Top Cooku Dupe Cooku season 2

Top Cooku Dupe Cooku
Season 2
Starring	see below
Hosted by	VJ Rakesh Sivaangi Krishnakumar
Judges	Venkatesh Bhat Chef Rammohan Mentors Chef Adrian Chef Cheruba Chef Sai
No. of contestants	9
No. of episodes	35
Release
Original network	Sun TV Sun NXT
Original release	17 August (2025-08-17) – 14 December 2025 (2025-12-14)
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

S.No	Top Cooku's	Week entered	Week exited	Status
1	Besant Ravi	Week 1	Week 18	Winner
2	Preetha	Week 1	Week 18	1st runner-up
3	Delna	Week 1	Week 18	2nd runner-up
4	Kiran	Week 1	Week 18	3rd runner-up
			Week 7	Evicted
5	Vaahesan	Week 1	Week 18	4th runner-up
6	Shivani	Week 1	Week 14	Evicted
7	Srinivasan (TSR)	Week 1	Week 12	Evicted
8	Priyanka	Week 1	Week 10	Evicted
9	Robo Shankar	Week 1	Week 4	Evicted

Participants

Alphabetical order of initial cooks name followed by later joined cooks: ^{[6] [7]}

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

Dupe cooks names: ^[8]

1. Adhirchi Arun
2. Dheena
3. Meenakshi Raveendran
4. Monisha Blessy
5. VJ Nikki
6. Adithya Kathir
7. Bharath
8. Lakshmi Patti
9. Kamalesh Jagan
10. GP Muthu
11. Mukund
12. Manish
13. Rapper Vijay

Mentor chef teams

Mentor Chef	Top Cooku's
Chef Adrian	Delna	Kiran	Robo
Chef Cheruba	Preetha	Priyanka	Vaaheesan
Chef Sai	Ravi	Shivani	TSR

Pairings

Cooks	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18 (FINALE)
Besant Ravi	Bharath	Kathir	Monisha	Kamalesh	Arun	Meenakshi	Lakshmi Patti & Mukund	Kamalesh	Kamalesh	Kathir	Manish	Kathir	Bharath	Nikki	1stFINALIST	1stFINALIST	Lakshmi Patti	Dheena WINNER
Preetha	Lakshmi Patti & GP Muthu	GP Muthu	Dheena.	Arun	Bharath	Dheena	Dheena	Monisha	Nikki	Monisha	Nikki	Bharath	Kamalesh	Monisha	Arun	3rdFINALIST	Bharath	Bharath & Kamalesh 1st RUNNER UP
Delna	Arun			Dheena	Nikki	Not participated	Kathir	Arun	Monisha	Dheena	Kamalesh	Arun	Not participated	Dheena	2ndFINALIST	2ndFINALIST	Meenakshi	Arun & Meenakshi 2nd RUNNER UP
Kiran	Nikki	Monisha	Not participated	Kathir	Meenakshi	Kathir	Arun	ELIMINATED								Arun	Nikki & Kamalesh 5th FINALIST	Nikki 3rd RUNNER UP
Vaaheesan	Monisha	Nikki	Kathir	Challenger Task Winner	Monisha	Monisha	Monisha	Nikki	Kathir	Nikki	Bharath	Monisha	Rakesh	Bharath	Monisha	4th FINALIST	Arun	Monisha 4th RUNNER UP
Shivani	Kathir	Kamalesh	Nikki	Mukund	Gp Muthu	Arun	Challenger Task Winner	Dheena	Arun	Meenakshi	Monisha	Nikki	Monisha	Arun	Not participated & ELIMINATED
TSR	Dheena	Meenakshi	GP Muthu		Lakshmi Patti	Nikki	Nikki	Meenakshi	Bharath	Arun	Kathir	Dheena	ELIMINATED			Nikki	ELIMINATED
Priyanka	Meenakshi	Bharath	Meenakshi	Bharath & Lakshmi Patti	Kathir	GP Muthu	Meenakshi	Bharath	Meenakshi	ELIMINATED						Monisha	ELIMINATED
Robo Shankar	Kamalesh	Lakshmi Patti & Dheena	Kamalesh	Nikki	ELIMINATED (RIP : Unfortunate death after the show exit.)

Weekly summary

Episodes	Week 1	Week 2		Week 3		Week 4		Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15
	Grand Premiere	2	3	4	5	6	7											Grand Finale
Recipes	Any Favourite Dish	Virudhunagar Poricha Parotta	Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh Dishes	Chef Venkatesh Bhatt Milagu Vadai	Traditional Tamil Dishes	Cut Vegetables	Fruit Dessert	Samosa Challenge	Navathaniyam Dish Challenge	Jalebi Challenge
Top cook	Robo	Delna		Vaaheesan		Besant		Preetha	Shivani	Shivani
Golden Table Winner	No Winner	Shivani		Srinivasan		Preetha		Priyanka		Shivani
Challenger Task Winner	No Winner			Vaaheesan		No Winner
Besant	Joined Sai's Team	–					Top Cook	Golden Table Winner
Delna	Joined Adrian's Team	–	Top Cook	–			Danger Zone	Absent
Preetha	Joined Cheruba's Team	–				Golden Table Winner	Danger Zone	Top Cook
Shivani	Joined Sai's Team	Golden Table Winner	–				Danger Zone	Challenger Task Winner	Top Cook	Golden Table Winner
Vaaheesan	Joined Cheruba's Team	–			Challenger Task Winner	Exempt
					Top Cook
Srinivasan	Joined Sai's Team	–		Golden Table Winner	–		Danger Zone	Top Cook	Eliminated (Week 12)
Priyanka	Joined Cheruba's Team	–					Danger Zone	Golden Table Winner	Eliminated (Week 9)
Kiran	Joined Adrian's Team	–		Absent		–	Danger Zone	Eliminated (Week 7)
Robo	Joined Adrian's Team	–				–	Danger Zone	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Top Cook
Notes				1
Against Elimination Round	No Elimination Round					Delna Kiran Preetha Priyanka Robo Shivani Srinivasan
Eliminated	No Elimination					Robo			Kiran
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

• ^1 : Kiran was absent in Week 3 of the show, hence she did not appear.
• ^2 : Delna was absent in Week 6 and Week 13 of the show, hence she did not appear.
• ^3 : Shivani was absent in Week 15(SEMI FINALE) of the show, hence she was eliminated

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.
Week 7	Anthony Daasan	To introduce challenger week task.
Week 11	Np (Narendra prasath ) Sivaangi Krishnakumar	To introduce challenger week task.
Week 11	Binni Krishnakumar	To judge and support the challenger week task.
Week 15	Sujatha Sivakumar Chaitra Reddy Subash Selvam	To make the competition difficult for semi-final contestants

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. "Top Cooku Dupe Cooku 2: Here's the speculated list of 'Cooks' this season". Times Of India . Retrieved 2025-08-10.
7. "Top Cooku Dupe Cooku 2: Start Date, Contestant List & Other Details of Sun TV's Show". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
8. "Top Cooku Dupe Cooku 2: Here's the speculated list of 'Dupe Cooku' this Season". Times Of India . Retrieved 2025-08-10.

External links

• Top Cooku Dupe Cooku on Sun NXT
• Top Cooku Dupe Cooku - Full episodes on YouTube