Celebrity MasterChef (Hindi TV series)

Celebrity MasterChef
Season 1
Hosted by	Farah Khan
Judges	Farah Khan Ranveer Brar Vikas Khanna
No. of contestants	12
Winner	Gaurav Khanna
Runner-up	Nikki Tamboli
No. of episodes	55 (list of episodes)
Release
Original network	Sony Entertainment Television
Original release	27 January (2025-01-27) – 18 April 2025 (2025-04-18)

Celebrity MasterChef is an Indian Hindi-language competitive cooking game show and the spin-off of the series MasterChef India – Hindi, featuring celebrity contestants. Ranveer Brar and Vikas Khanna reprised their roles as judges from the original series, while Farah Khan joined as the first ever host on the MasterChef India – Hindi, also being the co-judge.

The inaugural season was won by Gaurav Khanna, with Nikki Tamboli finishing second, and Tejasswi Prakash placing third.

Celebrity Masterchef - Masterclass - an extension of the show, featuring contestants, judges, and home cooks from previous seasons premiered on 14th April 2025 and concluded on 18th April 2025.

Contestants

Contestant	Age	Notability	Status	Ref.
Gaurav Khanna	43	Actor	Winner 11 April
Nikki Tamboli	28	Actress and Reality show alumnus	1st runner-up 11 April
Tejasswi Prakash	31	Actress	2nd runner-up 11 April
Faisal Sheikh	30	Social media personality	Finalists (Top 5) 11 April
Rajiv Adatia	36	Social media personality
Archana Gautam	29	Reality show alumnus	Eliminated 3 April
Usha Nadkarni	78	Actress	Eliminated 25 March
Dipika Kakar	37	Actress	Withdrew 17 March
Kabita Singh	46	Social media personality	Eliminated 7 March
Ayesha Jhulka	52	Actress	Eliminated 21 February
Abhijeet Sawant	43	Singer	Eliminated 14 February
Chandan Prabhakar	44	Comedian	Eliminated 7 February

Elimination table

Place	Contestant	Episodes
		Week 1							Week 2					Week 3					Week 4					Week 5							Week 6						Week 7				Week 8				Week 9						Week 10					Week 11
		1	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	27	28	29	30		31-32	32-33-34	34-35		36-37	38-39	39-40		41	42	43	44	45		46	47	48-49	49-50		51	52	53	54-55
1	Gaurav	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	HIGH		IN	IN	LOW	PT		HIGH	WIN	IMM			HIGH	IN	WIN	IMM		IN	IN	WIN	IN	LOW	PT		WIN	LOW	IN	LOW	PT		IN	WIN	HIGH		IMM	PT	PT		PT	PT	WIN	IN	IN		IN	WIN	IMM	WIN		WIN	HIGH	IN	WINNER
2	Nikki	WIN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN		IN	IN	LOW	PT		HIGH	LOW	LOW	PT		LOW	WIN	IMM			IN	IMN	IN	IN	HIGH	IMM		IN	LOW	IN	LOW	PT		IN	IN	WIN		IMM	PT	PT		PT	IMM	WIN	IMM	IN		WIN	LOW	PT	IN		IN	IN	HIGH	RUNNER-UP
3	Tejasswi	HIGH	IN	IN	IN	IN	HIGH		IN	WIN	LOW	PT		LOW	LOW	WIN	IMM		IN	IN	WIN	IMM		IN	HIGH	IN	WIN	HIGH	IMM		IN	LOW	IN	WIN	IMM		IN	IN	WIN		IMM	PT	PT		PT	PT	LOW	IN	IN		IN	WIN	IMM	IN		IN	IN	IN	THIRD
4	Faisal	IN	WIN	IN	IN	IN	IN		IN	IN	WIN	IMM		WIN	WIN	IMM			IN	IN	LOW	PT		IN	IN	IN	IN	LOW	PT		IN	WIN	IMM				IN	IN	IN		PT	PT	IMM		IMM		LOW	WIN	IN		IN	LOW	PT	IN		IN	WIN	IN	ELIM
5	Rajiv	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN		IN	IN	WIN	IMM		LOW	LOW	HIGH	PT		IN	IN	WIN	IMM		WIN	IN	IN	IN	HIGH	IMM		IN	WIN	IN	LOW	PT		WIN	IN	IN		PT	PT	PT		PT	PT	LOW	IN	IN		IN	LOW	PT	IN		IN	IN	IN	ELIM
6	Archana	IN	IN	LOW	IN	LOW	EXC		IN	IN	WIN	IMM		IN	WIN	IMM			LOW	WIN	IMM			IN	IN	IN	LOW	EXC	PT		IN	WIN	IMM				IN	WIN	IN		PT	PT	PT		PT	PT	WIN	IN	IN		IN	LOW	ELIM	VIS
7	Usha	HIGH	LOW	IN	IN	LOW	EXC		IN	IN	LOW	IMM		IN	WIN	IMM			WIN	IN	LOW	IMM		LOW	EXC	IN	IN	HIGH	IMM		IN	WIN	WIN	IMM			IN	IN	IN		PT	PT	PT		PT	ELIM			VIS					VIS
8	Dipika	IN	LOW	WIN	IN	IN	IMN		HIGH	IN	WIN	IMM		LOW	EXC		PIN		HI	IN	LOW	PT		IN	IN	IN	IN	LOW	HI		EXC				PT		IN	IN	IN		WDR
9	Kabita	IN	IN	IN	LOW	EXC			HIGH	WIN	WIN	IMM		IN	LOW	LOW	PT		IN	IN	WIN	IMM		LOW	EXC	IN	IN	LOW	PT		IN	LOW	IN	LOW	ELIM
10	Ayesha													IN	WIN	IMM			IN	IN	LOW	ELIM
11	Abhijeet	IN	IN	IN	LOW	EXC			IN	IN	WIN	IMM		IN	LOW	LOW	ELIM																																					VIS
12	Chandan	IN	LOW	LOW	EXC				WIN	IN	LOW	ELIM

