What is this genre all about? Cooking, baking or otherwise producing food.
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Top 19 Cooking manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 19. Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku
- 18. Issho ni Kurashite Ii desu ka?
- 17. Eoneu Mabeopsaui Sikdang
- 16. Leveling Up, by Only Eating!
- 15. Ihonhan Angnyeoneun Cake-reul Gumneunda
- 14. Healing Life Through Camping in Another World
- 13. Golden Kamuy
- 12. Underworld Restaurant
- 11. A-Rank Boukensha No Slow Life
- 10. Goesiksikdang
- 9. Dungeon Meshi
- 8. Shokugeki no Souma
- 7. Gokushufudou
- 6. Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken
- 5. Tsuihousha Shokudou e Youkoso!: Saikyou Party wo Tsuihousareta Ryourinin (Lv. 99) wa, Inaka de Nengan no Boukensha Shokudou wo Hirakimasu!
- 4. Harapeko Oyako to Motokare Yanushi
- 3. Gal Gohan
- 2. Fenrir Kaasan to Attaka Gohan @comic
- 1. The Young Lady Is a Royal Chef
19. Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku
This story takes place in a particular town with two infamous schools in constant dispute: Chidori High, a boys' school predominantly attended by low-class students with damning grades, and its neighbor Kikyo Girls' High, with most of its female students coming from wealthy and prestigious families. One day, high school second-year Rintaro Tsumugi, a fierce-looking but gentle-minded student at Chidori, is helping at his family's patisserie when he encounters a female customer by the name of Kaoruko Waguri. Rintaro enjoys his time with Kaoruko, as she doesn't judge him for his appearance, but this blissful peace is quickly disturbed when Rintaro makes the discovery that Kaoruko is actually a student at Kikyo. This revelation marks the beginning of the two's strenuous tale, as they fight against the limitations placed upon them by their schools and surroundings in an attempt to find their own path!
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 薫る花は凛と咲く, Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku
18. Issho ni Kurashite Ii desu ka?
Hiromi Sonoda has no girlfriend, no job, and no home, until he finds a shared-house with very cheap rent and goes to check it out. However, the share-house has a certain condition... Kei Sasuga presents a new "Share House Romantic Comedy"!
Can I Live With You? is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 一緒に暮らしていいですか?, Issho ni Kurashite Ii desu ka?
17. Eoneu Mabeopsaui Sikdang
A man was reincarnated in another world as a 9th-class wizard and retired after saving the continent from a dragon war. He decides to open a small restaurant in the countryside, but his routine is anything but ordinary. On the second floor of his restaurant, there lives a black dragon who has transformed into a woman, named Rurin. She is greedy, cute, and loyal to him, but also ignorant and clueless about the human world. They live a fun and warm life, serving customers, solving problems, and growing violets in the garden.
Eoneu Mabeopsaui Sikdang is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: A Wizard's Restaurant, The Archmage's Restaurant
16. Leveling Up, by Only Eating!
Kang Min-Hyuk suffers from a rare disorder that makes it impossible for him to stop eating. Despite strict diet and exercise, Min-Hyuk's weight is now life-threatening. As a last resort, his doctor recommends a unique treatment—Athenae, a VR game where one can eat as much as they want without consequence. Crispy fried chicken! Scrumptious samgyetang! Inside Athenae, all food tastes real, but earning it is no cakewalk. In order to live, Min-Hyuk must go on the ultimate fantasy gourmet adventure!
Note: Includes eight extra chapters.
Leveling Up, by Only Eating! has finished publishing and it has 208 Chapters. It is also Known as: Gourmet Gaming, Babman Meoggo Level Up
15. Ihonhan Angnyeoneun Cake-reul Gumneunda
I had been working hard as a Duchess for nine years, supporting my quiet and indifferent husband, but all I was left with was contempt, indifference, and an accusal of having a love affair. So when he finally asked for a divorce to marry his long-time lover...
“There’s a limit to what I can endure for this marriage. No matter how much you cry or plead to the Emperor, I can’t stand it anymore.”
“Can I sign here?”
“So if you pretend to be poor like last time, this time… what?”
I waved divorce papers on an indifferent day.
“I’m done. Can I go now?”
“Oh, since we both had lovers, of course, I won't be receiving alimony, but you'll surely return my dowry, right?”
