MasterChef India – Hindi season 8
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Season 8 of the Indian Hindi language competitive reality TV series MasterChef India – Hindi premiered on SonyLIV on 16 October 2023.[1] Vikas Khanna and Ranveer Brar returned as the judges for the show while Garima Arora was replaced by Pooja Dhingra.[2] Mohammed Ashiq from Mangalore won the season and Nambie Marak finished as runner up.[3]
MasterChef India – Hindi | |
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Season 8 | |
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Judges | Pooja Dhingra Ranveer Brar Vikas Khanna |
No. of contestants | 12 |
Winner | Mohammed Ashiq |
Runner-up | Nambie Marak |
No. of episodes | 40 |
Release | |
Original network | SonyLIV |
Original release | 16 October 8 December 2023 | –
Season chronology |
Contestants
editContestant | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Status | Place |
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Mohammed Ashiq | 24 | Mangalore, Karnataka | Entrepreneur | Winner on 08 December, 2023 |
1st |
Nambie Marak | 35 | Upper Rangsa, Meghalaya | School Principal | Runner-Up on 08 December, 2023 |
2nd |
Dr. Rukhsaar Sayeed | 33 | Pampore, J&K | Food Technician | Third place on 08 December, 2023 |
3rd |
Suraj Thapa | 28 | Chalsa, West Bengal | Home Baker | Fourth place on 08 December, 2023 |
4th |
Harish Closepet | 58 | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Entrepreneur | Eliminated on 05 December, 2023 |
5th |
Nidhi Sharma | 35 | Solan, Himachal Pradesh | Chief Bank Manager | Eliminated on 04 December, 2023 |
6th |
Kriti Dhiman | 23 | Gobindgarh, Punjab | Home Baker | Eliminated on 01 December, 2023 |
7th |
Kenneth Gopinath | 18 | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Student | Eliminated on 24 November 2023 |
8th |
Subhojit Sen | 29 | Kolkata, West Bengal | Engineer | Eliminated on 17 November 2023 |
9th |
Prachi Agarkar | 28 | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Professor | Eliminated on 10 November 2023 |
10th |
Kaushalya Choudhary | 29 | Bhopalgarh, Rajasthan | Content Creator | Eliminated on 3 November 2023 |
11th |
Sima Ahmed | 56 | Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh | Pop-up Chef | 12th |
Elimination chart
editPlace | Contestant | Episode | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Week 2[a] | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 7 | 8-9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13-14 | 15 | 16 | 17-18 | 19 | 20 | 21-22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28-29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33-34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38-39 | 40 | |||||||||||||
1 | Ashiq | IN | TOP | IN | IN | TOP | IN | BTM | PT | IN | LOW | BTM | PT | WIN | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | LOW | BTM | PT | TOP 5 | TOP 4 | TOP 4 | TOP 3 | WINNER | |||||||||||
2 | Nambie | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IMM[b] | IMM | IN | WIN | IMM | LOW | NOT | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | IN | WIN | WIN | IMM | RUNNER-UP | |||||||||||||||
3 | Rukhsaar | IN | IN | IN | IMN | IN | IN | BTM | PT | WIN | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | BTM | PT[c] | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | IN | WIN | TOP | PT | THIRD | |||||||||||||||
4 | Suraj | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | IN | WIN | BTM | PT | ELIM | FOURTH | ||||||||||||||
5 | Harish | IN | IN | LOW | NOT | IN | IN | TOP | IMM | IN | LOW | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | LOW | BTM | PT | ELIM | ||||||||||||||
6 | Nidhi | IN | TOP | LOW | NOT | BTM | IN | WIN | IMM | WIN | LOW | BTM | PT | WIN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | LOW | BTM | PT | ELIM | ||||||||||||||
7 | Kriti | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | WIN | IMM | WIN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | BTM | NOT | PT | BTM | NOT | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Kenneth | IN | IN | LOW | NOT | IN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | WIN | IMM | LOW | NOT | WIN | IMM | BTM | NOT | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Subhojit | LOW | NOT | IN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | LOW | BTM | PT | LOW | NOT | BTM | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Prachi | LOW | NOT | IN | IN | TOP | IMM | IN | LOW | BTM | ELIM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Kaushalya | IN | LOW | NOT | IN | IN | BTM | ELIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sima | IN | LOW | NOT | BTM | IN | BTM | ELIM |
- (WINNER) The cook won the competition.
- (RUNNER-UP) The cook finished as the Runner-up.
- (TOP) The cook was one of the top entries in the individual challenge.
- (WIN) The cook won an individual / pair / team challenge.
- (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual / pair challenge.
- (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual / pair / team challenge.
- (BTM) The cook was non-immune and had to compete in the elimination challenge.
- (PT) The cook competed in the Pressure Test in elimination round, and advanced.
- (IMM) The cook didn't participate in the challenge as he/she already advanced to the next week.
- (IMN) The cook won an Immunity Pin.
- (NOT) This cook did not participate in the challenge(s) as was excluded.
- (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from the MasterChef Kitchen.
Production
editThe MasterChef India season 8 was announced on 7 July 2023 on SonyLIV.[4] This season marked Khanna's seventh consecutive season serving as a judge on the show, Brar's fourth season and Dhingra's first season as a judge.[5] Audition rounds were conducted across the country.[6][7] The Times of India reviewed the series.[8]
References
edit- ^ "MasterChef India Season 8 to stream on SonyLIV from October 16".
- ^ "'MasterChef India': Pooja Dhingra joins Vikas, Ranveer as judge in new season".
- ^ "Mohammed Aashiq wins MasterChef India 2023". The Indian Express.
- ^ "Call for Entries for MasterChef India Season 8 Now Open; Here's How You Can Apply". 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Masterchef India 8 PROMO: Competitive cooking reality show returns with new flavors this October". 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Two Assam women clears first round of MasterChef India Season 8". 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Culinary dreams on the table for MasterChef Season 8's Kolkata auditions".
- ^ "Review: MasterChef India 2 opens doors of opportunity for influencers, bloggers and even entrepreneurs". The Times of India. 20 October 2023.