.

That should sum it up for this Review.

Now, let's start rating it.

I don't even know why I started reading this Manga (Well I watched the Anime first and loved it, but I don't know why I started watching it), but it somehow hooked me up from the beginning. I liked how it handles the enjoyment of eating tasty food with these overjoyed ecchi scenes, it is just hiarious. When I watch them cooking I also kind of feel like eating something (Well I don't know if that is good or bad - decide for yourself!). The Story isn't very different to other Shounen/Ganbatte Manga so I won't say anything about that. The Art is very good in my eyes, the food looks delicious and is very detailed, the males look cool and most of the females look very nice.
The Characters are one of the strongest points of this Manga in my eyes. Each one of them is different and most have a nice backstory (Well, some of them we get to know really late, but they have one!). Also The enemys Souma and his friends encounter are somewhat special. I was very impressed to see, in what difference you can present cooks. It is very awesome. Oh yeah, and there is also a lot of Shipping material too of course ;)

So all in all, this is a very nice Shounen Manga, which I really enjoy reading and would recommend everyone to at least give it a try.

(Sorry if my grammar is bad, english isn't my native language :D)