Hmm...I just read the light novel thread. Serenade Beta explained a lot about the light novel. Since I'll probably never read the novel I read his spoiler tags too.
I still think this would be a great anime. I don't know why it hasn't been done yet. There has been a lot worse animes done recently.
Oh yeah. I am a Souma fan. I would have and think he should have gone down that route.