# Celebrity MasterChef (Hindi TV series)

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 Indian installation of MasterChef while also being the co-judge.

## Contestants

| Contestant | Age | Notability | Status |
| Archana Gautam | 29 | Reality show alumnus | |
| Faisal Shaikh | 30 | Social media personality | |
| Gaurav Khanna | 43 | Actor | |
| Nikki Tamboli | 28 | Actress and Reality show alumni | |
| Rajiv Adatia | 36 | Social media personality | |
| Tejasswi Prakash | 31 | Actress | |
| Usha Nadkarni | 78 | Actress | |
| 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 | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes |
| Place | Contestant | Week 1 | Week 1 | Week 1 | Week 1 | Week 1 | Week 1 | 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 5 | Week 5 | 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 8 | Week 8 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 9 | Week 9 | Week 9 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 10 | Week 10 | Week 10 | Week 10 |
| Place | Contestant | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8-9 | 10 | 11 | 12-13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17-18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23-24 | 24-25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31-32 | 32-33-34 | 34-35 | 36-37 | 38-39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
| | Archana | IN | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | EXC | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | IN | WIN | IMM | IMM | LOW | WIN | IMM | IMM | IN | IN | IN | LOW | EXC | PT | IN | WIN | IMM | IMM | IMM | IN | WIN | IN | PT | PT | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Faisal | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | IMM | WIN | WIN | IMM | IMM | IN | IN | LOW | PT | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | PT | IN | WIN | IMM | IMM | IMM | IN | IN | IN | PT | PT | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gaurav | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | LOW | PT | HIGH | WIN | IMM | IMM | HIGH | IN | WIN | IMM | IN | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | PT | WIN | LOW | IN | LOW | PT | IN | WIN | HIGH | IMM | PT | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nikki | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | PT | HIGH | LOW | LOW | PT | LOW | WIN | IMM | IMM | IN | IMN | IN | IN | HIGH | IMM | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | PT | IN | IN | WIN | IMM | PT | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Usha | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | EXC | IN | IN | LOW | IMM | IN | WIN | IMM | IMM | WIN | IN | LOW | IMM | LOW | EXC | IN | IN | HIGH | IMM | IN | WIN | WIN | IMM | IMM | IN | IN | IN | PT | PT | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Dipika | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | IN | IMN | HIGH | IN | WIN | IMM | LOW | EXC | EXC | PIN | HI | IN | LOW | PT | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | HI | EXC | EXC | EXC | EXC | PT | IN | IN | IN | WDR | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Kabita | IN | IN | IN | LOW | EXC | 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 | IMM | IN | IN | LOW | ELIM | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Abhijeet | IN | IN | IN | LOW | EXC | EXC | IN | IN | HIGH | IMM | IN | LOW | LOW | ELIM | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Chandan | IN | LOW | LOW | EXC | EXC | EXC | WIN | IN | LOW | ELIM | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
    (WINNER) The cook won the competition.
    (RUNNER-UP) The cook finished as a runner-up 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 Pressure Test in elimination round, and advanced.
    (WDR) The cook withdrew from MasterChef Kitchen.
