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Cooking Master Boy: Season 1

52 episodes Premiered Apr 27, 1997 Updated Jul 23, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Young Cooking Master/Genius Cooking Boy, Mao!

Apr 27, 1997 · 23 min

Qing Dynasty, Imperial China, a small restraunt in Szechuan Province is messed up by a first grade cook, Shouan.To defend his deceased mother's restraunt, Liu Mao Tsing ('Mao') has

S1·E2

Fantastic Mapo Tofu/A Mystery Mapo Tofu

May 4, 1997 · 23 min

In the on-on-one cooking match Mao easily defeats Shouan. Shouan, shamed that he was beaten by a little boy, runs away from the restraunt. General Lee congratualtes Mao on his smar

S1·E3

Super Chef

May 11, 1997 · 25 min

Mao arrives at Guangzhou and goes to the Yang Spring Restraunt. At first he is ignored by the master chef of the restraunt, Choyu. Mao shows him the letter of recommendation from G

S1·E4

Merciless Rules/The Cruel Rule of Yosen Shuka!

May 18, 1997 · 23 min

Sanche, also a young chef in Yang's Spring Restraunt, becomes jealous of Mao's talent and tries to spoil Mao's cooking. However when Sanche is asked by Choyu to chop some vegetable

S1·E5

Destroy Old Tradition

May 25, 1997 · 25 min

Mao, Sanche and Meili open up a store to attract customers away from Yang's Spring Restraunt. They make 'stir fry capsicum and pork strips', but want to add something else to creat

S1·E6

The Dumpling Brothers

Jun 1, 1997 · 23 min

The annual Guangzhou dumpling festival is nearing, and this year Yang's Spring Restraunt is hoping to win again. However a new challenger has arrived - the Chinese Dumpling Brother

S1·E7

Despicable Trap!Cornered Mao!

Jun 8, 1997 · 23 min

The Guangzhou Dumpling Festival has arrived! The winner is the team who has the most eaten plates of dumplings. An old man wants to try the wonderful Dumpling Brother's dumpling bu

S1·E8

The Final Battle

Jun 15, 1997 · 25 min

At night, the stronger Dumpling Brother tries to sabotage Mao's indgredients before the dumpling challenge but is luckily stopped by Choyu. Meanwhile, the other brother is quickly

S1·E9

Challenge the Dream! Super Chef Examination

Jun 22, 1997 · 23 min

Mao goes to the large castle which holds the Special Grade Cooking Tests. The tests are held every four years and only one person will pass the test (very strict!). In the first ro

S1·E10

Ultimate Skill! Incomparable Noodles

Jul 6, 1997 · 23 min

When Meili finally comes back with the ingredients, two people has already finished the noodles and qualified (3 left!). Feiyi makes 'dragon whisker' noodles which shocks the judge

S1·E11

The Last Battle! Taste Battle Stadium

Jul 13, 1997 · 25 min

There is only one more place left to enter the next round and somebody beats Mao in making the noodles. Luckily for Mao, the man's noodles are rejected and so Mao's noodles are tas

S1·E12

A Great Rival Appears. Talented Young Chef Fei

Aug 3, 1997 · 23 min

Mao decides to cook 'namazu noodles' (namazu is a type of fish, looks like a catfish). He quickly finishes and tells Meili to taste it. Meili rejects to the noodles finding them no

S1·E13

The Catfish Noodle Completed! Fated Decision

Aug 10, 1997 · 23 min

Mao finishes his noodles and is time is up! The judges must now taste the food..... But the judge tells the five chefs to taste each others dishes! The green hair woman presents he

S1·E14

The Honorable Mark

Aug 17, 1997 · 25 min

The scores are announced, and Han believes that he had won. However the judge disqualifies him for using dirty tricks. Whereas Mao and Feiyi had judged each other fairly, Han only

S1·E15

Genius Boy Chef, Shilou!!