  (WINNER) The cook won the competition.

  (RUNNER-UP) The cook finished as runner-up in the finals.

  (THIRD) The cook placed third in the finals.

  (WIN) The cook won an individual challenge.

  (WIN) The cook won a pair/team challenge.

  (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in an individual challenge.

  (HIGH) The cook was one of the top entries in a pair/team challenge.

  (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual challenge.

  (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in a pair/team challenge.

  (IN) The cook dish wasn’t tasted but advanced.

  (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge.

  (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in a pair/team challenge.

  (EXC) The cook was excluded from the challenge.

  (HI) The cook was excluded from the challenge due to health issues.

  (IMM) The cook participated in the challenge but was safe from elimination.

  (IMM) The cook didn't participate in the challenge as he/she had already advanced to the next week.

  (IMM) The cook was saved via advantage and didn't have to compete in the challenge.

  (IMN) The cook won an immunity pin in an Immunity pin challenge.

  (PIN) The cook used an immunity pin to be exempted from the elimination challenge.

  (PT) The cook competed in the black apron challenge in elimination round, and advanced.

  (WDR) The cook withdrew from MasterChef Kitchen.

  (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef Kitchen.

  (VIS) The cook returned to MasterChef Kitchen as a guest and participated in a challenge.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
1	1	"Kitchen Is Set"	January 27, 2025 (2025-01-27)
Mystery Box Challenge: Prepare a dish using Harappan civilization ingredients and without using any electric equipments. Top Dishes: Nikki, Usha and Tejasswi Challenge Winner: Nikki
2	2	"Messy Egg Challenge"	January 28, 2025 (2025-01-28)
Skills Test: Prepare a perfect meringue. Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Delay cooking for 2 minutes of two contestants. Nikki choose Dipika and Rajiv. Challenge Winner: Faisal Bottom Dishes: Chandan, Usha and Dipika Skills Test: Prepare a dish with Eggs in 45 minutes. Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Pause cooking for 5 minutes of any bottom contestant from previous challenge. Faisal choose Chandan. Challenge Winner: Dipika Bottom Dishes: Chandan and Archana Result: Chandan was excluded from the immunity pin race.
3	3	"State and Country Fusion Challenge"	January 29, 2025 (2025-01-29)
Pairs Challenge: Fusion between Indian States and Country. Pairs: Dipika and Tejasswi, Rajiv and Faisal, Nikki and Gaurav, Archana and Usha, and Kabita and Abhijeet. Round 1: Integrate an Indian state and a foreign country ingredients and prepare a welcome drink. Challenge Winner: Usha and Archana Result: Kabita and Abhijeet were bottom pair and was excluded from the immunity pin race.
4	4	"State and Country Fusion Challenge - Part 2"	January 30, 2025 (2025-01-30)
Round 2: Prepare two dishes from assigned Indian state and foreign country. Twist: Only 1 dish of each pair were tasted. Result: Usha and Archana were bottom pair and was excluded from the immunity pin race.
5	5	"Vikas Khanna Replication Challenge"	January 31, 2025 (2025-01-31)
Replica Challenge: Replicate Chef Vikas dish, 'Brahmand' lit. Universe . Top Dishes: Dipika, Tejasswi and Gaurav. Result: Dipika won an immunity pin.
