Top Cooku Dupe Cooku season 2

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Top Cooku Dupe Cooku
Season 2
Top Cooku Dupe Cooku season 2 logo.jpg
Promotional poster for season 2, featuring the hosts, and contestants
Starring see below
Hosted byVJ Rakesh
Sivaangi Krishnakumar
Judges
Mentors
  • Chef Adrian
  • Chef Cheruba
  • Chef Sai
No. of contestants9
No. of episodes9
Release
Original network Sun TV
Sun NXT
Original release17 August 2025 (2025-08-17) 
present
Season chronology
 Previous
Season 1

Top Cooku Dupe Cooku season 2 is the second season of the Tamil reality comedy cooking TV show Top Cooku Dupe Cooku . The season premiered on 17 August 2025 on Sun TV and digitally on Sun NXT. [1] [2] This season is judged by Chef Venkatesh Bhat and Chef Rammohan. This season is hosted by VJ Rakesh and Sivaangi Krishnakumar. [3] [4]

Production

The show is produced by Media Masons and broadcast by Sun TV Network. A pre-recorded episode airs every Saturday and Sunday at 2pm IST on Sun TV. It is available for free streaming in the OTT platform Sun NXT and will be made available on YouTube as well. [5]

Participants status

SrTop Cooku'sWeek enteredWeek exitedStatus
1 Besant Ravi Week 1
2 Delna Davis Week 1
3KiranWeek 1
4PreethaWeek 1
5PriyankaWeek 1
6ShivaniWeek 1
7SrinivasanWeek 1
8VaaheesanWeek 1
9 Robo Shankar Week 1Week 4Eliminated [6]

Participants

Alphabetical order of initial cooks name followed by later joined cooks: [7] [8]

  1. Besant Ravi, an actor and stunt choreographer who has played antagonistic supporting roles in Tamil, Hindi and several other Indian language films.
  2. Delna Davis, a television actress known for works in Malayalam and Tamil film and television industries. She had roles in You Too Brutus (2015), Happy Wedding (2016) and Kurangu Bommai (2017).
  3. Kiran Rathod, a content creator and actress known for her roles in films such as Gemini (2002), Anbe Sivam (2003) and Winner (2003).
  4. Preetha, an actress best known for appearing in the mini series Kadhaipoma.
  5. Priyanka, a television actress known for roles in many serials.
  6. Robo Shankar, a standup comedian and actor who has appeared in character roles in Tamil films. He made his breakthrough with STAR Vijay's Kalakkapovathu Yaaru, performing standup comedy.
  7. Shivani Narayanan, an actress who mainly appears in the Tamil films and television industry. she was a contestant on the reality show Bigg Boss 4 .
  8. TSR Srinivasan, a comedian and actor known for his comedy roles in films such as Sethupathi (2016) and Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food (2023) and his villainous role in Ayali (2023).
  9. Vaaheesan Rasaiya, a singer who is Sri Lankan born known for his songs such as "Kanaga", "Porkodi", "Oh Rasikkum Seemanae" and "Velundu".

Dupe Cooku's

Alphabetical order of Dupe cooks names: [9]

  1. Aaditya Kathir
  2. Adhirchi Arun
  3. Bharath
  4. Dheena
  5. GP Muthu
  6. Kamalesh Jagan [10]
  7. Lakshmi Patti
  8. Meenakshi
  9. Monisha Blessy
  10. Mukund
  11. VJ Nikki

Mentor chef teams

Mentor ChefTop Cooku's
Chef AdrianDelnaKiranRobo
Chef CherubaPreethaPriyankaVaaheesan
Chef SaiBesantShivaniSrinivasan

