MasterChef India – Hindi | |
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Genre | Reality Cookery |
Based on | MasterChef Australia |
Judges |
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Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 296 |
Production | |
Running time | 46–48 minutes |
Production company | Endemol Shine India |
Original release | |
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Release | 16 October 2010 present | –
Related | |
Junior Masterchef Swaad Ke Ustaad MasterChef India – Tamil MasterChef India – Telugu |
MasterChef India – Hindi (or colloquially MasterChef Hindi; formerly MasterChef India) is an Indian Hindi-language competitive cooking reality television series based on MasterChef Australia and is part of MasterChef India. [1] The series features amateur and home chefs competing to win the title of 'MasterChef'. [2] The current line-up of judges consists of Vikas Khanna, Pooja Dhingra, and Ranveer Brar. [3]
MasterChef is based on the Australian series MasterChef. The competition takes place in the MasterChef soundstage located in Mumbai, India which includes a large kitchen area with several cooking stations which is overlooked by a balcony, a well-stocked pantry, a freezer/fridge area and a fine-dining restaurant/seating dining area room used for certain challenges.
While the particular format of the season has slightly varied over the years, the following challenges have all been regularly featured:
Once the competition is reduced the finalists will compete against each other in a three-course cook-off. All courses of the meal are judged and an overall winner is crowned. The winner of seventh season won ₹ 25,00,000, a MasterChef trophy, and the title of MasterChef. Some seasons have also added other prizes such as a cookbook deal.
Judges | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Juniors | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 | Season 7 | Season 8 | Season 9 |
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Ajay Chopra | Judge | Judge | ||||||||
Akshay Kumar | Judge | |||||||||
Garima Arora | Judge | |||||||||
Kunal Kapur | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | |||||
Pooja Dhingra | Judge | |||||||||
Ranveer Brar | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | ||||||
Sanjeev Kapoor | Judge | Judge | ||||||||
Surjan Singh Jolly | Judge | |||||||||
Vikas Khanna | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | ||
Vineet Bhatia | Judge | |||||||||
Zorawar Kalra | Judge |
Season | Primary Network | OTT | No. of Episodes | First Aired | Last Aired | Prize Money | Winner | Runner-up |
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1 | None | 21 | 16 October 2010 | 25 December 2010 | ₹1 crore | Pankaj Bhadouria | Jayanandan Bhaskar | |
2 | 22 | 22 October 2011 | 1 January 2012 | ₹1 crore | Shipra Khanna | Salma Shazia Fathima | ||
3 | 70 | 11 March 2013 | 9 June 2013 | ₹1 crore | Ripudaman Handa | Navneet Rastogi | ||
4 | 67 | 26 January 2015 | 12 April 2015 | ₹1 crore | Nikita Gandhi | Neha Deepak Shah | ||
5 | 26 | 1 October 2016 | 25 December 2016 | ₹50 lakh | Kirti Bhoutika | Ashima Arora | ||
6 | 25 | 7 December 2019 | 1 March 2020 | ₹25 lakh | Abinas Nayak | Oindrila Bala | ||
7 | 65 | 2 January 2023 | 31 March 2023 | ₹25 lakh | Nayanjyoti Saikia | Shanta Sarmah | ||
8 | 40 | 16 October 2023 | 8 December 2023 | ₹25 lakh | Mohammad Ashiq | Nambie Marak |
Spin-off | Primary Network | Online VOD | No. of episodes | First Aired | Last Aired | Prize Money | Winner | Runner-up |
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Junior MasterChef India | StarPlus | — | 22 | 17 August 2013 | 2 November 2013 | ₹25 lakh (US$31,000) | Sarthak Bhardwaj | Sakshi Tripathi |
MasterChef India 1 aired from 16 October 2010 to 25 December 2010 on StarPlus. [4] Hosted by Akshay Kumar, Kunal Kapur and Ajay Chopra, it was won by Pankaj Bhadouria.
MasterChef India 2 aired from 22 October 2011 to 1 January 2012 on StarPlus. Hosted by Vikas Khanna, Kunal Kapur and Ajay Chopra, it was won by Shipra Khanna. [5] Nita Mehta and Bijou Thaangjam also participated in the program. [6] [7]
MasterChef India 3 aired from 11 March 2013 to 9 June 2013 on StarPlus. [8] While the previous seasons were on weekends, this season aired during weekdays. [9] Hosted by Vikas Khanna, Kunal Kapur and Sanjeev Kapoor, it was won by Ripudaman Handa. [8] [10]
Junior MasterChef India aired from 17 August 2013 to 2 November 2013 on StarPlus. [11] Titled Junior Masterchef Swaad Ke Ustaad, it was won by Sarthak Bhardwaj.
