MasterChef India – Tamil (season 1)

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{{short description|Season of television series}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2021}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox television season
| season_number = 1
| bgcolour = #E38181
| image =Masterchef_India_-_Tamil_logo.jpg
| caption = Poster of MasterChef Tamil season 1
| module1 = {{Infobox reality competition season
| presenter = [[Vijay Sethupathi]]
| num_contestants = 14
| winner =
| runner_up =
}}
| country = [[India]]
| num_episodes = 9
| network = [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
| first_aired = 7 August 2021
| last_aired = present
| prev_series =
| next_series =
}}

'''Season 1''' of the Indian [[Tamil Language|Tamil]] competitive [[reality television|reality TV]] series '''''[[MasterChef India – Tamil (TV series)|MasterChef India – Tamil]]''''' which premiered on 7 August 2021 on [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-13|title=MasterChef Tamil to go on air from August on SUN TV; Actor Vijay Sethupathi to host|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/news-gossip/masterchef-tamil-go-air-august-sun-tv-actor-vijay-sethupathi-host-809819|access-date=2021-07-14|website=www.pinkvilla.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-11|title=Vijay Sethupathi hosted MasterChef Tamil show to premiere on August 7|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/vijay-sethupathi-hosted-masterchef-tamil-show-to-premiere-on-august-7/articleshow/84850085.cms|access-date=2021-07-30|website=[[Times Of India]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

The show is hosted by actor and producer [[Vijay Sethupathi]], while profesional chefs Harish Rao, [[Aarthi Sampath]] and Koushik S serve as judges for this season.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-11|title= Vijay Sethupathi to host ‘MasterChef Tamil’ |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/vijay-sethupathi-to-host-masterchef-tamil/article34534013.ece|access-date=2021-07-14|website=[[The Hindu]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-14|title=Aarthi Sampath, Harish Rao and Koushik S to judge Vijay Sethupathi's MasterChef Tamil|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/aarthi-sampath-harish-rao-and-koushik-s-to-judge-vijay-sethupathis-masterchef-tamil/articleshow/84376654.cms|access-date=2021-07-15|website=[[Times Of India]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-16|title=Aarthi Sampath all excited to judge Vijay Sethupathi-hosted MasterChef Tamil|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/aarthi-sampath-all-excited-to-judge-vijay-sethupathi-hosted-masterchef-tamil/articleshow/84465305.cms|access-date=2021-07-16|website=[[Times Of India]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Format==
Top 24 home cooks were chosen from the auditions from the state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. From them, only 14 advanced home cooks were selected to participate in the main competition.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-07|title=Masterchef Tamil Contestants List: Final List of Contestants Revealed on Grand Premiere!|url=https://thenewscrunch.com/masterchef-tamil-contestants-list-final-list-of-contestants-revealed-on-grand-premiere/38242/|access-date=2021-08-08|website=thenewscrunch.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Top 14==
