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After the death of his mother, a young boy travels to China and become a master chef, in his attempt to become head chef of his late mother's restaurant
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Quick facts
First aired
1997
Seasons
1
Episodes
52
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.8/10
Votes
25
Genre
Animation, Kids, Comedy
Status
Ended
Network
MBS
Language
JA
Seasons & Episodes
S01E01
Young Cooking Master/Genius Cooking Boy, Mao!
Qing Dynasty, Imperial China, a small restraunt in Szechuan Province is messed up by a first grade cook, Shouan.To defend his deceased mother's restraunt, Liu Mao Tsing ('Mao') has…
S01E02
Fantastic Mapo Tofu/A Mystery Mapo Tofu
In the on-on-one cooking match Mao easily defeats Shouan. Shouan, shamed that he was beaten by a little boy, runs away from the restraunt. General Lee congratualtes Mao on his smar…
S01E03
Super Chef
Mao arrives at Guangzhou and goes to the Yang Spring Restraunt. At first he is ignored by the master chef of the restraunt, Choyu. Mao shows him the letter of recommendation from G…
S01E04
Merciless Rules/The Cruel Rule of Yosen Shuka!
Sanche, also a young chef in Yang's Spring Restraunt, becomes jealous of Mao's talent and tries to spoil Mao's cooking. However when Sanche is asked by Choyu to chop some vegetable…
S01E05
Destroy Old Tradition
Mao, Sanche and Meili open up a store to attract customers away from Yang's Spring Restraunt. They make 'stir fry capsicum and pork strips', but want to add something else to creat…
S01E06
The Dumpling Brothers
The annual Guangzhou dumpling festival is nearing, and this year Yang's Spring Restraunt is hoping to win again. However a new challenger has arrived - the Chinese Dumpling Brother…
S01E07
Despicable Trap!Cornered Mao!
The Guangzhou Dumpling Festival has arrived! The winner is the team who has the most eaten plates of dumplings. An old man wants to try the wonderful Dumpling Brother's dumpling bu…
S01E08
The Final Battle
At night, the stronger Dumpling Brother tries to sabotage Mao's indgredients before the dumpling challenge but is luckily stopped by Choyu. Meanwhile, the other brother is quickly …
S01E09
Challenge the Dream! Super Chef Examination
Mao goes to the large castle which holds the Special Grade Cooking Tests. The tests are held every four years and only one person will pass the test (very strict!). In the first ro…
S01E10
Ultimate Skill! Incomparable Noodles
When Meili finally comes back with the ingredients, two people has already finished the noodles and qualified (3 left!). Feiyi makes 'dragon whisker' noodles which shocks the judge…
S01E11
The Last Battle! Taste Battle Stadium
There is only one more place left to enter the next round and somebody beats Mao in making the noodles. Luckily for Mao, the man's noodles are rejected and so Mao's noodles are tas…
S01E12
A Great Rival Appears. Talented Young Chef Fei
Mao decides to cook 'namazu noodles' (namazu is a type of fish, looks like a catfish). He quickly finishes and tells Meili to taste it. Meili rejects to the noodles finding them no…
S01E13
The Catfish Noodle Completed! Fated Decision
Mao finishes his noodles and is time is up! The judges must now taste the food..... But the judge tells the five chefs to taste each others dishes! The green hair woman presents he…
S01E14
The Honorable Mark
The scores are announced, and Han believes that he had won. However the judge disqualifies him for using dirty tricks. Whereas Mao and Feiyi had judged each other fairly, Han only …
S01E15
Genius Boy Chef, Shilou!!
Mao and Meili travel to Wunam province in China and along the way meet a boy who has fainted from starvation. Mao makes some food for him using igredients from the trees around him…
S01E16
Super Boobs! Sweet Trap. Beware of the Beauty
Mao and his friends go to Wu Nam province to seek new Chinese cuisines. They enter a village where they are welcomed by a beautiful female chef, Ang. Ang finds out Mao is a special…
S01E17
Return! Dreamy Singe Cuisine
Mao and Siro are found and untied by Meirii. Meanwhile the Official rejects Ang's dish because it does not taste like her father's although it looks the same. Mao appears and shows…
S01E18
Scary Red Congee. Secret of the Haunted Mansion
Mao is split up from Meirii and Siro in a forest at night. When they regroup they find a large house where they are served a very nice meal by the chef there. The sickly owners how…
S01E19
Galaxy Noodles
Mao, Meili and Shilou are eating in a restaurant, but when they were about to pay, they found out that Shilou lost all their money. They were thrown out by the head chef, Harry and…
S01E20
The Ominous Black Chicken
Mao's party stay at 'Chicken Town' a village in south west china. This village is the largest provider of chickens in China. After Mao spends all their money on cooking books, the …
S01E21
Yang Spring Restaurant`s Challenge
Mao just returned from his trip and he is given a key for Yosen Shuka because Master Luo & Chouyu went to attend the chef alliance’s meeting for two weeks.