6	6	"Tribute to the Loved Ones"	February 3, 2025 (2025-02-03)
Skills Test: Prepare a dish that depicts a precious memory of their life in 70 minutes. Top Dishes: Chandan, Kabita and Dipika Challenge Winner: Chandan
7	7	"Winter on a Plate"	February 4, 2025 (2025-02-04)
Skills Test: Prepare a dish with seasonal winter ingredients in 55 minutes introduced by Chef Kunal Kapur. Twists: Use Liquid Nitrogen. Only 7 out of 11 dish were tasted. Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Chandan can call Chef Kunal for assistance for 5 minutes. Dishes chosen to taste: Tejasswi, Kabita, Chandan, Dipika, Gaurav, Faisal and Abhijeet Challenge Winners: Kabita and Tejasswi
8	8	"First-Ever Team Service Challenge - Part 1"	February 5, 2025 (2025-02-05)
Team Challenge: Contestants in team have to work in a restaurant to serve fifteen notable guests. Pink Team: Kabita (Captain), Rajiv, Faisal, Abhijeet, Dipika and Archana Blue Team: Tejasswi (Captain), Usha, Gaurav, Nikki and Chandan Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Tejasswi and Kabita become the captains of the team pink and team blue respectively.
9	9	"First-Ever Team Service Challenge - Part 2"	February 6, 2025 (2025-02-06)
Challenge Winner: Pink Team Result: Pink Team, Kabita, Rajiv, Faisal, Abhijeet, Dipika and Archana received immunity. Abhijeet and Faisal from the pink team had the best dishes and won Veeba power card.
10	10	"First Elimination Challenge"	February 7, 2025 (2025-02-07)
Veeba's Power Card Advantage: Abhijeet and Faisal can save a non-immune contestant. They choose Usha. Black Apron Elimination Challenge: Prepare a dish with a given type of chilli as a main ingredient. Bottom Dishes: Tejasswi and Chandan Result: Chandan was eliminated from MasterChef Kitchen.
11	11	"Liquid to Solid Challenge"	February 10, 2025 (2025-02-10)
Ayesha Jhulka entered as a wildcard contestant. Skills Test: Prepare a solid dish with given liquid item. Top Dishes: Gaurav, Nikki and Faisal Challenge Winner: Faisal Bottom Dishes: Tejasswi, Rajiv and Dipika Result: Dipika were given Black Apron.
12	12	"Double Trouble Team Challenge - Part 1"	February 11, 2025 (2025-02-11)
Team Challenge: Prepare a dish with three star ingredients. Red Team: Faisal (Captain), Ayesha, Archana, Usha and Gaurav Green Team: Nikki (Captain), Abhijeet, Rajiv, Kabita and Tejasswi Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Faisal become captain of a team and also choose captain of the other team, Nikki. Twists: Only 2 people can cook at a time. In every fifteen minutes, they had to swap their places.
13	13	"Double Trouble Team Challenge - Part 2"	February 12, 2025 (2025-02-12)
Challenge Winner: Red Team Result: Red Team, Faisal, Ayesha, Archana, Usha and Gaurav received immunity.
14	14	"Golden Mystery Box Challenge"	February 13, 2025 (2025-02-13)
Golden Mystery Box Challenge: Prepare a dish with a minimum of 5 ingredients from the Golden Mystery Box. Top Dishes: Tejasswi and Rajiv Result: Tejasswi received immunity.
15	15	"Pooja Dhingra's Elimination Challenge"	February 14, 2025 (2025-02-14)
Black Apron Elimination Challenge: Replicate Chef Pooja Dhingra's French dessert 'Croquembouche' in 120 minutes. Dipika used her immunity pin to be exempted from the challenge. Top Dishes: Rajiv and Nikki Bottom Dishes: Abhijeet and Kabita Eliminated: Abhijeet was eliminated from MasterChef Kitchen.
