MasterChef India Winners List of All Seasons

MasterChef India is an Indian cooking television series. MasterChef Australia inspires the show. It’s part of MasterChef India. People who cook at home or are beginners join the show. They cook to win the title of ‘MasterChef’. The show happens in Mumbai, India. There’s a big kitchen there. It has many cooking spots. There’s a balcony where people watch. There’s also a pantry, a fridge, and a fancy dining area. The judges are Vikas Khanna, Pooja Dhingra, and Ranveer Brar. Let’s see who won each season of MasterChef India.

Quick Overview of MasterChef India

Let’s talk about MasterChef India before we see who won each season. MasterChef is like the Australian show MasterChef. Here’s what happens in each season:

• Skills Test: Cooks must do different cooking tasks or copy a dish exactly.
• Mystery Box: Cooks get a box with ingredients and make a dish using only those ingredients.
• Elimination Test: Judges taste dishes and pick the worst one to eliminate.
• Team Challenge: Cooks are split into teams and cook in a restaurant. The best team stays, and the losing team faces another test.
• Pressure Test: Losing team members compete to make a dish quickly and perfectly.
• Final Cook-off: Finalists make a three-course meal and the best wins.

The winner of the seventh season got ₹ 25,00,000, a trophy, and the title. Some winners also got a cookbook deal.

The last season ended on December 8, 2023. We hope there will be more seasons. But for now, let’s see who won each season. We’ll list the winners first, then discuss each and show their pictures.

MasterChef India  Winners List

Seasons	Episodes	Year	Winner Name
1	21	2010	Pankaj Bhadouria
2	22	2012	Shipra Khanna
3	70	2013	Ripudaman Handa
4	67	2015	Nikita Gandhi
5	26	2016	Kirti Bhoutika
6	25	2020	Abinas Nayak
7	64	2023	Nayanjyoti Saikia
8	40	2023	Mohammad Ashiq

List of MasterChef India Season Wise with Name & Image

Here’s a list of winners of MasterChef India from seasons 1 to 8. It includes their names, pictures, and more:

MasterChef India Season 1 Winner Name – Pankaj Bhadouria (25 December, 2010)

Pankaj Bhadouria won the first season of MasterChef India on December 25, 2010. She was 51 years old when she won, making her the first-ever MasterChef winner worldwide to have a cookbook dedicated to her cooking skills. After winning, she hosted cooking shows like Chef Pankaj Ka Zayka and Kifayati Kitchen. She was a schoolteacher but left her job of 15 years to join the show. Now, she runs a successful cooking academy and has written several cookery books, becoming a cooking icon in India.

MasterChef India Season 2 Winner Name – Shipra Khanna (1 January, 2012)

Shipra Khanna won the second season of MasterChef India on January 1, 2012. She’s loved by many for her cooking skills, elegance, and charm. After winning, she opened her first restaurant, “H.O.T. – House of Taste,” in Ahmedabad in September 2013, followed by “The Darzi Bar & Kitchen” in New Delhi.

MasterChef India Season 3 Winner Name – Ripudaman Handa (9 June, 2013)

Ripudaman Handa won MasterChef India Season 3 on June 9, 2013. He loved cooking since he was young. He became famous for making healthy dishes without using too much oil. He was the first man to win the MasterChef title. After winning, he appeared on T.V. shows like Nach Baliye Season 6 and hosted Junior MasterChef Swaad Ke Ustaad and Roj Hoyi Bhoj, a Bhojpuri cooking show.

MasterChef India Season 4 Winner Name – Nikita Gandhi (12 April, 2015)

Nikita Gandhi won MasterChef India Season 4 on April 12, 2015. She was the youngest winner that year. Nikita grew up in Dubai but moved to India to compete in the show. After winning, she made the first menu for MasterChef, the T.V. Restaurant in Dubai Marina. Now, Nikita focuses on her family and remembers the journey that brought her love for cooking to the spotlight.

MasterChef India Season 5 Winner Name – Kirti Bhoutika (25 December, 2016)

Kirti Bhoutika, from Kolkata, West Bengal, won MasterChef India Season 5. She owns Sugarplum Cakery Kitchen and is the youngest winner ever. At her home bakery, SugarPlum Cakery, she bakes cakes and macarons. Kirti also shares cooking videos on social media. She’s good at cooking and won because of her talent and creativity.

MasterChef India Season 6 Winner Name – Abinas Nayak (1 March, 2020)

Abhinas Nayak, from Berhampur, Odisha, won Season 6 of MasterChef India. He impressed both judges and viewers during the show, which aired from December 7, 2019, to March 1, 2020. He thanked the judges for their support and encouragement. Abhinav also participated in other cooking competitions, like MasterChef LokiCooks Fellowship 2019 and Hungry for Haldiram 2018. His story proves that hard work and passion can lead to success in cooking.

MasterChef India Season 7 Winner Name – Nayanjyoti Saikia (31 March, 2023)

Nayanjyoti Saikia is a talented cook who won MasterChef India Season 7. He comes from Tinsukia and used to work as an engineer in his father’s tea garden. When he was 29 years old, he started experimenting with cooking because he loved it. He learned by trying out recipes from cookbooks. Winning the cooking competition opened up many doors for him. He got help from famous chefs and got to use professional kitchens, new tools, and special ingredients. Now that he’s won MasterChef India, he wants to use the prize money to make his restaurant bigger. He also wants to introduce food from Northeast India to more people. He thinks it’s important to share the delicious food from his region with everyone.

MasterChef India Season 8 Winner Name – Mohammad Ashiq (8 December, 2023)

Lastly, we’ll talk about the winner of MasterChef India Season 8, Mohammed Ashiq. He’s a young juice stall owner from Mangalore who showed off his cooking skills and won. Ashiq won the MasterChef India trophy and a prize of 25 lakhs. Nambie Marak and Rukhsaar were the first and second runners-up in the competition, making this season a memorable culinary adventure.