When they were already …
S01E22
The Battle of Two Chef
Mao was chosen to hold the restaurant key. Then, when he had to leave the restaurant for some pick-me-ups, he left the restaurant to Meirii and Siro's care. Now, when Meirii was ab…
S01E23
Big Universe Pork Dumpling
Mao doesnt believe that Shell has chosen the same ingredients as him and stolen his idea! Mao sits on the floor, cursing himself and thinking about something else. There is less th…
S01E24
Mysterious Invitation, The trap of the masked Chef
It was a beautiful morning in the Yosen Shuka, and it was broken by an arrow hitting a wall with a note tied around it.
Mao gave flowers to Mei Li and she comments that they are b…
S01E25
Western Style Blood Match
The masked chef rejected Mao’s challenge, but Mao insisted.
The next scene, we see Shilou working in the restaurant cleaning the dishes when all the lights went out. He was very s…
S01E26
The Strongest Ace
The third round starts, and it will be a cooking in a pot. Mao has a choice of the freshest ingredients, while the Masked Chef is going to use the seafood ingredients that he has s…
S01E27
The Secret of the Masked Chef
Shilou was having a hard time picking the bowl, because he knew that all the lives depended on his judgment. Mao then tells Shilou not to try and pick his bowl, just pick the one t…
S01E28
Wilderness Cooking
Yosen Shuka was closed and the employees of the restaurant had a picnic and a fishing tournament. The prize who caught the biggest fish will be a ladle. Everyone is having a great …
S01E29
Darkness Society`s Assassin! Cold Blooded Genius Leon
Mao was preparing a dish, and the employees at the restaurant are all fascinated with his knife skills. Luo arrived and asked Mao to prepare a special dish for a special guest. The…
S01E30
Sharpness of Evil. Seven Star Knife
Mei Li goes to Mao’s room, but he’s not there and she and Shilou start searching for him. It turns out Mao is in the kitchen, holding his mother’s knife. They discuss the undergrou…
S01E31
China within a Fish
The gong sounded and both chefs are finished. The chiefs of Guangzhou cooking are the judges of the match. Leon starts the tasting with his dishes: 1st dish, sashimi. 2nd dish, ste…
S01E32
Ice and Fire`s Impulse
Leon breaks open the seal of the Northern Wolf knife, and it turns out to be a knife that has a blade made completely out of ice! A story is told of how the knife was made. Leon an…
S01E33
The Legendary Cooking Utensils! The Secret of the Always-sharp Blade!
Finally, the winner is announced. It’s Liu Mao-Hsing! The tool now has a new owner. But there’s a tradition, the tool chooses it’s owner.
Chouyu explained where the le…
S01E34
Evil City Shanghai! The Underworld Declares War!!
The Yosan Shuka group composed of Mao, Leon, Shell, Shilou, and Mei Li are off to their first destination in search of the legendary cooking tools - Shanghai. There they are reuni…
S01E35
Huge Floating Cooking Arena! Magical Iron Arm Soup
Mao’s group has arrived at the Lou Lin Vessel, a large cooking arena inside a huge boat. The underworld announces that the competition will be a Banquet Cooking Battle with four ca…
S01E36
Brother Sanche`s Cold Sea Turtle Soup
Rouko was angry when Sanche showed that a melon couldn’t be a soup. But Sanche replied that it is a soup, and it’s his special: the bouncing snapping turtle soup. Sanche served the…
S01E37
Dim Sum king, Lakon 1600-years-old Soul-Calming Steamed buns
In this episode, King Lakon prepares the Spirit Calming Buns of the Hakura Family. The bun’s secret ingredient was a piece of 1600 year old ‘lao mien’, a piece of fermented dough p…
S01E38
The Super Dim Sum Competition! The Startling Results!
