''MasterChef India – Tamil'' (or simply ''MasterChef Tamil'') is an Indian

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competitive cooking reality show based on ''

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'' and is part of ''

MasterChef India ''MasterChef India'' is an Indian competitive cooking game show franchise based on the Australian show ''MasterChef Australia'', which itself is based on the original British ''MasterChef''. MasterChef India Season 1-4 and Junior Masterchef Swaa ...

''. Produced by Innovative Film Academy and

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, it is broadcast on Sun TV. The show is hosted by

Vijay Sethupathi Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi (born 16 January 1978), known professionally as Vijay Sethupathi, is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil films. He is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award. Fo ...

. The show was originally supposed to be aired in May 2021; however, due to the

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, the show was pushed back to 7 August 2021. The debut

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of the

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version of ''

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'' made the MasterChef format surpass 500 seasons worldwide. In November 2023, the series was renewed for Season 2, which is set to premiere on

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in 2024.

Format

The show features 14 contestants (only commoner people), with three chefs as judges. It is broadcast weekly every Saturday and Sunday on Sun TV at 9:30pm (India Time). In Season 1, the top 24 competed until 14 were left, with the final 14 progressing to the main stage of the show. The winner competes for a prize that includes their own restaurant, the chance to have their own chef coat, and 25,00,000 in cash and the MasterChef trophy.

Episodes

''MasterChef India - Tamil'' aired two nights a week on the weekends. Each night features a different episode format, however, some episodes modify the format slightly. The typical episode formats are as follows: Saturdays usually feature a cooking challenge — each home cook participates in a Mystery Challenge, Pair Challenge, or a Team Challenge. They are asked to prepare a dish using a core ingredient(s) featured that day. Depending on their performance, the judges declare the ones with the top dishes safe from the Pressure Test, which takes place the following day; the participants performing poorly go on to compete in the Pressure Test. Sundays typically feature a Pressure Test or some other form of Elimination Challenge. The bottom three contestants from the preceding night are given a recipe for a particular dish which they are to emulate in an allotted time. The judges then taste their outputs and depending on their level of performance, select one contestant — whose performance was the poorest — who is eliminated from the competition.

Series

Season 1

MasterChef India ''–'' Tamil 1 aired from 7 August 2021. Hosted by

, while professional chefs such as Harish Rao, Aarthi Sampath and Koushik Shankar are the judges for this season. The show telecasted on every Saturday and Sunday at 9:30 pm on Sun TV. It also streamed on

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platform. The season was won by

Devaki Vijayaraman Devaki Vijayaraman (born c.1992) is an Indian home baker, television cook and a business owner, who hails from the town Trichy. She was the winner of ''MasterChef India – Tamil (season 1)''. Vijayaraman plans to use her prize on 25 lakh to e ...

from

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while Nithya Franklyn emerged as the runner up.

Season 2

The second season of ''MasterChef India – Tamil'' was announced in 2023. Koushik Shankar will return from Season 1, alongside new judges Rakesh Raghunathan and Shreeya Adka. The three judges were introduced on ''

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'' episode on 20 November 2023. It is planned for streaming on

in 2024.

Production

Development

In early 2021,

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secured the production rights of MasterChef in Tamil.

Filiming

Filming of the show began in late June 2021.

Other versions

Regarding other Indian regional languages, ''

'' was initially adapted in Hindi under the name of ''

''. ''

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'' debuted alongside the Tamil version in 2021 on Sun TV's sister channel

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. Kannada and Malayalam adaptations were planned, but have not yet started production as of 2023.

References

External links

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