MasterChef India – Tamil (season 1)

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MasterChef India – Tamil
Season 1
File:Masterchef India - Tamil logo.jpg
Poster of MasterChef Tamil season 1
Presented byVijay Sethupathi
No. of contestants14
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes9
Release
Original networkSun TV
Original release7 August 2021 –
present

Season 1 of the Indian Tamil competitive reality TV series MasterChef India – Tamil which premiered on 7 August 2021 on Sun TV.[1][2]

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.[3][4][5]

Format[edit | edit source]

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.[6]

Top 14[edit | edit source]

Source for all first names, hometowns, and occupations.[7]

Contestant Hometown Occupation Status
Aarthi Satheesh Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu Youtuber Competing
Devaki Vijayaraman Dindigul, Tamil Nadu Home Baker
Krithika Sivanesan Banglore, Karnataka Private Company Employee
Kruthaj Ashok Kumar Chennai, Tamil Nadu Engineer
Manikandan K Chennai, Tamil Nadu Tea specialist
Mariam Shajia Shah Keelakarai, Tamil Nadu Freelancer
Nausheen Yusuf Chennai, Tamil Nadu Home Baker
Nithya Franklyn Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu Pediatrician
Sumitra Rajesh Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Home Baker
Sunitha Selva Marthandam, Tamil Nadu Youtuber
Vinny Shukla Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Businesswoman
Sasi Gnanadurai Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu Housewife Eliminated; 29 August[8]
Tara Rhine Chennai, Tamil Nadu Lifeskill Coach Eliminated; 22 August[9]
Shashi Anand Sridharan Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu University Vice President Eliminated; 15 August[10]

Elimination Table[edit | edit source]

Place Contestant Episode
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Aarthi IN SAFE WIN SAFE WIN SAFE
TBA
Devaki WIN SAFE WIN SAFE IN RIGH SAFE
TBA
Krithika IN SAFE IN LOSE PT WIN SAFE
TBA
Kruthaj IN SAFE IN LOSE PT IN RIGH SAFE
TBA
Manikandan IN SAFE WIN SAFE WIN SAFE
TBA
Mariam IN BTM PT IN WIN SAFE WIN SAFE
TBA
Nausheen TOP SAFE IN IN SAFE WIN SAFE
TBA
Nithya IN SAFE IN WIN SAFE IN RIGH SAFE
TBA
Sumitra IN BTM PT TOP WIN SAFE IN WRON PT
TBA
Sunitha WIN SAFE WIN SAFE IN WRON PT
TBA
Vinny IN SAFE TOP IN SAFE WIN SAFE
TBA
12 Sasi TOP SAFE IN IN SAFE IN WRON ELIM
13 Tara IN SAFE IN LOSE ELIM
14 Shashi WEAK BTM ELIM
  (WIN) The cook won the Mystery Box challenge, or any other individual / pair challenge.
  (TOP) The cook was one of the top entries in an individual challenge but didn't win.
  (WEAK) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge.
  (BTM) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge and had to compete in the upcoming elimination challenge.
  (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual / pair challenge.
  (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in a team challenge and directly advanced to the next round.
  (SAFE) The cook didn't participate in the challenge as he/she already advanced to the next round.
  (LOSE) The cook was on the losing team in the team challenge and had to compete in the upcoming elimination challenge.
  (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in a team challenge.
  (RIGH) The cook has selected the right answer in an ingredient guessing challenge and saved from elimination test.
  (WRON) The cook has selected the wrong answer in an ingredient guessing challenge and had to participate in the elimination test.
  (PT) The cook competed in an elimination test, and advanced.
  (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.

Episodes[edit | edit source]

No. in
season 		Title[11] Original air date
1"Episode 1, Season 1"7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)
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.
2"Episode 2, Season 1"8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
After a small recap, The audition competition continued to selected its top 14 out of the 24.
3"Episode 3, Season 1"14 August 2021 (2021-08-14)

  • 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
4"Episode 4, Season 1"15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)

  • 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
5"Episode 5, Season 1"21 August 2021 (2021-08-21)

  • 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.
6"Episode 6, Season 1"22 August 2021 (2021-08-22)

  • Team Equipment Challenge:
  1. Team Blue: Mariam Shajia, Nithya Franklyn and Sumitra Rajesh (Won)
  2. Team Yellow: Sasi Gnanadurai, Nausheen Yusuf and Vinny Shukla (Qualified)
  3. 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
7"Episode 7, Season 1"28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)

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
  1. Contestants: Devaki Vijayaraman, Kruthaj Ashok Kumar, Aarthi Satheesh and Mariam Shajia Shah.
  2. Key Ingredients for Entrée: egg shells, fishbone and chicken feet.
  • Team Blue
  1. Contestants: Sunitha Selva, Sasi Gnanadurai, Krithika Sivanesan and Nausheen Yusuf.
  2. Key Ingredients for Main course: banana peel, watermelon rind and the seeds of Jackfruit.
  • Team Yellow
  1. Contestants: Nithya Franklyn, Sumitra Rajesh, Manikandan K and Vinny Shukla.
  2. Key Ingredients for Dessert: peels of peas, corn cob and residue water of boiled chickpeas.
  • Challenge Winners:
  1. Aarthi Satheesh and Mariam Shajia Shah
  2. Krithika Sivanesan and Nausheen Yusuf
  3. Manikandan K and Vinny Shukla
8"Episode 8, Season 1"29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)

  • 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
9"TBA"4 September 2021 (2021-09-04)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "MasterChef Tamil to go on air from August on SUN TV; Actor Vijay Sethupathi to host". www.pinkvilla.com. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Vijay Sethupathi hosted MasterChef Tamil show to premiere on August 7". Times Of India. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Vijay Sethupathi to host 'MasterChef Tamil'". The Hindu. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Aarthi Sampath, Harish Rao and Koushik S to judge Vijay Sethupathi's MasterChef Tamil". Times Of India. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Aarthi Sampath all excited to judge Vijay Sethupathi-hosted MasterChef Tamil". Times Of India. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Masterchef Tamil Contestants List: Final List of Contestants Revealed on Grand Premiere!". thenewscrunch.com. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Here are the top 14 contestants of Vijay Sethupathi hosted MasterChef Tamil". Times Of India. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. ↑ Desk, Pinkvilla (30 August 2021). "MasterChef Tamil: G Sasi gets eliminated from Vijay Sethupathi's cookery show; Leaves everyone emotional". www.pinkvilla.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ Vaidyanathan, Shwetha (21 August 2021). "MasterChef Tamil Elimination 21 & 22 August 2021: Task Winners , Elimination Updates". dailyresearchtable.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ Bryce J, Winters (19 August 2021). "Masterchef Tamil Elimination: Shashi Anand Eliminated, Immunity Winner, Second Elimination?". thenewscrunch.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ "MasterChef - Tamil episodes". sunnxt.com. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

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