Elite Ten Council

The **Tōtsuki Elite Ten Council** (遠月十傑評議会 *Tōtsuki Jyukketsu Hyōgikai*) is the student council of Tōtsuki Culinary Academy. It is made up of the ten best chefs within Tōtsuki's student body.

## Overview

The Tōtsuki Elite Ten Council is an illustrious group of students in Tōtsuki who make up the student council. The Elite Ten is comprised of the ten best student chefs in the entire academy, regardless of what grade they are in. Council members are considered master level chefs, often of their own specialties, but are known to be extremely flexible, showing great skill outside of their own cooking forte. Many are even well known within the cooking industry for their contributions to the culinary world, despite their youth.

The council has a very high level of authority in Tōtsuki affairs, second only to the school director. Even the teachers have to do as the council desires. The council can even overrule the decision of the school director, if the majority of the council votes to do so.

Because of their status in the academy, they have certain freedoms when carrying out personal projects, such as Erina Nakiri's kitchen expansion project, which resulted in the demolition and disbanding of many of Tōtsuki's culinary research clubs. They are also given a large budget for them to utilize for any conceivable reason, as long as the purchases are related to cooking and/or food research. The extent is shown through Rindō Kobayashi and Megumi Tadokoro, who have both used this power to travel the world to exotic locations for the sake of improving their cooking.

The Elite Ten even have their own *Shokugeki* arena, **The Chandra's Room**.

### Selection and Seating Order

There are two ways that a Tōtuski student can become a member of the Elite Ten Council. The first method is to be recognized as one of the ten best chefs among Tōtuski's student body by an Elite Ten review committee. Their job is to scout any student in the academy who possesses exceptional will, determination, and drive to improve their cooking to the highest level. Academic grades and performances in certain events, such as the Tōtsuki Friendship and Rapport Training Camp and Stagiaire, and most importantly, their *Shokugeki* records, have also been major factors for the selection of council members.

The second method that one can use to become a member of the Ten is to win the council seat from one of the current members in a *Shokugeki*. This is incredibly risky, though; because the Elite Ten seats carry a tremendous amount of influence and great reputation, should a challenger lose the *Shokugeki*, even expulsion from Tōtsuki will not be enough to compensate the wager of a the council seat.

Students are eligible to become an Elite Ten member at any point in their student career at Tōtsuki, however, a vast majority of the members are generally 2nd and 3rd year High School students.

The members of the council are ranked from 1st seat to 10th seat, with the 1st seat being the best student in the entire academy. For many, the 1st seat is the highest honour possible within the academy. Some of the world's most successful chefs, such as Gin Dōjima and Kojirō Shinomiya, held the rank of 1st seat during their time at Tōtsuki.

It has been shown on multiple occasions, however, that the seating order is not necessarily accurate at ranking the strength and/or prowess of an individual. A lack of initiative or motive has resulted in situations where students with more skill are ranked lower than their higher-ranked peers.

Members within the Elite Ten have been known to challenge higher seated members for their seats, though it is not known what kind of compensation comes from a loss between seated members.

### Role

The Elite Ten Council is responsible for handling the academy's internal affairs, including judging the students achievements based on the student presentations in the academy, as well as helping organize school events, such as the Tōtsuki Autumn Election.

During the Autumn Leaf Viewing, an event in which Tōtsuki High School first years are tutored by their upperclassmen, the members of the Elite Ten mentor the first years who made it to the finals of the Tōtsuki Autumn Election.

## Trivia

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