Source for all first names, hometowns, and occupations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-09|title=Here are the top 14 contestants of Vijay Sethupathi hosted MasterChef Tamil|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/here-are-the-top-14-contestants-of-vijay-sethupathi-hosted-masterchef-tamil/articleshow/85175568.cms|access-date=2021-08-10|website=[[Times Of India]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"
|- style="background:#C1D8FF;"
! Contestant
! Hometown
! Occupation
! Status
|-
|Aarthi Satheesh
|[[Nagercoil|Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu]]
|Youtuber
|rowspan="11" style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;" | Competing
|-
|Devaki Vijayaraman
|[[Dindigul|Dindigul, Tamil Nadu]]
|Home Baker
|-
|Krithika Sivanesan
|[[Banglore|Banglore, Karnataka]]
|Private Company Employee
|-
|Kruthaj Ashok Kumar
|[[Chennai|Chennai, Tamil Nadu]]
|Engineer
|-
|Manikandan K
|[[Chennai|Chennai, Tamil Nadu]]
|Tea specialist
|-
|Mariam Shajia Shah
|[[Keelakarai|Keelakarai, Tamil Nadu]]
|Freelancer
|-
|Nausheen Yusuf
|[[Chennai|Chennai, Tamil Nadu]]
|Home Baker
|-
|Nithya Franklyn
|[[Thoothukudi|Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu]]
|Pediatrician
|-
|Sumitra Rajesh
|[[Coimbatore|Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu]]
|Home Baker
|-
|Sunitha Selva
|[[Marthandam|Marthandam, Tamil Nadu]]
|Youtuber
|-
|Vinny Shukla
|[[Coimbatore|Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu]]
|Businesswoman
|-
|Sasi Gnanadurai
|[[Tirunelveli|Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu]]
|Housewife
|style="background:#f4c7b8;" |{{nowrap|Eliminated; 29 August}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/news-gossip/masterchef-tamil-g-sasi-gets-eliminated-vijay-sethupathi-s-cookery-show-leaves-everyone-emotional-877347|title= MasterChef Tamil: G Sasi gets eliminated from Vijay Sethupathi’s cookery show; Leaves everyone emotional |last=Desk|first=Pinkvilla|date=August 30, 2021|website=www.pinkvilla.com|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Tara Rhine
|[[Chennai|Chennai, Tamil Nadu]]
|Lifeskill Coach
|style="background:#f4c7b8;" |{{nowrap|Eliminated; 22 August}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailyresearchtable.com/2021/08/21/masterchef-tamil-elimination-21-22-august-2021-task-winners-elimination-updates/|title= MasterChef Tamil Elimination 21 & 22 August 2021: Task Winners , Elimination Updates|last=Vaidyanathan|first=Shwetha|date=August 21, 2021|website=dailyresearchtable.com|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Shashi Anand Sridharan
|[[Viluppuram|Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu]]
|University Vice President
|style="background:#f4c7b8;" |{{nowrap|Eliminated; 15 August}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenewscrunch.com/masterchef-tamil-elimination-shashi-anand-eliminated-immunity-winner-second-elimination/38523/|title=Masterchef Tamil Elimination: Shashi Anand Eliminated, Immunity Winner, Second Elimination?|last=Bryce J|first=Winters|date=August 19, 2021|website=thenewscrunch.com|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|}