16	16	"Festival Challenge"	February 17, 2025 (2025-02-17)
Skills Test: Prepare a dish related to an Indian festival. Twist: Prepare a sweet dish / savoury dish along with a main dish. Top Dishes: Gaurav and Usha Challenge Winner: Usha Bottom Dishes: Nikki and Archana
17	17	"Blind Fold Challenge - Part 1"	February 18, 2025 (2025-02-18)
Mini Challenge: Any one contestant from each pair have to guess an item by a sense of touch, smell, and taste from fifty food ingredients. Pairs: Dipika and Usha, Nikki and Archana, Gaurav and Tejasswi, Faisal and Ayesha, Rajiv and Kabita Mini Challenge Winner: Dipika. Blind Wall Challenge: Prepare a identical dish without visual communication. Previous Challenge Advantage Winner: Dipika and Usha can see their visually communicate and assist each other for 5 minutes. Previous Challenge Disadvantage: Nikki and Archana cannot communicate to each other for 10 minutes.
18	18	"Blind Fold Challenge - Part 2"	February 19, 2025 (2025-02-19)
Challenge Winner: Nikki and Archana Result: Nikki and Archana received immunity.
19	19	"Theatre Food Challenge"	February 20, 2025 (2025-02-20)
Previous Challenge Advantage Winner: Nikki and Archana formed teams. Red Team: Faisu (Team Captain), Ayesha, Usha and Dipika Yellow Team: Gaurav (Team Captain), Tejasswi, Rajiv and Kabita Team Challenge: Prepare a Korean / Mexican cuisine dishes and sell them to people in cinema. Twist: Nikki and Archana participated in the mid-challenge. Nikki joined team yellow and Archana joined team red. Challenge Winner: Yellow Team, Gaurav, Tejasswi, Rajiv and Kabita received immunity.
20	20	"Elimination Challenge"	February 21, 2025 (2025-02-21)
Previous Challenge Advantage Winner: Yellow Team Captain Gaurav was given an advantage to save a non-immune contestant. He choose Usha. Black Apron Elimination Challenge: Faisal, Dipika and Ayesha were given three protein and Pastes. Faisal - Mutton and Rogan Josh Paste Dipika - Fish and Shorshe Bata Ayesha - Chicken and Assamese Black Sesame Paste Prepare a dish from given ingredients. Bottom Dishes: Ayesha and Faisal Result: Ayesha was eliminated from MasterChef Kitchen.
21	21	"Second Chance for Immunity Pin"	February 24, 2025 (2025-02-24)
Skills Test: Finely Chop 500 gm onions. Challenge Winner: Rajiv Adatia Bottom Contestants: Usha and Kabita were excluded from the immunity pin challenge. Immunity Pin Challenge: Prepare a dish inspired by Farah Khan's Roast Chicken in 75 minutes. Previous Challenge Advantage Winner: Rajiv got an additional 5 minute advantage. He also choose two contestants who will begin their cooking after 5 minutes. Top Dishes: Tejasswi and Nikki Result: Nikki won an immunity pin.
22	22	"Fun with Italy"	February 25, 2025 (2025-02-25)
Skills Test: Prepare three different types of stuffed pasta in three colours in 20 minutes. Challenge Winner: Gaurav Khanna Skills Test: Prepare a dish of colour based on Italy's flag colour. Red: Usha, Nikki, and Archana 'White: Gaurav, Tejasswi, Dipika and Kabita Green: Rajiv and Faisu Previous Challenge Advantage Winner: Gaurav can call Chef Ranveer for assistance for 10 minutes. Challenge Winner: Tejasswi Bottom Dish: Archana Result: Archana were given Black Apron.
23	23	"Healthy Food Challenge"	February 26, 2025 (2025-02-26)