Aug 24, 1997 · 23 min

Mao and Meili travel to Wunam province in China and along the way meet a boy who has fainted from starvation. Mao makes some food for him using igredients from the trees around him

S1·E16

Super Boobs! Sweet Trap. Beware of the Beauty

Aug 31, 1997 · 23 min

Mao and his friends go to Wu Nam province to seek new Chinese cuisines. They enter a village where they are welcomed by a beautiful female chef, Ang. Ang finds out Mao is a special

S1·E17

Return! Dreamy Singe Cuisine

Sep 14, 1997 · 23 min

Mao and Siro are found and untied by Meirii. Meanwhile the Official rejects Ang's dish because it does not taste like her father's although it looks the same. Mao appears and shows

S1·E18

Scary Red Congee. Secret of the Haunted Mansion

Sep 21, 1997 · 23 min

Mao is split up from Meirii and Siro in a forest at night. When they regroup they find a large house where they are served a very nice meal by the chef there. The sickly owners how

S1·E19

Galaxy Noodles

Oct 26, 1997 · 25 min

Mao, Meili and Shilou are eating in a restaurant, but when they were about to pay, they found out that Shilou lost all their money. They were thrown out by the head chef, Harry and

S1·E20

The Ominous Black Chicken

Nov 2, 1997 · 23 min

Mao's party stay at 'Chicken Town' a village in south west china. This village is the largest provider of chickens in China. After Mao spends all their money on cooking books, the

S1·E21

Yang Spring Restaurant`s Challenge

Nov 16, 1997 · 25 min

Mao just returned from his trip and he is given a key for Yosen Shuka because Master Luo & Chouyu went to attend the chef alliance’s meeting for two weeks. When they were already

S1·E22

The Battle of Two Chef

Nov 30, 1997 · 25 min

Mao was chosen to hold the restaurant key. Then, when he had to leave the restaurant for some pick-me-ups, he left the restaurant to Meirii and Siro's care. Now, when Meirii was ab

S1·E23

Big Universe Pork Dumpling

Dec 7, 1997 · 25 min

Mao doesnt believe that Shell has chosen the same ingredients as him and stolen his idea! Mao sits on the floor, cursing himself and thinking about something else. There is less th

S1·E24

Mysterious Invitation, The trap of the masked Chef

Dec 14, 1997 · 25 min

It was a beautiful morning in the Yosen Shuka, and it was broken by an arrow hitting a wall with a note tied around it. Mao gave flowers to Mei Li and she comments that they are b

S1·E25

Western Style Blood Match

Dec 21, 1997 · 25 min

The masked chef rejected Mao’s challenge, but Mao insisted. The next scene, we see Shilou working in the restaurant cleaning the dishes when all the lights went out. He was very s

S1·E26

The Strongest Ace

Jan 18, 1998 · 25 min

The third round starts, and it will be a cooking in a pot. Mao has a choice of the freshest ingredients, while the Masked Chef is going to use the seafood ingredients that he has s

S1·E27

The Secret of the Masked Chef

Jan 25, 1998 · 25 min

Shilou was having a hard time picking the bowl, because he knew that all the lives depended on his judgment. Mao then tells Shilou not to try and pick his bowl, just pick the one t

S1·E28

Wilderness Cooking

Jan 25, 1998 · 25 min

Yosen Shuka was closed and the employees of the restaurant had a picnic and a fishing tournament. The prize who caught the biggest fish will be a ladle. Everyone is having a great

S1·E29

Darkness Society`s Assassin! Cold Blooded Genius Leon

Feb 1, 1998 · 25 min

Mao was preparing a dish, and the employees at the restaurant are all fascinated with his knife skills. Luo arrived and asked Mao to prepare a special dish for a special guest. The

S1·E30

Sharpness of Evil. Seven Star Knife

Feb 22, 1998 · 25 min

Mei Li goes to Mao’s room, but he’s not there and she and Shilou start searching for him. It turns out Mao is in the kitchen, holding his mother’s knife. They discuss the undergrou

