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* In ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'', Fuuko and Sunohara engage in a wood carving duel.

* Sasami entered a literal—and televised—cooking contest in volume 8 of the ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' manga. Her main opponent seemed to be somehow related to Kagato.

* ''[[Naruto]]'' had a literal Cooking Duel in one of its many, ''many'' [[Filler]] episodes.

* In ''[[Chuuka Ichiban]] '' (a.k.a. ''Cooking Master Boy''), continuous Cooking Duels are not just [[Serious Business]], they're also the main way of life for chefs in China, and can earn rising stars wealth, power and even political clout.

* ''[[Galaxy Fraulein Yuna]]'' takes this to even sillier extremes: the opening scene is a ''literal'' cooking duel between giant mecha! The protagonist wins by cooking eggs by the heat of atmospheric re-entry.

** Later on, the "Kiss Negi" competition treats a pillow fight this way, complete with a commentator.

* Constantly shows up in ''[[Kitchen Princess]]'', both officially (that is, an actual cooking competition) and unofficially (pitting Najika against a professional chef to prove her spot in the special class, among others)

* In one episode of ''[[Seven of Seven|Shichinin no Nana]]'', Nanacchi and [[Terrible Trio|Hayashiba, Kogarashi, and Morinuma]] turn a make-up home ec class into one of these, with the loser being the winner's slave for a week.

* In ''[[Yumeiro Patissiere]]'', Ichigo and "The Heiress," Koshiro Miya, have a pudding baking competition to decide who gets to enter the Cake Grand Prix with the Sweets Princes. {{spoiler|Ichigo, of course, wins, specifically by making a pudding with fewer "cavities" and intentionally making the caramel topping bitter because she noticed earlier in the episode that the judge liked bitter foods.}}

** This trope ultimately becomes an important plot point (albeit not at first).

* ''[[Shina Dark]]'' manages to make a Cooking Duel out of [https://web.archive.org/web/20161027123810/http://www.onemanga.com/Shina_Dark/8/06/ bartering.]

* ''[[Best Student Council]]'' has a curry rice battle between the Assault and Covert squads. [[Hilarity Ensues]]

* ''[[DearS]]'' had a cooking duel as part of a three-part contest between Myu and Ren to determine which of the two would be allowed to stay at the school said contest occured in. The first two parts were a running contest and a five subject test, so the latter did raise some questions until Myu explained that housework was part of a [[DearS]]' indispensable skills.

* An episode of ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' did this with a restaurant run by two sisters, who let their Pokémon do the cooking. One's Sneasel does it the old fashioned way, while the other's Mr. Mime does it using its powers. The Sneasel's food is delicious but looks terrible and is presented with no style, while the Mr. Mime's food looks amazing and the cooking is done with extreme flair, but in the end tastes wretched. In the end, they find a way to combine to two styles into one bigger, more successful restaurant.

** Another had a three-part duel which included intellect competition (designed for monkeys) and cosplay competition.

* In ''[[Princess Tutu]]'', nearly everything is decided by ballet ([[Captain Obvious|I bet you couldn't tell from the title]]). Many of the dances actually ''don't'' fall under this trope since they aren't duels, instead focusing on characters revealing their true feelings through dance. But there's several that ''do'', including any sword fight in the series (which usually mixes ballet moves with sword fighting), and the first season's finale where the titular [[Magical Girl]] and her [[Dark Magical Girl]] rival end up dancing to determine who gains control of the Prince.

* ''[[Koe de Oshigoto!]]'' has an ''[[Audio Erotica|erotic voice acting]] contest'' (it's [[Widget Series|that kind of series]]) between Kanna and Fumika with one particularly timid and reserved colleague as their target. They themselves don't take too seriously, unlike resident [[Hot-Blooded]] pervert Sakanami, who suggested the whole thing in the first place.

* An ''[[Iron Chef]]''-esque version of one happens on one episode of ''[[The Idolmaster (anime)|THE iDOLM@STER]]''

* ''[[Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru]]'' has a swim competition between Takako and Mariya. The event is scaled out of proportion by Kei.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* [[Triangle and Robert]] features "cuisine magic", so literal cooking duels are actually a regular feature of the strip.

* [[Collar 6]]: A spanking contest.

* The webcomic ''[http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/great.html Great]'' has the main character's quest to create [[Arc Words|the greatest ramen ever]].

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==