MasterChef India 4 aired from 26 January 2015 to 12 April 2015 on StarPlus. For the first time in the history of MasterChef, a pure vegetarian format was introduced. Hosted by Sanjeev Kapoor, Vikas Khanna and Ranveer Brar, Written by Gunjan Joshi, it was won by Nikita Gandhi. [12] [13]
MasterChef India 5 aired from 1 October 2016 to 25 December 2016 on StarPlus. [14] Hosted by Vikas Khanna, Kunal Kapur and Zorawar Kalra. Kirti Bhoutika won the competition, with Ashima Arora finishing in the second place.
MasterChef India 6 aired from 7 December 2019 to 1 March 2020 on StarPlus. Hosted by Vikas Khanna, Ranveer Brar and Vineet Bhatia, Written by Gunjan Joshi. The winner was Abinas Nayak, with Oindrila Bala as the runner-up.
The seventh season of the Hindi version of MasterChef India was announced on 5 August 5, 2022, hosted by the judges Vikas Khanna, Ranveer Brar and Garima Arora. [15] It aired from 2 January 2023 to 31 March 2023 on SET and was also streamed on SonyLIV. The winner was Nayanjyoti Saikia, who got prize money of ₹25,00,000 and the first runner-up was Santa Sarmah and second runner-up was Suvarna Bagul. They both got prize money of ₹5,00,000. [16] [17]
After the finale of season 7, it was revealed that a spinoff would premier, titled "MasterChef India - MasterClass". The show will feature the same judges and contestants as the 7th season of MasterChef, but instead the judges will cook for the contestants, teaching them skills and recipes. [18]
The eighth season of the Hindi version of MasterChef India was announced on July 7, [19] 2023, hosted by the judges Pooja Dhingra, Vikas Khanna and Ranveer Brar. [20] It premiered exclusively on SonyLIV on 16 October 2023. [21] The winner of this season was Mohammed Ashiq from Mangalore.
In 2010, Star India licensed the rights for producing MasterChef India in Hindi. [22]
From 2023, the show will air on Sony Entertainment Television.
Season 1 opened with an average ratings of 2.6 TVR. [23] The following week, it garnered 2.5 TVR. [24] Overall it ranged around over 2 and 3 TVR. [25] The finale garnered the highest viewership rating of 4.2 TVR. [26]
Season 2 premiered with 2.01 TVR and ended with 2.6 TVR. [27] [28]
Season 3 opened with 2.2 TVR while the following weeks garnered a decent ratings between 2 and 2.3 TVR the finale became the most watched reality show of the week with 3.7 TVR. [27] [28]
Season 6 garnered low ratings ranging 0.8 and 1.1 TRP. [29]
MasterChef India – Hindi | |
---|---|
Genre | Reality Cookery |
Based on | MasterChef Australia |
Judges |
|
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 296 |
Production | |
Running time | 46–48 minutes |
Production company | Endemol Shine India |
Original release | |
Network |
|
Release | 16 October 2010 present | –
Related | |
Junior Masterchef Swaad Ke Ustaad MasterChef India – Tamil MasterChef India – Telugu |
MasterChef India – Hindi (or colloquially MasterChef Hindi; formerly MasterChef India) is an Indian Hindi-language competitive cooking reality television series based on MasterChef Australia and is part of MasterChef India. [1] The series features amateur and home chefs competing to win the title of 'MasterChef'. [2] The current line-up of judges consists of Vikas Khanna, Pooja Dhingra, and Ranveer Brar. [3]
MasterChef is based on the Australian series MasterChef. The competition takes place in the MasterChef soundstage located in Mumbai, India which includes a large kitchen area with several cooking stations which is overlooked by a balcony, a well-stocked pantry, a freezer/fridge area and a fine-dining restaurant/seating dining area room used for certain challenges.
While the particular format of the season has slightly varied over the years, the following challenges have all been regularly featured:
Once the competition is reduced the finalists will compete against each other in a three-course cook-off. All courses of the meal are judged and an overall winner is crowned. The winner of seventh season won ₹ 25,00,000, a MasterChef trophy, and the title of MasterChef. Some seasons have also added other prizes such as a cookbook deal.
