Season 6 of the Indian Hindi-language competitive reality TV series MasterChef India – Hindi premiered on Star Plus on 7 December 2019 and concluded on 1 March 2020.
Vikas Khanna returned as one of the judges for the show while Kunal Kapur and Zorawar Kalra were replaced by Ranveer Brar and Vineet Bhatia. This season marked Khanna's fifth consecutive season serving as a judge on the show and Brar's second season, who was last seen in the fourth season. This season was also comeback for Gunjan Joshi as the writer of the show, who was also writer of Season 3 and 4.
Abinas Nayak, an IT Analyst from Odisha was declared as the winner on 1 March 2020, with Oindrila Bala of West Bengal being the runner-up.
Similar to the past seasons, Amul remained the title sponsor of the show. Additionally, Sleek Kitchens by Asian Paints co-sponsored this season.
Top 15 Top 30 contestants were chosen from nationwide auditions. During the auditions, The judges selected 10 contestants and gave their aprons with their name on it. The judges gave a second chance to 11 contestants and invited them to the MasterChef kitchen, where they competed in a cook-off to win the final 5 spots. The Top 15 contestants were revealed on 14 December 2019 ContestantAgeHometownOccupationStatusWinnings Abinas Nayak 27 Berhampur, Odisha IT AnalystWinner; 1 March 10 Oindrila Bala 35 Kolkata, West Bengal Former Tax ConsultantRunner-Up; 1 March 0 Smrutisree Singh 26 Angul, Odisha Hotel General Manager 4 Akanksha Khatri 30 Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh Former Flight Attendant 6 Natasha Gandhi 25 Mumbai, Maharashtra Entrepreneur 3 Prince Sharma 23 Amritsar, Punjab Food Industry Trainer 4 Mahendra Thulung 32 Darjeeling, West Bengal Restaurateur / Interior Designer Eliminated; 12 January 1 Nandini Diwakar 33 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chef Consultant 3 Akash Sonkar 27 Delhi Telecom Distributor 3 Priyanka Biswas 27 Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh Dentist 2 Ulka Santra 21 Kolkata, West Bengal Salesman 3 Viji Raj 54 Chennai, Tamil Nadu Rental Homecook 1 Jaspal Rawat 35 Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir Military Chef 2 Harsh Bothra 18 Delhi Student 0 Harshita Agarwal 26 Amritsar, Punjab Home Baker 0
Elimination Table
PlaceContestantEpisode4 5 6 78 9 10 11 12 1314 1516 17 18 1920 21 2223 24 25 1AbinasIMNWINSAFEIN INSAFE INSAFEWINSAFEWIN WIN WEAK INWINSAFEWINSAFEWINSAFE IN IN WINWINNER 2Oindrila INSAFELOSEPTIN INSAFESAFELOSEPTLOSESAFELOSESAFEBTMWEAKLOSEPTSAFEWEAK IN IN IN 3AkankshaWINWEAKWINSAFEINBTMPTSAFEWINSAFEWIN INSAFEWINSAFEBTMSAFELOSEPTSAFE ELIMSmrutisree INSAFEWINSAFEIN INSAFEWINSAFELOSEPTLOSESAFE INWINSAFEBTMPTLOSEWINSAFEPT IN IN INELIM 5Natasha INLOSEPTWINSAFE INPTLOSEPTLOSESAFE INWINSAFEBTMSAFEWINSAFEWEAK IN INELIM 6PrinceWEAKSAFELOSEPTWINSAFE INPTLOSEPTWIN INSAFE INWINSAFEBTMPTWINSAFE INELIMMahendraWEAKSAFEWINSAFEIN INSAFE INPTLOSEELIMRETPT INELIM 8Nandini IN SAFELOSEPTINBTMPT INPTLOSEPTWIN IN INWINSAFEWINSAFELOSEPTSAFEELIMAkash INSAFEWINSAFEIN INSAFE INPTLOSEPTWINIMN INLOSEPTBTMSAFELOSEWEAKSAFEELIM 10Priyanka INSAFELOSEPTWINSAFE INPTWINSAFELOSESAFELOSEPTBTMPTLOSEELIM 11Ulka IN SAFEWINSAFEWINSAFE INPTWINSAFELOSESAFE INLOSESAFEBTMELIM 12Viji INSAFELOSEPTWINSAFE INPTLOSEPTLOSESAFE INLOSEELIM 13Jaspal XWINSAFEWINSAFE INELIM 14Harsh INSAFELOSEBTMINBTMELIM 15HarshitaBTM XELIM
(WINNER) This cook won the competition. (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place. (WIN) The cook won the Mystery Box challenge, or any other individual / pair challenge. (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. (IMN) The cook won an Immunity Pin in a given challenge. (SAFE) The cook didn't participate in the challenge as he/she already advanced to 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, and advanced. (LOSE) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge and had to compete in the upcoming elimination challenge. (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. (RET) The cook won the Wild Card Challenge and returned to the competition. (X) This cook did not participate in the challenge(s). (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.
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