MasterChef India
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Three of the most celebrated chefs of India, Chef Ranveer Brar, Chef Vikas Khanna and Chef Pooja Dhingra, test home cooks from all across the country and choose the best to get them ready for the MasterChef kitchen.
Three of the most celebrated chefs of India, Chef Ranveer Brar, Chef Vikas Khanna and Chef Pooja Dhingra, test home cooks from all across the country and choose the best to get them ready for the MasterChef kitchen.
Three of the most celebrated chefs of India, Chef Ranveer Brar, Chef Vikas Khanna and Chef Pooja Dhingra, test home cooks from all across the country and choose the best to get them ready for the MasterChef kitchen.
The Top 22 contestants face a challenging cook-off, where they compete not just against each other but also against time. By the end of the week, only the Top 12 will get a chance to battle it out in the kitchen for the MasterChef title.
The Top 22 contestants face a challenging cook-off, where they compete not just against each other but also against time. By the end of the week, only the Top 12 will get a chance to battle it out in the kitchen for the MasterChef title.
The Top 12 home cooks kick off the first challenge by using ingredients from their regions. Mid-challenge, the judges introduce three surprise ingredients to incorporate. Two contestants with the least impressive dishes exit the immunity p…
The home cooks face the world's biggest Mystery Box in a challenge with Chef Kunal Kapur. Inside, they find 10 ingredients and 10 tools. Each cook must craft a dish using at least 4 ingredients and 1 tool within 60 minutes. The competition…
Chef Suvir Saran introduces a novel challenge in the MasterChef Kitchen: The Overnight Challenge. Split into 2 parts, cooks have 45 minutes to prep, allowing for fermentation, marination, and slow cooking. They return after 12 hours and ha…
Chef Suvir Saran introduces a novel challenge in the MasterChef Kitchen: The Overnight Challenge. Split into 2 parts, cooks have 45 minutes to prep, allowing for fermentation, marination, and slow cooking. They return after 12 hours and ha…
In the final challenge of the week, five home cooks aim to replicate Chef Pooja Dhingra's Universe of Happiness. They must follow the recipe and create the dish within 150 minutes. The home cook who best captures taste, innovation, and pre…
The home cooks usually focus on taste, innovation, and presentation. But this time, they must add a 'sound factor' to their food. After this challenge, two contestants will don black aprons and cook the entire week until they claim the tit…
Innovation is the key to winning this challenge. The 12 home cooks must create a dish using the ingredients from one of the three signature dishes presented. At the 30-minute mark, three dishes are disqualified based on innovation, and at …
Chef Marco Pierre White takes over the MasterChef Kitchen with a unique challenge. Home cooks face limited gas, electricity, and a mystery box containing just 250 ml of water. In this 90-minute challenge, the first 15 minutes have no gas o…
Chef Marco Pierre White takes over the MasterChef Kitchen with a unique challenge. Home cooks face limited gas, electricity, and a mystery box containing just 250 ml of water. In this 90-minute challenge, the first 15 minutes have no gas o…
In this week's final challenge, Chef Ranveer Brar sets up the season's first pressure test. Eight home cooks must recreate his dish to avoid elimination. As the challenge ends, the two weakest dishes lead to eliminations.
Week 4 kicks off with a Veeba Blindfold Taste Test. Home cooks must identify Veeba Sauce ingredients, with the highest correct answers earning 10 extra minutes in the next challenge. Then, Chef Prateek Sadhu presents a Safe Mystery Box wit…
In the first Local Offsite and Team Service Challenge at Mulk Restaurant, the chefs of the two top dishes become captains, choosing their team members. They craft a 3-course pre-Partition Indian meal with mentoring from Mulk's owner and ch…
In the first Local Offsite and Team Service Challenge at Mulk Restaurant, the chefs of the two top dishes become captains, choosing their team members. They craft a 3-course pre-Partition Indian meal with mentoring from Mulk's owner and ch…
Five home cooks enter the kitchen to face Chef Tejasvi's Liquid to Dessert challenge. Assigned one of the five unique drinks, the home cooks must make a MasterChef-worthy dessert, keeping in mind the essence of the drink they were assigned…
The last challenge of the week - a classic Pressure Test! Chef Vicky Ratnani brings one of his favourite dishes for the home cooks to replicate. The home cook who fails to impress will be eliminated.
On the auspicious day of Diwali, the home cooks meet their family members, waiting with a small gift, in the MasterChef kitchen. The home cooks must make a dish celebrating Diwali on a plate using India Gate Basmati Rice. The six best dish…
The six best Diwali on a plate dishes fight for an advantage - the elusive Veeba Game Changer Card. The advantage grants the winner the ability to skip one of the next week's initial two challenges. Assigned one of the six core ingredients…
Having paired up with the previous season's contestants based on their core ingredients, the home cooks lead as head chefs while the ex-contestants become their sous chefs. The winner receives immunity for the week and secures the coveted …
Nutritionist Pooja Makhija presents a challenge. The eight home cooks aim to create a balanced, nutritious dish, considering the five vital nutrients for a healthy life. Their sole pantry is the Pyramid, its five levels symbolizing each nu…
Four home cooks face the first Cook Along of the season with Chef Garima Arora. The home cooks must cook alongside her, matching her speed, techniques and detailing to avoid elimination. Only the Top 8 will move on to Week 6.
