"Knife skills so fast they leave afterimages, and heat control like fire magic... Hinako Inui, are you sure you're serious and not joking?"
As Totsuki's Elite Ten graduates, Fuyumi Mizuhara and the others had either opened their own restaurants or become Head Chefs at renowned establishments. It could be said that they had all immersed themselves in the culinary arts for many years.
Although they specialized in different cuisines and dishes, their fundamentals were all exceptionally solid.
Yet even they could not achieve the level Hinako Inui had described Seiya as possessing, could they?
"No, I'm serious. That child is far more monstrous than any of you can imagine.
"Before this, I had always believed that Erina Nakiri, who had received all kinds of elite training since childhood and possessed extraordinary talent, was the monster among the Elite Ten throughout the generations.
"But today, I realized that my horizons had been too narrow. That child Seiya's talent and potential far surpassed Erina's.
"Setting everything else aside, just the knife skills and heat control he displayed during the earlier classroom assessment are enough to make even me feel inferior."
"Besides, after becoming full, I really did lower my standards for the other students.
"But after eating that Crab Gratin, I truly felt that the dishes made by the later students could not even pass the lowered standard."
After hearing Hinako Inui's assessment of Seiya, the Totsuki graduates present all fell silent.
Only after Shinomiya Kojiro stood there stunned for a moment did he say, "The other dishes were probably all ordinary compared to that brat's cooking, so their contrast made his dish seem delicious to you, Hinako."
"No, Senpai Shinomiya, it was precisely the opposite of what you said. Before eating that Crab Gratin, the dishes made by Soma Yukihira, Kutami,