“What are you gonna do with that little money?" asked my husband, who had not cared what he had done for the past nine years. I laughed confidently and answered: “I’m going to open a dessert cafe.”
Ihonhan Angnyeoneun Cake-reul Gumneunda has finished publishing and it has 84 Chapters. It is also Known as: A Divorced Evil Lady Bakes Cakes, A Divorced Wicked Woman Bakes Cake
14. Healing Life Through Camping in Another World
The Star chef, KangHyun, hid in a quite countryside after losing his sense of taste where he found A pathway to another world in his grandfather's house. Since he was on the run anyway, he planned on enjoying a relaxing camp life, but... the people in the other world keep growing interested in KangHyun! Will KangHyun really be able to heal through experiencing a slow life?
Healing Life Through Camping in Another World is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Healing Life Through Camping in Another World
13. Golden Kamuy
In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi Sugimoto searches the wilderness of the Japanese frontier of Hokkaido for a hoard of hidden gold. With only a cryptic map and a native Ainu girl to help him, Saichi must also deal with every murderous cutthroat, bandit and rogue who knows about the treasure!
Golden Kamuy has finished publishing and it has 314 Chapters. It is also Known as: ゴールデンカムイ, Golden Kamui
12. Underworld Restaurant
“I was given a building as an inheritance?”
From a nobody who does all kinds of odd jobs and lived a hard life, he was given a chance to become a landlord right in the middle of Gangnam!
But, the condition for this inheritance is to ‘operate a restaurant for 5 years.’
‘Moreover, I can sense a chill down my spine thanks to the weird customers that came in for today’s store opening……Do I really just need to prepare food?’
“So then…all the guests who came in yesterday…”
“They were ghosts.”
Every night starting from 11 o’ clock until 1 o’clock, we will now be open!
Underworld Restaurant is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Restaurant in the After Life
11. A-Rank Boukensha No Slow Life
Aldred, the leader of a kingdom’s A-ranked party,『Black Silver』, has accomplished the task of slaying a dragon. However, he who has pursued strength his whole life has lost sight of his goal from taking down a monster of the strongest species. As he worried about what to do next in his life, it was the scenery of Nordende that popped up in his mind; A rural village by the countryside, full of natural beauty, which he only visited once during a quest in the past.
After declaring the disbandment of his party, he heads towards Nordende for a comfortable, relaxing life.
An A-Ranked Adventurer’s “Slow-living” is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Ａランク冒険者のスローライフ, A-Rank Boukensha No Slow Life
10. Goesiksikdang
The era of Stinky tofu, Durian, Surströmming is over. Have you heard about the cooking so bad that you could die on the spot! But your skill would be increasing!? Tera, whose cooking boasts the best taste in all dimensions, through the bravest Yoo Seungwoo's help, has come to peaceful earth.
Endure it! If you eat it and don’t die, your level will go up! And then on my behalf, protect the earth!
‘Bizarre Restaurant’ is open even when the world is going to end.
Goesiksikdang is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Extraordinary Restaurant, Bizarre Restaurant, Nhà Hàng Thợ Săn Quái Vật
9. Dungeon Meshi
When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member! They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem: If they set out with no food or coin to speak of, they're sure to starve on the way! But Laios comes up with a brilliant idea: "Let's eat the monsters!" Slimes, basilisks, and even dragons...none are safe from the appetites of these dungeon-crawling gourmands!
Delicious in Dungeon has finished publishing and it has 97 Chapters. It is also Known as: ダンジョン飯, Dungeon Food, 迷宫饭
8. Shokugeki no Souma
Soma Yukihira's old man runs a small family restaurant in the less savory end of town. Aiming to one day surpass his father's culinary prowess, Soma hones his skills day in and day out until one day, out of the blue, his father decides to enroll Soma in a classy culinary school!
Can Soma really cut it in a place that prides itself on a 10 percent graduation rate? And can he convince the beautiful, domineering heiress to the school that he belongs there at all?!
Note: The 3 chapter Le dessert epilogue is counted as chapters 316-318
Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma has finished publishing and it has 318 Chapters. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ, Shokugeki no Souma
7. Gokushufudou
Immortal Tatsu is an ex-yakuza who’s given up violence for making an honest man of himself - but is it still possible for a devoted stay-at-home husband to get into a few scrapes?
