Top Cooku Dupe Cooku season 1 explained
| Bgcolor: | - FBB700
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| Season Number: | 1 |
| Starring: | see below |
| Module1: | | Host: | VJ Rakesh | | Num Contestants: | 11 | | Winner: | TBD | | Runner Up: | TBD |
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| Num Episodes: | 14 |
| Network: | Sun TV
Sun NXT |
| Last Aired: | present |
Top Cooku Dupe Cooku is the first season of the Tamil reality comedy cooking TV show Top Cooku Dupe Cooku. The season premiered on 19 May 2024 on Sun TV and digitally on Sun NXT. This season is produced and judged by Chef Venkatesh Bhat, along with Judge Chef Rammohan supported by Binny Krishnakumar and hosted by Rakesh.
Production
The show is produced by Media Masons and broadcast by Sun TV Network. A pre-recorded episode airs every Sunday at and is re-telecasted on the following Saturday at both on Sun TV and Shakthi TV. It is available for free streaming in the OTT platform Sun NXT.
Participants
Top Cooku's
Alphabetical order of initial cooks name followed by later joined cooks:
- Aishwarya Dutta, an actress who appeared in the films Tamizhuku En Ondrai Azhuthavum (2015) and Paayum Puli (2015). She is also the runner-up of the reality television show Bigg Boss season 2.
- Chaitra Reddy, a television actress who mainly works in the Kannada and Tamil languages. She is mainly known for her titular role of Kayal in the Kayal.
- Narendra Prasath (NP), a Tamil actor and comedian.
- Sai Dheena, an actor. He played the antagonist in Attu (2017), Thimiru Pudichavan (2018) and Vaandu (2019).
- Shali Nivekas, a television actress. She is best known for her role, Naachiyar in the television series Sengalam.
- Singampuli, an actor and director known for making films Red (2002) and Maayavi (2005).
- Sonia Agarwal, an actress who works predominantly in Tamil cinema and a few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is best known for her performances in films such as Kaadhal Kondein (2003), 7G Rainbow Colony (2004) and Pudhupettai (2006).
- Sujatha Sivakumar, an actress, who rose to fame with her performance in Ameer's Paruthiveeran (2007), before appearing in several supporting roles as a mother in Tamil cinema.
- FEFSI Vijayan, an action choreographer, stunt coordinator and actor who works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi language films. He is the youngest stunt master in the Indian film industry at the age of 22.
- Subash Selvam, an actor. He is known for his roles as Arjun in Thittam Irandu (2021) and Vetri in Hot Spot (2024).
- Maneesha Mahesh, a television actress, who is best known for her roles in the television series Padatha Painkili and Singapennae.
Top Cooku's status
| No. | Name | Entry episode | Episode exited | Rapid fire rounds won | Golden table challenges won | Top cook of the week | Nominations for elimination | Status |
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| 01 | Aishwarya | Episode 1 | | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | |
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| 02 | Chaitra | Episode 1 | | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | |
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| 03 | S Dheena | Episode 1 | | - | - | 1 | - | |
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| 04 | Narendra (NP) | Episode 1 | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
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| 05 | FEFSI Vijayan | Episode 1 | | - | 2 | 4 | - | |
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| 06 | Sujatha | Episode 1 | | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
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| 07 | Subash | Episode 12 | | - | - | - | - | |
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| 08 | Maneesha | Episode 12 | | - | - | - | - | |
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| 09 | Singampuli | Episode 1 | Episode 10 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | |
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| 10 | Shali | Episode 1 | Episode 8 | 1 | | 1 | 2 | |
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| 11 | Sonia | Episode 1 | Episode 5 | colspan="3" | 1 | | |
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Chef teams
| Chef | Top Cooku's | Ref. |
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| Chef Cheruba | Shali | Sujatha | Vijayan | |
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| Chef Sai | Aishwarya | Chaitra | Singampuli |
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| Chef Saravanan | S Dheena | Narendra | Sonia |
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| Chef Yuvasri | Maneesha | Subash | | |
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Dupe Cooku's
| Name | Entry episode | Episode exited | Status | Ref. |
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| Adhirchi Arun | Episode 1 | | | [1] |
| Episode 1 | | | |
| Bharat K Rajesh | Episode 1 | | |
| Episode 1 | | |
| Episode 1 | | |
| GP Muthu | Episode 1 | | |
| Vijay | Episode 1 | | |
