# MasterChef India – Hindi season 5

Season 5 of the Indian Hindi-language competitive reality TV series MasterChef India – Hindi 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, with Ashima Arora being the runner-up.

## Format

Top 30 contestants were chosen from India and even from the other parts of the world like San Francisco, London, 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 | Bakery Owner | Winner 25 December | 7 |
| Ashima Arora | 23 | Amritsar, Punjab | Cake Artist | Runner-Up 25 December | 6 |
| Mirvaan Vinayak | 19 | Faridabad, Haryana | Actor | Eliminated 24 December | 6 |
| Dinesh Patel | 21 | London, United Kingdom | Lawyer | Eliminated 24 December | 7 |
| Samantha Barrett | 27 | Dehradun, Uttarakhand | Cafe Owner | Eliminated 18 December | 7 |
| Anagha Godbole | 44 | San Francisco, California | Senior Product Manager | Eliminated 18 December | 6 |
| Siddharth Talwar | 46 | Noida, Uttar Pradesh | MNC Vice President | Eliminated 4 December | 1 |
| Jatin Khurana | 24 | Ludhiana, Punjab | Telecommunication Manager | Eliminated 27 November | 2 |
| Syed Sadaf Hussain | 27 | Ranchi, Jharkhand | Social Sector Manager | Eliminated 20 November | 3 |
| Ajay Kumar Siotra | 24 | Jammu | Tourism Student | Eliminated 13 November | 2 |
| Pradip Bhawalkar | 69 | Pune, Maharashtra | Engineer | Eliminated 6 November | 2 |
| Rohini Chawla | 36 | Gurugram, Haryana | Housewife | Withdrew 5 November | 2 |
| Sreelakshmi N. Prabhu | 37 | Kochi, Kerala | Housewife | Eliminated 30 October | 0 |
| Abhilasha Chandak | 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 | 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 | Episode | Episode | Episode |
| Place | Contestant | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 | |
| 3 | 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 | | |
| 5 | 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 | 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 didn't win.
    (WIN) The cook won the Ticket to Finale Challenge and was directly promoted as a finalist.
    (SAFE) The cook didn't participate in the challenge as he/she already advanced into the next round.
    (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual / pair challenge.
    (IN) The cook wasn'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 illness or personal reasons.
    (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.

## Episodes

| No. in season | Title | Original air date |
| 1 | "A Royal Spread" | 1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) |
| 2 | "First Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test" | 2 October 2016 (2016-10-02) |
| 3 | "Team Work Challenge" | 8 October 2016 (2016-10-08) |
| 4 | "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) |
| Guest Chef: Sahil Singh |||
| 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) |
| Guest Chef: Srijith Gopinathan |||
| 9 | "Second Team Challenge" | 29 October 2016 (2016-10-29) |
| 10 | "Fourth Elimination / Pressure Test" | 30 October 2016 (2016-10-30) |
| Guest Chef: Sanjana Patel |||
| 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 |||