Gokushufudou: The Way of the House Husband is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 極主夫道, Gokushufudo
6. Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken
Amane lives alone in an apartment, and the most beautiful girl in school, Mahiru, lives just next door. They've almost never spoken-until the day he sees her in distress on a rainy day and lends her his umbrella. To return the favor, she offers him help around the house, and a relationship slowly begins to blossom as the distance between them closes...
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: お隣の天使様にいつの間にか駄目人間にされていた件, She is the neighbour Angel, I am spoilt by her., The Case of the Neighbourhood Angel Turning into a Degenerate Unaware, The Case of Being Turned into a Good-for-nothing by my Neighbour the Angel, ขาดคุณนางฟ้าข้างห้องไป ผมคงมีชีวิตต่อไปไม่ได้อีกแล้ว
5. Tsuihousha Shokudou e Youkoso!: Saikyou Party wo Tsuihousareta Ryourinin (Lv. 99) wa, Inaka de Nengan no Boukensha Shokudou wo Hirakimasu!
After getting kicked out of the strongest party, the level 99 chef fulfills his dream of opening an adventurer diner in the countryside.
Welcome to Cheap Restaurant of Outcasts! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 追放者食堂へようこそ！ ～最強パーティーを追放された料理人（Lv.99）は、田舎で念願の冒険者食堂を開きます！～, 流放者食堂, Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!, Tsuihousha Shokudou e Youkoso!
4. Harapeko Oyako to Motokare Yanushi
36-year-old Takaharu lives alone. After graduating from Art College, he has been living a quiet life while painting pictures. One day, his ex-girlfriend Kyou, whom he broke up with 17 years ago, comes to him with her daughter Minori and asks him to let them stay at his place. As in their college days, Kyou is attracted by the delicious food, and so the three of them begin to live together.
A Hungry Mother and Daughter and Her Ex-boyfriend Landlord is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: はらぺこ母娘と元カレ家主, Hara peko Oyako to Motokare Yanushi
3. Gal Gohan
Home Economics Teacher, Shinji Yabe, is asked by the biggest gal in school, Miku Okazaki, to help her "bake cookies to give to the teachers." The principal told her to do this, after she flunked every subject and makeup-class they put her in. He gets her to successfully finish a batch of cookies after several mishaps and is touched by his students glee over her success.
He decides to start a cooking club after this experience to get more time and connection with his students. Upon hearing this, Miku decides to join, since he was the first teacher that didn't shove her into makeup-lessons after her failings and pushed her to try harder instead.
Gal Gohan has finished publishing and it has 68 Chapters. It is also Known as: ギャルごはん, Gyaru Cooking, Gyaru Gohan
2. Fenrir Kaasan to Attaka Gohan @comic
Femrude is picked up by the legendary Fenrir as a baby. Originally Japanese, the reborn 12-year-old spends his days being spoiled by his beloved new mother, while being brought up with lots of love.
To give back to his precious family, he reproduces Japanese cuisine in this new world, one dish after another. To his surprise, not only his mother (Fenrir), but also the beastmen living in this world love his food.
Solving problems one after another with his honest, gentle character, and the skills to attract both races, he aims to become a bridge between the humans and the beastmen!
Even magicians will jump! This fluffy gourmet fantasy is about to start!
Heart-Warming Meals with Mother Fenrir is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: フェンリル母さんとあったかご飯＠COMIC, Fenrir Mother and Rice- Another World ~Fluffy Life~, Fenrir Kaa-san to attaka Gohan, Fenrir Kaasan to Attaka Gohan, フェンリル母さんとあったかご飯＠COMIC, Fenrir Kaa-san to attaka Gohan: Isekai Mofumofu Seikatsu
1. The Young Lady Is a Royal Chef
Sena’s been tossed into another world, as the despised daughter of a noble family. Her little restaurant was her refuge in her last life, so she’s got some tricks up her sleeve—cooking skills!
As Senianna, she’ll put her brains and fine-tuned taste buds (Korean fried chicken, anyone?) to the test so she can take back the kitchen and gain this society’s esteemed title of Chef Royale. Will her cuisine reign supreme over the empire and bring her the sweet and salty balance of power and affection?
The Young Lady Is a Royal Chef is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Royal Chef Lady, Royal Chef Young Lady, The Royal Shop of Young Lady, Lady Chef Royale
