Food Wars volume 6 - Yuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki

 It's back to cooking with Soma and his friends from the Polaris dormitory!

And with the school festival approaching and it's competition, the tension is rising amongst the students.

Erina still has serious issues with Soma being in the selection for the competition, but her niece sees it as the perfect moment to defeat both her and Soma before the world to see.  But he is not without allies, as not only did his dormitory friends also got in the selection, he also receives backing from the student council.

While he learns that the council of the future will in all probability come from the first years that win at the event, his father returns and arrives at the Polaris dorm house.  Not only was his father a student at the school and a member of Polaris, it turns out he was even the Second Chair on the student council.

His father cooks a delicious feast for all in the dormhouse, but the next morning he wakes Soma early.  Because it wouldn't be a father / son reunion without a cooking contest, so he can see how much his son has already progressed at school in his cooking skills.  Soma is soundly beaten by his dad, for the 490th time in a row now since he started challenging his dad.

The assignement for the fall contest comes in, the dish being "curry dishes" so Soma and Tadokoro go look for advice.  This leads them to second year teacher and former dormitory collegue of his dad, but she punches him down as she doesn't want anything to do that reminds her of Soma's dad.  Her assistant shows them what can be done with fresh herbs in the kitchen.

 

Practicing all summer break, the curtain rises as the Fall contest is about to begin. When the dean of the institute explains the rules of the challenges, they all realise only 4 of each block will move on to the finals.  As the top students unleash all their skills to create exquisite dishes, Soma... is taking a nap.

So how will this play out?  I guess I'll have to wait for volume 7 to find out.