MasterChef India season 5 - Wikipedia MasterChef India season 5 MasterChef India ( season 5 ) Country of origin India No. of episodes 26 Release Original network Star Plus Original release 1 October ( 2016 - 10 - 01 ) -- 25 December 2016 ( 2016 - 12 - 25 ) Season 5 of the Indian competitive reality TV series MasterChef premiered on Star Plus on 1 October 2016. Vikas Khanna returned to judge this season while Sanjeev Kapoor and Ranveer Brar were replaced by Kunal Kapur and Zorawar Kalra respectively. The winner was Kirti Bhoutika, a 20 - year - old Nutrition graduate from Kolkata, West Bengal, Ashima Arora from Amritsar, Punjab being the runner - up. Contents 1 Format 2 Top 16 3 Elimination Table 4 Episodes 5 References Format Top 30 contestants were chosen from India and even from the other parts of the world like San Francisco, Dubai, 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 Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Status Winnings Kirti Bhoutika 20 Kolkata, West Bengal Nutrition Graduate Winner 25 December 7 Ashima Arora 23 Amritsar, Punjab Home Baker Runner - Up 25 December 6 Dinesh Patel 21 London, United Kingdom Lawyer Eliminated 24 December 7 Mirvaan Vinayak 19 Faridabad, Haryana Actor 6 Samantha Barrett 27 Dehradun, Uttarakhand Cafe Owner Eliminated 18 December 7 Anagha Godbole 44 San Francisco, California Senior Product Manager 6 Siddharth Aggarwal 46 Noida, Uttar Pradesh MNC Vice President Eliminated 4 December Jatin Khurana 24 Ludhiana, Punjab Telecommunication Manager Eliminated 27 November Syed Sadaf Hussain 27 Ranchi, Jharkhand Social Sector Manager Eliminated 20 November Ajay Kumar Siotra 24 Jammu Tourism Student Eliminated 13 November Pradip Bhawalkar 69 Pune, Maharashtra Engineer Eliminated 6 November Rohini Chawla 36 Gurugram, Haryana Housewife Withdrew 5 November Sreelakshmi N. Prabhu 37 Kochi, Kerala Housewife Eliminated 30 October 0 Abhilasha Chandak Mall 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 Place Contestant Episode 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 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 SAFE SAFE TOP WINNER 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 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 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 6 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 did n't win. ( WIN ) The cook won the Ticket to Finale Challenge and was directly promoted as a finalist. ( SAFE ) The cook did n't participate in the challenge as he / she already advanced into the next round. ( IN ) The cook was n't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual / pair challenge. ( IN ) The cook was n'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 personal reasons. ( ELIM ) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef. Episodes No. in season Title Original air date `` A Royal Spread '' 1 October 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 01 ) `` First Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test '' 2 October 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 02 ) `` Team Work Challenge '' 8 October 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 08 ) `` First Elimination / Pressure Test '' 9 October 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 09 ) 5 `` First Team Challenge '' 15 October 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 15 ) 6 `` Second Elimination / Pressure Test and Immunity Pin Challenge '' 16 October 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 16 ) 7 `` Second Mystery Box and Tag - Team Challenge '' 22 October 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 22 ) 8 `` Third Elimination / Pressure Test '' 23 October 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 23 ) 9 `` Second Team Challenge '' 29 October 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 29 ) 10 `` Fourth Elimination / Pressure Test '' 30 October 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 30 ) 11 `` Third Mystery Box and Pair Challenge '' 5 November 2016 ( 2016 - 11 - 05 ) Special Guests : Shakti Mohan and Raghav Juyal. 12 `` Fifth Elimination / Pressure Test '' 6 November 2016 ( 2016 - 11 - 06 ) 13 `` Fourth Mystery Box Challenge and Pair Challenge '' 12 November 2016 ( 2016 - 11 - 12 ) Special Guest : Bipasha Basu. 14 `` Cook - Along Challenge '' 13 November 2016 ( 2016 - 11 - 13 ) Guest Chef : Anahita Dhondy. 15 `` Team Cheese Quiz and Second Invention Test '' 19 November 2016 ( 2016 - 11 - 19 ) 16 `` Third Team Challenge and Sixth Elimination / Pressure Test '' 20 November 2016 ( 2016 - 11 - 20 ) Special Guest : Sushil Kumar Guest Chef : Abhijit Saha. 17 `` Fourth Team Challenge and Fifth Mystery Box Challenge '' 26 November 2016 ( 2016 - 11 - 26 ) 18 `` Seventh Elimination / Pressure Test '' 27 November 2016 ( 2016 - 11 - 27 ) Guest Chef : Nooror Somany Steppe. 19 TBA 3 December 2016 ( 2016 - 12 - 03 ) Special Guests : Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor. 20 `` Eighth Elimination / Pressure Test '' 4 December 2016 ( 2016 - 12 - 04 ) Special Guest : Vidya Balan. 21 `` Fifth Team Challenge '' 10 December 2016 ( 2016 - 12 - 10 ) 22 `` Ticket to Finale : Part 1 ( Sixth Mystery Box Challenge ) '' `` Ticket to Finale Challenge : Part 2 '' 11 December 2016 ( 2016 - 12 - 11 ) 23 `` The Semifinals : Part 1 ( Seventh Mystery Box Challenge ) '' `` The Semifinals : Part 2 '' 17 December 2016 ( 2016 - 12 - 17 ) Guest Chef : Matt Preston. 24 `` The Semifinals : Part 3 '' 18 December 2016 ( 2016 - 12 - 18 ) Special Guest : Matthew Hayden. 25 `` The Grand Finale : Part 1 '' 24 December 2016 ( 2016 - 12 - 24 ) Guest Chef : Atul Kochhar. 26 `` The Grand Finale : Part 2 '' 25 December 2016 ( 2016 - 12 - 25 ) Special Guest : Sonakshi Sinha. 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Question: who is the winner of masterchef india 2016
Answer: Kirti Bhoutika, a 20-year-old Nutrition graduate from Kolkata, West Bengal