    (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef Kitchen.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | Ratings 15-50 |
| 1 | 1 | "Kitchen Is Set" | January 27, 2025 (2025-1-27) | 0.6 |
| This was the first challenge for the immunity pin. In this challenge, The contestants opened a mystery box to find ingredients from the Harappan Civilization. The contestants had to make a dish with those ingredients without using electrical equipment. Top 3 Dishes: Nikki Tamboli, Usha Nadkarni, Tejasswi Prakash Challenge winner: Nikki Tamboli |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Messy Egg Challenge" | January 28, 2025 (2025-1-28) | 0.6 |
| In the second challenge for immunity pin, The contestants get eggs as their core ingredients and have to use them in 2 rounds. Round 1: In the first round, the contestants have to make a perfect meringue. The last 3 who finish the challenge will get a disadvantage and the first contestant to finish will get an advantage. From the previous day's challenge, Since Nikki's dish was the top dish, She got the advantage that she could choose 2 contestants to delay their cooking for 2 minutes. Nikki chose Dipika and Rajiv Round 1 Winner: Faisal Sheikh Round 1 Bottom Dishes: Chandan Prabhakar, Usha Nadkarni, Dipika Kakar Ibrahim Advantage: Faisal wins an advantage in which during the second round, he can pause the cooking of any one of the bottom 3 contestants (Chandan, Dipika, and Usha) for 5 minutes Round 2: The contestants will have to make a dish with eggs within 45 minutes. The contestant whose dish will be the weakest will be eliminated from the immunity pin race. Faisal uses his advantage on Chandan and He had to pause his cooking. Round 2 Winner: Dipika Kakar Ibrahim Round 2 Bottom Dishes: Chandan Prabhakar, Archana Gautam Result: Chandan Prabhakar was eliminated from the immunity pin race |||||
| 3 | 3 | "State and Country Fusion Challenge" | January 29, 2025 (2025-1-29) | 0.6 |
| For the third challenge for the immunity pin, 5 pairs were made: Dipika and Tejasswi, Rajiv and Faisal, Nikki and Gaurav, Archana and Usha, Kabita and Abhijeet. Round 1: Each pair was given an Indian state and a foreign country and they had to make a welcome drink that combined both the ingredients from the above stated. The pair who makes the weakest drink will be eliminated from the immunity pin race. Round 1 Top Drink: Usha Nadkarni and Archana Gautam Result: Kabita Singh and Abhijeet Sawant made the weakest drink and were eliminated from the immunity race. |||||
| 4 | 4 | "State and Country Fusion Challenge - Part 2" | January 30, 2025 (2025-1-30) | 0.6 |
| Round 2: The pairs had to make 2 separate dishes combining both, the Indian state and the foreign country assigned to them. During the tasting, only one dish amongst the two can be brought to be judged. Result: Usha Nadkarni and Archana Gautam made the weakest dish and were eliminated from the immunity pin race. |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Vikas Khanna Replication Challenge" | January 31, 2025 (2025-1-31) | 0.6 |
| The remaining six contestants had to replicate the dish by Chef Vikas, called 'Brahmand' lit. Universe. The contestant who made the best dish will get the Immunity Pin. Top Dishes: Dipika Kakkar Ibrahim, Tejasswi Prakash and Gaurav Khanna. Result: Dipika won the immunity pin challenge and was granted the same. |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Tribute to the Loved Ones" | February 3, 2025 (2025-2-3) | 0.6 |
| Celebrities had to prepare one dish in 70 minutes that depicts a precious memory of their life. Top Dishes: Chandan Prabhakar, Kabita Singh, Dipika Kakkar Ibrahim Challenge Winner: Chandan Prabhakar |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Winter on a Plate" | February 4, 2025 (2025-2-4) | 0.6 |
