Season of television series
MasterChef India – Hindi Judges Pooja Dhingra Ranveer Brar Vikas Khanna No. of contestants12 Winner Mohammed Ashiq Runner-up Nambie Marak
No. of episodes40 Original network SonyLIV Original release 16 October (2023-10-16 ) – (2023-12-08 ) Next →Season 9
Season 8 of the Indian Hindi language competitive reality TV series MasterChef India – Hindi 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] [ 3]
Contestants
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 placeon 08 December, 2023
3rd
Suraj Thapa
28
Chalsa , West Bengal
Home Baker
Fourth placeon 08 December, 2023
4th
Harish Closepet
58
Bengaluru , Karnataka
Entrepreneur
Eliminatedon 05 December, 2023
5th
Nidhi Sharma
35
Solan , Himachal Pradesh
Chief Bank Manager
Eliminatedon 04 December, 2023
6th
Kriti Dhiman
23
Gobindgarh , Punjab
Home Baker
Eliminatedon 01 December, 2023
7th
Kenneth Gopinath
18
Bengaluru , Karnataka
Student
Eliminatedon 24 November 2023
8th
Subhojit Sen
29
Kolkata , West Bengal
Engineer
Eliminatedon 17 November 2023
9th
Prachi Agarkar
28
Mumbai , Maharashtra
Professor
Eliminatedon 10 November 2023
10th
Kaushalya Choudhary
29
Bhopalgarh , Rajasthan
Content Creator
Eliminatedon 3 November 2023
11th
Sima Ahmed
56
Faizabad , Uttar Pradesh
Pop-up Chef
12th
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.
^ Immunity pin challenge.
^ Nambie was immune but participated in the challenge.
^ Rukhsaar used her Immunity pin.
Production
The MasterChef India season 8 was announced on 7 July 2023 on SonyLIV .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] The Times of India [ 8]
References
External links
MasterChef Junior MasterChef Teens MasterChef Senior MasterChef Celebrity MasterChef MasterChef: The Professionals Dessert Masters MasterChef: All Stars
