Shokugeki no Souma: Fratelli Aldini (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• Vol: 4; Ch: 24
• 2011 - 2013

Introducing Minato, who just after entering university dropped out and became the board chairman of the cooking school her recently deceased grandmother left behind. The head of confectionary – Nakamura, explains to Minato the school’s current position. Heeding the advice of her childhood friend and current Chinese cuisine chef Ichika-kun, Minato inquires the popular Japanese cuisine chef, the handsome Akiyama, and the Italian cuisine chef – Maeda, to become lecturers at the school. The kind and gentlemanly Akiyama, the unfriendly and strict Maeda, the splendid, despite his cute exterior, Ichika, the cool and mysterious Nakamura….Together with the four handsome chefs, Minato is opening the cooking school. What will happen from here on…!?

• One Shot
• 2012

• Vol: 10; Ch: 46
• 2004 - 2008

When Najika was a little girl, her parents died, and she nearly did as well until a boy saved her and gave her a flan so that she'd stop crying. Since then Najika has wanted to once more meet her ‘Flan Prince,' though all she has to go on is the silver spoon he left behind. Now a young lady, Najika is on her way to Tokyo to study at Seika Academy, the origin of the spoon and a prestigious cooking school. While there she'll hone her culinary skills, help transform a school eatery into something special and make new friends such as the brothers Daichi and Sora - but will she ever find her prince?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 14
• 2017 - 2018

High school boys are pretty active, whether at school or during their leisure time, so it's no wonder they're always hungry! And what better way to deal with it than to learn how to cook for themselves so they can eat whatever they want, whenever they want?

• Vol: 1
• 2018

• Vol: 5+; Ch: 40+
• 2020 - ?

• Vol: 3
• 2017

• Vol: 1+
• 2021 - ?

• Vol: 2
• 2019 - 2020

Youji is a proud western-cuisine chef in his thirties who believes his cooking is top-notch and only cooks for his own sake. Everyday, he is surrounded by a large number of regulars and workers and fellow chefs—why does this keep happening!?

• Vol: 12
• 2008 - 2013

Fourteen-year-old Amano Ichigo is a would-be pâtissière who acquired her love of sweets from her late grandmother’s desserts. After meeting the talented Henri Lucas at a local sweets festa, Amano convinces her parents to let her attend the culinary Marie Academy so that she can fulfill her dream. However, as she’s only armed with a positive attitude and no real cooking skills, Amano quickly finds herself at the bottom of the class. Luckily, she soon meets Vanilla, a sweets spirit who’s here to help Amano reach her full potential. Alongside good friends such as Rumi and the three gorgeous Princes of Sweets, Amano will bake, mix and sift her way to the top!