Celebrity MasterChef is an Indian Hindi-language competitive cooking game show. It is the spin-off of the series MasterChef India – Hindi, featuring celebrity contestants. Ranveer Brar and Vikas Khanna reprised their roles as judges from the original series while Farah Khan joined as the first ever host on the Indian installation of MasterChef while also being the co judge.[1][2]
Contestants
Contestant | Age | Notability | Status | Ref. |
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Archana Gautam | 29 | Reality show alumnus | [3] | |
Faisal Shaikh | 30 | Social media personality | [4] | |
Gaurav Khanna | 43 | Actor | [5] | |
Kabita Singh | 46 | Social media personality | [6] | |
Nikki Tamboli | 28 | Actress and Reality show alumni | [7] | |
Rajiv Adatia | 36 | Social media personality | [4] | |
Tejasswi Prakash | 31 | Actress | [8] | |
Usha Nadkarni | 78 | Actress | [9] | |
Dipika Kakar | 37 | Actress | Withdrew 28 February |
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Ayesha Jhulka ![]() |
52 | Actress | Eliminated 21 February |
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Abhijeet Sawant | 43 | Singer | Eliminated 14 February |
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Chandan Prabhakar | 44 | Comedian | Eliminated 7 February |
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Elimination table
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8-9 | 10 | 11 | 12-13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17-18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23-24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |||||||||||||
Archana | IN | IN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | EXC | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | IN | WIN | IMM | LOW | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | IN | LOW | EXC | PT | ||||||||||||||||
Faisal | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | IMM | WIN | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | LOW | PT | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | PT | |||||||||||||||
Gaurav | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | LOW | PT | HIGH | WIN | IMM | HIGH | IN | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | PT | |||||||||||||||
Kabita | IN | IN | IN | LOW | EXC | HIGH | WIN | WIN | IMM | IN | LOW | LOW | PT | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | LOW | EXC | IN | IN | LOW | PT | |||||||||||||||
Nikki | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | PT | HIGH | LOW | LOW | PT | LOW | WIN | IMM | IN | IMN | IN | IN | HIGH | IMM | |||||||||||||||
Rajiv | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | LOW | LOW | HIGH | PT | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | IMM | ||||||||||||||
Tejasswi | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | WIN | LOW | PT | LOW | LOW | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | IN | HIGH | IN | WIN | HIGH | IMM | ||||||||||||||
Usha | HIGH | LOW | IN | HIGH | LOW | EXC | IN | IN | LOW | IMM | IN | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | LOW | IMM | LOW | EXC | IN | IN | HIGH | IMM | |||||||||||||||
9 | Dipika | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | IN | IMN | HIGH | IN | WIN | IMM | LOW | EXC | PIN | EXC | IN | LOW | PT | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | WDR | ||||||||||||||
10 | Ayesha | IN | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | LOW | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Abhijeet | IN | IN | IN | LOW | EXC | IN | IN | HIGH | IMM | IN | LOW | LOW | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Chandan | IN | LOW | LOW | EXC | WIN | IN | LOW | ELIM |
- (WINNER) The cook won the competition.
- (RUNNER-UP) The cook finished as a runner-up in the finals.
- (WIN) The cook won an individual challenge.
- (WIN) The cook won the pair/team challenge.
- (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in an individual challenge.
- (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in the pair/team Challenge.
- (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual challenge.
- (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in a pair challenge.
- (IN) The cook dish wasn’t tasted, but advanced.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in the pair/team challenge.
- (EXC) The cook was excluded from the challenge.
- (IMM) The cook didn't participate in the challenge as he/she already advanced to the next week.
- (IMM) The cook was saved via advantage and didn't had to compete in the Pressure Test in elimination round.
- (IMN) The cook won an immunity pin in an Immunity pin challenge.
- (PIN) The cook used immunity pin to be exempted from the elimination challenge.
- (PT) The cook competed in the Pressure Test in elimination round, and advanced.
- (WDR) The cook withdrew from MasterChef Kitchen.
- (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef Kitchen.
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title [13] | Original release date | Ratings 15-50 | |
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1 | 1 | "Kitchen Is Set" | January 27, 2025 | 0.6 | |
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2 | 2 | "Messy Egg Challenge" | January 28, 2025 | 0.6 | |
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3 | 3 | "State and Country Fusion Challenge" | January 29, 2025 | 0.6 | |
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4 | 4 | "State and Country Fusion Challenge - Part 2" | January 30, 2025 | 0.6 | |
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5 | 5 | "Vikas Khanna Replication Challenge" | January 31, 2025 | 0.6 | |
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6 | 6 | "Tribute to the Loved Ones" | February 3, 2025 | 0.6 | |
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7 | 7 | "Winter on a Plate" | February 4, 2025 | 0.6 | |
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8 | 8 | "First-Ever Team Service Challenge - Part 1" | February 5, 2025 | 0.6 | |
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9 | 9 | "First-Ever Team Service Challenge - Part 2" | February 6, 2025 | 0.6 | |
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10 | 10 | "First Elimination Challenge" | February 7, 2025 | 0.6 | |
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11 | 11 | "Liquid to Solid Challenge" | February 10, 2025 | ||
Each contestant was given a cloche containing a liquid item with which the contestants had to make a solid dish. The contestant who made the weakest dish will directly go to the Black Apron Challenge.
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12 | 12 | "Double Trouble Team Challenge - Part 1" | February 11, 2025 | ||
As Faisal won the last challenge, he had the advantage to be and captain and pick the captain of the other team amongst Gaurav and Nikki, where he chose Nikki.
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13 | 13 | "Double Trouble Team Challenge - Part 2" | February 12, 2025 | ||
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14 | 14 | "Golden Mystery Box Challenge" | February 13, 2025 | ||
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15 | 15 | "Pooja Dhingra's Elimination Challenge" | February 14, 2025 | ||
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16 | 16 | "Festival Challenge" | February 17, 2025 | ||
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17 | 17 | "Blind Fold Challenge - Part 1" | February 18, 2025 | ||
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18 | 18 | "Blind Fold Challenge - Part 2" | February 19, 2025 | ||
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19 | 19 | "Theatre Food Challenge" | February 20, 2025 | ||
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20 | 20 | "Elimination Challenge" | February 21, 2025 | ||
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21 | 21 | "2nd Chance for Immunity Pin" | February 24, 2025 | ||
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22 | 22 | ""Fun with Italy"" | February 25, 2025 | TBA | |
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23 | 23 | "Healthy Food Challenge" | February 26, 2025 | TBA | |
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24 | 24 | "Healthy Food Challenge - Part 2" | February 27, 2025 | TBA | |
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25 | 25 | "Overnight Cooking Challenge" | February 28, 2025 | TBA | |
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Ratings
Week | Dates | Ratings (Avg.) | Reach % | SET India Weekly Rank | Overall Rank | Ref. |
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15–50 | ||||||
1 | 27 – 31 January 2025 | 0.6 | 1.7 | #3 | #37 | [14][15][16] |
2 | 3 – 7 February 2025 | 0.6 | 1.7 | #3 | #37 | |
3 | 10 – 14 February 2025 | 0.6 | 1.7 | #3 | #35 | |
4 | 17 – 21 February 2025 | 0.5 | 1.7 | #4 | #39 | [17] |
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