Sat, Aug 28, 2021
Kamal scored positively and placed in the Top 14. The other ten cooks in the Top 20 were given the chance to cook their signature dish within the hour to win MasterChef aprons. Six cooks won and ranked in to Top 14. Others were eliminated. All eliminated cooks were given a second chance to win the apron. They have to win a skill test and then food test. Three cooks won the challenges. The winners were ranked in the Top 14. Manoj got placed in the Top 14 on condition that he had to face an elimination challenge to secure his place. The others were eliminated.
Fri, Sep 3, 2021
Tamannaah unraveled the mystery box and the Top 14 home cooks must cook a dish using at least four ingredients from the box. Cooks have an hour to win a place on the balcony. Kamal won the best dish of the day and got into the balcony with Abdul. They are safe for the week and rest faces more challenges in the next episode.
Sat, Sep 4, 2021
Judges thrown "mise en plan" as skill test for home cooks. They must complete it within 15 minutes. Madavi, Manisha and Tejasvi didn't make it. They got black aprons and faced the elimination round. Although Manoj wins the challenge, he faces elimination due to previous conditions. Rest got into balcony. In the pressure test challenge the four cooks must re-create the "Jugalbandi" signature dish by chefs Chalapathi. Manisha was eliminated and the rest passed the test. Manoj finally got his named apron.
Fri, Sep 10, 2021
Judges brought several ingredients to the home cooks and asked them to pick only three items for themselves. At first, the challenge was to make a sweet dish using those ingredients. But Tamannaah intervened and changed it into a beverage challenge. Previous week's winners Kamal and Abdul received the first opportunity to pick the ingredients. In addition, they decided in what order others should get the ingredients. The home cooks got half an hour to complete the challenge. Kamal won the best drink of the day and went into the balcony with Nazimunisha, Anusha and Madhavi in the winning order. Rest must face more challenges in the next episode.
Sat, Sep 11, 2021
In the team challenge, the judges divided the remaining home cooks into three teams: Red (Abdul, Manoj and Sai Sri), Blue ( Sarat, Sourabh and Sai Sree), and Green (Anupama, Jaideep and Priyadarshi). Each team has to make a savory and a sweet within an hour using given equipment. Tamannaah revealed the three equipment. Judges allowed Kamal to decide which equipment was assigned to each team. Red and Blue won the challenge and entered the balcony. The Greens lost the challenge, and they had to face an elimination test. Chef Mahesh asked them to recreate his signature dish in an hour. Anupama and Jaideep passed the challenge. Priyadarshi was eliminated from the show.
Fri, Sep 17, 2021
In Thaali Challenge, Tamannaah asked the home cooks to make a minimum six-course meal for herself and the judges. The Cooks were divided into two teams: Red (Abdul, Anusha, Kamal, Nazimunisha, Sai Sri and Sarat) and Blue (Anupama, Jaideep, Madhavi, Manoj, Sourabh and Tejasvi). Each team had to complete the challenge within two hours. Red won the challenge and entered the balcony. Kamal won the best dish of the day. The Blues lost the challenge, and they had to face more challenges in next episode.
Sat, Sep 18, 2021
In the taste test, the judges asked home cooks to identify the dominant flavor from a set of six food items that were handed out one by one. Anupama, Jaideep and Tejasvi won the challenge. The judges were impressed by Anupama's tasting skills and she won a prize for it. Rest had to face the elimination challenge. The judges gave them the ingredient they could not identify and asked them to create dishes using it. They had to complete the challenge within an hour. Manoj and Sourabh passed the challenge. Madavi was eliminated from the show.
Fri, Sep 24, 2021
The show began with a fun chat between Tamannaah and the home cooks in which Abdul was awarded as Most Positive Home Cook. Subsequently, the Judges declared everybody safe for the day and gave a second chance to previously eliminated cooks (Madhavi, Manisha, and Priyadarshi). They had to make their favorite dish within an hour. The cooks were about to cook, but the judges switched cooking counters, making it harder for them. Manisha won the challenge and the rest were permanently eliminated from the show.
