MasterChef India is an Indian competitive cooking game show franchise based on the Australian show MasterChef Australia, which itself is based on the original British television show MasterChef. MasterChef India – Hindi (Season 1–4) and Junior Masterchef Swaad Ke Ustaad were produced by Colosceum Media. Endemol Shine India has been producing MasterChef India – Hindi since season 5 onwards through Star India and Sun TV Network with Innovative Film Academy co-producing it for other language versions. Sony Pictures Networks have purchased the rights of the franchise and has been producing the show in all the three languages since then. The show has since been premiered on SonyLIV.
It was originally started in Hindi language and has been extended to three languages spoken in the Indian sub-continent, including Telugu and Tamil.
Overview There are three versions in production. It was first made in Hindi-language in 2010. In 2010, Star India got the rights for producing MasterChef in Hindi. In early-2021, Endemol Shine India decided to expand the show in other Indian languages. Sun TV Network brought the rights of the show for Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada-language versions. In 2022, Sony Pictures Networks earned the rights for Master Chef India in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.
History Creation MasterChef India is a Hindi language adaptation of the Australian show MasterChef Australia, which itself is based on the original British MasterChef. The first season of MasterChef India – Hindi was aired on StarPlus and hosted by Akshay Kumar, Kunal Kapur and Ajay Chopra.
It continued for eight seasons and Vikas Khanna, Sanjeev Kapoor, Chef Jolly, Ranveer Brar, Zorawar Kalra, Vineet Bhatia, Garima Arora and Pooja Dhingra also participated as judges in different seasons.
MasterChef India – Hindi is currently airing on Sony Entertainment Television since the seventh season.
Expansion In early 2021, the show expanded into Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam through Sun TV Network. The south regional versions are telecasted by Sun TV, Gemini TV, Udaya TV and Surya TV. The first season of MasterChef India – Tamil was launched on 7 August 2021, while the first season of MasterChef India – Telugu was premiered on 27 August 2021. Vijay Sethupathi and Tamannaah Bhatia are the hosts of Tamil and Telugu versions respectively. The Hindi version never had a host in any of its seasons.
Versions Currently airing – 1 Upcoming for airing – 1 Recently concluded – 1 No longer airing – 0
Language Show Season Year Host Judges Primary Network Online VOD Premiere Finale Episodes Contestants /Pairs(S9) MasterChef House Location Prize Money Winner Runner Up 1 2 3Hindi(हिन्दी)MasterChef India – Hindi 1 2010 None Akshay Kumar Kunal Kapur Ajay Chopra StarPlus None 16 October 2010 25 December 2010 21 12 Mumbai Pankaj Bhadouria Jayanandan Bhaskar 2 2011–2012 Vikas Khanna 22 October 2011 1 January 2012 22 12 Shipra Khanna Salma Shazia Fathima 3 2013 Sanjeev Kapoor 11 March 2013 9 June 2013 70 12 Ripudaman Handa Navneet Rastogi 4 2015 Ranveer Brar 26 January 2015 12 April 2015 67 16 Nikita Gandhi Neha Deepak Shah 5 2016 Kunal Kapur Zorawar Kalra 1 October 2016 25 December 2016 26 16 Kirti Bhoutika Ashima Arora 6 2019–2020 Ranveer Brar Vineet Bhatia Disney+ Hotstar 7 December 2019 1 March 2020 25 15 Abinas Nayak Oindrila Bala 7 2023 Garima Arora Sony Entertainment Television YouTube 2 January 202331 March 20236516Nayanjyoti SaikiaSanta Sarmah 8 Pooja DhingraSonyLIV16 October 20238 December 20234012Mohammed AshiqNambie Marak92026Paritosh TripathiKunal KapurSony Entertainment TelevisionSonyLIV5 January 20266 March 20264512 Ajinkya and Vikram GandheChandana and Saisri Rachakonda Junior Masterchef Swaad Ke Ustaad 1 2013 None Vikas Khanna Kunal Kapur Chef Jolly StarPlus None 17 August 2013 2 November 2013 22 10 Mumbai Sarthak BhardwajHarshika DoshiCelebrity MasterChef (Hindi TV series)12025 Farah KhanVikas KhannaRanveer BrarFarah KhanSony Entertainment TelevisionSonyLIV27 January 202511 April 20255512MumbaiGaurav KhannaNikki TamboliTamil(தமிழ்) MasterChef India – Tamil12021Vijay Sethupathi Shali NivekasKoushik SAarthi SampathHarish RaoSun TVSun NXT7 August 202114 November 20213014BengaluruDevaki VijayaramanNithya Franklyn 22024NoneShreeya AdkaRakesh RaghunathanSonyLIV22 April 20247 June 20245012MumbaiAkash MuralidharanZarina Banu Vani Sundar Celebrity MasterChef12026Samantha Ruth Prabhu Sony VizhaSonyLIVOctober 2026Telugu(తెలుగు)MasterChef India – Telugu12021Tamannaah Bhatia Anasuya BharadwajMahesh PadalaSanjay ThummaChalapathi RaoGemini TVSun NXT27 August 202127 November 20212814BengaluruK. Krishna Tejasvi G. D. Anusha 22024NoneNikitha UmeshSonyLIV22 April 20247 June 20243512MumbaiMahaboob Vin BashaShyam Gopisetti Female Winner Male Winner |- |Kannada(ಕನ್ನಡ) |- |1
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