Pairs Challenge: Prepare a healthy dish. Pairs: Tejasswi and Nikki, Rajiv and Usha, Dipika and Faisu and Gaurav and Kabita Previous Challenge Advantage Winner: Tejasswi can choose her partner, she choose Nikki. Twists: One contestant from each pair have to do cycling to turn on gas supply. Pairs also have to switch on judges calls. Archana proxies Usha.
24	24	"Healthy Food Challenge - Part 2"	February 27, 2025 (2025-02-27)
Twist: Prepare a healthy dessert. Contestant can now cook at the same time. Top Dishes: Rajiv and Usha and Nikki and Tejasswi Bottom Dishes: Gaurav and Kabita and Faisu and Dipika
25	25	"Overnight Cooking Challenge"	February 28, 2025 (2025-02-28)
Dipika was hospitalized can did not participated in the challenge. Black Apron Elimination Challenge: Prepare a dish that involves overnight cooking technique introduced by Chef Romi Gill. Result: No Elimination
26	26	"Replica Dish Challenge"	March 3, 2025 (2025-03-03)
Dipika was excluded and received Black Apron. Replica Challenge: Replicate Chef Ranveer's dish. Twist: In mid-challenge recipe page were taken away. Challenge Winner: Gaurav
27	27	"Coconut Team Challenge"	March 4, 2025 (2025-03-04)
Team Challenge: Prepare a four-course meal with coconut as core ingredient in 120 minutes. Red Team: Archana (Captain), Rajiv, Usha, Faisu Blue Team: Gaurav (Captain), Tejasswi, Nikki, Kabita Twist: Teams have to serve a dish in every 30 minutes. Challenge Winner: Red Team
28	28	"Phool aur Kaante Challenge"	March 5, 2025 (2025-03-05)
Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Red Team Captain, Archana received immunity. She can also immune any of her teammate. Archana choose Faisal. Remaining Teammate Rajiv and Usha can take Archana and Faisal's assistance for 5 minutes. Both choose Faisal. Mystery Box Challenge: Prepare a dish with Thorn Plant / Flower, assigned by Archana. Twist: Only contestants assigned Thorn Plant can access Pantry. Challenge Winner: Usha
29	29	"The Taste Test"	March 6, 2025 (2025-03-06)
Mini Challenge: Identify ingredients of a dish by tasting. Mini-Challenge Winner: Tejasswi Main Challenge: Prepare a dish using Dosa Batter in 30 minutes. Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Contestants must stop cooking for 5 minutes except Tejasswi. Challenge Winner: Tejasswi Prakash
30	30	"Lucky Dip Challenge"	March 7, 2025 (2025-03-07)
Black Apron Elimination Challenge: Prepare a dish using four ingredients from categories, Protein, Nuts and Seeds, Fruits and Vegetables, and Cheese from Lucky Dip. Result: Kabita was eliminated from MasterChef Kitchen.
31	31	"Chef Manu Chandra's Challenge"	March 10, 2025 (2025-03-10)
Follow Along Challenge: Prepare a dish following Chef Manu Chandra inspired by Tomato Shorba in 90 minutes. Previous Week Best Dish Advantage: Choose a contestant who cannot see Chef Manu for five minutes. Nikki choose Rajiv.
32	32	"Wheel of Fortune Pair Challenge By Chef Ajay Chopra"	March 11, 2025 (2025-03-11)
Challenge Winner: Rajiv Adatia Pairs Challenge: Chef Ajay Chopra introduced Fortune Wheel having 25 ingredients. Each pair rolled wheel twice, and received two core ingredients to prepare either Sweet or Savoury dish. Pairs: Rajiv and Nikki, Tejasswi and Usha, Faisu and Dipika, and Archana and Gaurav.
33	33	"Wheel of Fortune Pair Challenge By Chef Ajay Chopra - Part 2"	March 12, 2025 (2025-03-12)
Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Choose a pair who will work for 5 minutes with tied hands together. Rajiv choose Archana and Gaurav. Twists: Pairs have to serve a dish in two portions, the other for contestants househelp.
