MasterChef India – Hindi
Season 8
JudgesPooja Dhingra
Ranveer Brar
Vikas Khanna
No. of contestants12
Country of originIndia
Release
Original networkSonyLIV
Original release16 October 2023 (2023-10-16) –
present
Season chronology

Season 8 of the Indian Hindi language competitive reality TV series MasterChef India – Hindi premiered on SonyLIV on 16 October 2023.[1] Vikas Khanna and Ranveer Brar returned as the judges for the show while Garima Arora was replaced by Pooja Dhingra.[2]

Contestants

Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Status Place
Nambie Marak 35 Upper Rangsa, Meghalaya School Principal Finalist
Harish Closepet 58 Bengaluru, Karnataka Entrepreneur
Mohammed Aashiq 24 Mangalore, Karnataka Entrepreneur
Dr. Rukhsaar Sayeed 33 Pampore, J&K Food Technician
Suraj Thapa 28 Chalsa, West Bengal Home Baker
Nidhi Sharma 35 Solan, Himachal Pradesh Chief Bank Manager Eliminated
on 04 December, 2023		 6th
Kriti Dhiman 23 Gobindgarh, Punjab Home Baker Eliminated
on 01 December, 2023		 7th
Kenneth Gopinath 18 Bengaluru, Karnataka Student Eliminated
on 24 November, 2023		 8th
Subhojit Sen 29 Kolkata, West Bengal Engineer Eliminated
on 17 November, 2023		 9th
Prachi Agarkar 28 Mumbai, Maharashtra Professor Eliminated
on 10 November, 2023		 10th
Sima Ahmed 56 Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh Pop-up Chef Eliminated
on 3 November, 2023		 11th
Kaushalya Choudhary 29 Bhopalgarh, Rajasthan Content Creator 12th

Elimination chart

Place Contesant Episode
Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8
6 7 8-9 10 11 12 13-14 15 16 17-18
(team)		 19 20 21-22 23 24 25 26 27 28-29
(team)		 30 31 32
(team)		 33 34-35 36 37 38
Harish IN IN LOW — IN LOW WIN IMM IN LOW WIN IMM IN IN WIN IMM IN IN LOW PT IN LOW IN PT SAFE
Aashiq IN TOP IN IN TOP IN IN IN LOW LOW PT IN WIN IMM IMM IN IN LOW PT IN LOW IN PT SAFE
Nambie IN IN IN IN IN WIN WIN IMM IN WIN IMM IMM LOW — WIN IMM IN IN WIN IMM IN WIN WIN IMM SAFE
Rukhsaar IN IN TOP IMN IN TOP IN TOP WIN IMM IMM IN IN WIN PT IN IN WIN IMM IN WIN TOP PT SAFE
Suraj IN IN TOP IN IN LOW IN IN WIN IMM IMM IN IN WIN IMM IN IN WIN IMM IN WIN IN PT SAFE
6 Nidhi IN TOP LOW — LOW IN WIN IMM TOP LOW LOW PT IN IN LOW PT IN IN LOW PT IN LOW IN PT ELI
7 Kriti IN IN IN IN IN LOW IN IN WIN IMM IMM IN IN LOW PT IN LOW — PT LOW — — ELI
8 Kenneth IN IN LOW — IN LOW IN IN WIN IMM IMM LOW — WIN IMM LOW — — ELI
9 Subhojit LOW — — — IN IN IN IN LOW LOW PT LOW — LOW ELI
10 Prachi LOW — — — IN LOW IN IN LOW LOW ELI
11-12 Kaushalya IN LOW — — IN IN IN ELI
Sima IN LOW — — IN IN LOW ELI
  (WINNER) The cook won the competition.
  (RUNNER-UPS) The cooks finished in the second and third place.
  (WIN) The cook won the Mystery Box challenge, or any other individual / pair challenge.
  (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team Challenge and directly advanced to the next round.
  (TOP) The cook was one of the top entries in the individual challenge.
  (IMN) The cook won an Immunity Pin in a given challenge.
  (IMM) The cook didn't participate in the challenge as he/she already advanced to the next week.
  (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual / pair challenge.
  (PT) The cook competed in the Pressure Test in elimination round, and advanced.
  (LOW) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge.
  (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge.
  (BTM) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge and had to compete in the upcoming elimination challenge.
  (—) This cook did not participate in the challenge(s) as was excluded.
  (ELI) The cook was eliminated from the MasterChef Kitchen.
  (SAFE) advanced to next level (only for finale week)

Production

The MasterChef India season 8 was announced on 7 July 2023 on SonyLIV.[3] This season marked Khanna's seventh consecutive season serving as a judge on the show, Brar's fourth season and Dhingra's first season as a judge.[4] Audition rounds were conducted across the country.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "MasterChef India Season 8 to stream on SonyLIV from October 16".
  2. ↑ "'MasterChef India': Pooja Dhingra joins Vikas, Ranveer as judge in new season".
  3. ↑ "Call for Entries for MasterChef India Season 8 Now Open; Here's How You Can Apply". 8 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Masterchef India 8 PROMO: Competitive cooking reality show returns with new flavors this October". 28 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Two Assam women clears first round of MasterChef India Season 8". 8 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Culinary dreams on the table for MasterChef Season 8's Kolkata auditions".
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