| Mukund | Episode 1 | | |
| Soundarya | Episode 1 | | |
| Kathir | Episode 1 | | |
| RJ Vigneshkanth | Episode 14 | | | [2] | |
Competition history
Guests
| Episodes | Guests | Ref. |
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| 1 | | |
| 2 & 3 | | |
| 3 | Chef Rammohan | |
| 48 | | |
| 9 | Alagappan, Nikitha Rajesh, Maneesha Mahesh, Gabriella Charlton, Ashwanth Karthi, Sruthi Raj, Alya Manasa | |
| 10 | | |
| 11 | | [3] |
| 12 & 13 | | |
| 14 | Muthukaalai, Kiruthika, Sendrayan, Yashika, Vigneshkanth, Aswath, Santosh Pratap, Kalyani | [4] |
| 15 | Koushik Shankar | [5] | |
Elimination box selection
| Episode | Elimination box | Result |
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| Yes | No |
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| 1 | colspan="3" |
| 2 | colspan="3" |
| 3 | | | No elimination |
| 4 | | | No elimination |
| 5 | colspan="2" | Elimination round |
| 6 | | | No elimination |
| 7 | | | No elimination |
| 8 | colspan="2" | Elimination round |
| 9 | colspan="3" |
| 10 | | | Elimination round | |
| Episode | Elimination box | Result |
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| Yes | No |
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| 11 | | | No elimination |
| 12 | colspan="3" |
| 13 | | | No elimination |
| 14 | colspan="3" |
| 15 | | | |
| 16 | | | |
| 17 | | | |
| 18 | | | |
| 19 | | | |
| 20 | | | | |
Pairings
| Cooks | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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| FEFSI Vijayan | Deepa | GP Muthu &<br/>Vijay | Dheena | Soundarya | Monisha | Kathir | Bharath | GP Muthu | Kathir &<br/>Nikitha | Arun |
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| Sai Dheena | Monisha | Bharath | Deepa | GP Muthu | Dheena | Arun | Bharath | Monisha &<br/>Gabriella | Monisha |
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| Sujatha Sivakumar | Kathir | Arun | Mukund | Dheena | Deepa | Monisha | GP Muthu | Kathir | Deepa &<br/>Alya | Bharath |
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| Aishwarya Dutta | Bharath | Monisha | Kathir | Vijay | Vijay | GP Muthu | Kathir | Monisha | Dheena &<br/>Alagappan | Deepa |
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| Narendra Prasath (NP) | Soundarya | Kathir | Vijay | Arun | Arun | Bharath | Monisha | Arun | Arun &<br/>Maneesha | GP Muthu |
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| Chaitra Reddy | Vijay | Soundarya | Soundarya | Deepa | Dheena | Arun | Deepa | Mukund | Soundarya &<br/>Ashwanth | Viji |
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| Singham Puli | Dheena | Dheena | GP Muthu | Kathir | Soundarya | Deepa | Mukund | Deepa | Bharath &<br/>Sruthi | Kathir |
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| Shali Nivekas | GP Muthu | Deepa | Arun | Monisha | Mukund | Soundarya | Dheena | Dheena | Eliminated (Episode 8) |
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| Sonia Agarwal | Arun | Mukund | Monisha | Mukund | Kathir | Eliminated (Episode 5) | |
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| Cooks | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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| FEFSI Vijayan | Monisha | Arun | Mukund | Muthukaalai &<br>Arun | Vijay | | | | | |
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| Sai Dheena | Dheena | Deepa | Kathir | Kiruthika &<br>Kathir | Dheena | | | | | |
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| Sujatha Sivakumar | Deepa | Monisha | GP Muthu | Sendrayan &<br>Deepa | Arun | | | | | |
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| Aishwarya Dutta | Kathir | Bharath | Yashika &<br>Soundarya | Mukund | | | | | |
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| Narendra Prasath (NP) | Arun | Mukund | Soundarya | Vigneshkanth &<br>Dheena | GP Muthu | | | | | |
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| Chaitra Reddy | GP Muthu | Kathir | Dheena | Aswath &<br>Bharath | Deepa | | | | | |
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| Subash Selvam | | Vijay | Arun | Santosh Pratap &<br>Mukund | Bharath | | | | | |
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| Maneesha Mahesh | | GP Muthu | Deepa | Kalyani &<br>GP Muthu | Kathir | | | | | |
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| Singham Puli | Eliminated (Episode 10) |
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| Shali Nivekas | Eliminated (Episode 8) |
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| Sonia Agarwal | Eliminated (Episode 5) | |
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Weekly overview
| Episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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| Guests | | | Vadivelu & Chef Rammohan | colspan="5" | Alagappan, Nikitha Rajesh, Maneesha Mahesh, Gabriella Charlton, Ashwin Karthik, Sruthi Raj, Alya Manasa | |
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| Rapid fire winner | Aishwarya &<br />Shali | Chaitra &<br />Singampuli | Singampuli | Narendra | Chaitra | Narendra &<br />Sujatha | colspan="3" |
