Samayal Express

Samayal Express is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language cooking game show which airs on Zee Tamil and streamed on ZEE5. Over two years, Samayal Express has rolled out two seasons. The first season premiered on 15 September 2024^[1] and ended on 30 March 2025. The first season is hosted by Ayesha Zeenath^[2][3] and judged by Seetha (episodes 1-5),^[4] Krishna McKenzie^[5] and Sujitha.^[6] It features Tamil dishes.

Samayal Express
சமையல் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ்
Genre	Cooking show
Presented by	Ayesha Zeenath (S1) Shaalin Zoya (S2)
Judges	Season 1 Seetha (episodes 1-5) Krishna McKenzie Sujitha (episodes 6-29) Season 2 Sujitha
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 45-50 minutes per episode
Production company	Nandri Productions
Original release
Network	Zee Tamil
Release	15 September 2024 (2024-09-15) – present

The second season premiered on 13 July 2025 on every Sunday at 13:30. Actress Sujitha returned to host and judged, accompanied by the new Shaalin Zoya.^[7]

Format

The show format is each episode will have two Tamil television celebrity pairs who are related (friends or family) to each other. The two pairs of each episode will be given a hero ingredient, which they have to use in their recipe and present the dish within a limited time.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Original Broadcast		Host
			First Aired	Last Aired
	1	29	15 September 2024 (2024-09-15)	30 March 2025 (2025-03-30)	Ayesha Zeenath
	2	TBA	13 July 2025 (2025-07-13)	TBA	Shaalin Zoya

Season 1

The first season aired from 15 September 2024 to 30 March 2025 on every Sunday at 13:30 and ended with 29 Episodes. The show was hosted by Ayesha Zeenath and judged by Krishna McKenzie, Seetha and Sujitha.

Episodes

Episodes	Release date	Team		Ref
1	15 September 2024 (2024-09-15)	Madhumitha H. Priyadarshini Neelakandan	Salma Arun Preetha Reddy	[8]
2	22 September 2024 (2024-09-22)	Myna Nandhini Yogeswaram	Srithika Saneesh SSR Aaryann
3	29 September 2024 (2024-09-29)	Farina Azad Singapore Deepan	Shamili Sukumar Diwakar
4	6 October 2024 (2024-10-06)	Shobanaa Singapore Deepan	Padine Kumar Fouziee
5	13 October 2024 (2024-10-13)	Robo Shankar Priyanka Shankar	Senthil Ganesh Rajalakshmi
6	20 October 2024 (2024-10-20)	Sendrayan Kayalvizhi	Vidyullekha Raman Sanjay

Season 2

The second season of the Samayal Express show, It premiered on 13 July 2025. Sujitha has officially once again been appointed as the judge, Ayesha Zeenath was replaced by Shaalin Zoya as host.^[9]

Episodes

Episodes	Release date	Guest	Ref
1	13 July 2025 (2025-07-13)	Sanjeev Venkat & Preethi Sanjeev
2	27 July 2025 (2025-07-27)	Vadivukkarasi & Nalini

Production

Release

The first teaser was released on 28 August 2024, featuring actress Seetha with the slogan "Avanga Veedu Samayalai Parthirupinga Ivanga Veedu Samaiyalai Parthiruppinga Namma Veedu Samayalai Parkka Ready ah".^[10][11] The second teaser was unveiled on 30 August 2024, featuring second judge Krishna McKenzie.^[12] The first episode was telecast on Sunday, 15 September 2024, at 13:30 (IST).