Season 2 of the Indian Tamil-language competitive cooking reality TV show MasterChef India – Tamil. was released on SonyLIV on 22 April 2024. The shows premiered on the television channel Kalaignar TV starting from 17 November 2024 on every Sunday at 12pm.
Koushik Shankar returned from Season 1, alongside new judges Rakesh Raghunathan and Shreeya Adka. The Masterchef Tamil season 2 was announced on MasterChef India – Hindi episode on 20 November 2023. The audition rounds were conducted in 2 cities across the statewide auditions - Coimbatore (2 November 2023), Chennai (4 November). Akash Muralidharan from Chennai won the season alongside the MasterChef trophy and 10 Lakh's prize money.
Top 6 No Contestant Status Ref01 Akash Muralidharan WinnerJune 07, 2024Episode 35 02 Zarina Banu Runner-upJune 07, 2024Episode 3502 Vani Sundar04 Pavithra Nalin FinalistJune 07, 2024Episode 3505 Preethi Raghunandan Top 5June 04, 2024Episode 3206 Praveen Kumar Top 6June 03, 2024Episode 31
Top 12 Contestants No Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Status 01 Akash Muralidharan 28 Chennai, Tamil Nadu Designer and Entrepreneur WinnerJune 07, 2024Episode 35 02 Zarina Banu 42 Dubai Housewife Runner-upJune 07, 2024Episode 35 02 Vani Sundar 35 Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu Baker 04 Pavithra Nalin 33 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Homemaker Finalist/EliminatedJune 07, 2024Episode 35 05 Preethi Raghunandan 44 Chennai, Tamil Nadu Homemaker Top 5/EliminatedJune 04, 2024Episode 32 06 Praveen Kumar 25 Chennai, Tamil Nadu IT Employee Top 6/EliminatedJune 03, 2024Episode 31 07 Arthi Rathore 37 Chennai, Tamil Nadu Amazon Associate Director EliminatedMay 31, 2024Episode 30 08 Sudheer Padinchara 51 India/Sacramento, CA Software Engineer 09 Sangeetha Swaminathan 44 Bangalore, Karnataka YouTuber EliminatedMay 24, 2024Episode 25 10 Kavitha A 43 Pondicherry Laborer 11 Jeevika Sri 18 Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu Student EliminatedMay 17, 2024Episode 20 12 Nanda Kumar 28 Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu Farmer and Entrepreneur EliminatedMay 03, 2024Episode 10
Production Development The first season was produced by Endemol Shine India, and was aired on Sun TV in 2021. In end of 2023, after the completion of the first season (2021), the show was under the production of SonyLIV buying its broadcasting rights of Tamil and Telugu versions.
Release The three judges were introduced on MasterChef India – Hindi season 8 episode on 20 November 2023. The first promo was unveiled on 30 October 2023, featuring Koushik Shankar, Rakesh Raghunathan and Shreeya Adka.
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