| Guest Chef Kunal Kapur introduces a challenge in which contestants must use seasonal winter ingredients to create a dish in 55 minutes, with 5 minutes of pantry time. A twist was introduced to incorporate liquid nitrogen in the dish and during tasting only 7 of the 11 dishes would be tasted. Also, Chandan being the previous episode's winner was allowed to call Kunal Kapur for help for 5 minutes. Dishes chosen to taste: Tejasswi Prakash, Kabita Singh, Chandan Prabhakar, Dipika Kakar Ibrahim, Gaurav Khanna, Faisal Shaikh, Abhijeet Sawant Challenge Winners: Tejasswi Prakash, Kabita Singh |||||
| 8 | 8 | "First-Ever Team Service Challenge - Part 1" | February 5, 2025 (2025-2-5) | 0.6 |
| Celebrities had to work in teams in a restaurant to serve 15 notable guests, from news and previous seasons' winners and runners-up. The team that impresses the guests will be immune and the other team will take part in the First Black-Apron Challenge and the person who makes the best dish of the day will receive a power card. The last challenge's winners Kabita and Tejasswi were the captains of the pink and blue teams respectively. Pink Team: Kabita (Team Captain), Rajiv, Fasial, Abhijeet, Dipika, Archana Blue Team: Tejasswi (Team Captain), Usha, Gaurav, Nikki, Chandan |||||
| 9 | 9 | "First-Ever Team Service Challenge - Part 2" | February 6, 2025 (2025-2-6) | 0.6 |
| This is a continuation of the previous episode, Challenge Winner: Pink Team The best dish belonged to Faisal and Abhijeet from the Pink Team and they won a Veeba power card. |||||
| 10 | 10 | "First Elimination Challenge" | February 7, 2025 (2025-2-7) | 0.6 |
| The power card holders, Faisal and Abhijeet got an advantage in that they could save one contestant from the losing team. They chose Usha and she became immune from the elimination challenge The remaining 4 contestants, Gaurav, Tejasswi, Chandan, and Nikki had to make a dish with the types of chilies as the main ingredient. The contestant who makes the weakest dish will be eliminated. Bottom 2 Dishes: Tejasswi Prakash, Chandan Prabhakar Eliminated: Chandan Prabhakar |||||
| 11 | 11 | "Liquid to Solid Challenge" | February 10, 2025 (2025-2-10) |
| Ayesha Jhulka entered as the first wild-card contestant. Each contestant was given a cloche containing a liquid item with which the contestants had to make a solid dish. The contestant who made the weakest dish will directly go to the Black Apron Challenge. Top 3 Dishes: Gaurav, Nikki, Faisal Challenge Winner: Faisal Bottom 3 Dishes: Tejasswi, Rajiv, Dipika Since Dipika's dish was the lowest of the bottom three dishes, she was immediately given the black apron for Friday's elimination pressure test and could no longer participate in this week's challenges. |||||
| 12 | 12 | "Double Trouble Team Challenge - Part 1" | February 11, 2025 (2025-2-11) |
| As Faisal won the last challenge, he had the advantage to be and captain and pick the captain of the other team amongst Gaurav and Nikki, where he chose Nikki. Red Team: Faisal (Team Captain), Ayesha, Archana, Usha, Gaurav Green Team: Nikki (Team Captain), Abhijeet, Rajiv, Kabita, Tejasswi Each team had to cook a dish made of three star ingredients given by the judges and the host. Only 2 people could cook at a time, and every fifteen minutes, they had to swap their places. |||||
| 13 | 13 | "Double Trouble Team Challenge - Part 2" | February 12, 2025 (2025-2-12) |
| In continuation from the previous episode, the Red Team won the challenge and was immune from elimination this week, while the Green Team had to participate in other challenges this week. |||||
| 14 | 14 | "Golden Mystery Box Challenge" | February 13, 2025 (2025-2-13) |
| The Green Team had to prepare a dish with a minimum of 5 ingredients from the Golden Mystery Box, which contained expensive ingredients from around the world. The winner will be exempted from the Black Apron Challenge for this week. Top Dishes: Tejasswi Prakash, Rajiv Adatia Result: Tejasswi made the best dish and was exempted from this week's Black apron challenge. |||||
| 15 | 15 | "Pooja Dhingra's Elimination Challenge" | February 14, 2025 (2025-2-14) |