Sat, Sep 25, 2021
Allu Sirish arrived as a special guest for the show. After a brief fun chat, he challenged Tamannaah to a Dosa flip and won the challenge. He also revealed the MasterChef Immunity pin to everyone. Judges gave a three-round Immunity pin challenge to the cooks. They gave eight eggs to each cook for the entire challenge. In the first round, cooks had to make meringue and those who finished in the top six spots were advanced to the next round. In the next round, the cooks had to make poached eggs and the top three placeholders were advanced to the next round. In the last round, the cooks had to make a special dish within an hour using the rest of the eggs they had. Sourabh won the immunity pin.
Fri, Oct 1, 2021
Judges presented twelve ingredients to the home cooks and explained each item. They let the cooks pick one ingredient. Tamannaah chose Immunity challenge winner Sourabh as the first to pick up the ingredient. Those who selected their ingredient were also asked to select the next person in the queue. Those who got fruit were selected as team captains and were allowed to chose team members under the guidance of the judges. Each team had to make a dish within an hour using the ingredients they obtained. Also like a relay match, each team member would only get a quarter of the total time for cooking. Team Blue (Kamal, Anupama, Anusha and Nazimunisha) won the challenge and went into the balcony. The rest had to deal with more challenges in the next episode.
Sat, Oct 2, 2021
In the taste test, the judges served a dish made of 43 ingredients to home cooks and asked to identify the ingredients. Abdul, Manisha, Manoj, Sai Sri and Sourabh won the challenge. Rest had to face the elimination challenge. Chef Mahesh revealed that the dish they tasted was his signature dish called "Sapta Sammohanam". He asked the cooks to replicate this signature dish within an hour and a half. Jaideep and Tejasvi passed the challenge. Sarat was eliminated from the show.
Fri, Oct 8, 2021
The judges put the mystery boxes at each cook's counter-top and Tamannaah called them onstage. They found a pan in their mystery box. Chief Sanjay showed them how to cook with just one pan. He did four dishes easily. The cooks had to make any dish within an hour in the same way. Jaideep won the best dish of the day and got into the balcony with Anusha, Anupama, Manisha and Sai Sri. Rest had to face more challenges in the next episode.
Sat, Oct 9, 2021
Judges surprised the remaining five home cooks with an elimination challenge. Tamannaah brought a spinning wheel from the pantry that shows various ingredients on its wheel. Cooks would obtain their core ingredient according to the spinning wheel result. Subsequently, Jaideep was given the privilege of choosing the equipment for the cooks. The cooks had to complete the challenge within an hour. Abdul, Nazimunisha, Sourabh and Tejasvi passed the challenge. Manoj was eliminated from the show.
Fri, Oct 15, 2021
The show began with Tamannaah wishing everyone a joyful Dussehra and serving sweets. Judges asked the cooks to open the cloches in front of them. Half of them found a place's name and the rest found a dish in their cloches. Those that got the matching place and dish were made in a pair. Each pair had to recreate the dish they got. Judges gave them 60 minutes to complete the challenge. Anupama-Anusha pair won the best dish of the day and got into the balcony. Kamal-Sai Sri pair also won but only Sai Sri got into the balcony. Kamal was disqualified because he did not participate last week. So he had to face remaining challenges this week along with others.
Sat, Oct 16, 2021
In the skill test round, the judges asked the cooks to decorate a cake within 30 minutes. Abdul, Nazimunisha and Tejwasi won the challenge. Sourabh escaped the next elimination challenge by surrendering his Immunity pin to Tamannaah. The judges invited Chef Rajesh Kadakantala to the show. He presented his signature dish (Golden hued Irani chai cheesecake on Osmania cookie crust) and asked the cooks to replicate it. The judges gave two hours for the challenge. Kamal and Jaideep passed the challenge. Manisha was eliminated from the show.