Yukihira Souma is an ambitious 15-year-old whose dream is to surpass the culinary skills of his famous father, Yukihira Jouichirou. But just as Souma graduates from middle school, his father abruptly closes down the family restaurant and leaves to cook in Europe. Although downtrodden, Souma’s fighting spirit is rekindled when his father enrols him in an elite culinary school where only 10% of the students graduate. Can Souma survive in the cut-throat world of Tootsuki Academy?