S1·E31

China within a Fish

Mar 1, 1998 · 25 min

The gong sounded and both chefs are finished. The chiefs of Guangzhou cooking are the judges of the match. Leon starts the tasting with his dishes: 1st dish, sashimi. 2nd dish, ste

S1·E32

Ice and Fire`s Impulse

Mar 8, 1998 · 25 min

Leon breaks open the seal of the Northern Wolf knife, and it turns out to be a knife that has a blade made completely out of ice! A story is told of how the knife was made. Leon an

S1·E34

Evil City Shanghai! The Underworld Declares War!!

Mar 22, 1998 · 23 min

The Yosan Shuka group composed of Mao, Leon, Shell, Shilou, and Mei Li are off to their first destination in search of the legendary cooking tools - Shanghai. There they are reuni

S1·E35

Huge Floating Cooking Arena! Magical Iron Arm Soup

Apr 19, 1998 · 23 min

Mao’s group has arrived at the Lou Lin Vessel, a large cooking arena inside a huge boat. The underworld announces that the competition will be a Banquet Cooking Battle with four ca

S1·E36

Brother Sanche`s Cold Sea Turtle Soup

Apr 26, 1998 · 25 min

Rouko was angry when Sanche showed that a melon couldn’t be a soup. But Sanche replied that it is a soup, and it’s his special: the bouncing snapping turtle soup. Sanche served the

S1·E38

The Super Dim Sum Competition! The Startling Results!

May 10, 1998 · 25 min

Now that none of them lifted the red spoons for Shell, they were asked to lift the white spoons for King Lakon. Surprise, surprise! The result of the battle is: A DRAW. The judges

S1·E40

Wake Up Leon! The Destiny of a Cook!

May 31, 1998 · 25 min

Finally, Leon decides to come clean. Leon had killed the blacksmith that made those knives, after he said that he would make better set of knives than the Seven Stars Knives. Knowi

S1·E41

Destroy The Evil Sword, The Sacred Seven Star Knives

Jun 7, 1998 · 25 min

The judges awarded the verdict in favor of Shan. However, Mao finally figures it out. It was Shan’s soup. Shan’s soup was rich in crab taste. Since the judges tasted the soup first

S1·E42

Final Battle, Shouan`s Revenge

Jun 14, 1998 · 25 min

Thanks to Shan’s trickery, now the banquet cooking competition is now tied. The results of the next dish will determine the winner. Mao finally meets his competitor: Shou An, his

S1·E43

Mao's Real Ability! Magical Panda Tofu

Jun 21, 1998 · 23 min

Sabotaged by the Underworld, Mao had to wait for the tofu to harden. Shou An was cooking away as Mao sits besides his box, much to the disappointment of his friends. As Shou An pre

S1·E44

Shocking Verdict! In the Palm of the Fairy

Jun 28, 1998 · 23 min

Now that the judges have savoured every bit of Mao’s tofu, Shou An’s dish is Three Harmony Tofu. Secret Ingredients: Tofu, meat-flavoured tofu strips and tofu noodles cooked togeth

S1·E46

Shell`s Rescue! Storm of Ramen!

Aug 2, 1998 · 25 min

Now they have gotten the Coiled Dragon Pot, Mao used the pot to cooked Pai’s famous Kikka sauce using the recipe in the package given to him by Shou An in his dying moments (which

S1·E48

Heaven's diminished star! Special Meteor Fried Rice!

Aug 16, 1998 · 25 min

Well Mao and his group of friends (Meiri, Siro, Shel, and Leon) arrive in a village and the village is empty because everyone is at the temple where a little man is pretending to b

S1·E52

The Big Reversal! The Brave Chef`s Glory

Sep 13, 1998 · 25 min

While Fei and his team are working away cooking, Mao is still thinking of what to cook, with his friends anxiously waiting. Finally, after observing the king for a little, he comes