Food Wars (Netflix TV Series)

Food Wars is an upcoming American comedy-drama series, based on the Japanese anime and manga, Shokugeki no Soma.
==Premise==
Sam Young, the son of a diner chef, is sent to the most prestigious and cut throat cooking school in the world, where he desires two things, take the top spot within the school, and impress Erina Noire, a fellow student known as 'God Tongue'.
==Cast==
Main article: List of Food Wars (Netflix TV Series) Characters
* TBA as Sam Young - The son of a diner chef, Sam desires to be the top student at the Noire Culinary College. He specializes in diner food. He is based on Sōma Yukihira.
* TBA as Erina Noire - A teenage celebrity in the cooking world, known as 'God Tongue' due to her almost superhuman sense of taste. She specializes in gourmet cuisine. She is based on Erina Nakiri.
* TBA as Megan Thaddeus - A girl from a small town in Alabama. Megan has been warned if she gets one more failing grade, she will be expelled. She is very kind hearted but is also very nervous and a little accident prone. She specializes in cooking with fish and vegetables. She is based on Megumi Tadokoro.
==Episodes==
===Season 1===
Episode Number	Title 	Plot 	Dishes 	Notes
01 	Welcome to the Wasteland 	The Young Family Diner is threatened to be bought out by a wealthy businesswoman, but the owner’s son, Sam, is able to scare her away permanently by cooking her a fake pork dish. Sam’s dad announces he will be closing the diner and sending Sam to Noire Culinary College. 	Young Diner CheeseburgersSam's Peanut Butter CalamariSam’s Gotcha! Pork Roast 	
02 	The God Tongue 	Sam takes a boat to a manmade island off the coast of New York, where Noire Culinary College stands. Sam meets a boy called Lennox, who is the son of a successful gourmet chef, who ridicules Sam's family for running a simple diner. He meets Erina Noire, a famous food consultant known as ‘God Tongue’. For the entrance exam, he makes an egg dish for Erina, but she declares it disgusting and fails him. At the entrance ceremony, it is revealed that Erina’s grandfather, the headmaster of the school, Salem Noire, reversed Erina’s decision and allowed Sam to join the school, where he makes an arrogant speech declaring his intention to take the top spot. 	Various soups for Erina to tasteSam's Transforming Eggs over Rice 	
03 	The Polar Star 	Sam’s first class is on French cooking, where he and a girl, Megan, have to make Boeuf Bourguignon, but 2 students hinder their dish by adding salt. Sam gets the idea to start over and incorporate honey to make the beef more tender, allowing them to pass. Later, Sam heads to the Polar Star Dorm, where he meets Fiona Daimon, who says he has to make a dish with ingredients he brought to stay in the dorm, but since Sam lost the letter telling him, he is unprepared, however, he is able to use some leftovers from the dorm kitchen to make an improvised dish and passes the test. Sam meets the other residents of Polar Star Dorm, including Steven Isaiah, the 7th seat of the school’s Elite 10. The next morning, Sam challenges Steven to a cook off for his seat. 	Boeuf BourguignonSam and Megan's Improved Boeuf BourguignonSam's Honey Soaked SardinesSam's Improvised Mackerel BurgerDavid's Vegetable FrittersIsaiah's Pepper Mackerel with a Puree GarnishSam's Mac 'n' Cheese Stuffed Hash Browns 	
04 	The Queen of Meat 	Steven rejects Sam’s challenge and explains the schools ‘Food War’ concept. Sam and Megan spend the day looking around the campus, where Sam sees advertisements for Rice Club, a club on campus that researches rice dishes. He decides to check it out and discovers that Erina has ordered the club to disband so she can use the club’s room for her personal use. The orders are being carried out by Ivy Meetah, an expert on cooking meat and the heiress to a major meat distribution company. Sam challenges Ivy to a Food War to save the club, which Ivy accepts, with the theme being Rice and Meat. Sam researches multiple rice dishes to find one that can beat Ivy, who plans to use super expensive meat. Sam and Ivy’s Food War commences, Ivy uses her high quality beef to make a beef and garlic fried rice, but Sam’s method of tenderizing cheap steak for his dish wins the judges over, as Ivy’s dish was too rich. 	Erina's Lobster RavioliRodney's Seafood Hot PotSeveral Rice Dishes tried by Sam, Megan and KyleIvy's A5 Beef and Garlic Fried RiceSam's Chaliapin Steak Pilaf 	Celebrity chefs, Esther Choi, Nick DiGiovanni and Matty Matheson guest star as the judges for Sam and Ivy's Food War.
