MasterChef India (season 5) | |
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Country of origin | India |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Release | |
Original network | Star Plus |
Original release | 1 October | – 25 December 2016
Season 5 of the Indian competitive reality TV series MasterChef premiered on Star Plus on 1 October 2016.
Vikas Khanna returned to judge this season while Sanjeev Kapoor and Ranveer Brar were replaced by Kunal Kapur and Zorawar Kalra respectively.
The winner was Kirti Bhoutika, a 20-year-old Nutrition graduate from Kolkata, West Bengal, Ashima Arora from Amritsar, Punjab being the runner-up.
Top 30 contestants were chosen from India and even from the other parts of the world like San Francisco, Dubai, etc. From the Top 30, Best 10 were chosen by a cook-off between 3 each and in the second-chance cook, 6 other were chosen.
Special Guest: Sushil Kumar