Episode Title:
A Single Blade.
Episode Description:
Soma and Saitou continue their match. Saitou starts off by juicing oranges, while Soma makes a white sauce using kirimochi. Saitou finishes his dish first, presenting a buttered seafood rice bowl. By using lemon and orange, he is able to incorporate large amounts of butter into his dish without affecting its taste. Satoshi explains that Saitou honed his skills running his mother's sushi restaurant when she fell ill, defeating all the old fashioned, traditional sushi chefs who disrespected his mother because she was a woman. Soma asks Saitou why he sided with Central, and he explains that he was motivated to protect those who suffered at the hands of the cooking establishment. Soma then presents his own dish, Yukihira-style Toasted Butter Pilaf Inari Sushi. The judges and Saitou are amazed at Soma's incorporation of techniques he learned from his classmates to maximize the flavor of his dish, and declare Soma the victor.
