Samayal Express

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Samayal Express
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சமையல் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ்
Genre Cooking show
Presented by Ayesha Zeenath (S1)
Shaalin Zoya (S2)
JudgesSeason 1 Seetha (episodes 1-5)
Krishna McKenzie
Sujitha (episodes 6-29)
Season 2
Sujitha
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons2
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running timeapprox. 45-50 minutes per episode
Production companyNandri Productions
Original release
Network Zee Tamil
Release15 September 2024 (2024-09-15) –
present

Samayal Express is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language cooking game show which airs on Zee Tamil and streamed on ZEE5. Over two years, Samayal Express has rolled out two seasons. The first season premiered on 15 September 2024 [1] and ended on 30 March 2025. The first season is hosted by Ayesha Zeenath [2] [3] and judged by Seetha (episodes 1-5), [4] Krishna McKenzie [5] and Sujitha. [6] It features Tamil dishes.

Contents

The second season premiered on 13 July 2025 on every Sunday at 13:30. Actress Sujitha returned to host and judged, accompanied by the new Shaalin Zoya. [7]

Format

The show format is each episode will have two Tamil television celebrity pairs who are related (friends or family) to each other. The two pairs of each episode will be given a hero ingredient, which they have to use in their recipe and present the dish within a limited time.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginal BroadcastHost
First AiredLast Aired
1 2915 September 202430 March 2025 Ayesha Zeenath
2 TBA13 July 2025TBA Shaalin Zoya

Season 1

The first season aired from 15 September 2024 to 30 March 2025 on every Sunday at 13:30 and ended with 29 Episodes. The show was hosted by Ayesha Zeenath and judged by Krishna McKenzie, Seetha and Sujitha.

Episodes

EpisodesRelease dateTeamRef
115 September 2024 Madhumitha H.
Priyadarshini Neelakandan		Salma Arun
Preetha Reddy		 [8]
222 September 2024 Myna Nandhini
Yogeswaram		 Srithika Saneesh
SSR Aaryann
329 September 2024 Farina Azad
Singapore Deepan		Shamili Sukumar
Diwakar
46 October 2024Shobanaa
Singapore Deepan		Padine Kumar
Fouziee
513 October 2024 Robo Shankar
Priyanka Shankar		 Senthil Ganesh
Rajalakshmi
620 October 2024 Sendrayan
Kayalvizhi		 Vidyullekha Raman
Sanjay

Season 2

The second season of the Samayal Express show, It premiered on 13 July 2025. Sujitha has officially once again been appointed as the judge, Ayesha Zeenath was replaced by Shaalin Zoya as host. [9]

Episodes

EpisodesRelease dateGuestRef
113 July 2025 Sanjeev Venkat & Preethi Sanjeev
220 July 2025 Deepa & Shankar
327 July 2025 Vadivukkarasi & Nalini
43 August 2025 Darshan & Aarisha
510 August 2025 Vignesh & Uma
617 August 2025 Snehan & Kannika Ravi [10]
724 August 2025 Nakkhul & Sruti Bhaskar [11]
831 August 2025 Vichithra & Shaaji [12]

Production

Release

The first teaser was released on 28 August 2024, featuring actress Seetha with the slogan "Avanga Veedu Samayalai Parthirupinga Ivanga Veedu Samaiyalai Parthiruppinga Namma Veedu Samayalai Parkka Ready ah". [13] [14] The second teaser was unveiled on 30 August 2024, featuring second judge Krishna McKenzie. [15] The first episode was telecast on Sunday, 15 September 2024, at 13:30 (IST).

References

  1. ↑ "விஜய் டிவி, சன் டிவிக்கு போட்டியாக ஜீ தமிழில் தொடங்கப்பட்ட சமையல் நிகழ்ச்சி." (in Tamil). cineulagam.com.
  2. ↑ "நடிகை டூ தொகுப்பாளினி: சீரியல் நடிகை புது அவதாரம் ; சமையல் ஷோ மனம் கவருமா?" (in Tamil). tamil.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "Bigg Boss Tamil fame Ayesha to host upcoming cooking reality show 'Samayal Express'". The Times of India . 5 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Actress Seetha to host upcoming cooking reality show 'Samayal Express'". The Times of India . 19 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "புதிய சமையல் நிகழ்ச்சியின் தொகுப்பாளராக சின்னத்திரை பிரபலம்" (in Tamil). Dinamani. 5 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Pandian Stores actress Sujitha Dhanush graces cooking show 'Samayal Express'". The Times of India . 9 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Zee தமிழில் 'சமையல் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் சீசன் 2' ஜூலை 13 முதல்!". zeenews.india.com. 10 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "சமையல் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் நிகழ்ச்சியில் எதிர்நீச்சல் தொடர் நாயகிகள்" (in Tamil). Dinamani.
  9. ↑ "Shaalin Zoya and Sujitha Dhanush to judge the upcoming cooking show 'Samayal Express 2'". The Times of India . 20 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "'Samayal Express 2': Snehan and Kannika to grace the upcoming episode as special guests". The Times of India . Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "Samayal Express 2: Nakkhul and Sruti to grace the upcoming episode as special guests". The Times of India . Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "Samayal Express 2: Vichitra and Shaaji to grace the upcoming episode as special guests". The Times of India . Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "விஜய், சன் டி.விக்கு போட்டியாக.. சமையல் நிகழ்ச்சியில் களமிறங்கும் ஜீ தமிழ்; புதிய ப்ரோமோ இங்கே" (in Tamil). tamil.indianexpress.com. 29 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "சமையலுக்காக மற்றுமொரு நிகழ்ச்சி - ஆனா இது வேற மாதிரி" (in Tamil). www.dinamalar.com.
  15. ↑ "விஜய் டிவி, சன் டிவிக்கு போட்டியாக ஜீ தமிழின் புது ரியாலிட்டி ஷோ.. வெளியான வீடியோ" (in Tamil). cineulagam.com.
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