# MasterChef India – Hindi season 8

Season 8 of the Indian Hindi language competitive reality TV series MasterChef India – Hindi premiered on SonyLIV on 16 October 2023. Vikas Khanna and Ranveer Brar returned as the judges for the show while Garima Arora was replaced by Pooja Dhingra. Mohammed Ashiq from Mangalore won the season and Nambie Marak finished as runner up.

## Contestants

| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Status | Place |
| 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 | Eliminated on 3 November 2023 | 11th |

## Elimination chart

| Place | Contestant | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode |
| Place | Contestant | Week 2 | Week 2 | Week 2 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 3 | Week 3 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 4 | Week 4 | Week 4 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 5 | Week 5 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 6 | Week 6 | Week 6 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 7 | Week 7 | Week 7 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 8 | Week 8 | Week 8 | Week 8 |
| Place | Contestant | 6 | 7 | 8-9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13-14 | 15 | 16 | 17-18 | 17-18 | 19 | 20 | 21-22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28-29 | 28-29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 33-34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38-39 | 40 | 40 |
| 1 | Ashiq | IN | TOP | IN | IN | TOP | IN | BTM | PT | IN | | LOW | BTM | PT | WIN | WIN | IMM | 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 | IMM | IN | | WIN | IMM | IMM | LOW | NOT | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | | WIN | IMM | IN | | WIN | WIN | IMM | TOP 5 | TOP 4 | TOP 4 | TOP 3 | RUNNER UP |
| 3 | Rukhsaar | IN | IN | IN | IMN | IN | IN | BTM | PT | WIN | | WIN | IMM | IMM | WIN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | IN | | WIN | IMM | IN | | WIN | TOP | PT | TOP 5 | TOP 4 | TOP 4 | TOP 3 | THIRD |
| 4 | Suraj | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | | WIN | IMM | IMM | WIN | IN | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | | WIN | IMM | IN | | WIN | BTM | PT | TOP 5 | TOP 4 | TOP 4 | 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 | TOP 5 | 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 | IMM | WIN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | BTM | NOT | NOT | PT | BTM | NOT | NOT | NOT | ELIM | | | | | |
| 8 | Kenneth | IN | IN | LOW | NOT | IN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | | WIN | IMM | IMM | LOW | NOT | WIN | IMM | BTM | NOT | NOT | NOT | ELIM | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Subhojit | LOW | NOT | NOT | NOT | IN | IN | BTM | PT | IN | | LOW | BTM | PT | LOW | NOT | BTM | ELIM | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Prachi | LOW | NOT | NOT | NOT | IN | IN | TOP | IMM | IN | | LOW | BTM | ELIM | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Kaushalya | IN | LOW | NOT | NOT | IN | IN | BTM | ELIM | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Sima | IN | LOW | NOT | 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.
* ↑ Immunity pin challenge.
* ↑ Nambie was immune but participated in the challenge.
* ↑ Rukhsaar used her Immunity pin.

## Production

The MasterChef India season 8 was announced on 7 July 2023 on SonyLIV. 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. Audition rounds were conducted across the country. The Times of India reviewed the series.