{{notelist}}

==Elimination Table==

{| class="wikitable" style="line-height:25px;"
|-
! rowspan="2" |Place
! rowspan="2" |Contestant
! colspan="31" |Episode
|-
!3
!colspan="2" |4
!5
!colspan="2" |6
!7
!colspan="2" |8
!9
|-
!rowspan="11" |
!style="background:pink;" |Aarthi
|IN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|style="background:limegreen;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|style="background:limegreen;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|{{TBA}}
|-
!style="background:pink;" |Devaki
|style="background:limegreen;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|style="background:limegreen;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|IN
|style="background:purple;" |{{color|white|RIGH}}
|style="background:#CEFF00;"|SAFE
|{{TBA}}
|-
!style="background:pink;" |Krithika
|IN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|IN
|style="background:#CC99CC;" |LOSE
|style="background:mistyrose;" |PT
|style="background:limegreen;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|{{TBA}}
|-
!style="background:lightblue;" |Kruthaj
|IN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|IN
|style="background:#CC99CC;" |LOSE
|style="background:mistyrose;" |PT
|IN
|style="background:purple;" |{{color|white|RIGH}}
|style="background:#CEFF00;"|SAFE
|{{TBA}}
|-
!style="background:lightblue;" |Manikandan
|IN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|style="background:limegreen;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|style="background:limegreen;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|{{TBA}}
|-
!style="background:pink;" |Mariam
|IN
|style="background:orange;" |BTM
|style="background:mistyrose;" |PT
|IN
| style="background:#959FFD;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"|SAFE
|style="background:limegreen;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|{{TBA}}
|-
!style="background:pink;" |Nausheen
|style="background:cornflowerblue;" |{{color|white|TOP}}
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|IN
|style="background:palegreen;" |IN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"|SAFE
|style="background:limegreen;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|{{TBA}}
|-
!style="background:pink;" |Nithya
|IN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|IN
| style="background:#959FFD;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"|SAFE
|IN
|style="background:purple;" |{{color|white|RIGH}}
|style="background:#CEFF00;"|SAFE
|{{TBA}}
|-
!style="background:pink;" |Sumitra
|IN
|style="background:orange;" |BTM
|style="background:mistyrose;" |PT
|style="background:cornflowerblue;" |{{color|white|TOP}}
| style="background:#959FFD;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"|SAFE
|IN
|style="background:tan;" |WRON
|style="background:mistyrose;" |PT
|{{TBA}}
|-
!style="background:pink;" |Sunitha
|style="background:limegreen;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|style="background:limegreen;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|IN
|style="background:tan;" |WRON
|style="background:mistyrose;" |PT
|{{TBA}}
|-
!style="background:pink;" |Vinny
|IN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|style="background:cornflowerblue;" |{{color|white|TOP}}
|style="background:palegreen;" |IN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"|SAFE
|style="background:limegreen;" |WIN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|{{TBA}}
|-
|'''12'''
!style="background:pink;" |Sasi
|style="background:cornflowerblue;" |{{color|white|TOP}}
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|IN
|style="background:palegreen;" |IN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"|SAFE
|IN
|style="background:tan;" |WRON
|style="background:crimson;" |ELIM
|style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="30"|
|-
|'''13'''
!style="background:pink;" |Tara
|IN
|style="background:#CEFF00;"colspan="2"|SAFE
|IN
|style="background:#CC99CC;" |LOSE
|style="background:crimson;" |ELIM
|style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="30"|
|-
|'''14'''
!style="background:lightblue;" |Shashi
| style="background:#E6E200;" |WEAK
|style="background:orange;" |BTM
|style="background:crimson;" |ELIM
|style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="30"|
|}
:{{color box|border=black|limegreen}} (WIN) The cook won the '''Mystery Box''' challenge, or any other '''individual / pair challenge.'''
:{{color box|border=black|cornflowerblue}} (TOP) The cook was one of the top entries in an '''individual challenge''' but didn't win.
:{{color box|border=black|#E6E200}} (WEAK) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an '''individual challenge.'''
:{{color box|border=black|orange}} (BTM) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an '''individual challenge''' and had to compete in the upcoming elimination challenge.
:{{color box|border=black|white}} (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an '''individual / pair challenge'''.
:{{color box|border=black|#959FFD}} (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in a '''team challenge''' and directly advanced to the next round.
:{{color box|border=black|#CEFF00}} (SAFE) The cook didn't participate in the challenge as he/she already advanced to the next round.
:{{color box|border=black|#CC99CC}} (LOSE) The cook was on the losing team in the '''team challenge''' and had to compete in the upcoming elimination challenge.
:{{color box|border=black|palegreen}} (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in a '''team challenge'''.
:{{Color box|purple|border=black}} (RIGH) The cook has selected the '''right answer''' in an ingredient guessing challenge and saved from elimination test.
:{{Color box|tan|border=black}} (WRON) The cook has selected the '''wrong answer''' in an ingredient guessing challenge and had to participate in the elimination test.
:{{color box|border=black|mistyrose}} (PT) The cook competed in an '''elimination test''', and advanced.
:{{color box|border=black|crimson}} (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.