Pairings

CooksWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5
ShivaniKathirKamaleshNikkiMukundGp Muthu
DelnaArunDheenaNikki
Besant RaviBharathKathirMonishaKamaleshArun
PreethaLakshmi Patti & GP MuthuGP MuthuDheenaArunBharath
KiranNikkiMonishaNot participatedKathirMeenakshi
Robo ShankarKamaleshLakshmi Patti & DheenaKamaleshNikkiELIMINATED
TSRDheenaMeenakshiGP MuthuLakshmi Patti
PriyankaMeenakshiBharathMeenakshiBharath & Lakshmi PattiKathir
VaaheesanMonishaNikkiKathir-Monisha

Weekly summary

EpisodesWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15
Grand
Premiere
234567Grand Finale
RecipesAny Favourite DishVirudhunagar Poricha ParottaTamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh DishesChef Venkatesh Bhatt Milagu VadaiTraditional Tamil DishesCut VegetablesFruit DessertSamosa ChallengeNavathaniyam Dish Challenge
Top cook Golden star.svg RoboDelnaVaaheesanBesantShivanicolspan="2"Shivani & Preetha
Golden Table WinnerNo WinnerShivaniSrinivasanPreethaPriyanka
Challenger Task WinnerNo WinnerVaaheesanNo Winner
BesantJoined Sai's Team Top Cook Golden star.svg Golden Table Winner
DelnaJoined Adrian's Team Top Cook Golden star.svg  Danger ZoneAbsent
KiranJoined Adrian's Team Absent Danger Zone
PreethaJoined Cheruba's Team Golden Table WinnerDanger ZoneTop Cook Golden star.svg
PriyankaJoined Cheruba's Team Danger ZoneGolden Table Winner
ShivaniJoined Sai's TeamGolden Table Winner Danger ZoneChallenger Task WinnerTop Cook Golden star.svg Exempt
SrinivasanJoined Sai's Team Golden Table Winner Danger Zone
VaaheesanJoined Cheruba's Team Challenger Task WinnerExempt
Top Cook Golden star.svg
RoboJoined Adrian's Team  Danger ZoneEliminated
(Week 4)
Top Cook Golden star.svg
Notes 1
Against
Elimination
Round
No Elimination RoundDelna
Kiran
Preetha
Priyanka
Robo
Shivani
Srinivasan
EliminatedNo EliminationRobo
References
  indicates the winner.
  indicates the first runner up.
  indicates the second runner up.
  indicates the third runner up.
  indicates the fourth runner up.
  indicates that contestant is absent for that week and did not participate.
  indicates that contestant is eliminated.

Summary notes

Guest appearances

Week(s)Guest(s)Notes
Week 3 Mime Gopi To introduce challenger week task.
Week 5 Premji Amaren To introduce challenger week task.

References

  1. "'Top Cooku Dupe Cooku' Season 2 set for grand premiere on August 17; Watch promo". Times Of India . Retrieved 2025-08-12.
  2. "Top Cooku Dupe Cooku' Season 2 set for grand premiere on August 17; Here's what we know so far". Times Of India . Retrieved 2025-08-12.
  3. "Top Cooku Dupe Cooku season 2 gears up for grand comeback; Here's what we know so far". Times Of India . 12 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  4. "Sivaangi Krishnakumar set to host 'Top Cooku Dupe Cooku Season 2; Watch promo". Times Of India . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  5. "Top Cooku Dupe Cooku 2: When And Where To Watch Tamil Cooking Comedy Show". www.news18.com. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  6. "Topu Cooku Dupe Cooku 2: Robo Shanker gets eliminated from the show". Times Of India . Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  7. "Top Cooku Dupe Cooku 2: Here's the speculated list of 'Cooks' this season". Times Of India . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  8. "Top Cooku Dupe Cooku 2: Start Date, Contestant List & Other Details of Sun TV's Show". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  9. "Top Cooku Dupe Cooku 2: Here's the speculated list of 'Dupe Cooku' this Season". Times Of India . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  10. "Top Cooku Dupe Cooku 2: Singer and actor Kamalesh joins as new Dupe Cooku". Times Of India . Retrieved 2025-08-10.