Cooku with Comali (), also known by the acronym CWC, is an Indian Tamil-language comedy-based cooking competition show aired on Star Vijay and streams on Disney+ Hotstar where the contestants are paired each week with comedians (comalis) who are amateur cooks. The first season premiered on 16 November 2019 and ended on 23 February 2020. The second season premiered on 14 November 2020 and ended on 14 April 2021. The third season premiered on 22 January 2022 and ended on 24 July 2022. The fourth season premiered on 28 January 2023 and ended on 30 July 2023. The contestants along with their comalis are challenged every week and are judged by Chef Damu and Chef Venkatesh Bhat until season 4.
Production Game format Every week, the show starts with celebrity chefs getting paired with their Comalis. Then the teams compete in Advantage Task 1 and Task 2. The teams then compete in Main Task and Immunity/Elimination Task. The Advantage task involves a minimal task in which a team does a small task and the winner of the Advantage task is given an advantage during the main task where the team can choose a time frame to work without any obstacles. During the Main task, every team is given a challenge or an obstacle that will make the cooking harder. The teams are given a specific time limit where they must cook with that time frame. Most of the cooking tasks are to be done by Comalis. The cook that gets Immunity is safe from next week's elimination and does not participate in that week. Some week are celebration rounds with no elimination.
Overview
Season 1 The first season of the Tamil reality cooking TV show Cooku with Comali, that was aired first 16 November 2019. This season was hosted by Rakshan and Aranthangi Nisha. The grand finale was aired on 23 February 2020 and winner was Vanitha Vijayakumar.
Contestants Contestants Status Vanitha VijayakumarWinner Uma Riyaz Khan1st Runner-UpRamya Pandian2nd Runner-UpRekha3rd Runner-Up Priyanka Robo Shankar Thaadi Balaji G. Gnanasambandan Mohan Vaidya
Comalis KPY Bala Pugazh Manimegalai Sivaangi Thangadurai Sai Sakthi Bijili Ramesh Pappu
Season 2
The second season of the Tamil reality cooking TV show Cooku with Comali, that was aired first on 14 November 2020. This season was hosted by Rakshan. The grand finale was aired on 14 April 2021 and winner was Kani Thiru.
Contestants Contestants Status Kani ThiruWinner Shakeela1st Runner-Up Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan2nd Runner-UpPavithra Lakshmi3rd Runner-Up Baba Bhaskar4th Runner-UpRithika Tamil Selvi Dharsha Gupta Deepa Shankar Madurai Muthu
Comalis KPY Bala Pugazh Manimegalai Sivaangi ‘’’(Winner Comali) ‘’’ Sunita Gogoi ‘’’‘’’ Thangadurai Shakthi Parvathy-Pappu Sarath
Season 3
The third season aired on every Saturday and Sunday from 12 January 2022 to 24 July 2022 and ended with 54 Episodes. The winner of the season was Shrutika. This season is hosted by Rakshan and judged by Chef Damodharan and Chef Venkatesh Bhat. Contestants Status ShruthikaWinner Darshan1st Runner-Up Ammu Abhirami2nd Runner-Up Vidyullekha Raman3rd Runner-UpSanthosh Prathap4th Runner-Up Grace Karunas5th Runner-Up Vettai Muthukumar Roshini Haripriyan Chutti Aravind Anthony Daasan Manobala Rahul Thatha
Season 4
The fourth season aired on every Saturday and Sunday from 28 January 2023 to 30 July 2023 and ended with 43 Episodes. It was hosted by Rakshan. The winner of the season was Mime Gopi, and actress Srushti Dange was the runner-up. Contestants Status Mime GopiWinner Srushti Dange1st Runner-Up Vichithra2nd Runner-Up Sivaangi Krishnakumar3rd Runner-UpAndreanne Nouyrigat4th Runner-Up D. R. K. Kiran5th Runner-Up Gajesh Sherin Shringar VJ Vishal Raj Ayyappa Kalaiyan Kishore Rajkumar
Season 5
The fifth season airs on every Saturday and Sunday from on April 27, 2024 at 21:30.
Contestants StatusPriyanka DeshpandeWinnerSujitha1st Runner-Up Mohammad Irfan2nd Runner-Up Pooja Venkat3rd Runner-Up Shaalin Zoya4th Runner-Up VTV Ganesh5th Runner-Up Vasanth Vasi Dhivya Duraisamy Srikanth Deva Akshay Kamal
Season 6
The sixth season aired from May 04, 2025 to 28 September 2025.
Contestants Status Raju JeyamohanWinner Shabana Shajahan1st Runner-Up Umair Lateef2nd Runner-Up Lakshmy Ramakrishnan3rd Runner-Up Priya Raman Nanda Kumar Jangiri Madhumitha Sundari Ganja Karuppu Soundarya Chillukuri
Season 7
The seventh season premiered on 4 April 2026.The show started with special hosts as Makapa Anand and season 5 contestant Shaalin Zoya,Later the main host Rakshan returned to the show
Contestants Status Aravinth Seiju & Sangeetha SaiEliminatedTitle winner Gaana Vinoth & BhagyaEliminated Aranthangi Nisha & Riaz AliEliminated Mahendran & ShanthaEliminated Dravid Selvam & Raji DravidEliminated Kongu Manjunathan & Rajeshwari ManjunathanEliminatedSidhu Sid & Shreya Anchanrunnerup Mano & Jameela BabuQuit
Production Media Masons produced season one to four and on 2024, producer Ravoofa announced at the end of February that their company was quitting Star Vijay television after 25 years. Later on the production company Media Masons decide to produce a new cooking show like Cooku with Comali on Sun TV called Top Cooku Dupe Cooku. After this Box Office studio took over the production of Cooku with Comali from season five.
Reception The series gained popularity only during its re – telecast in the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Following which the launch of the second season became one of the top rated Tamil reality television program both on television and on the digital platform Hotstar.
The grand finale of season 2 aired on 14 April 2021 for 6 hours garnered a high viewership rating of 11.1 TVR in urban and 8.1 TVR overall with 6.58 million impressions.
Adaptations Language Title Premiere date Network Last AiredNo. of. Seasons Notes Ref Kannada Cookku with Kirikku ಕಿರಿಕ್ಕು ಜೊತೆ ಕುಕ್ಕು 10 April 2021 Star Suvarna 15 August 2021 1Remake Bengali Gole Male Gol গোলে পুরুষ গোল 25 September 2021 Star Jalsha 14 November 2021 1 Malayalam Cook with Comedy കുക്ക് വിത്ത് കോമഡി 6 May 2023 Asianet 8 July 2023 1 Hindi Laughter Chefs – Unlimited Entertainment लाफ्टर शेफ्स – अनलिमिटेड एंटरटेनमेंट 1 June 2024 Colors TV 26 July 2026 3 Marathi Shitti Vajali Re शिट्टी वाजली रे 26 April 2025 Star Pravah 3 August 2025 1 KannadaKwatle Kitchenಕ್ವಾಟ್ಲೆ ಕಿಚನ್14 June 2025Colors KannadaOngoing 2 Telugu Cooku with Jathirathnalu కూకూ విత్ జాతిరత్నాలు 28 June 2025 Star Maa Ongoing 2 Malayalam Comedy Cooks കോമഡി കുക്ക്സ് 18 April 2026 Asianet 2 August 2026 1
Top Cooku Dupe Cooku, another Tamil language comedy cooking competition show airing from 2024 on Sun TV is inspired from this show. The show also inspired a Pakistani reality show Kashmir Comedy Kitchen which premiered in August 2025.
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