Episode 51

"A Burning Culinary Battle? Sanji vs. The Gorgeous Chef" is the 51st episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
Sanji enters a cooking contest against a woman named Five-Alarm Carmen for a fish that he has always dreamed of cooking. Meanwhile, Luffy is spotted and followed by Buggy and Smoker.

Long Summary
As he walks through the streets, Sanji is challenged by Carmen, dubbed the greatest chef in the East Blue, who challenges him to the East Blue cooking contest. Sanji is initially uninterested, but later discovers the prize for winning would be a blue-finned elephant tuna, a rare fish native to the South Blue. He decides to enter the contest.

The contest, which is organized with a tournament bracket, begins, and Sanji and Carmen emerge as the two finalists. At the end of the final round, before the winner is announced, Carmen acknowledges Sanji has defeated her. Sanji is declared the winner and is awarded the fish, which is carried to the Going Merry.

Meanwhile, Luffy returns to the execution platform. He is spotted and both Smoker and Buggy follow him.

Anime Notes

 * 4kids combined Japanese episode 49 with part of Japanese episode 51 to make 4Kids episode 41: "Switched Blades" aired on July 9, 2005. Then they combined part of Japanese episode 51 with part of Japanese episode 52 to make 4Kids episode 42: "Sanji Sizzles" aired on July 16, 2005.
 * Carmen read the news about Sanji and Baratie in the newspaper.
 * This episode was skipped in the remastered edition.

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