MasterChef Tamil premiered on August 7, 2021, and this is it’s first season. The show hosted by veteran actor Vijay Sethupathi has had a good run in the past few weeks. The show has taken the best of the MasterChef series and given it an amazing twist. This has obviously worked since the audiences are extremely pleased and the show has had a very good viewership. The show combines the best part of MasterChef series with a definite Tamilian twist.
In the last few episodes, the challenges and the contestants have been performing very well. The challenges are innovative, and the contestants are able to give their all. The show as per the usual format had started with 24 contestants, and the eliminations have been taking place swiftly over the weeks.
MasterChef Tamil Task Winners
There is a cash prize of Rs. 25 lakhs at stakes, so the showrunners are ready to make the contestants work for it. The show started with a special butterfly mystery box challenge which had an exciting mix of ingredients like chicken, Java Plum, Foxtail Millet, Banana peppers, Pumpkin, Palm jaggery, Citron, and Mapillai Samba rice variety. The contestants had the option to cook any dish of their choice by selecting any four of the ingredients from the box. As per usual mystery boxes, the contestants have to use their creativity carefully. Two contestants made it out, and were safe. But the rest went on to the next round.
Few other dishes include : Japanese flavor-inspired Congee, millet-infused Phirni, and a Jamun seared chicken course. Last week brought these contestants into this week’s pressure test. This will also result in the very first elimination of the show.
MasterChef Tamil Elimination Updates
This episode will be the pressure test which is crafted by Chef Kaushik Shankar. This chef is known for his innovative dishes and his adherence to traditional cooking styles. No contestant is truly safe. He had presented a Kozhukattai fusion recipe stuffed in banana mash titled En Arusuvai ulagam. This dish is special to him because it was created in memory of his grandmother. There will also be the first elimination in the show.
The contestant to get eliminated will be Sashi Anand Sridharan. He will become the first contestant to leave the show.
MasterChef Tamil Contestant List
Vinny Shukla
Tara Rhine
Sumithra Rajesh
Sasi G
Selva Sunitha
Krithika Sivanesan
Kritaj Ashok Kumar
K Manikandan
Devaki
Aarthi Satheesh
Dr Nithya Franklin
Nausheen Yusuf
Sashi Anand Sridharan
Mariam Shazia Shah