What is this genre all about? Cooking, baking or otherwise producing food.
We present you the list of Cooking anime you should watch right now.
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Top 19 Cooking anime you should watch right now. [2026 List]
- 19. Tetsunabe no Jan!
- 18. Shokugeki no Souma: Shin no Sara
- 17. Shokugeki no Souma
- 16. Dungeon Meshi
- 15. Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara - Toutsuki Ressha-hen
- 14. Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi 2nd Season
- 13. Shokugeki no Souma: Gou no Sara
- 12. Shokugeki no Souma OVA
- 11. Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi
- 10. Akujiki Reijou to Kyouketsu Koushaku: Sono Mamono, Watashi ga Oishiku Itadakimasu!
- 9. Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara
- 8. Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara
- 7. Tamako Market
- 6. Tsuihousha Shokudou e Youkoso!
- 5. Isekai Shokudou
- 4. Dungeon Meshi 2nd Season
- 3. Maid-san wa Taberu dake
- 2. Toriko
- 1. Meng Qi Shi Shen
19. Tetsunabe no Jan!
Jan Akiyama, a cocky arrogant teenager wants to fulfill his grandfathers wish of defeating his arch nemesis Mutsuju Gobancho. When he arrives at the Gobancho restaurant he meets his granddaughter Kiriko Gobancho. Their rivalry is easily compared to Jan's and Kiriko's grandfathers, for Jan believes cooking is about competition and Kiriko believes cooking is about heart.
Iron Wok Jan has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 鉄鍋のジャン！, Tetsunabe no Jan!
18. Shokugeki no Souma: Shin no Sara
Fourth season of Shokugeki no Soma.
Food Wars! The Fourth Plate has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ 神ノ皿, Shokugeki no Soma 4th Season
17. Shokugeki no Souma
Ever since he was a child, fifteen-year-old Souma Yukihira has helped his father by working as the sous chef in the restaurant his father runs and owns. Throughout the years, Souma developed a passion for entertaining his customers with his creative, skilled, and daring culinary creations. His dream is to someday own his family's restaurant as its head chef.
Yet when his father suddenly decides to close the restaurant to test his cooking abilities in restaurants around the world, he sends Souma to Tootsuki Culinary Academy, an elite cooking school where only 10 percent of the students graduate. The institution is famous for its "Shokugeki" or "food wars," where students face off in intense, high-stakes cooking showdowns.
As Souma and his new schoolmates struggle to survive the extreme lifestyle of Tootsuki, more and greater challenges await him, putting his years of learning under his father to the test.
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ, Shokugeki no Soma, Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma
16. Dungeon Meshi
Dungeons, dragons...and delicious monster stew!? Adventurers foray into a cursed buried kingdom to save their friend, cooking up a storm along the way.
Note: A world premiere screening of Episode 1 was shown in the Studio TRIGGER panel at Anime Expo on July 1, 2023.
Delicious in Dungeon has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: ダンジョン飯, Dungeon Food, Dungeon Meal, Tragones y Mazmorras, Gloutons et Dragons, Подземелье вкусностей, 던전밥, สูตรลับตำรับดันเจียน, Mỹ vị hầm ngục, Підземелля смакоти, 迷宫饭, מבוכים ומטעמים
15. Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara - Toutsuki Ressha-hen
The second course of Shokugeki no Souma season 3.
Food Wars! The Third Plate – Totsuki Railway Arc has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ 餐ノ皿 遠月列車篇, Shokugeki no Soma 4th Season, Food Wars! 4th Season, Food Wars! The Third Plate 2nd cour, Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara 2nd cour, Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara (2018)
14. Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi 2nd Season
The second season of Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi.
When a magical realm looks to summon heroes, they’re sorely disappointed to end up with a mediocre salaryman. Mukoda Tsuyoshi may not be a hero, but this conjuring error has given him a delicious power—Online Grocery. And something about this modern food brings with it unbelievable effects. This easy access paired with his cooking skills will have patrons from across the land coming back for more!
Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill Season 2 has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: とんでもスキルで異世界放浪メシ 第2期, Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi 2nd Season
13. Shokugeki no Souma: Gou no Sara
In the heated final season of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Yukihira Soma and the Totsuki Academy compete in The Blue!
Food Wars: The Fifth Plate has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ 豪ノ皿, Shokugeki no Soma 5th Season
12. Shokugeki no Souma OVA
OVAs bundled with the 18th and 19th volumes of the Shokugeki no Souma manga.
Food Wars! OVA has finished airing and it has 2 Episodes. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ, Shokugeki no Souma: Jump Festa 2015 Special, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma OVA
11. Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi
Mukoda Tsuyoshi, an ordinary salaryman, is suddenly transported to another world one day. The unique skill he gains upon arrival in this world is the seemingly useless "Online Grocery." Mukoda is discouraged at first, but the modern foods he's able to bring to his new world using this skill prove to have some unbelievable effects!
