The same thing happened at the Tokyo Dome.
The dishes before the seven judges, Jessica, Zeff, and the others burst forth with dazzling light the instant their lids were lifted.
Charlotte Linlin's eyes widened, her pupils trembling at the sight.
The other Sea Star natives reacted exactly the same way.
There really was glowing food!
That was also the thought shared by audiences from every world watching through their screens.
Only the live audience remained neither overly excited nor indifferent.
After all, while glowing food was indeed a rare sight for ordinary people,
in this world, it was common knowledge that the dishes made by outstanding chefs could display all kinds of extraordinary phenomena.
And Erina Nakiri was the current commander-in-chief of Totsuki Academy.
Her father, Azami Nakiri, had been the previous commander-in-chief of Totsuki Academy.
Her younger brother, Asahi Nakiri, had not only defeated Joichiro Saiba, but had also placed third in the previous THE BLUE Championship.
So it was perfectly normal for the dishes they had made together to produce such a spectacle. It would have been strange if they had not.
Just as Jessica, Streusen, and Ramsay's dishes had displayed no light at all earlier, causing Food Wars World viewers to assume their quality was lacking.
But only those who had personally tasted them—Joichiro Saiba, Soma Yukihira, Erina Nakiri, Azami Nakiri, Asahi Nakiri, and the others—knew the truth.
After discussing it,
they concluded that the dish, "Pan-Fried Lantern Dragon Liver in Suiryu Oil with Sand Dragon Milt Sauce,"
had excellent ingredients, excellent flavor, and clearly demonstrated considerable skill from the chefs.
Yet they could not sense the chefs' own ideals or spirit within it.
In Soma Yukihira's words, it lacked a "soul"!
Jessica and the other two had failed to pour their spirits into the cooking process.