34	34	""Hina and Rocky's Wedding Menu Challenge""	March 13, 2025 (2025-03-13)
Challenge Winner: Gaurav and Archana Team Challenge: Prepare a four-course meal for guests Hina Khan and Rocky Jaiswal's wedding menu in 120 minutes. Team Ladkewale: Dipika, Nikki, Rajiv and Usha. Team Ladkiwale: Archana, Tejasswi, Gaurav and Faisu.
35	35	"Hina and Rocky's Wedding Menu Challenge - Part 2"	March 14, 2025 (2025-03-14)
Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Choose a teammate from opposite team to stop their cooking for 5 minutes. They choose Nikki and Rajiv. Challenge Winner: Tejasswi, Nikki and Gaurav. Result: Tejasswi received Chef Ranveer's Knife and were immune. Nikki from Team Ladkewale, and Gaurav from Team Ladkiwale received immunity.
36	36	"Veeba Taste Test"	March 17, 2025 (2025-03-17)
Dipika withdrew from MasterChef Kitchen due to health issues. Mini Challenge: Contestants have to taste Veeba Sauces and Dressings to identify their ingredients. Challenge Winner: Rajiv Black Apron Elimination Challenge: Prepare a dish related to Holi in 90 minutes. The top dish will be featured in Chef Zorawar Kalra's restaurant. Twist: Family members of contestants assisted them in cooking. Immuned contestants also competed in the challenge but not judged.
37	37	"Holi Special Challenge"	March 18, 2025 (2025-03-18)
Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Rajiv can take assistance from any contestants family member. He choose Archana's mother Result: No Elimination Top Dish: Faisal
38	38	"Black Apron Challenge"	March 19, 2025 (2025-03-19)
The contestants will have to cook in Black Aprons and The winner of each challenge will be safe for the whole week Chef Kunal Kapur proxies Chef Vikas Khanna. Black Apron Challenge: Prepare a dish with 4 elements in one utensil only. Twist: Contestants have to swap their counters and complete their present neighbour dish to judges except Faisal. Counter Swaps, Archana and Rajiv. Nikki and Tejasswi Gaurav and Usha.
39	39	"Delhi Spice Test"	March 20, 2025 (2025-03-20)
Black Apron Challenge Winner: Faisal Sheikh Result: Faisal received immunity. Black Apron Challenge: Round 1: One contestant from each pair have to guess the Delhi's spice by sense of touch. Pairs: Nikki and Tejasswi, Usha and Rajiv, Archana and Gaurav. Round 1 Winner: Usha and Rajiv
40	40	"Delhi Chaat Challenge"	March 21, 2025 (2025-03-21)
Round 2: Pairs have to prepare a Chaat and Chaat Masala individually in 20 minutes. Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Rajiv and Usha get extra 5 minutes. Round 2 Winner: Archana and Gaurav. Round 3: Prepare a dish with Delhi's famous delicacy and a spice mix that were won in auction. Contestants have to auction with their allocated time to receive their dish elements. The minimum bid would be 10 minutes and thereafter of multiples of 5 minutes. Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Archana and Gaurav allocated the cooking time to pairs. Archana and Gaurav - 120 minutes Tejasswi and Usha - 100 minutes Rajiv and Nikki - 90 minutes
41	41	"Delhi Special Challenge"	March 24, 2025 (2025-03-24)
