Comedy Cooks is an Indian Malayalam-language comedy-based cooking competition show. It premiered on 18 April 2026 on Asianet and streaming on JioHotstar. The show is an official adaptation of Tamil TV show Cooku with Comali. The series marks debut of actress Bhavana to the television medium as the show's primary judge. The show ended on 2 August 2026 with Hungry Mahi emerging as winner and Sabumon Abdusamad as runner-up.
Concept and format The show follows a format where celebrity participants, designated as "Cooks," are paired with comedians, referred to as "Pookies." The contestants must prepare various dishes within a set time limit while managing physical and situational obstacles introduced by the comedians. The dishes are then evaluated by a panel of judges.
Cast Judges Permanent Jury Bhavana Nalan Shine Recurring Jury Suresh Pillai Chef Damu ( Grand Finale )
Host Twinkle Sheethal
Pantry Incharge Gizele Thakral
Contestants Cooks Name Status Hungry MahiWinnerSabumon AbdusamadAnumolFinalistGeo JosephFinalistAnsiba HassanSuchithra NairSandhyaShabareesh Varma Pookies Nevin Cappressious Aevin Kevin Dain Davis Meenakshi Raveendran Sreevidya Mullacherry Subin Tarzan Ashwin Vijayan
Pairing + Cooks Pookies Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 Mahi Kevin Dain Dain Aevin Meenakshi Aevin Sreevidya Dain Aevin Meenakshi Subin Dain SubinAshwin Ashwin Ashwin & Kevin Sabumon Sreevidya Meenakshi Ashwin Sreevidya Kevin Ashwin Nevin Subin Dain Kevin Kevin Kevin Meenakshi AevinMeenakshi Subin & Aevin Anumol AshwinAshwinAevin Subin Ashwin Meenakshi Subin Aevin Nevin Ashwin Dain Ashwin AevinMeenakshi Subin Nevin & Adhitya Geo Subin Nevin Sreevidya Nevin Nevin Nevin Dain Sreevidya Subin Dain Aevin Aevin Ashwin Dain Kevin Dain & Meenakshi Ansiba Dain Kevin Subin Ashwin Dain Kevin Kevin Kevin Kevin Subin Meenakshi Subin Kevin Subin DainEliminated (Week 15) Suchithra AevinSubin Meenakshi MeenakshiSubin Dain Meenakshi Meenakshi Meenakshi Aevin Ashwin Meenakshi DainEliminated (Week 13) Sandhya Meenakshi Sreevidya Nevin Dain Aevin Subin Aevin Nevin Ashwin NevinEliminated (Week 10) Shabareesh Nevin Aevin Kevin AevinEliminated (Week 4)
Production The show is an official adaptation of Tamil TV show Cooku with Comali. It was previously remade in Malayalam as Cook with Comedy in 2023, but that version was ended abruptly early due to poor reception.
Release and distribution The show was announced during JioHotstar South Unbound event in December 2025. The show premiered on 18 April 2026 on the Asianet channel. It was simultaneously made available for digital streaming on JioHotstar.
References
External links
Comedy Cooks - JioHotstar