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| Golden table challenge winner | | Vijayan | Singampuli | Sujatha | Aishwarya | Sujatha | Narendra | Chaitra | Sujatha |
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| Top cook | Aishwarya | Vijayan | Sujatha | Shali | Narendra | Vijayan | S Dheena | Aishwarya | Sujatha &<br />Vijayan | Sujatha |
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| Aishwarya | Rapid fire winner | Golden table challenge winner | Top cook | colspan=2 rowspan="2" |
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| Top cook |
| Chaitra | Rapid fire winner | Rapid fire winner | Golden table challenge winner | rowspan="1" |
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| S Dheena | Hospitalized | Top cook | colspan="3" rowspan="2" |
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| Re-entered in Main challenge |
| Narendra | Rapid fire winner | Rapid fire winner | Golden table challenge winner | Nominated for elimination |
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| Top cook |
| Sujatha | Top cook | Golden table challenge winner | Rapid fire winner | Nominated for elimination | Top cook |
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| Golden table challenge winner | | Golden table challenge winner |
| Vijayan | Golden table challenge winner | Top cook | Top cook | rowspan="2" |
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| Top cook |
| Singampuli | Rapid fire winner | Nominated for elimination |
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| Golden table challenge winner |
| Shali | Rapid fire winner | Top cook | Nominated for elimination | Nominated for elimination | Eliminated (Episode 8) |
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| Sonia | Nominated for elimination | Eliminated (Episode 5) |
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| Left show due to injury | colspan="2" | S Dheena | colspan="7" |
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| Re-Entered | colspan="2" | S Dheena | colspan="7" |
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| Nominated for elimination | colspan="4" | Shali
Sonia | colspan="2" | Shali
Sujatha | | Singampuli
Narendra |
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| Eliminated | colspan="4" | Sonia | colspan="2" | Shali | | Singampuli | |
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| Episodes | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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| Guests | | colspan="2" | Muthukaalai, Kiruthika, Sendrayan, Yashika, Vigneshkanth, Aswath, Santosh Pratap, Kalyani | Chef Koushik | | | | | |
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| Rapid fire winner | colspan="4" | | | | | | |
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| Golden table challenge winner | Chaitra | Vijayan | | | | | | |
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| Top cook | Chaitra | Sujatha | Vijayan &<br />Narendra | | | | | | |
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| Aishwarya | | | | | | |
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| Chaitra | Golden table challenge winner | | | | | | |
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| Top cook | |
| S Dheena | | | | | | |
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| Maneesha | | | | | | |
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| Narendra | Top Cook | | | | | | |
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| Subash | | | | | | |
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| Sujatha | Top Cook | | | | | | |
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| Vijayan | Golden table challenge winner | | | | | | |
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| Top Cook |
| Singampuli | Eliminated (Episode 10) |
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| Shali | Eliminated (Episode 8) |
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| Sonia | Eliminated (Episode 5) |
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| Left show due to injury | colspan="4" | | | | | | |
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| Re-Entered | colspan="4" | | | | | | |
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| Nominated for elimination | colspan="4" | | | | | | |
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| Eliminated | colspan="4" | | | | | | | | | |
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References
Citations
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Adirchi Arun makes surprise entry on Top Cooku Dupe Cooku in Allu Arjun's Pushpa avatar. The Times of India. 13 August 2024.
- Web site: Top Cooku Dupe Cooku: RJ Vigneshkanth joins as new Dupe Cooku. The Times of India. 20 August 2024.
- Web site: Top Cooku Dupe Cooku: Kalidas Jayaram and Dushara Vijayan to grace the show. The Times of India. 30 July 2024.
- Web site: Top Cooku Dupe Cooku: Yashika Annand to grace the show. The Times of India. 15 August 2024.
- Web site: Top Cooku Dupe Cooku: Chef Koushik to grace the show as as celebrity judge. The Times of India. 21 August 2024.