| Guest Chef Pooja Dhingra introduces a challenge in which contestants participating in the Black Apron Challenge had to replicate a French dessert Croquembouche within 2 hours. During the challenge, Dipika used her immunity pin & got immune from elimination mid-way. Top Dishes: Rajiv Adatia, Nikki Tamboli Bottom 2 Dishes: Abhijeet Sawant, Kabita Singh Eliminated: Abhijeet Sawant |||||
| 16 | 16 | "Festival Challenge" | February 17, 2025 (2025-2-17) |
| Contestants must make a dish related to an Indian festival. In the middle of the challenge, The judges gave a twist that those who were making a sweet dish had to include a savory element and vice-versa. The winner of this challenge will get an advantage while the bottom 2 dishes will get a disadvantage Top Dishes: Gaurav Khanna, Usha Nadkarni Challenge Winner: Usha Nadkarni Bottom Dishes: Nikki Tamboli, Archana Gautam |||||
| 17 | 17 | "Blind Fold Challenge - Part 1" | February 18, 2025 (2025-2-18) |
| The chefs reveal a surprise mini-challenge before the main event, where home cooks must team up and compete in pairs. Pairs: Dipika & Usha, Nikki & Archana, Gaurav & Tejasswi, Faisal & Ayesha, Rajiv & Kabita Mini Challenge: One contestant from each pair had to take part in the challenge. In this challenge, 50 food items will be given and The contestants will be blindfolded and had to guess the given ingredient by touch, smell, and taste. Dipika won the Mini Challenge and was allowed to pick up any item as their core ingredient while the other contestants were given the ingredient which they failed to recognize. Main Challenge (Blind Wall Challenge): The pairs had to make 2 dishes, each should be identical in taste, innovation, and presentation. The contestants were not allowed to see each other but they could communicate during the entire challenge. The pair who makes the best dish will be immune for the whole week. In the middle of the challenge, The judges introduced a twist that the contestants will have to use Oven during the cooking Since Nikki and Archana's dishes were the weakest, they were given a disadvantage that they cannot communicate with each other for 10 minutes. Since Usha's dish was the best, she and Dipika were allowed to open the partition for 5 minutes and help each other out. |||||
| 18 | 18 | "Blind Fold Challenge - Part 2" | February 19, 2025 (2025-2-19) |
| This is a continuation of the previous episode. Challenge Winner: Nikki Tamboli, Archana Gautam |||||
| 19 | 19 | "Theatre Food Challenge" | February 20, 2025 (2025-2-20) |
| From the previous challenge, Nikki and Archana were given the advantage in that they could form teams Red Team: Faisu (Team Captain), Ayesha, Usha and Dipika Yellow Team: Gaurav (Team Captain), Tejasswi, Rajiv and Kabita Chef Ranveer gave the captains an envelope each. The Red Team got Korean in their envelope, and the Yellow Team got Mexican in theirs. The teams will have to make dishes related to the cuisines given to them and sell them to the people in the cinemas. In the middle of the challenge, A twist was introduced that Nikki and Archana also will join the challenge with Nikki joining the Yellow Team and Archana joining the Red Team. Challenge Winner: Yellow Team |||||
| 20 | 20 | "Elimination Challenge" | February 21, 2025 (2025-2-21) |
| The winning captain from the previous challenge, i.e. Gaurav was given the advantage to save anyone from the Red Team from the elimination challenge. He saved Usha and she became immune from the elimination The remaining 3 contestants, Faisu, Dipika, and Ayesha were given 3 proteins and 3 pastes. Faisu got Mutton and Rogan Josh paste, Dipika got Fish and Shorshe Bata, and Ayesha got Chicken and Assamese Black Sesame Paste. All 3 will have to make a dish combining both protein and paste. Bottom 2 Dishes: Ayesha Jhulka, Faisal Sheikh Eliminated: Ayesha Jhulka |||||
| 21 | 21 | "2nd Chance for Immunity Pin" | February 24, 2025 (2025-2-24) |
