MasterChef India is the Hindi adaptation of MasterChef Australia, the cooking reality show. MasterChef India has completed seven seasons, and its eighth season is now heading towards the finale, with the top 5 contestants selected. The show has gained immense popularity over the years, providing home cooks with opportunities to showcase their talents on national television.
The show made its debut on October 16, 2010, with actor Akshay Kumar, and Chefs Kunal Kapur and Ajay Chopra serving as the judges in the show. The 7th season marked the show’s return after a long time, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The show has provided us with some of the best chefs in the country and we have compiled the names and pictures of the winners of all previous seasons of MasterChef India in the list below:
1- Pankaj Bhadouria
Pankaj Bhadouria won the debut season of MasterChef India, which ran from October 16 to December 25, 2010, and Jayanandan Bhaskar ended as the runner-up of the show. She later hosted cooking shows like Chef Pankaj Ka Zayka, Kifayati Kitchen, 3 Course with Pankaj, etc.
The 51-year-old is the first MasterChef Winner worldwide to have an official MasterChef Cookbook in her name. Also, she has written two more cookery books “Barbie- I am a Chef” and “Chicken for My Kitchen”.
2- Shipra Khanna
Shipra Khanna is among the popular MasterChef India winners. She has won people’s hearts not only by her cooking skills but also by her beauty and charisma. Khanna is the winner of the seance season of MasterChef India, which started airing on October 22, 2021 on Star Plus. That season of the show declared Salma Shazia Fatima as its runner-up.
In September 2013, she opened her first Restaurant in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad named “H.O.T.- House of Taste ” and in 2013, she opened her restaurant in New Delhi which is named “The Darzi Bar & Kitchen”.
The followers-count on Instagram is not less than that of any Bollywood actress. Over 4.5 million people follow the beautiful MasterChef on Instagram.
3- Ripudaman Handa
The third season of MasterChef India was won by Ripudaman Handa and After winning the show, he received many offers from the other shows. He also participated as a contestant in Nach Baliye Season 6 and hosted the TV show Junior MasterChef Swaad Ke Ustaad. Along with that he also hosted Bhojpuri cooking show Roj Hoyi Bhoj.
4- Nikita Gandhi
Nikita Gandhi, who won MasterChef India Season 3, became the youngest winner of the show in 2015. She was later selected to create the first champion menu for MasterChef, the TV Restaurant, which opened its door in Dubai Marina. She was born and raised in Dubai and came to India to compete in the show, she ended up winning.
5- Kirti Bhoutika
Season 5 of MasterChef India declared Kirti Bhoutika as its winner whereas Ashima Arora ended up as its runner-up. The show premiered from October 1 to December 25, 2016 on Star Plus.
Kirti hails from West Bengal, Kolkata, and is the founder of Sugarplum Cakery Kitchen. From cakes to cupcakes, macrons to choux pastries, Sugarplum offers delicious and addictive treats.
6- Abhinas Nayak
The sixth season of MasterChef India aired from December 7, 2019, to March 1, 2020, and declared Abhinas Nayak as its winner whereas Oindrila Bala was the runner of that Season. Abhinas hails from Berhampur, Odisha. He also participated in MasterChef LokiCooks fellowship 2019, Hungry for Haldiram 2018, and many other culinary competitions.
7- Nayanjyoti Saikia
The 7th season of MasterChef India was announced on August 14, 2022, a day prior to India’s 75th Independence Day. The show features popular Indian chefs Vikas Khanna, Ranveer Brar, and Garima Arora, with the latter being the first ever female chef, judge MasterChef India.
The seventh season of MasterChef has concluded, and Nayanjyoti Saikia has won the season and a cash prize of Rs. 25 lakh. Santa Sharma of Assam became the first runner-up of the show, and Suvarna Bagul became the second runner-up of the seventh season.
8- Mohammed Ashiq
Mangalore’s juice stall owner, Mohammed Ashiq, who is just 24-25 years old, won the show ‘MasterChef India Season 8’ and took home 25 lakhs in prize money. Nambie Marak and Rukhsaar became the first and second runners-up of the show.
A. MasterChef India Season 8 Winner is Mohammed Ashiq.
Ans. MasterChef India Season 8 was started on October 16, 2023, and the finale took place on 8 December 2023.
Ans. Pankaj Bhaduria was the winner of MasterChef India Season 1.
Ans. Abhinas Nayak was the winner of MasterChef India S6.
Ans. Vikas Khanna, Ranveer Brar, and Pooja Dhungra are the judges of Season 8.
Ans. Nayanjyoti Saikia of Assam has won the season 7 of MasterChef India.
Nayanjyoti winner for season 7