Now that none of them lifted the red spoons for Shell, they were asked to lift the white spoons for King Lakon. Surprise, surprise! The result of the battle is: A DRAW. The judges …
S01E39
Another Set of Seven-Star Knives! Enigmatic Beauty Shan
Matchup no. 3 involves Leon and Shan from the Underworld. The chosen ingredient is crab.
What follows is demonstration of each other’s abilities. Leon demonstrates his cutting ski…
S01E40
Wake Up Leon! The Destiny of a Cook!
Finally, Leon decides to come clean. Leon had killed the blacksmith that made those knives, after he said that he would make better set of knives than the Seven Stars Knives. Knowi…
S01E41
Destroy The Evil Sword, The Sacred Seven Star Knives
The judges awarded the verdict in favor of Shan. However, Mao finally figures it out. It was Shan’s soup. Shan’s soup was rich in crab taste. Since the judges tasted the soup first…
S01E42
Final Battle, Shouan`s Revenge
Thanks to Shan’s trickery, now the banquet cooking competition is now tied. The results of the next dish will determine the winner.
Mao finally meets his competitor: Shou An, his …
S01E43
Mao's Real Ability! Magical Panda Tofu
Sabotaged by the Underworld, Mao had to wait for the tofu to harden. Shou An was cooking away as Mao sits besides his box, much to the disappointment of his friends. As Shou An pre…
S01E44
Shocking Verdict! In the Palm of the Fairy
Now that the judges have savoured every bit of Mao’s tofu, Shou An’s dish is Three Harmony Tofu. Secret Ingredients: Tofu, meat-flavoured tofu strips and tofu noodles cooked togeth…
S01E45
Flame on the Yangtze River! Shouan's Death In The Ocean
Shou An triggered the self-destruct mechanism and the ship begins to sink, as explosions rip through the ship and destroys all life boats. Shan runs away with the Treasure Maps and…
S01E46
Shell`s Rescue! Storm of Ramen!
Now they have gotten the Coiled Dragon Pot, Mao used the pot to cooked Pai’s famous Kikka sauce using the recipe in the package given to him by Shou An in his dying moments (which …
S01E47
The Meeting Of God And Devil! Mysterious Demonic Holy Instruments
Shilou found the other portion of the third map in the treasures stolen by the bandits. Putting the two maps together, they know the location of the third tool: Mount Jiuhua.
Upon…
S01E48
Heaven's diminished star! Special Meteor Fried Rice!
Well Mao and his group of friends (Meiri, Siro, Shel, and Leon) arrive in a village and the village is empty because everyone is at the temple where a little man is pretending to b…
S01E49
Labyrinth of Darkness! Soul-Connecting Serving of Porridge
After finding the third piece of kitchen utensils, the Magic Sacred Bronze Ware, the young masters continued their journey to find the fourth piece. On the way, he was framed by Xi…
S01E50
Imperial Capital Peking! The Underworld Cooking Society Bares its Fangs
The imperial capital Beijing, the clutches of the dark culinary world xa0 Hearing Admiral Li say that the dark culinary world's clutches have reached Beijing, so the young masters …
S01E51
Secret Plan of Fei the Genius! Neo Manchu Han Imperial Feast
The genius A Fei's unique skill, the New Man-Han Feast Imperial Cuisine Showdown stipulates that one hundred dishes must be prepared within three hours. A Fei quickly started to co…
S01E52
The Big Reversal! The Brave Chef`s Glory
While Fei and his team are working away cooking, Mao is still thinking of what to cook, with his friends anxiously waiting. Finally, after observing the king for a little, he comes…
Cast
cooking
food
based on manga
shounen
anime
Questions about Cooking Master Boy
How many seasons does Cooking Master Boy have?
Cooking Master Boy has 1 season and 52 episodes total.
What genre is Cooking Master Boy?
Cooking Master Boy is a Animation, Kids, Comedy series.
Who stars in Cooking Master Boy?
The cast of Cooking Master Boy includes Nobutoshi Canna, Maya Okamoto, Mayumi Tanaka, Houko Kuwashima, Yuri Amano.
What is the TMDB rating for Cooking Master Boy?
Cooking Master Boy has a TMDB rating of 7.8/10 based on 25 votes.