| The contestants got a 2nd chance to win the Immunity Pin. There were 2 rounds. Round 1: The contestants had to chop Onions finely and The first to get 500gm of Chopped Onions will get an advantage and the Bottom 2 contestants will be eliminated from the Immunity Pin Challenge Round 1 Winner: Rajiv Adatia Round 1 Bottom Contestants: Usha Nadkarni and Kabita Singh were eliminated from the immunity pin challenge Round 2: The remaining contestants had to make a dish inspired by Farah Khan's famous Roast Chicken in 75 minutes. Rajiv got an additional 5-minute advantage and had to choose 2 contestants who would start at 70 minutes. He chose Nikki and Archana. The best dish would get the immunity pin Round 2 Top Dishes: Tejasswi Prakash, Nikki Tamboli Result: Nikki won the immunity pin challenge and was granted the same. |||||
| 22 | 22 | ""Fun with Italy"" | February 25, 2025 (2025-2-25) | TBA |
| Round 1: The contestants will have to make 3 different types of stuffed pasta of 3 different colors in 20 minutes. The winner of this challenge will get an advantage. Round 1 Winner: Gaurav Khanna Round 2: The contestants will have to pick a color from the Italy Flag and have to make a dish related to that color. Usha, Nikki, and Archana chose Red; Gaurav, Tejasswi, Dipika and Kabita chose White; Rajiv and Faisu chose green. Gaurav got an advantage in that he was allowed to call Chef Ranveer for help for 10 minutes. The weakest dish will directly go to the Black Apron Challenge. Round 2 Winner: Tejasswi Prakash Round 2 Bottom Dish: Archana Gautam As a result, Archana was given the black apron and straightaway went to the Black Apron Challenge. |||||
| 23 | 23 | "Healthy Food Challenge" | February 26, 2025 (2025-2-26) | TBA |
| This was a tag team challenge. Since Tejasswi's dish was the best in the last challenge, She could choose her partner, and The judges would make the remaining pairs The pairs were: Tejasswi and Nikki; Rajiv and Usha; Dipika and Faisu; Gaurav and Kabita In this challenge, The pairs must make a healthy dish. During the challenge, One contestant from each pair will have to cycle using the exercise cycle and the other contestant will have to cook. If the contestant stops cycling, the gas will not work. After a certain period, The contestants will have to switch their positions. The bottom 2 pairs will go to the Black Apron Challenge |||||
| 24 | 24 | "Healthy Food Challenge - Part 2" | February 27, 2025 (2025-2-27) | TBA |
| This is a continuation of the previous episode. The judges introduced a twist that the pairs should make a healthy dessert as well and told that both the contestants of each pair can work together now Top 2 Pairs: Rajiv and Usha, Nikki and Tejasswi Bottom 2 Pairs: Gaurav and Kabita, Faisu and Dipika |||||
| 25 | 25 | "Overnight Cooking Challenge" | February 28, 2025 (2025-2-28) | TBA |
| From the previous challenge, Dipika has been hospitalized due to health issues and won't be able to participate in the Black Apron Challenge. Immediately after the previous challenge, The judges announced that the Black Apron Challenge would start now and the remaining 4 contestants will have to make a dish that involves overnight techniques. The judges announced that this would be a double-elimination challenge. Chef Romy Gill gives some envelopes to the remaining 4 contestants: Gaurav, Kabita, Archana, and Faisu. Each envelope contains an overnight technique such as fermentation, confit, and slow cooking. The contestants will get 30 minutes for preparation and must collect all ingredients from the pantry on the previous day only as the pantry will be closed for the next day. After 30 mins, they will have to leave the kitchen as it is, keep the items on the counter/fridge, and come back in the next day and complete the dish. Result: No Elimination |||||
| 26 | 26 | "Replica Dish Challenge" | March 3, 2025 (2025-3-3) | TBA |
| Since Dipika couldn't participate in the Black Apron Challenge last week due to health issues, She will be directly participating in this week's Black Apron Challenge. The remaining contestants will have to replicate Chef Ranveer's dish in 90 minutes. During the challenge, A twist was introduced that the recipes would be taken away and the contestants would have to make the dish without the recipe. Challenge Winner: Gaurav Khanna |||||
