MasterChef India – Hindi season 8

Season 8 of the Indian Hindi language competitive reality TV series MasterChef India – Hindi premiered on SonyLIV on 16 October 2023.^[1] Vikas Khanna and Ranveer Brar returned as the judges for the show while Garima Arora was replaced by Pooja Dhingra.^[2] Mohammed Ashiq from Mangalore won the season and Nambie Marak finished as runner up.^[3]

MasterChef India – Hindi
Season 8
Judges	Pooja Dhingra Ranveer Brar Vikas Khanna
No. of contestants	12
Winner	Mohammed Ashiq
Runner-up	Nambie Marak
No. of episodes	40
Release
Original network	SonyLIV
Original release	16 October (2023-10-16) – 8 December 2023 (2023-12-08)
Season chronology

Top 12

A large number of home cooks appeared at the nationwide auditions, of which 22 cooks were selected by the judges and welcomed at the MasterChef Kitchen. They competed in a cook-off to win the final 12 spots. The Top 12 contestants were revealed on 20 October 2023

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Status	Place
Mohammed Ashiq	24	Mangalore, Karnataka	Entrepreneur	Winner on 08 December, 2023	1st
Nambie Marak	35	Upper Rangsa, Meghalaya	School Principal	Runner-Up on 08 December, 2023	2nd
Dr. Rukhsaar Sayeed	33	Pampore, J&K	Food Technician	Third place on 08 December, 2023	3rd
Suraj Thapa	28	Chalsa, West Bengal	Home Baker	Fourth place on 08 December, 2023	4th
Harish Closepet	58	Bengaluru, Karnataka	Entrepreneur	Eliminated on 05 December, 2023	5th
Nidhi Sharma	35	Solan, Himachal Pradesh	Chief Bank Manager	Eliminated on 04 December, 2023	6th
Kriti Dhiman	23	Gobindgarh, Punjab	Home Baker	Eliminated on 01 December, 2023	7th
Kenneth Gopinath	18	Bengaluru, Karnataka	Student	Eliminated on 24 November 2023	8th
Subhojit Sen	29	Kolkata, West Bengal	Engineer	Eliminated on 17 November 2023	9th
Prachi Agarkar	28	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Professor	Eliminated on 10 November 2023	10th
Kaushalya Choudhary	29	Bhopalgarh, Rajasthan	Content Creator	Eliminated on 3 November 2023	11th
Sima Ahmed	56	Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh	Pop-up Chef

Elimination chart

Place	Contestant	Episode
			Week 2[a]					Week 3					Week 4						Week 5					Week 6						Week 7						Week 8
			6	7	8-9	10		11	12	13-14	15		16	17-18		19	20		21-22	23	24	25		26	27	28-29		30		31	32		33-34	35		36	37	38-39	40
1	Ashiq		IN	TOP	IN	IN		TOP	IN	BTM	PT		IN		LOW	BTM	PT		WIN	WIN	IMM			IN	IN		BTM	PT		IN		LOW	BTM	PT		TOP 5	TOP 4	TOP 4	TOP 3	WINNER
2	Nambie		IN	IN	IN	IN		IN	WIN	IMM[b]	IMM		IN		WIN	IMM			LOW	NOT	WIN	IMM		IN	IN		WIN	IMM		IN		WIN	WIN	IMM						RUNNER UP
3	Rukhsaar		IN	IN	IN	IMN		IN	IN	BTM	PT		WIN		WIN	IMM			WIN	IN	BTM	PT[c]		IN	IN		WIN	IMM		IN		WIN	TOP	PT						THIRD
4	Suraj		IN	IN	IN	IN		IN	IN	BTM	PT		IN		WIN	IMM			WIN	IN	WIN	IMM		IN	IN		WIN	IMM		IN		WIN	BTM	PT					ELIM	FOURTH
5	Harish		IN	IN	LOW	NOT		IN	IN	TOP	IMM		IN		LOW	WIN	IMM		WIN	IN	WIN	IMM		IN	IN		BTM	PT		IN		LOW	BTM	PT			ELIM
6	Nidhi		IN	TOP	LOW	NOT		BTM	IN	WIN	IMM		WIN		LOW	BTM	PT		WIN	IN	BTM	PT		IN	IN		BTM	PT		IN		LOW	BTM	PT		ELIM
7	Kriti		IN	IN	IN	IN		IN	IN	BTM	PT		IN		WIN	IMM			WIN	IN	BTM	PT		IN	BTM	NOT		PT		BTM	NOT			ELIM
8	Kenneth		IN	IN	LOW	NOT		IN	IN	BTM	PT		IN		WIN	IMM			LOW	NOT	WIN	IMM		BTM	NOT			ELIM
9	Subhojit		LOW	NOT				IN	IN	BTM	PT		IN		LOW	BTM	PT		LOW	NOT	BTM	ELIM
10	Prachi		LOW	NOT				IN	IN	TOP	IMM		IN		LOW	BTM	ELIM
11	Kaushalya		IN	LOW	NOT			IN	IN	BTM	ELIM
	Sima		IN	LOW	NOT			BTM	IN	BTM	ELIM

  (WINNER) The cook won the competition.

  (RUNNER-UP) The cook finished as the Runner-up.

  (TOP) The cook was one of the top entries in the individual challenge.

  (WIN) The cook won an individual / pair / team challenge.

  (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual / pair challenge.

  (LOW) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual / pair / team challenge.

  (BTM) The cook was non-immune and had to compete in the elimination challenge.

  (PT) The cook competed in the Pressure Test in elimination round, and advanced.

  (IMM) The cook didn't participate in the challenge as he/she already advanced to the next week.

  (IMN) The cook won an Immunity Pin.

  (NOT) This cook did not participate in the challenge(s) as was excluded.

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

1. Immunity pin challenge.
2. Nambie was immune but participated in the challenge.
3. Rukhsaar used her Immunity pin.

Production

The MasterChef India season 8 was announced on 7 July 2023 on SonyLIV.^[4] This season marked Khanna's seventh consecutive season serving as a judge on the show, Brar's fourth season and Dhingra's first season as a judge.^[5] Audition rounds were conducted across the country.^[6][7] The Times of India reviewed the series.^[8]