MasterChef India – Hindi season 7 explained

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Season Number:7
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Judges:Vikas Khanna
Ranveer Brar
Garima Arora
Winner:Nayanjyoti Saikia
Runner Up:Shanta Sarmah
Num Days:65
Num Contestants:16
Num Episodes:70
Network:Sony Entertainment Television

Season 7 of the Indian Hindi-language competitive reality TV series MasterChef India – Hindi premiered on Sony Entertainment Television on 2 January 2023.[1] The winner of this season was Nayanjyoti Saikia and the runner-up was Santa Sarmah.[2]

Vikas Khanna and Ranveer Brar returned as one of the judges for the show while Vineet Bhatia was replaced by Garima Arora.

This season marked Khanna's sixth consecutive season serving as a judge on the show and Brar's third season.[3] Similar to the past seasons, Amul remained the title sponsor of the show. The Masterchef India season 7 was announced on 14 August 2022 on Sony Entertainment Television channel and audition rounds were conducted in 4 cities across the country- Kolkata (24 September), Delhi (1 October), Hyderabad (8 October) and Mumbai (15 October). The shown ended with grand finale on 31 March 2023. The winner was Nayanjyoti Saikia, a student from Tinsukia, Assam and got the prize money of ₹25,00,000 while the first runner-up was Santa Sarmah, a homemaker from Guwahati and second runner-up was Suvarna Bagul, a homemaker from Mumbai, both got the prize money of ₹5,00,000.

Masterchef India-Masterclass- an extension of the show, featuring the same contestants and judges as 7th season but instead the judges will cook for the contestants, teaching them skills and recipes started on 2 April 2023 and ended on 8 April 2023.

Top 16

A large number of home cooks appeared at the nationwide auditions, of which 36 cooks were selected by MasterChef India judges and welcomed at the MasterChef Kitchen. They competed in a cook-off to win the final 16 spots. The top 16 contestants were revealed on 6 January 2023.

ContestantAgeHometownOccupationStatus
Nayanjyoti Saikia26Tinsukia, AssamStudentWinner; 31
March
Santa Sarmah34Nagaon, AssamHomemakerRunner-Up; 31
March
Suvarna Bagul41Mumbai, MaharashtraHomemakerThird; 31
March
Aruna Vijay36Chennai, Tamil NaduDigital CreatorEliminated; 29
March
Kamaldeep Kaur40Ludhiana, PunjabHomemakerEliminated; 28
March
24HaryanaLawyer
Sachin Khatwani22Lucknow, Uttar PradeshCloud Kitchen OwnerEliminated; 17
March
Priyanka Biswas32Kolkata, West BengalCake ArtistEliminated; 10
March
Deepa Chauhan52Bangalore, KarnatakaEntrepreneurEliminated; 24 February[4]
Nazia Sultana33Guwahati, AssamHomemaker
Priya Vijan34Bangalore, KarnatakaNutritionistEliminated; 10 February[5]
Avinash Patnaik32Bhubaneswar, OdishaPhD Student-Horticulture, Food ConsultantEliminated; 3 February[6]
Vineet Yadav23Lucknow, Uttar PradeshMehndi ArtistEliminated; 27 January[7]
Yashu Verma19Kolkata, West BengalStudentEliminated; 20 January[8]
Dyuti Banerjee32Kolkata, West BengalProfessor, Lawyer
Urmila Jamnadas Asher "Baa"78Mumbai, MaharashtraYouTuberEliminated; 13
January[9]

