Season 8 of the Indian

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MasterChef India – Hindi ''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 ...

'' premiered on

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on 16 October 2023.

Vikas Khanna Vikas Khanna (born 14 November 1971) is an Indian chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer, filmmaker and humanitarian. He is one of the judges of Star Plus series ''MasterChef India''. He is based in New York City. Early life and education Khanna ...

and

Ranveer Brar Ranveer Singh Brar (born 8 February 1978) is a Lucknow-born and bred Indian celebrity chef, Masterchef India judge, author and restaurateur. He is well known as the host of popular Television food shows and as a judge in two seasons (four & six ...

returned as the judges for the show while

Garima Arora Garima Arora is an Indian chef. In November 2018, she became the first Indian woman to win a Michelin star. Early life and career Arora grew up in Mumbai, and is of Punjabi Arora family. She initially pursued a career in journalism before be ...

was replaced by

Pooja Dhingra Pooja Dhingra (born 1986) is an Indian pastry chef and businesswoman. She opened India's first macaron store and is the owner of bakery chain Le15 Patisserie that specialises in macarons and a host of French desserts. Biography Dhingra was born ...

. Mohammed Ashiq from Mangalore won the season and Nambie Marak finished as runner up.

Contestants

Elimination chart

: (WINNER) The cook won the competition. : (RUNNER-UP) The cook finished as the Runner-up. : (TOP) The cook was one of the top entries in the individual challenge. : (WIN) The cook won an individual / pair / team challenge. : (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual / pair challenge. : (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual / pair / team challenge. : (BTM) The cook was non-immune and had to compete in the elimination challenge. : (PT) The cook competed in the Pressure Test in elimination round, and advanced. : (IMM) The cook didn't participate in the challenge as he/she already advanced to the next week. : (IMN) The cook won an Immunity Pin. : (NOT) This cook did not participate in the challenge(s) as was excluded. : (ELI) The cook was eliminated from the MasterChef Kitchen.

Production

The ''MasterChef India season 8'' was announced on 7 July 2023 on

. This season marked Khanna's seventh consecutive season serving as a judge on the show, Brar's fourth season and Dhingra's first season as a judge. Audition rounds were conducted across the country. ''

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'' reviewed the series.

References

External links

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