| 27 | 27 | "Coconut Team Challenge" | March 4, 2025 (2025-3-4) | TBA |
| During this Challenge, Two Teams were made Red Team: Archana (Captain), Rajiv, Usha, Faisu Blue Team: Gaurav (Captain), Tejasswi, Nikki, Kabita Both Teams had to make a 4-course meal with the core ingredient Coconut within 2 hours. After every 30 minutes, the teams had to serve their dish. The winning team will get an advantage Challenge Winner: Red Team |||||
| 28 | 28 | "Phool aur Kaante Challenge" | March 5, 2025 (2025-3-5) | TBA |
| Archana, the winning captain from the previous challenge, was given 2 advantages. One was that along with her, she could save one more contestant from her team and directly go to the next week. She chose Faisu and both of them became immune. The remaining 6 contestants had to make a dish with flowers and thorn plants. Archana had to assign each contestant a flower or thorn plant. Nikki, Usha, and Rajiv got Thorn Plants and Gaurav, Tejasswi, and Kabita got Flowers. The contestants who got Thorn Plants only will be allowed into the pantry. The winning dish will be safe for the whole week. In the middle of the challenge, A twist was introduced that Rajiv and Usha (The Winning Team Members) can take help from one of the safe contestants for 5 minutes. Both Usha and Rajiv chose Faisu and took his help for 5 minutes. Challenge Winner: Usha Nadkarni |||||
| 29 | 29 | "The Taste Test" | March 6, 2025 (2025-3-6) | TBA |
| Taste Test: The 5 unsafe contestants: Gaurav, Kabita, Rajiv, Tejasswi, and Nikki had to undergo a Taste Test. All of them will have to identify the ingredients from the dish. The one who remains in the last will get an advantage. The winner of this Taste Test was Tejasswi. Main Challenge: The contestants will have to make a dish using a Dosa Batter in 30 minutes. The best dish will be safe from the Black Apron Challenge. In the middle of the challenge, The judges introduced a twist that except for Tejasswi, all contestants must stop cooking for 5 minutes. Challenge Winner: Tejasswi Prakash |||||
| 30 | 30 | "Lucky Dip Challenge" | March 7, 2025 (2025-3-7) | TBA |
| The 5 unsafe contestants: Gaurav, Kabita, Rajiv, Dipika, and Nikki must go through a Lucky Dip. There are 4 categories: Proteins, Nuts and Seeds, Fruits and Vegetables, and Cheese. Each category has 5 ingredients. All the contestants will get 4 ingredients each. Using those 4 ingredients, The contestants will have to make a dish Eliminated: Kabita Singh |||||
| 31 | 31 | "Chef Manu Chandra's Challenge" | March 10, 2025 (2025-3-10) | TBA |
| At the end of this week, The best dish of the week will get a special power. The contestant with the best dish of the day will get the power after every challenge. Last week, Since Nikki was the best dish, She got the special power for this challenge. The contestants must make a dish along with Chef Manu Chandra inspired by Tomato Shorba within 90 minutes. Nikki gets an advantage in that she can choose one contestant who cannot see what Chef Manu is doing for 5 minutes. She chooses Rajiv |||||
| 32 | 32 | "Wheel of Fortune Pair Challenge By Chef Ajay Chopra" | March 11, 2025 (2025-3-11) | TBA |
| From the previous episode, Chef Manu Chandra completed his dish. Chef Manu's Challenge Winner: Rajiv Adatia Chef Ajay's Challenge:In the next challenge, Chef Ajay Chopra brings a Fortune Wheel of 25 Ingredients. This would be a Pair Challenge. The pairs were: Rajiv & Nikki; Tejasswi & Usha; Faisu & Dipika; and Archana & Gaurav. Each pair should roll the wheel twice. Wherever the pointer stops, the pair will get their 2 core ingredients and will have to make either sweet or savory next to the ingredient given. |||||
| 33 | 33 | "Wheel of Fortune Pair Challenge By Chef Ajay Chopra - Part 2" | March 12, 2025 (2025-3-12) | TBA |