The judges of 'MasterChef India - Tamil' bring the first challenge of the week to the eight remaining home cooks. From each of the three Mystery Boxes, the Fire Mystery Box, Water Mystery Box and Earth Mystery Box, the home cooks must use …
Seven home cooks take on the zero-waste sustainability challenge where the main ingredient is coconut. The contestants must make a dish that maximises the utilisation of the ingredient with the bottom dish sending its maker directly into e…
This offsite challenge takes the remaining six home cooks from the MasterChef Kitchen to JW Marriot's Saffron, where they are split into two teams to tackle a team service challenge. They must present a gourmet street food platter in a mag…
This offsite challenge takes the remaining six home cooks from the MasterChef Kitchen to JW Marriot's Saffron, where they are split into two teams to tackle a team service challenge. They must present a gourmet street food platter in a mag…
It's black apron day and the five home cooks face the two challenges set by guest chef Ajay Chopra. The first is a smell test where the home cooks must identify the spices in the different masala blends presented through their sense of sme…
Chef Anahita Dhondy kicks off Week 7 with a two-level challenge. In the first round, the home cooks must guess the different types of grains presented, with the winner getting an advantage for the next round. In the second round, the home …
Divided into two teams, the home cooks must prepare a feast for their fans and include a bread basket using Aashirvaad Select Atta. The fans and judges vote for their favourite dishes, with the winning team earning a huge advantage for the…
Based on the aspirations of the six home cooks, the contestants must create a culinary masterpiece reflecting their dreams on a plate. To help them, Chef Saransh Goila enters the MasterChef kitchen. The best dish receives a special prize, …
The judges taste the dishes that reflect the contestants' dreams on a plate. The best dish receives a special prize, along with becoming the first finalist of the season.
Chef Hussain Shahzad brings the last black apron challenge of the season and the home cooks must choose what is more important to them - time or ingredients. The worst dish of the day will be eliminated.
For making it to the final week of MasterChef India, the Top 6 home cooks are presented with a Spaces hamper. The week kicks off with a challenge where the home cooks are given an ingredient from the dish they presented in their audition. …
Guest Chef Manu Chandra presents a challenge where the home cooks must replicate his signature dish in 120 minutes. The home cook who falls short will leave the MasterChef kitchen.
The Top 4 home cooks get a surprise visit from Veeba founder Viraj Bahl, who presents them with special Veeba hampers. Guest Chef Manish Mehrotra presents them with a Photo Replication Challenge, where the home cooks' culinary skills are p…
The Photo Replication Challenge continues with the contestants bidding for time with Guest Chef Manish Mehrotra. The amount of time they bid is doubled and deducted from the 120 minutes they have for the challenge.
In the ultimate challenge of the competition, the last four home cooks will prepare their signature dish in 90 minutes. The judges evaluate these creations based on three crucial criteria - taste, innovation, and presentation. The dish tha…
Macaron Queen Chef Pooja Dhingra takes us on a baking tour with her two signature dishes. She shares the recipes for her Giant Macaron Cake and Giant Chocolate cookie, dotted with interesting facts about baking and Chef Pooja's journey to …
Chef Vikas and Chef Pooja curate a perfect dinner date menu that is an expression of love and gratitude. With love in the air and dinner on the table, Chef Vikas and Chef Pooja jointly serve a three-course meal with a salt-baked Kohlrabi a…
In a showcase of skills, Chefs Vikas and Pooja prepare a dish using just one ingredient each and treating it as the king of the plate. They play with textures and curate a dish out of potato and milk by featuring them. They aim to inspire …
Presenting a beautiful platter of food for friends while hosting game night will be a breeze thanks to Chefs Ranveer and Pooja. Along with a MasterClass on making never-ending cannoli chaat and three different flavours of choux pastries, t…
From New York, Chef Vikas brings two recipes - the Khasta Kachori and Kashmir ke Os - and shares his experiences and journey through them. No matter how far he may be from India, he has never forgotten his roots; which is why no matter whe…
Chef Pooja presents a hack to pack homemade desserts for travel, solves the problem for all those who couldn’t make cakes their travel companion, and tricks everyone with her pumpkin which is in reality a pumpkin mousse pastry. She also gi…
Chef Vikas is excited to curate something out of the leftovers in his refrigerator and elevates an ordinary Mutton Biriyani into Pardanasheen Biriyani. He takes us back to his hometown, Amritsar, and showcases the Roti Chori that tasted ex…
Chef Vikas takes a healthier approach to an Indian thali but this time with millets in an Ethiopian platter. On the other hand, Chef Ranveer Brar finds an alternative cooking technique to satisfy the taste buds but not harm the environment…
Chefs Pooja Dhingra and Ranveer Brar talk about the spices in India and kick it off with a fun tasting game with the home cooks. Chef Pooja prepares Dal Khichdi and elevates it with spices. She shares an anecdote from when she was living a…
Chef Ranveer takes us to his culinary journey from his childhood to his earlier days in the profession. He shares his experiences and how Saro ke Galouti Kebab and Pithode played an important role in building his career.