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| MasterChef India – Hindi | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
| Judges | Vikas Khanna Kunal Kapur Zorawar Kalra |
| No. of contestants | 16 |
| Winner | Kirti Bhoutika |
| Runner-up | Ashima Arora |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Star Plus |
| Original release | 1 October – 25 December 2016 |
| Season chronology | |
Season 5 of the Indian Hindi-language competitive reality TV series MasterChef India – Hindi premiered on Star Plus on 1 October 2016.[1][2]
Vikas Khanna returned to judge this season while Sanjeev Kapoor and Ranveer Brar were replaced by Kunal Kapur and Zorawar Kalra respectively.[3]
The winner was Kirti Bhoutika, a 20-year-old Nutrition graduate, with Ashima Arora being the runner-up.[4][5]
Format
[edit]Top 30 contestants were chosen from India and even from the other parts of the world like San Francisco, London, etc. From the Top 30, Best 10 were chosen by a cook-off between 3 each and in the second-chance cook, 6 other were chosen.
Top 16
[edit]| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Status | Winnings |
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| Kirti Bhoutika | 20 | Kolkata, West Bengal | Bakery Owner | Winner 25 December | 7 |
| Ashima Arora | 23 | Amritsar, Punjab | Cake Artist | Runner-Up 25 December | 6 |
| Mirvaan Vinayak | 19 | Faridabad, Haryana | Actor | Eliminated 24 December | 6 |
| Dinesh Patel | 21 | London, United Kingdom | Lawyer | 7 | |
| Samantha Barrett | 27 | Dehradun, Uttarakhand | Cafe Owner | Eliminated 18 December | 7 |
| Anagha Godbole | 44 | San Francisco, California | Senior Product Manager | 6 | |
| Siddharth Talwar | 46 | Noida, Uttar Pradesh | MNC Vice President | Eliminated 4 December | 1 |
| Jatin Khurana | 24 | Ludhiana, Punjab | Telecommunication Manager | Eliminated 27 November | 2 |
| Syed Sadaf Hussain | 27 | Ranchi, Jharkhand | Social Sector Manager | Eliminated 20 November | 3 |
| Ajay Kumar Siotra | 24 | Jammu | Tourism Student | Eliminated 13 November | 2 |
| Pradip Bhawalkar | 69 | Pune, Maharashtra | Engineer | Eliminated 6 November | 2 |
| Rohini Chawla | 36 | Gurugram, Haryana | Housewife | Withdrew 5 November | 2 |
| Sreelakshmi N. Prabhu | 37 | Kochi, Kerala | Housewife | Eliminated 30 October | 0 |
| Abhilasha Chandak | 29 | Purulia, West Bengal | Homemaker | Eliminated 23 October | 0 |
| Shipra Chenji | 35 | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh | Interior Designer | Eliminated 16 October | 0 |
| Ashwin Iyer | 37 | Bangalore, Karnataka | Food Blogger | Eliminated 9 October | 0 |
Elimination Table
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Kirti | IN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | TOP | WIN | SAFE | TOP | WEAK | SAFE | LOSE | WIN | SAFE | IN | BTM | PT | TOP | BTM | PT | WIN | IN | WIN | SAFE | TOP | WINNER | ||||
| 2 | Ashima | TOP | WEAK | WEAK | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | LOSE | PT | TOP | IN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | LOSE | WIN | SAFE | IN | WIN | SAFE | IN | BTM | PT | LOSE | TOP | TOP | WIN | TOP | RUNNER-UP | ||||
| 3 | Dinesh | WIN | WEAK | IN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | IN | BTM | PT | LOSE | PT | TOP | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | IN | IN | LOSE | PT | IN | IN | SAFE | TOP | IN | SAFE | WIN | TOP | IN | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | ||
| Mirvaan | IN | IN | IN | SAFE | LOSE | PT | IN | IN | SAFE | LOSE | PT | IN | WIN | SAFE | IN | IN | SAFE | WIN | WEAK | LOSE | PT | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | IN | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | ||||
| 5 | Samantha | TOP | IN | IN | SAFE | LOSE | PT | TOP | WIN | SAFE | LOSE | PT | IN | WIN | SAFE | TOP | WIN | SAFE | WIN | TOP | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | IN | IN | SAFE | LOSE | IN | IN | ELIM | ||||
| Anagha | TOP | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | IN | SAFE | IN | IN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | IN | IN | SAFE | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | SAFE | IN | WEAK | SAFE | IN | IN | SAFE | LOSE | IN | WEAK | ELIM | |||||
| 7 | Siddharth | IN | TOP | WEAK | SAFE | LOSE | PT | IN | BTM | PT | WIN | SAFE | IN | BTM | PT | IN | BTM | PT | LOSE | LOSE | PT | IN | BTM | PT | IN | BTM | ELIM | ||||||||||
| 8 | Jatin | IN | IN | WIN | SAFE | IN | SAFE | TOP | WIN | SAFE | LOSE | PT | IN | IN | SAFE | IN | IN | SAFE | LOSE | LOSE | PT | IN | BTM | ELIM | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Sadaf | IN | IN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | IN | IN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | IN | BTM | PT | IN | IN | SAFE | LOSE | LOSE | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Ajay | TOP | IN | IN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | IN | IN | SAFE | LOSE | PT | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | TOP | BTM | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Pradip | IN | TOP | IN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | IN | IN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | IN | BTM | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Rohini | IN | IN | IN | SAFE | IN | SAFE | TOP | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | IN | WDR | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Shreelakshmi | IN | IN | IN | PT | LOSE | PT | IN | IN | SAFE | LOSE | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Abhilasha | IN | IN | IN | SAFE | IN | SAFE | IN | BTM | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Shipra | IN | IN | BTM | PT | LOSE | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Ashwin | IN | BTM | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
- (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
- (WIN) The cook(s) won the individual / pair challenge (Mystery Box Challenge or Invention Test or Elimination Test).