| This is a continuation of the previous episode In the middle of the challenge, the judges introduce a twist: Rajiv can choose one pair in which, for 5 minutes, both contestants will have to work with their hands tied. Rajiv chooses Archana and Gaurav. The judges introduced the twist that the pairs must make 2 portions. One for the judges and One for the special guests which were the contestant's home staff and Farah Khan's house-help, Dilip. The judges will give scores to the pair considering both dishes and the Highest Score will win the challenge and get a special power. |||||
| 34 | 34 | ""Hina and Rocky's Wedding Menu Challenge"" | March 13, 2025 (2025-3-13) | TBA |
| From the previous episode, The tasting continued Chef Ajay's Challenge Winner: Gaurav Khanna and Archana Gautam In the next challenge, 2 special guests, Hina Khan and Rocky Jaiswal gave the challenge to the contestants that they will have to make a 4-course meal for their wedding in 2 hours. This was a team challenge. The teams were: Team Rocky (Ladkewale): Dipika, Nikki, Rajiv and Usha. Team Hina (Ladkiwale): Archana, Tejasswi, Gaurav and Faisu. The contestant who makes the best dish from each team will be immune and The remaining 6 contestants will go to the Black Apron Challenge. |||||
| 35 | 35 | ""Hina and Rocky's Wedding Menu Challenge - Part 2"" | March 14, 2025 (2025-3-14) | TBA |
| This is a continuation of the previous episode Archana and Gaurav had the power to choose any 2 members of the Opposite Team and stop their cooking, They chose Nikki and Rajiv. The judges then changed their decision that one more member would be immune. Challenge Winner: Tejasswi Prakash, Nikki Tamboli, Gaurav Khanna |||||
| 36 | 36 | "Veeba Taste Test" | March 17, 2025 (2025-3-17) |
| This is the continuation of the previous week Dipika decided to quit the show due to health issues. Zorawar Kalra brought 2 challenges to the bottom 4 contestants Veeba Taste Test: The bottom 4 contestants: Usha, Rajiv, Archana, and Faisu will have to undergo a taste test in which they will be given some Veeba Sauces and Dressings and have to identify the ingredients used in the sauces and dressings. The winner of this Taste Test will get a special advantage. Veeba Taste Test's winner: Rajiv Adatia All the contestants will have to make a dish related to Holi with their family members as their sous Chefs in 90 minutes. The elimination will only be from the bottom 4 contestants: Usha, Rajiv, Archana, and Faisu. The contestant who makes the best dish will be featured on Zorawar's restaurant menu. |||||
| 37 | 37 | "Holi Special Challenge" | March 18, 2025 (2025-3-18) |
| This is a continuation of the previous episode Rajiv gets an advantage in that for 10 minutes, she can take the help of any contestant's family member. He chooses Archana's mother. Result: No Elimination Best Dish: Faisal Sheikh |||||
| 38 | 38 | "Black Apron Challenge" | March 19, 2025 (2025-3-19) |
| The judges announced that this whole week everyone will be cooking in Black Aprons and the Winner of Every Challenge will get back their White Apron Chef Kunal Kapur comes with a challenge that all contestants will have to make a dish of 4 elements in one utensil. In the middle of the challenge, The judges announced that except for Faisu, who got the Best Dish in the previous challenge, Everyone would have to swap their counter positions and complete the neighboring contestant's dish. Archana swapped her dish with Rajiv, Nikki swapped her dish with Tejasswi, and Gaurav swapped his dish with Usha. |||||
| 39 | 39 | "Black Apron Challenge - Part 2" | March 20, 2025 (2025-3-20) |
| This is a continuation of the previous episode Challenge Winner: |||||

## Ratings

| Week | Dates | Ratings (Avg.) | Reach % | SET India Weekly Rank | Overall Rank |
| Ref. ||
| 1 | 27 – 31 January 2025 | 0.6 | 1.7 | #3 | #37 |
| 2 | 3 – 7 February 2025 | 0.6 | 1.7 | #3 | #37 |
| 3 | 10 – 14 February 2025 | 0.6 | 1.7 | #3 | #35 |
| 4 | 17 – 21 February 2025 | 0.5 | 1.7 | #4 | #39 |
| 5 | 24 – 28 February 2025 | 0.6 | 1.8 | | #35 |
| 6 | 3 – 7 March 2025 | 0.5 | 1.6 | | #36 |