Top Cooku Dupe Cooku season 2

Top Cooku Dupe Cooku season 2 is the second season of the Tamil reality comedy cooking TV show Top Cooku Dupe Cooku. The season premiered on 17 August 2025 on Sun TV and digitally on Sun NXT.^[1][2] This season is judged by Chef Venkatesh Bhat and Chef Rammohan. This season is hosted by VJ Rakesh and Sivaangi Krishnakumar.^[3][4]

Top Cooku Dupe Cooku
Season 2
Promotional poster for season 2, featuring the hosts, and contestants
Starring	see below
Hosted by	VJ Rakesh Sivaangi Krishnakumar
Judges	Venkatesh Bhat Chef Rammohan Mentors Chef Adrian Chef Cheruba Chef Sai
No. of contestants	9
No. of episodes	9
Release
Original network	Sun TV Sun NXT
Original release	17 August 2025 (2025-08-17) – present
Season chronology

Production

The show is produced by Media Masons and broadcast by Sun TV Network. A pre-recorded episode airs every Saturday and Sunday at 2pm IST on Sun TV. It is available for free streaming in the OTT platform Sun NXT and will be made available on YouTube as well.^[5]

Participants status

Sr	Top Cooku's	Week entered	Week exited	Status
1	Besant Ravi	Week 1
2	Delna Davis	Week 1
3	Preetha	Week 1
4	Shivani	Week 1
5	Srinivasan	Week 1
6	Vaaheesan	Week 1
7	Priyanka	Week 1	Week 9	Eliminated
8	Kiran	Week 1	Week 7	Eliminated
9	Robo Shankar	Week 1	Week 4	Eliminated[6]

Participants

Alphabetical order of initial cooks name followed by later joined cooks:^[7][8]

1. Besant Ravi, an actor and stunt choreographer who has played antagonistic supporting roles in Tamil, Hindi and several other Indian language films.
2. Delna Davis, a television actress known for works in Malayalam and Tamil film and television industries. She had roles in You Too Brutus (2015), Happy Wedding (2016) and Kurangu Bommai (2017).
3. Kiran Rathod, a content creator and actress known for her roles in films such as Gemini (2002), Anbe Sivam (2003) and Winner (2003).
4. Preetha, an actress best known for appearing in the mini series Kadhaipoma.
5. Priyanka, a television actress known for roles in many serials.
6. Robo Shankar, a standup comedian and actor who has appeared in character roles in Tamil films. He made his breakthrough with STAR Vijay's Kalakkapovathu Yaaru, performing standup comedy.
7. Shivani Narayanan, an actress who mainly appears in the Tamil films and television industry. she was a contestant on the reality show Bigg Boss 4.
8. TSR Srinivasan, a comedian and actor known for his comedy roles in films such as Sethupathi (2016) and Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food (2023) and his villainous role in Ayali (2023).
9. Vaaheesan Rasaiya, a singer who is Sri Lankan born known for his songs such as "Kanaga", "Porkodi", "Oh Rasikkum Seemanae" and "Velundu".

Dupe Cooku's

Alphabetical order of Dupe cooks names:^[9]

1. Aaditya Kathir
2. Adhirchi Arun
3. Bharath
4. Dheena
5. GP Muthu
6. Kamalesh Jagan^[10]
7. Lakshmi Patti
8. Meenakshi
9. Monisha Blessy
10. Mukund
11. VJ Nikki

Mentor chef teams

Mentor Chef	Top Cooku's
Chef Adrian	Delna	Kiran	Robo
Chef Cheruba	Preetha	Priyanka	Vaaheesan
Chef Sai	Besant	Shivani	Srinivasan

Pairings

Cooks	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Shivani	Kathir	Kamalesh	Nikki	Mukund	Gp Muthu	Arun	Challenger Task Winner	Dheena	Arun	Meenakshi
Delna	Arun			Dheena	Nikki	Not participated	Kathir	Arun	Monisha	Dheena
Besant Ravi	Bharath	Kathir	Monisha	Kamalesh	Arun	Meenakshi	Lakshmi Patti & Mukund	Kamalesh	Kamalesh	Kathir
Preetha	Lakshmi Patti & GP Muthu	GP Muthu	Dheena	Arun	Bharath	Dheena	Dheena	Monisha	Nikki	Monisha
Kiran	Nikki	Monisha	Not participated	Kathir	Meenakshi	Kathir	Arun	ELIMINATED	ELIMINATED	ELIMINATED
Robo Shankar	Kamalesh	Lakshmi Patti & Dheena	Kamalesh	Nikki	ELIMINATED	ELIMINATED	ELIMINATED	ELIMINATED	ELIMINATED	ELIMINATED
TSR	Dheena	Meenakshi	GP Muthu		Lakshmi Patti	Nikki	Nikki	Meenakshi	Bharath	Arun
Priyanka	Meenakshi	Bharath	Meenakshi	Bharath & Lakshmi Patti	Kathir	GP Muthu	Meenakshi	Bharath	Meenakshi	ELIMINATED
Vaaheesan	Monisha	Nikki	Kathir	Challenger Task Winner	Monisha	Monisha	Monisha	Nikki	Kathir	Nikki

Weekly summary

Episodes	Week 1	Week 2		Week 3		Week 4		Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15
	Grand Premiere	2	3	4	5	6	7											Grand Finale
Recipes	Any Favourite Dish	Virudhunagar Poricha Parotta	Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh Dishes	Chef Venkatesh Bhatt Milagu Vadai	Traditional Tamil Dishes	Cut Vegetables	Fruit Dessert	Samosa Challenge	Navathaniyam Dish Challenge	Jalebi Challenge
Top cook	Robo	Delna		Vaaheesan		Besant		Shivani
Golden Table Winner	No Winner	Shivani		Srinivasan		Preetha		Priyanka		Shivani
Challenger Task Winner	No Winner			Vaaheesan		No Winner
Besant	Joined Sai's Team	–					Top Cook	Golden Table Winner
Delna	Joined Adrian's Team	–	Top Cook	–			Danger Zone	Absent
Preetha	Joined Cheruba's Team	–				Golden Table Winner	Danger Zone	Top Cook
Shivani	Joined Sai's Team	Golden Table Winner	–				Danger Zone	Challenger Task Winner	Top Cook	Golden Table Winner
Srinivasan	Joined Sai's Team	–		Golden Table Winner	–		Danger Zone	Top Cook
Vaaheesan	Joined Cheruba's Team	–			Challenger Task Winner	Exempt
					Top Cook
Priyanka	Joined Cheruba's Team	–					Danger Zone	Golden Table Winner	Eliminated (Week 9)
Kiran	Joined Adrian's Team	–		Absent		–	Danger Zone	Eliminated (Week 7)
Robo	Joined Adrian's Team	–				–	Danger Zone	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Top Cook
Notes				1
Against Elimination Round	No Elimination Round					Delna Kiran Preetha Priyanka Robo Shivani Srinivasan
Eliminated	No Elimination					Robo			Kiran
References

  indicates the winner.

  indicates the first runner up.

  indicates the second runner up.

  indicates the third runner up.

  indicates the fourth runner up.

  indicates that contestant is absent for that week and did not participate.

  indicates that contestant is eliminated.

Summary notes

• ^1 : Kiran was absent in Week 3 of the show, hence she did not appear.
• ^2 : Delna was absent in Week 6 of the show,hence she did not appear.

Guest appearances

Week(s)	Guest(s)	Notes
Week 3	Mime Gopi	To introduce challenger week task.
Week 5	Premji Amaren	To introduce challenger week task.
Week 7	Anthony Daasan	To introduce challenger week task.