- (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 but didn't win.
- (WIN) The cook won the Ticket to Finale Challenge and was directly promoted as a finalist.
- (SAFE) The cook didn't participate in the challenge as he/she already advanced into 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 or Pressure Test (was on the losing team in the Team Challenge), and advanced.
- (LOSE) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge and had to compete in the upcoming Pressure Test.
- (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 test.
- (WDR) The cook withdrew from the competition due to illness or personal reasons.
- (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.
Episodes
[edit]| No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "A Royal Spread" | 1 October 2016 | |
| 2 | "First Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test" | 2 October 2016 | |
| 3 | "Team Work Challenge" | 8 October 2016 | |
| 4 | "First Elimination / Pressure Test" | 9 October 2016 | |
| 5 | "First Team Challenge" | 15 October 2016 | |
| 6 | "Second Elimination / Pressure Test and Immunity Pin Challenge" | 16 October 2016 | |
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| 7 | "Second Mystery Box and Tag-Team Challenge" | 22 October 2016 | |
| 8 | "Third Elimination / Pressure Test" | 23 October 2016 | |
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| 9 | "Second Team Challenge" | 29 October 2016 | |
| 10 | "Fourth Elimination / Pressure Test" | 30 October 2016 | |
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| 11 | "Third Mystery Box and Pair Challenge" | 5 November 2016 | |
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| 12 | "Fifth Elimination / Pressure Test" | 6 November 2016 | |
| 13 | "Fourth Mystery Box Challenge and Pair Challenge" | 12 November 2016 | |
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| 14 | "Cook-Along Challenge" | 13 November 2016 | |
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| 15 | "Team Cheese Quiz and Second Invention Test" | 19 November 2016 | |
| 16 | "Third Team Challenge and Sixth Elimination / Pressure Test" | 20 November 2016 | |
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| 17 | "Fourth Team Challenge and Fifth Mystery Box Challenge" | 26 November 2016 | |
| 18 | "Seventh Elimination / Pressure Test" | 27 November 2016 | |
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| 19 | TBA | 3 December 2016 | |
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| 20 | "Eighth Elimination / Pressure Test" | 4 December 2016 | |
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| 21 | "Fifth Team Challenge" | 10 December 2016 | |
| 22 | "Ticket to Finale: Part 1 (Sixth Mystery Box Challenge)" "Ticket to Finale Challenge: Part 2" | 11 December 2016 | |
| 23 | "The Semifinals: Part 1 (Seventh Mystery Box Challenge)" "The Semifinals: Part 2" | 17 December 2016 | |
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| 24 | "The Semifinals: Part 3" | 18 December 2016 | |
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| 25 | "The Grand Finale: Part 1" | 24 December 2016 | |
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| 26 | "The Grand Finale: Part 2" | 25 December 2016 | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Cooking is a serious pursuit on 'MasterChef India' Season 5". The Times Of India. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "MasterChef India Season 5 is heating things up". Gulf News.
- ^ "Masterchef India: Judges Who Think They're Models & Contestants Who Can Actually Cook". Scoop Whoop. 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Kolkata girl Kirti Bhoutika wins MasterChef India Season 5". India Today.
- ^ Shah, Sonali (6 March 2017). "These MasterChef India winners are now cooking with a Michelin star chef". VOGUE India. Retrieved 1 March 2020.