05 	The Training Camp from Hell	The students are sent to a training camp at a Noire Hotel in the city, where they are introduced to Glenn Drake, the hotel supervisor, and several famous chefs who all graduated from Noire Culinary College. For the first challenge, Sam and Megan are paired up. Japanese chef, Hinako Inui, sets the challenge to use fresh wild ingredients found in the hotel garden to prepare a traditional Japanese dish. Sam meets the Aldini brothers, Vince and Isaac, who pass the challenge with ease with their duck dish, but Sam and Megan are able to use some rice crackers to prepare a fried fish. Everyone from Polar Star meets up to discuss their day and prepare for their next one. Later that day, Kevin Silver, an expert in French cuisine and vegetables, challenges the students to prepare a dish from his personal menu, 9 vegetable Terrine, but Megan’s ingredients have oxidized. Despite her successfully coming up with a way to make the dish passable, she is disqualified for going off the recipe. 	Vince and Isaac's Grilled Duck with Japanese-style Salsa VerdeSam and Megan's Char OkakiageNine Vegetable Terrine 	
06 	The Legume Magician 	Sam challenges Kevin to a Food War to save Megan from expulsion. Glenn accepts on Kevin’s behalf, but Sam will only be acting as sous chef to Megan. For the Food War, Kevin prepares a Quiche De Légumes Oubliés, one of his more basic dishes, while Megan and Sam prepare a Rainbow Terrine. The judges vote for Kevin’s dish as the winner, but when Kevin tastes the Terrine, he concedes defeat and Megan is allowed to stay. Before bed, everyone is informed that the next morning’s challenge is to prepare a buffet style egg dish for breakfast for the guests of the hotel, and they would need to serve 200 plates to pass. The next morning, Sam is paired next to Erina. Sam decides to prepare a souffle omelette, while Erina makes Eggs Benedict. Things take a bad turn when Sam’s souffles keep falling. 	Kevin's Quiche De Légumes OubliésMegan's Rainbow TerrineSam's Mini Soufflé OmeletteErina's Eggs BenedictMegan's Quail Egg Potato OmeletteIvy's Mini Loco MocoVince's Frittata SaladAlice's Egg Dish TrinityJames' Scotch EggsOllie's Breakfast Burritos	
07 	Metamorphosis 	With 30 minutes left, Sam has to serve a further 155 plates, which he is able to do just in time thanks to his fast work and showmanship. Sam meets Alice, Erina’s cousin, and Killian McGregor, Alice’s boyfriend/personal assistant from Ireland. The camp continues at lunch, several sports teams are checking in and everyone is tasked with preparing steak dinners, with them needing 50 servings to pass, Sam is able to finish quickly and is allowed to go, where he runs into Erina, who had finished way earlier, the two share a conversation before Erina walks away, but admits to herself that she’s been kind of impressed by Sam so far. The next day, the students are tasked by Italian chef, Fay Major, to prepare a difficult Italian pasta dish, Timballo, with handmade pasta. However, Sam is seemingly disqualified when a student reveals a jar of premade pasta sauce in his trashcan. Sam offers to prove his innocence by preparing the dish again in front of everyone, which he is able to do easily. Glenn reveals that a hidden camera caught another student cheating with the premade sauce and planting it in Sam's trashcan to try to get him expelled.	Steak DinnersTimballo 	
08 	Return to Noire 	On the last day of the camp, everyone enjoys a feast prepared by the alumni. When everyone goes to the busses, Sam remembers he left his lucky scarf in his hotel room and returns to get it. Erina also returns to get a photo of her as a girl with her culinary hero, Joseph Sinclair, Sam’s father. When Sam and Erina both miss the busses, Erina offers Sam a limo ride back, where they discuss their different approaches to food. Erina also mentions the upcoming Autumn Selections, a tournament for first years to showcase their skills. 	 	
09 	Khaos 	Joseph arrives at Polar Star as everyone is returning from the Camp. Sam is surprised to see his father there, until Joseph explains that he used to attend Noire Culinary, and was even the second seat of the 10, but he never graduated. After challenging Sam to a cook off the next morning, he talks with his son about how to become a better chef and tells him to make sure he doesn’t lose a Food War until he loses to him again. 	Joseph's Harissa Lamb and Zuppa di PesceJoseph's Eel and Tea SoupSam's Apple RisottoJoseph's Breakfast Ramen 	
==Changes from the Manga/Anime==
* Tōtsuki Academy is renamed 'Noire Culinary College'.
* The setting is changed from Tokyo to New York, with the school being located on a man made island.
* Multiple characters' nationalities are changed, however, several still keep their original nationalities.
* Due to some being too difficult, or unrealistic, or due to certain changes made to certain characters, several of the dishes are changed.
* There is way less fan service.
* The Karaage and Stagiaire storylines are completely cut.
* The characters are never shown drinking 'rice juice'.
* The Don RS, or Rice Bowl Club, is changed to be more about rice dishes as a whole.
* While Sōma seemed oblivious to people's dislike of him, Sam is fully aware of what people think about him.
* The romantic connection between Sam and Erina is more apparent early on.
* While Erina Nakiri reads Shōjo manga, Erina Noire's interests also include comic books and video games.
* Ivy’s backstory is changed. While in the manga, Ikumi’s father told her to eliminate weakness and be strong, in the show, Ivy’s father was disappointed that she was born as a girl and said the only thing she would be good for would be marrying a man who would be able to take over their company, which is why Ivy acts flirtatiously.
* Unlike Isami Aldini, Isaac’s body doesn’t alternate between skinny and chubby.
* The 2 boys that sabotage Sam and Megan’s Boeuf Bourguignon are given official names, James and Ollie, and are made into recurring comic relief characters.
* While Sam still shares Sōma's love of making disgusting dishes, Sam doesn't limit himself to just using squid as a signature ingredient.
* In the manga, the relationship between Alice and Ryō is a boss and assistant relationship between friends. In the show, it's confirmed that their relationship is romantic.
* Several characters that acted as judges in Food Wars in the manga are replaced by guest appearances from real life chefs, food critics and internet foodies.