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: とんでもスキルで異世界放浪メシ, Regarding the Display of an Outrageous Skill Which Has Incredible Powers, Gourmet Adventure of Legendary Tamer
10. Akujiki Reijou to Kyouketsu Koushaku: Sono Mamono, Watashi ga Oishiku Itadakimasu!
Like any proper noble lady, one must have certain acquired tastes. For Melphiera Marchalrayd, she just happens to crave a rather exotic protein—monsters! But do not judge! Despite its bad reputation, monster meat can be used in exquisite cuisine and Melphiera is determined to change the kingdom’s opinion of it! Unfortunately, since debuting in society, Melphiera has been struggling to find her perfect match…until she meets the fearless “Blood-Mad Duke” of Galbraith!
Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 悪食令嬢と狂血公爵 ～その魔物、私が美味しくいただきます！～, Akujiki Reijou to Kyouketsu Koushaku: Sono Mamono, Watashi ga Oishiku Itadakimasu!
9. Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara
The second season of Shokugeki no Souma.
Food Wars! The Second Plate has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ 弍ノ皿, Shokugeki no Souma 2nd Season, Shokugeki no Soma 2, Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma 2, Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate
8. Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara
The third season of Shokugeki no Souma.
Food Wars! The Third Plate has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ 餐ノ皿, Shokugeki no Souma 3rd Season, Shokugeki no Soma 3, Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma 3, Shokugeki no Soma 3rd Season
7. Tamako Market
Tamako knows everything about mochi, the traditional Japanese dessert treats - she even works at Tama-ya, her family’s mochi shop. However, friendships, rivalries, and strange new feelings are beginning to make her life a sticky, complicated mess!
Tamako Market has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: たまこまーけっと, Tamako Market
6. Tsuihousha Shokudou e Youkoso!
Dennis is one of the most popular members of the Silverwing Battalion, the world's strongest party. So popular, in fact, that the party leader expels him from the group out of spite.
Stripped of his home, Dennis decides to start life anew following his true calling—as a chef! His life as an adventurer might be over, but his new life as a cook is just beginning. He teams up with Atelier, a young girl who has been similarly exiled from her home, and opens up a restaurant for adventurers.
He's finally able to live out his dream, but he'll need use of more than just his cooking skills to take care of his eclectic customers' problems!
Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant! has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 追放者食堂へようこそ！, Tsuihousha Shokudou e Youkoso!
5. Isekai Shokudou
At the bottom floor of the building with a dog signboard, in the shopping district near the office street, there lies a cafeteria called "Youshoku no Nekoya," that has an illustration of a cat on the door. It's been open for fifty years and has satisfied various salarymen from nearby offices. Despite it being called a Western cuisine cafeteria, it also provides other varieties of menus. For the people of this certain world, it's their one-and-only special cafeteria.
There is, however, one secret to "Nekoya." The cafeteria is closed to the public every Saturday in order to make way for special guests. When a bell rings, customers from different places of birth and races appear who ask for mysterious and delicious dishes. They are actually the same dishes served to the salarymen, but these special guests find them to be more exotic than to what they are used to. As the cafeteria aims to serve masterpieces, it is usually referred as "Isekai Shokudou."
And so, the bell rings again this week.
Restaurant to Another World has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 異世界食堂, Isekai Shokudou
4. Dungeon Meshi 2nd Season
The second season of Dungeon Meshi.
Delicious in Dungeon Season 2 has not yet aired. It will air on October 31, 2027. It is also Known as: ダンジョン飯 第２期, Dungeon Meshi Season 2
3. Maid-san wa Taberu dake
What's a maid to do when she finds herself suddenly stuck in Japan for a year? Eat, of course! Follow maid-in-training Suzume Tachibana as she tries all sorts of Japanese food, from sweets like taiyaki and melon bread to savory snacks like takoyaki and onigiri! Be warned, though—while Suzume sates her appetite through delicious treat after delicious treat, she might just end up whetting yours!
The Food Diary of Miss Maid has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: メイドさんは食べるだけ, Maid-san wa Taberu dake
2. Toriko
Welcome to the Gourmet Age, where happiness is measured by what you eat. In an era in which life revolves around fine cuisine, people will go to great lengths to procure special ingredients which have the power to turn a nice meal into a heavenly delight. However, since these delicious additives usually come from rare, powerful creatures, Gourmet Hunters are called upon to gather them.
The International Gourmet Organization has the utmost power in this world, and is responsible for maintaining the balance of the distribution of ingredients worldwide. One day, Chef Komatsu is sent on a mission to locate one of the most renowned Gourmet Hunters in existence, Toriko, and to hire him for a very special job.
However, astounded by Toriko's skill and unbelievable passion, what started out as a simple mission gradually grows into a deep friendship. Combine the talents of Gourmet Hunter Toriko, who dreams of creating the ultimate Full Course meal, and Chef Komatsu, who aspires to one day become a Master Chef, and the recipe for success may just be discovered.
Toriko has finished airing and it has 147 Episodes. It is also Known as: トリコ, Toriko (2011), Toriko (TV), Toriko x One Piece Collabo Special
1. Meng Qi Shi Shen
Ye Jiayao finds herself back in time in the body of Ye Jinxuan. After many twists, she thought that she would finally be able to lead a simple life and achieve her dream of opening the best restaurant in Huai Song. However, there are villains constantly trying to bring her down.
Meng Qi Shi Shen has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: Mengqi Shishen, Adorable Food Goddess, Cinderella Chef
