Season 5 of the Indian Hindi-language competitive reality TV series MasterChef India – Hindi premiered on Star Plus on 1 October 2016.
Vikas Khanna returned to judge this season while Sanjeev Kapoor and Ranveer Brar were replaced by Kunal Kapur and Zorawar Kalra respectively.
The winner was Kirti Bhoutika, a 20-year-old Nutrition graduate, with Ashima Arora being the runner-up.
Format Top 30 contestants were chosen from India and even from the other parts of the world like San Francisco, London, etc. From the Top 30, Best 10 were chosen by a cook-off between 3 each and in the second-chance cook, 6 other were chosen.
Top 16
ContestantAgeHometownOccupationStatusWinnings Kirti Bhoutika 20 Kolkata, West Bengal Bakery Owner 7 Ashima Arora 23 Amritsar, Punjab Cake Artist 6 Dinesh Patel 21 London, United Kingdom Lawyer 6 Mirvaan Vinayak 19 Faridabad, Haryana Actor 7 Samantha Barrett 27 Dehradun, Uttarakhand Cafe Owner 7 Anagha Godbole 44 San Francisco, California Senior Product Manager 6 Siddharth Talwar 46 Noida, Uttar Pradesh MNC Vice President 1 Jatin Khurana 24 Ludhiana, Punjab Telecommunication Manager 2 Syed Sadaf Hussain 27 Ranchi, Jharkhand Social Sector Manager 3 Ajay Kumar Siotra 24 Jammu Tourism Student 2 Pradip Bhawalkar 69 Pune, Maharashtra Engineer 2 Rohini Chawla 36 Gurugram, Haryana Housewife 2 Sreelakshmi N. Prabhu 37 Kochi, Kerala Housewife 0 Abhilasha Chandak 29 Purulia, West Bengal Homemaker 0 Shipra Chenji 35 Meerut, Uttar Pradesh Interior Designer 0 Ashwin Iyer 37 Bangalore, Karnataka Food Blogger 0
Elimination Table
PlaceContestantEpisode2 3 4 5 67 8 9 1011 12 13141516 171819 20 212223 24 25 26 1Kirti IN INBTMPTINSAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFETOPWINSAFETOPWEAKSAFELOSEWINSAFE INBTMPTTOPBTMPTWIN INWINSAFETOPWINNER 2AshimaTOPWEAKWEAKSAFEWINSAFEWINSAFESAFELOSEPTTOP INSAFEWINSAFESAFELOSEWINSAFE INWINSAFE INBTMPTLOSETOPTOPWINTOP 3DineshWINWEAK INSAFEWINSAFE INBTMPTLOSEPTTOPWINSAFEWINSAFESAFEWIN IN INLOSEPT IN INSAFETOP INSAFEWINTOP INWINSAFEELIMMirvaan IN IN INSAFELOSEPT IN INSAFELOSEPT INWINSAFE IN INSAFEWINWEAKLOSEPTWINSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEWIN OUT INWINSAFEELIM 5SamanthaTOP IN INSAFELOSEPTTOPWINSAFELOSEPT INWINSAFETOPWINSAFEWINTOPWINWINSAFEWINSAFESAFE IN INSAFELOSE IN INELIMAnaghaTOPWINSAFESAFEINSAFE IN INSAFEWINSAFEWINSAFESAFE IN INSAFEWIN IN INWINSAFE INWEAKSAFE IN INSAFELOSE INWEAKELIM 7Siddharth INTOPWEAKSAFELOSEPT INBTMPTWINSAFE INBTMPT INBTMPTLOSELOSEPT INBTMPT INBTMELIM 8Jatin IN INWINSAFEINSAFETOPWINSAFELOSEPT IN INSAFE IN INSAFELOSELOSEPT INBTMELIM 9Sadaf IN INWINSAFEWINSAFE IN INSAFEWINSAFE INBTMPT IN INSAFELOSELOSEELIM 10AjayTOP IN INSAFEWINSAFE IN INSAFELOSEPTWINSAFESAFETOPBTMELIM 11Pradip INTOP INSAFEWINSAFE IN INSAFEWINSAFE INBTMELIM 12 Rohini IN IN INSAFEINSAFETOPWINSAFEWINSAFE IN 13Shreelakshmi IN IN INPTLOSEPT IN INSAFELOSEELIM 14Abhilasha IN IN INSAFEINSAFE INBTMELIM 15Shipra IN INBTMPTLOSEELIM 16Ashwin INBTMELIM
(WINNER) This cook won the competition. (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place. (WIN) The cook(s) won the individual / pair challenge (Mystery Box Challenge or Invention Test or Elimination Test). (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team Challenge and directly advanced to the next round. (TOP) The cook was one of the top entries in the individual challenge but didn't win. (WIN) The cook won the Ticket to Finale Challenge and was directly promoted as a finalist. (SAFE) The cook didn't participate in the challenge as he/she already advanced into the next round. (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual / pair challenge. (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in a team challenge. (PT) The cook competed in the Elimination Test or Pressure Test (was on the losing team in the Team Challenge), and advanced. (LOSE) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge and had to compete in the upcoming Pressure Test. (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 test. (WDR) The cook withdrew from the competition due to illness or personal reasons. (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.
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