Auction Results in order, Nihari and Kashmiri Ver -Tejasswi for 25 minutes, Remaining time 75 minutes. Chicken Tikka and Shichimi Togarashi Mix - Usha for 45 minutes, Remaining time 55 minutes. Rajma Chawal and Madras Curry Powder - Rajiv for 35 minutes, Remaining time 55 minutes. Chole Bhature and Advieh - Archana for 30 minutes, Remaining time 90 minutes. Butter Chicken and Berbere - Nikki for 20 minutes, Remaining time 70 minutes. Bedmi Puri with Aloo Sabji and Jeeravan Masala - Gaurav for 0 minutes, Remaining time, 120 minutes. Contestants have to prepare their dish in their remaining time. Round 3 Winner: Nikki Tamboli Result: Nikki received immunity.
42	42	"Futuristic Challenge"	March 25, 2025 (2025-03-25)
Black Apron Elimination Challenge: Mystery Box Challenge Chef Kunal's Mystery Box: Australian Blood Lime as core ingredient. Prepare a dish in 120 minutes and with extensive support pantry. Chef Ranveer's Mystery Box: Prepare a dish from 4 ingredients out of 9 available ingredients in 90 minutes. Archana, Rajiv, and Gaurav choose Chef Kunal's Mystery Box. Tejasswi and Usha choose Chef Ranveer's Mystery Box. Twist: In mid-challenge Farah opened her Mystery Box, contestants have to use Pressure Cooker. Result: Usha was eliminated from MasterChef Kitchen.
43	43	"Odisha Special Challenge"	March 26, 2025 (2025-03-26)
Team Challenge: Prepare a Special Odisha Cuisine Platter. Red Team: Nikki (Captain), Gaurav, Archana Blue Team: Faisal (Captain), Tejasswi and Rajiv Red Team - Odisha Temple Special Platter Blue Team - Pakhala Platter Challenge Winner: Red Team
44	44	"Aloo Superstar Challenge"	March 27, 2025 (2025-03-27)
Skills Test: Prepare a Deep Fried Spiced Potato Accordion in 30 minutes. Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Nikki was exempted from challenge. Challenge Winner: Faisal Sheikh
45	45	"Sai Seva Service Challenge"	March 28, 2025 (2025-03-28)
Team Challenge: Prepare a thali for 500 Sai Baba devotees in 3 hours. Usha Nadkarni returned as a guest and participated in the challenge. Green Team: Tejasswi (Captain), Gaurav and Faisu Blue Team: Rajiv (Captain), Archana, Nikki and Usha Twist: Both teams get 4 professional helpers for challenge. Result: Tie.
46	46	"Barter Challenge"	March 31, 2025 (2025-03-31)
Nikki had to give away her immunity pin since she cannot use it anyway in Semifinale. Barter Challenge: Each contestant received a box of ingredients belonging to a particular food category and have to barter their ingredients with another contestant. Contestants must barter atleast once and prepare a dish using three ingredients from their final tray. Twist: Farah brought her own tray of ingredients that she bartered with contestants. Challenge Winner: Nikki Tamboli
47	47	"International Street Food Challenge"	April 1, 2025 (2025-04-01)
Pair Challenge: Set up a food stall and prepare dishes with given cuisine in 120 minutes. Pairs: Gaurav and Tejasswi, Archana and Rajiv, Nikki and Faisal Cuisines: Gaurav and Tejasswi - Indonesian cuisine. Archana and Rajiv - British cuisine. Nikki and Faisu - Dutch cuisine. Challenge Winner: Tejasswi and Gaurav earned the highest number of coins. Result: Gaurav and Tejasswi become finalists.
48	48	"On Cloud Nine Challenge"	April 2, 2025 (2025-04-02)
Black Apron Elimination Challenge: Replicate Chef Vikas Khanna's 'On Cloud Nine' dish in 120 minutes without recipe.
49	49	"Mystery Box Challenge By Chef Saransh Goila"	April 3, 2025 (2025-04-03)
