Celebrity MasterChef (Hindi TV series)

Celebrity MasterChef
Hosted by	Farah Khan
Judges	Farah Khan Ranveer Brar Vikas Khanna
No. of contestants	12
No. of episodes	42
Release
Original network	Sony Entertainment Television
Original release	27 January 2025 (2025-01-27) – present

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. ^{[1] [2]}

Contestants

Contestant	Age	Notability	Status	Ref.
Archana Gautam	29	Reality show alumnus		[3]
Faisal Shaikh	30	Social media personality		[4]
Gaurav Khanna	43	Actor		[5]
Nikki Tamboli	28	Actress and Reality show alumni		[6] [ better source needed ]
Rajiv Adatia	36	Social media personality		[4]
Tejasswi Prakash	31	Actress		[7]
Usha Nadkarni	78	Actress	Eliminated 25 March	[8]
Dipika Kakar	37	Actress	Withdrew 17 March	[9]
Kabita Singh	46	Social media personality	Eliminated 7 March	[10]
Ayesha Jhulka	52	Actress	Eliminated 21 February	[11]
Abhijeet Sawant	43	Singer	Eliminated 14 February	[5]
Chandan Prabhakar	44	Comedian	Eliminated 7 February	[12]

Elimination table

Place	Contestant	Episodes
		Week 1							Week 2					Week 3					Week 4					Week 5							Week 6						Week 7					Week 8-9							Week 10
		1	2		3	4	5		6	7	8-9	10		11	12-13	14	15		16	17-18	19	20		21		22		23-24	24-25		26	27	28	29	30		31-32	32-33-34	34-35	36-37 [a]		38-39	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			LOW	WIN	IMM			IN	IN	IN	LOW	EXC	PT		IN	WIN	IMM				IN	WIN	IN	PT		PT	PT	PT	PT
	Faisal	IN	WIN	IN	IN	IN	IN		IN	IN	HIGH	IMM		WIN	WIN	IMM			IN	IN	LOW	PT		IN	IN	IN	IN	LOW	PT		IN	WIN	IMM				IN	IN	IN	PT		PT	IMM
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
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	HIGH	IMM		IN	LOW	LOW	ELIM
12	Chandan	IN	LOW	LOW	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 black apron challenge in elimination round, and advanced.

  (WDR) The cook withdrew from MasterChef Kitchen.

  (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef Kitchen.

1. The Week 7 Black Apron elimination challenge was televised in Week 8, during Episodes 36 and 37.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title  [13]	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 Sheikh Bottom 3 Dishes: Tejasswi, Rajiv, Dipika Weakest Dish: Dipika Kakar Ibrahim 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. The winner of this challenge will be safe for the whole week and The losing Team will have to cook in other challenges of the week
13	13	"Double Trouble Team Challenge - Part 2"	February 12, 2025 (2025-2-12)
This is a continuation of the previous episode Challenge Winner: Red Team
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 will be judging for the whole week and 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	"Delhi Spice Test"	March 20, 2025 (2025-3-20)
From the previous episode, the One Pot Black Apron Challenge continued. Black Apron Challenge Winner: Faisal Sheikh For the next challenge, Chef Kunal Kapur brings up a pantry filled with spices which he specially bought from Delhi. There will be 3 rounds in this challenge Round 1: There will be 3 pairs: Nikki and Tejasswi, Usha and Rajiv, Archana and Gaurav. In this challenge, one contestant from each pair will be given some spices in a box and have to guess the spice just by touching them. The one who guesses the most spices will win an advantage. Round 1 Winner: Usha and Rajiv
40	40	"Delhi Chaat Challenge"	March 21, 2025 (2025-3-21)
This is a continuation of the previous episode Round 2: All the pairs (Archana and Gaurav, Nikki and Tejasswi, Rajiv and Usha) had to make an individual Chaat and their individual Chaat Masala in 20 minutes. The winning pair will get an advantage for Round 3. Rajiv and Usha got an advantage that they will get 5 minutes extra. Round 2 Winner: Archana and Gaurav. Round 3: This will be an individual challenge. The contestants will be given 6 pairs of famous Delhi delicacies and a spice mix. Each contestant can obtain a pair of items through an auction. Archana and Gaurav were given an advantage in allocating cooking time for each contestant. Archana and Gaurav took 120 minutes, Tejasswi and Usha were given 100 minutes, and Rajiv and Nikki were given the least time ie 90 minutes. The minimum bid would be 10 minutes and they can bid in multiples of 5.
41	41	"Delhi Special Challenge"	March 24, 2025 (2025-3-24)
This is a continuation of the previous episode The auction results were as follows: First Pair: Nihari and Kashmiri Ver: Tejasswi for 25 minutes (Remaining Time 75 minutes) Second Pair: Chicken Tikka with Shichimi Togarashi mix: Usha for 45 minutes (Remaining Time 55 minutes) Third Pair: Rajma Chawal and Madras Curry Powder: Rajiv for 35 minutes (Remaining Time 55 minutes) Fourth Pair: Chole Bhature and Advieh: Archana for 30 minutes (Remaining Time 90 minutes) Fifth Pair: Butter Chicken and Berbere: Nikki for 20 minutes (Remaining Time 70 minutes) Sixth Pair: Bedmi Puri with Aloo Sabji and Jeeravan Masala: Gaurav for 0 minutes (Maximum Time: 120 minutes) Challenge Winner: Nikki Tamboli
42	42	"Triple Trouble Challenge"	March 25, 2025 (2025-3-25)
In this Challenge, The judges brought up 3 mystery boxes Chef Kunal's Mystery Box: In this, The contestants get a core ingredient, Australian Blood Lime and they will get 2 hours of cooking and extensive support pantry. Chef Ranveer's Mystery Box: In this, There are 9 different ingredients. The contestant has to choose any 4 ingredients out of those 9 and they will get only 90 minutes of cooking time. Archana, Rajiv, and Gaurav chose Chef Kunal's Mystery Box, and Tejasswi and Usha chose Chef Ranveer's Mystery Box. In the middle of the Challenge, Farah opens her mystery box in which the contestants will have to use a Pressure Cooker. Eliminated: Usha Nadkarni

Ratings

Week	Dates	Ratings (Avg.)	Reach %	SET India Weekly Rank	Overall Rank	Ref.
		15–50
1	27 – 31 January 2025	0.6	1.7	#3	#37	[14] [15]
2	3 – 7 February 2025	0.6	1.7	#3	#37	[ citation needed ]
3	10 – 14 February 2025	0.6	1.7	#3	#35	[ citation needed ]
4	17 – 21 February 2025	0.5	1.7	#4	#39	[ citation needed ]
5	24 – 28 February 2025	0.6	1.8		#35	[ citation needed ]
6	3 – 7 March 2025	0.5	1.6		#36	[ citation needed ]

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External links

• Celebrity MasterChef on SonyLIV