One Piece has many phenomenal characters who have their skillset and weaknesses to help them stand out from the rest. One of these characters is the hot-blooded chef Sanji Vinsmoke of the Straw Hat Pirates.
Sanji's excellent fighting and cooking skills make him a fierce pirate to encounter. Despite Sanji being a phenomenal chef in One Piece, other anime chefs have come and gone with skills that would put Sanji's superb cooking mastery to the test.
10 Yukihira Soma Is A Superb Chef Who Can Utilize His Opponent's Recipes Against Them (Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma)
Food Wars! is a cooking show that'll make fans' mouths water at the sight of the delectable food and desserts the chefs in the series bake. Despite the many chefs in the series, Yukihira Soma would be someone that would offer Sanji a challenge because of his love for taking on excellent chefs in his series.
Even though Sanji's cooking artistry is top-notch, and has wowed many people outside of his crew, Soma has taken on many many adversaries in the past and created dishes where he utilized his opponents' cooking recipes against them, like with Alice Nakiri.
9 Brock Has Cooked Excellent Meals (Pokémon)
Brock's expertise in the Pokémon anime could serve as a worthy cooking challenge for Sanji. Brock's one of anime's best chefs and someone who mastered his cooking prowess as a child.
Brock would understand Sanji, considering Sanji also loved cooking at a young age, despite his father being displeased with Sanji cooking for others. Further, Brock's known for cooking high-class meals that never disappoint his companions or Pokémon and always carries his utensils with him everywhere he goes.
8 Sebastian Michaelis Wasn't A Bright Cook At First But Trained Himself To Be A Great Chef In Time (Black Butler)
Black Butler was an intriguing anime for many fans because of its memorable characters and stunning animation. Although some fans may argue that there were things about Black Butler they hated, many will agree that Sebastian Michaelis's cooking wasn't one of those, based on their appearance alone.
Despite Ciel not approving of Sebastian's cooking methods, he'd later work on his skills to the point where his meals turned out remarkable and delicious. He's the ultimate butler and one who wouldn't be afraid to issue a cook-off challenge to Sanji.
7 Komatsu Is A Chef That Can Hear The Voice Of His Ingredients & Can Improve His Cooking Methods On The Fly (Toriko)
Toriko is a cooking anime that pitted warriors against each other to attain the best and rarest ingredients their world had to offer, since having such commodities made people feel grand. Although the anime's main character, Toriko, is an anime character that loves food as much as Goku, Komatsu'd be the one to issue Sanji a challenge.
Komatsu is an excellent chef in Toriko who can learn things instantly and often has a power that allows him to improve his cooking methods on the fly. With Komatsu's unique skills, like food luck and hearing the "voice" of his ingredients, he'd put up a great battle against Sanji.
6 Tonio Trussardi's Stand Pearl Jam May Give Sanji Some Issues If These Two Battled Each Other In A Cook-Off (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable)
Even if Tonio Trussardi from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable is a JoJo character many fans forgot about, his cooking is something many JoJo fans would acknowledge as being delectable in the series. Tonio's known for being an excellent chef with dishes that will send his customers into a spiral of happiness.
What would set Sanji a thunder during their cook-off would be Tonio's stand called Pearl Jam. Pearl Jam allows Tonio to create vegetable-like monsters that reside within his meals and will increase someone's healing state substantially.
5 Ryuuji Takasu Likes To Keep His Household Clean & Cook Excellent Desserts To Satisfy Himself And Others (Toradora!)
Taiga Asaka and Ryuji Takasu are some of the classic couples in shojo anime, with Ryuji being the one that makes the couple's best meals. Whether Ryuji's cooking his orange custard pie or any other dish, he's the person Taiga depends on most whenever she's hungry.
Further, Ryuji's known for taking cleanliness to extreme measures and attends to areas around his household that are spotless and free from germs. Sanji would admire Ryuji for keeping a clean workstation and wouldn't mind going against him in a dessert-based cook-off if Ryuji wanted to challenge him.
4 Kotori Iida Can Create Whimsical Dishes & Provide An Worthy Challenge To Sanji In A Kitchen (Sweetness & Lightning)
Although Sweetness & Lightning may not be one of the best slice of life anime, its cute aesthetic along with its charming character cast make it a series that will make fans feel at home. Whether fans enjoyed the series for Kouhei or Tsumugi's character, many will highlight Kotori Iida as someone they loved.
Kotori had a fear of knives during her childhood and a rocky relationship with her mother concerning trust, among others. In time, she later learned how to cook delicious meals and even gave lessons to Kouhei when she noticed he lacked skills in that department.
3 Shirou Emiya Is A Noble Person & Chef That Loves Cooking Excellent Japanese Cuisines (Fate/Stay Night)
Shirou Emiya is one of Fate Stay/Night's best characters with determination and a righteous heart. He's trained in the middle of a war with Saber and dreamed of becoming a Hero of Justice. Shirou's also known for his excellent cooking skills and had people seek help from him concerning cooking.
Cooking is Shirou's specialty, and he's especially fond of making Japanese delicacies. He doesn't like using random ingredients when cooking dishes and will spend time meshing superb commodities to achieve the perfect meal. He's highly competitive when it comes to cooking and would give Sanji a cook-off worthy of his skills.
2 Kimihito Kurusu May Appear In A Raunchy Series, But Can Cook Addictive And Delicious Meals (Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls)
Despite being an anime filled to the brim with ecchi content, Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls provided hilarious and nonstop humor thanks to the monster girls and human characters featured in the series. Kimihito Kurusu may not look like an intriguing character, but his chef skills shouldn't be overlooked.
Like Sanji, Kimihito does not like those who waste food and will blend ingredients to create meals that will satisfy the monster girls that inhabit his home.
1 Azuma Kazuma Is A Bread-Maker Who Wishes To Create Japan's Most Delicious Bread Of All Time (Yakitate Japan!!)
Although Azuma Kazuma may look like a youngster unfit to challenge Sanji, he holds special bread crafting powers that will leave Sanji in shock. Azuma is a lively male who wants to create Japan's best bread recipe and receives inspiration from various Japanese stores and stories told to him by his grandfather.
Not only that, but as a young boy, Azuma gained special hand powers called Solar Hands, which helps him cook his bread to absolute perfection. Furthermore, Azuma's known for saving the universe by infusing specific abilities into his bread.