Judges | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Juniors | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 | Season 7 | Season 8 | Season 9 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ajay Chopra | Judge | Judge | ||||||||
Akshay Kumar | Judge | |||||||||
Garima Arora | Judge | |||||||||
Kunal Kapur | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | |||||
Pooja Dhingra | Judge | |||||||||
Ranveer Brar | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | ||||||
Sanjeev Kapoor | Judge | Judge | ||||||||
Surjan Singh Jolly | Judge | |||||||||
Vikas Khanna | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge | ||
Vineet Bhatia | Judge | |||||||||
Zorawar Kalra | Judge |
Season | Primary Network | OTT | No. of Episodes | First Aired | Last Aired | Prize Money | Winner | Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | None | 21 | 16 October 2010 | 25 December 2010 | ₹1 crore | Pankaj Bhadouria | Jayanandan Bhaskar | |
2 | 22 | 22 October 2011 | 1 January 2012 | ₹1 crore | Shipra Khanna | Salma Shazia Fathima | ||
3 | 70 | 11 March 2013 | 9 June 2013 | ₹1 crore | Ripudaman Handa | Navneet Rastogi | ||
4 | 67 | 26 January 2015 | 12 April 2015 | ₹1 crore | Nikita Gandhi | Neha Deepak Shah | ||
5 | 26 | 1 October 2016 | 25 December 2016 | ₹50 lakh | Kirti Bhoutika | Ashima Arora | ||
6 | 25 | 7 December 2019 | 1 March 2020 | ₹25 lakh | Abinas Nayak | Oindrila Bala | ||
7 | 65 | 2 January 2023 | 31 March 2023 | ₹25 lakh | Nayanjyoti Saikia | Shanta Sarmah | ||
8 | 40 | 16 October 2023 | 8 December 2023 | ₹25 lakh | Mohammad Ashiq | Nambie Marak |
Spin-off | Primary Network | Online VOD | No. of episodes | First Aired | Last Aired | Prize Money | Winner | Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Junior MasterChef India | StarPlus | — | 22 | 17 August 2013 | 2 November 2013 | ₹25 lakh (US$31,000) | Sarthak Bhardwaj | Sakshi Tripathi |
MasterChef India 1 aired from 16 October 2010 to 25 December 2010 on StarPlus. [4] Hosted by Akshay Kumar, Kunal Kapur and Ajay Chopra, it was won by Pankaj Bhadouria.
MasterChef India 2 aired from 22 October 2011 to 1 January 2012 on StarPlus. Hosted by Vikas Khanna, Kunal Kapur and Ajay Chopra, it was won by Shipra Khanna. [5] Nita Mehta and Bijou Thaangjam also participated in the program. [6] [7]
MasterChef India 3 aired from 11 March 2013 to 9 June 2013 on StarPlus. [8] While the previous seasons were on weekends, this season aired during weekdays. [9] Hosted by Vikas Khanna, Kunal Kapur and Sanjeev Kapoor, it was won by Ripudaman Handa. [8] [10]
Junior MasterChef India aired from 17 August 2013 to 2 November 2013 on StarPlus. [11] Titled Junior Masterchef Swaad Ke Ustaad, it was won by Sarthak Bhardwaj.
MasterChef India 4 aired from 26 January 2015 to 12 April 2015 on StarPlus. For the first time in the history of MasterChef, a pure vegetarian format was introduced. Hosted by Sanjeev Kapoor, Vikas Khanna and Ranveer Brar, Written by Gunjan Joshi, it was won by Nikita Gandhi. [12] [13]
MasterChef India 5 aired from 1 October 2016 to 25 December 2016 on StarPlus. [14] Hosted by Vikas Khanna, Kunal Kapur and Zorawar Kalra. Kirti Bhoutika won the competition, with Ashima Arora finishing in the second place.
MasterChef India 6 aired from 7 December 2019 to 1 March 2020 on StarPlus. Hosted by Vikas Khanna, Ranveer Brar and Vineet Bhatia, Written by Gunjan Joshi. The winner was Abinas Nayak, with Oindrila Bala as the runner-up.
The seventh season of the Hindi version of MasterChef India was announced on 5 August 5, 2022, hosted by the judges Vikas Khanna, Ranveer Brar and Garima Arora. [15] It aired from 2 January 2023 to 31 March 2023 on SET and was also streamed on SonyLIV. The winner was Nayanjyoti Saikia, who got prize money of ₹25,00,000 and the first runner-up was Santa Sarmah and second runner-up was Suvarna Bagul. They both got prize money of ₹5,00,000. [16] [17]
After the finale of season 7, it was revealed that a spinoff would premier, titled "MasterChef India - MasterClass". The show will feature the same judges and contestants as the 7th season of MasterChef, but instead the judges will cook for the contestants, teaching them skills and recipes. [18]
The eighth season of the Hindi version of MasterChef India was announced on July 7, [19] 2023, hosted by the judges Pooja Dhingra, Vikas Khanna and Ranveer Brar. [20] It premiered exclusively on SonyLIV on 16 October 2023. [21] The winner of this season was Mohammed Ashiq from Mangalore.
In 2010, Star India licensed the rights for producing MasterChef India in Hindi. [22]
From 2023, the show will air on Sony Entertainment Television.
Season 1 opened with an average ratings of 2.6 TVR. [23] The following week, it garnered 2.5 TVR. [24] Overall it ranged around over 2 and 3 TVR. [25] The finale garnered the highest viewership rating of 4.2 TVR. [26]
Season 2 premiered with 2.01 TVR and ended with 2.6 TVR. [27] [28]
Season 3 opened with 2.2 TVR while the following weeks garnered a decent ratings between 2 and 2.3 TVR the finale became the most watched reality show of the week with 3.7 TVR. [27] [28]
Season 6 garnered low ratings ranging 0.8 and 1.1 TRP. [29]