Bottom Dishes: Archana and Faisal Result: Archana was eliminated from MasterChef Kitchen. Faisal, Nikki and Rajiv become finalists. Mystery Box Challenge: Chef Saransh Goila gave each finalist a separate mystery box. Finalists have to prepare a dish in 120 minutes, and the pantry remains open entire time. Faisu - Coal technique to prepare Ghevar. Nikki - Chicken core ingredient and Dehydration technique. Gaurav - Prepare Dessert with Syphon Rajiv - Re-invent a Gujrati Sweet, Mohan Thaal by using Piping technique. Tejasswi - Dried Shrimp core ingredient and emulsification technique.
50	50	"Mystery Box Challenge By Chef Saransh Goila - Part 2"	April 4, 2025 (2025-04-04)
Ex contestants Usha, Archana and Abhijeet returned to the MasterChef Kitchen. Finalists can ask for their assistance for 5 minutes. Challenge Winner: Gaurav
51	51	"Face Your Fears Challenge"	April 7, 2025 (2025-04-07)
Skills Test: Munawar Faruqui challenged the finalists with their weakest ingredient. Gaurav - Ginger Faisal - Cheese Nikki - Crab Tejasswi - Red Chilli Rajiv - Prepare savoury dish from Cherry Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Gaurav gets an additional 30 minutes—15 minutes each from two contestants he chose, Faisal and Tejasswi. Challenge Winner: Gaurav
52	52	"Pressure Test by Chef Rahul Rana"	April 8, 2025 (2025-04-08)
Replica Challenge: Replicate Chef Rahul Rana's dish 'Shadras', which comprises six dishes, 22 elements, and 150 steps in 150 minutes. Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Chef Rahul will complete 1/6th of the dish for Gaurav. Top Dishes: Gaurav and Faisal Challenge Winner: Faisal
53	53	"Celebrity Cooks vs Chefs"	April 9, 2025 (2025-04-09)
Skills Test: The finalists competed with against professional chefs, Chef Gaurav Malhotra, Chef Ishijyot Suri and Chef Reena Samby. Chunky Panday appeared as the guest judge. There were 10 pantry boxes, each revealed at a specific time slot. Staple Pantry - 100 minutes Spices Pantry - 95 minutes. Chef Ishijyot Suri. Grains Pantry - 90 minutes Aromatics Pantry - 85 minutes Protein Pantry - 80 minutes. Chef Reena Samby and Tejasswi. Fruits Pantry - 75 minutes. Faisal and Gaurav. Alcohol Pantry - 70 minutes Nuts and Seeds Pantry - 65 minutes Sea Food Pantry - 60 minutes Vegetables Pantry - 55 minutes. Chef Gaurav Malhotra, Nikki and Rajiv, since no pantry left. Prepare a dish with chosen pantry in their chosen pantry time. They also have access to all previously revealed pantries up to the one they selected. Previous Challenge Winner Advantage: Faisal got access to all pantries. Twist: If a professional chef’s dish wins, the contestant with the weakest dish will be eliminated. Challenge Winner: Chef Gaurav and Nikki Result: Since it was a tie, Chef Gaurav gave up his victory, resulting in no elimination.
54	54	"Two-Course Signature Meal Challenge - Grand Finale"	April 10, 2025 (2025-04-10)
Grand Finale Challenge: Chef Sanjeev Kapoor challenged finalists to prepare their signature 2-course meal in 180 minutes. Finalists have to present their first meal after 120 minutes.
55	55	"Two-Course Signature Meal Challenge - Grand Finale - Part 2"	April 11, 2025 (2025-04-11)
Following the second meal tasting judges announced the results. Eliminated: Faisal Shaikh and Rajiv Adati Second Runner Up: Tejasswi Prakash First Runner Up: Nikki Tamboli Winner: Gaurav Khanna Gaurav received 20 lakh cash prize from Sony Entertainment Television.

Ratings

The show had an average TRP rating of 0.5 and underperformed overall. However, it maintained the third position in the channel’s ratings and performed well digitally on Sony LIV app.

External links

• Celebrity MasterChef on SonyLIV