

Sōma's respect for his father increased and hopes to achieve such greatness as well. Later, Sōma learns that his father was previously the 2nd seat of the Elite Ten Council. Though Jōichirō initially thought that Sōma would give up after a few cooking duel losses, Sōma's tenacity to try over and over convinced Jōichirō to give Sōma some basic training, but still allowing Sōma to mostly craft his version of the Yukihira Style on his own. Sōma aspires to become a great chef one day like his father and hopes to defeat him in a cooking duel, which he has yet to do. Sōma respects his father not just as a parental figure, but also as his mentor, friend, and rival. Jōichirō is Sōma's father, who is a freelance world class chef and owner of Restaurant Yukihira. 7 Tōtsuki Culinary Academy: Staff & Officials.

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