{{notelist}}

==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;"
|- style="color:black"
! style="background:#E38181; width: 4%" |''No. in<br />season''
! style="background:#E38181 ; width: 40%" |''Title''<ref>{{Cite web|title=MasterChef - Tamil episodes|url=https://www.sunnxt.com/|access-date=2021-08-30|website=sunnxt.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
! style="background:#E38181; width: 10%" |''Original air date''
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Episode 1, Season 1
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|8|7|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = [[Vijay Sethupathi]] opens the show explaining the concept of the MasterChef show concept. Later the three judges of the season were introduced Harish Rao, [[Aarthi Sampath]] and Koushik S who are professional chefs and judges. Later the top 24 contestants where selected from the state of [[Tamil Nadu]] and had to compete to get a spot in the top 14 to enter the main competiton.
|LineColor = #E38181
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Episode 2, Season 1
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|df=yes|2021|8|8}}
| ShortSummary = After a small recap, The audition competition continued to selected its top 14 out of the 24.
|LineColor = #E38181
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Episode 3, Season 1
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|df=yes|2021|8|14}}
| ShortSummary = * '''Mystery Box Challenge:''' For the first time in MasterChef Tamil history the mystery box was unveiled. The judges gave a selected amount of ingredients for the contestants to turn them into a full coarse meal.
* '''Challenge winner:''' Devaki Vijayaraman and Sunitha Selva
|LineColor = #E38181
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Episode 4, Season 1
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|df=yes|2021|8|15}}
| ShortSummary = * '''Elimination Challenge:''' The top three bottom performed cooks had to participate in the elimination pressure test. The dish the contestants had to cook was the signature dish of judge Koushik S. The cooks had to make the [[dessert]] [[Kozhukkatta]] which is the signature dish of Koushik S.
* '''Bottom Three:''' Mariam Shajia Shah, Sumitra Rajesh and Shashi Anand Sridharan
* '''Eliminated:''' Shashi Anand Sridharan
|LineColor = #E38181
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Episode 5, Season 1
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|df=yes|2021|8|21}}
| ShortSummary = * '''[[Mocktail]] Challenge:''' The cooks had to make their own creative Mocktails using Goli Soda which is a bitter drink.
* '''Challenge winner:''' Aarthi Satheesh, Devaki Vijayaraman, Manikandan K and Sunitha Selva.
|LineColor = #E38181
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Episode 6, Season 1
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|df=yes|2021|8|22}}
| ShortSummary =
* '''Team Equipment Challenge''':
# '''Team Blue''': Mariam Shajia, Nithya Franklyn and Sumitra Rajesh (Won)
# '''Team Yellow''': Sasi Gnanadurai, Nausheen Yusuf and Vinny Shukla (Qualified)
# '''Team Red''': Krithika Sivanesan, Kruthaj Ashok Kumar and Tara Rhine (Lost)
* '''Elimination Challenge:''' After a team challenge, Krithika Sivanesan, Kruthaj Ashok Kumar and Tara Rhine (Team Red) received the lowest and had to compete in the elimination pressure test. The three cooks had to re create chefs Harish Rao's dish called Thikadi which uses [[Mutton]] as the meat of the dish.
* '''Bottom Three:''' Krithika Sivanesan, Kruthaj Ashok Kumar and Tara Rhine
* '''Eliminated:''' Tara Rhine
|LineColor = #E38181
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Episode 7, Season 1
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|df=yes|2021|8|28}}
| ShortSummary =
'''Team Duo Challenge:''' The contestants are split up into 3 team. The team members are split up into 6 pairs. The contestants need to cook their dish using food waste such as Banana skin etc and make either a [[Entrée]], [[Main course]] or [[Dessert]]
* '''Team Red'''
# Contestants: Devaki Vijayaraman, Kruthaj Ashok Kumar, Aarthi Satheesh and Mariam Shajia Shah.
# Key Ingredients for [[Entrée]]: egg shells, fishbone and chicken feet.
* '''Team Blue'''
# Contestants: Sunitha Selva, Sasi Gnanadurai, Krithika Sivanesan and Nausheen Yusuf.
# Key Ingredients for [[Main course]]: banana peel, watermelon rind and the seeds of Jackfruit.
* '''Team Yellow'''
# Contestants: Nithya Franklyn, Sumitra Rajesh, Manikandan K and Vinny Shukla.
# Key Ingredients for [[Dessert]]: peels of peas, corn cob and residue water of boiled chickpeas.
* '''Challenge Winners:'''
# Aarthi Satheesh and Mariam Shajia Shah
# Krithika Sivanesan and Nausheen Yusuf
# Manikandan K and Vinny Shukla
|LineColor = #E38181
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Episode 8, Season 1
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|df=yes|2021|8|29}}
| ShortSummary = * '''Ingredient Guessing Challenge Winner:''' Devaki Vijayaraman, Kruthaj Ashok Kumar and Nithya Franklyn
* '''Elimination Challenge:''' The bottom three people had to participate in an ingredient guessing challenge and face elimination pressure test of they get the ingredient wrong, and has to cook a dish of their own using the same ingredient they got wrong.
* '''Bottom Three:''' Sumitra Rajesh, Sunitha Selva and Sasi Gnanadurai
* '''Eliminated:''' Sasi Gnanadurai
|LineColor = #E38181
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = TBA
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|df=yes|2021|9|4}}
| ShortSummary = 
* '''Special Guest''': [[Nikki Galrani]]
|LineColor = #E38181
}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15079682/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3 MasterChef India – Tamil (season 1)] at [[IMDb]]

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