Elimination Table

PlaceContestantEpisode
Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13
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1NayanjyotiWINIMMWININWINIMMINLOWWINIMMININWINIMMINLOWWINIMMWINLOWWININWININBTMPTTOPININTOPININWINIMMINLOSEPTIMMINININTOPINTOPPTINWINNER
2SantaININLOWBTMPTWININLOWPTINWINIMMININBTMPTINWINIMMLOWNOTINIMMLOWTOPWINIMMTOPINTOPININTOPWINIMMINWINPTPTININ ININWINIMMIMMTOP
3SuvarnaINIMMWININLOWPTINLOWBTMPTLOWWINBTMPTINLOWBTMPTLOWNOTWININLOWINBTMPTINTOPLOWNOTBTMNOTPTINWINPTPTININ ININTOPPTPTINTHIRD
4ArunaINWINIMMWINIMNWINIMMINWINIMMINBTMIMMIMMLOWNOTWININWININWINIMMININININININWINIMMINLOWPTPTINININININPTTOPELIM
5KamaldeepTOPINLOWWINIMMWININWINIMMINLOWBTMPTININBTMPTWINIMMLOWNOTWINIMNLOWINBTMIMMTOPININTICKET TO FINALEINTOPIN ININPTELIM
GurkiratININLOWWINIMMWININWINIMMINWINIMMWINIMMINWINIMMLOWNOTINIMMWININWINIMMININININININLOWBTMPTTOPLOWPTIMMTOPINBTMNOTPTELIM
7SachinININLOWBTMPTINNOTLOWPTINLOWBTMPTININBTMPTINLOWBTMPTWINLOWINIMMWININBTMPTLOWNOTBTMNOTPTINWINPTELIM
8PriyankaININLOWBTMPTWININLOWPTWINLOWWINIMMININBTMPTINLOWWINIMMWINLOWWININLOWBTMNOTPTININLOWNOTININLOWBTMELIM
9DeepaININWINIMMINNOTWINIMMINWINIMMINWINIMMINWINIMMLOWNOTINIMMLOWINBTMELIM
10NaziaIMMWDRININBTMPTINLOWBTMPTWDR
11PriyaININWINIMMINNOTLOWNPTWINWINIMMININBTMPTINLOWBTMELIM
12AvinashININWINIMMINNOTWINIMMINWINIMMLOWINBTMELIM
13VineetININLOWBTMPTWININWINIMMINLOWBTMELIM
14YashuININLOWBTMPTINNOTLOWELIM
DyutiININWINIMMINNOTLOWELIM
16BaaININLOWBTMELIMVIS

(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.

(NOT) This cook did not participate in the challenge(s) as he/she had won Ticket to Finale or was disqualified.

(WDR) The cook withdraw from the MasterChef Kitchen.

(ELIM) The cook was eliminated from the MasterChef Kitchen.

(VIS) The cook returned to MasterChef Kitchen as Visitor Appearance and participated in a challenge.

Controversies

The season was marked by a series of controversies, including:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Devnath . Aparupa . 2023-01-02 . MasterChef India Season 7: When & where to watch Vikas Khanna, Ranveer Brar's cooking reality show . 2023-01-07 . www.indiatvnews.com . en.
  2. Web site: MasterChef India winner is Nayanjyoti Saikia from Assam! . . en.
  3. Web site: MasterChef India Season 7 to air tonight on Sony Entertainment Television and SonyLIV . 2023-01-07 . www.telegraphindia.com.
  4. News: 'Sindhi home cook from Chennai Deepa Chauhan gets eliminated from the MasterChef India's kitchen' . The Times of India . 2023-02-24 .
  5. News: Bengaluru home cook Priya Vijan bids adieu to Masterchef India this week . The Times of India . 2023-02-24 .
  6. News: Odisha's Avinash Patnaik bids adieu to 'MasterChef India' . The Times of India . 2023-02-04 . 0971-8257.
  7. News: MasterChef India: Vineet Yadav gets eliminated from the show - Times of India . 2023-01-28 . The Times of India . en.
  8. News: Master Chef India: Yashu Verma and Dyuti Banerjee get eliminated after the Parsi cuisine's pressure test - Times of India . 2023-01-28 . The Times of India . en.
  9. News: Masterchef India: Mumbai's Urmila Jamnadas Asher aka 'Baa' gets eliminated from the show first - Times of India . 2023-01-28 . The Times of India . en.
  10. Web site: 2023-01-31 . MasterChef India 7 Day 21 highlights: From childhood desserts to special guests; Here's what you missed . 2023-02-04 . PINKVILLA . en.
  11. Web site: 2023-02-21 . Controversy erupts over judges' decision in latest episode of MasterChef India . 2023-03-07 . India Today NE . en.
  12. News: 2023-02-20 . MasterChef India row after judges allow cheese to be used in fish round . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-03-07.
  13. News: From favouring a home cook to getting slammed for being biased; Times when MasterChef India's latest season courted controversy . The Times of India . 2023-03-07 . 0971-8257.
  14. News: Masterchef India judges face netizens’ negative comments after praising chef Aruna’s ‘plain looking’ dish; a user writes ‘What's eye-catchy about this? . The Times of India . 2023-03-07 . 0971-8257.
  15. Web site: 2023-02-24 . MasterChef India: Aruna Vijay’s dish gets selected in top 3, fans call out ‘favouritism’ by the channel and judges . 2023-03-07 . The Indian Express . en.

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