Top Cooku Dupe Cooku is the first season of the Tamil reality comedy cooking TV show Top Cooku Dupe Cooku. The season premiered on 19 May 2024 on Sun TV and digitally on Sun NXT. This season is produced and judged by Chef Venkatesh Bhat, along with Judge Chef Rammohan supported by Binny Krishnakumar and hosted by Rakesh.
The season began with Aishwarya Dutta, Chaitra Reddy, Narendra Prasath, Sai Dheena, Shali Nivekas, Singampuli, Sonia Agarwal, Sujatha Sivakumar and FEFSI Vijayan as the initial contestants. They were later joined by Maneesha Mahesh and Subash Selvam as wild card entries. In the end Narendra, Vijayan, Chaitra, Sujatha, Subash and Maneesha had qualified for the finals.
In the Grand Finale Sujatha Sivakumar and Narendra Prasath both tied as the title winners of Top Cooku Dupe Cooku season 1 while, FEFSI Vijayan and Chaitra Reddy finished as 1st and 2nd runners-up respectively.The title winners Narendra and Sujatha were awarded with a cash prize of .
Production The show is produced by Media Masons and broadcast by Sun TV Network. A pre-recorded episode airs every Sunday at and is re-telecasted on the following Saturday at both on Sun TV and Shakthi TV. It is available for free streaming in the OTT platform Sun NXT and will be made available on YouTube as well.
Participants
Alphabetical order of initial cooks name followed by later joined cooks: Aishwarya Dutta, an actress who appeared in the films Tamizhuku En Ondrai Azhuthavum (2015) and Paayum Puli (2015). She is also the runner-up of the reality television show Bigg Boss season 2. Chaitra Reddy, a television actress who mainly works in the Kannada and Tamil languages. She is mainly known for her titular role of Kayal in the Kayal. Narendra Prasath (NP), a Tamil actor and comedian. Sai Dheena, an actor. He played the antagonist in Attu (2017), Thimiru Pudichavan (2018) and Vaandu (2019). Shali Nivekas, a television actress. She is best known for her role, Naachiyar in the television series Sengalam. Singampuli, an actor and director known for making films Red (2002) and Maayavi (2005). Sonia Agarwal, an actress who works predominantly in Tamil cinema and a few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is best known for her performances in films such as Kaadhal Kondein (2003), 7G Rainbow Colony (2004) and Pudhupettai (2006). Sujatha Sivakumar, an actress, who rose to fame with her performance in Ameer's Paruthiveeran (2007), before appearing in several supporting roles as a mother in Tamil cinema. FEFSI Vijayan, an action choreographer, stunt coordinator and actor who works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi language films. He is the youngest stunt master in the Indian film industry at the age of 22. Maneesha Mahesh, a television actress, who is best known for her roles in the television series Padatha Painkili and Singapennae. Subash Selvam, an actor. He is known for his roles as Arjun in Thittam Irandu (2021) and Vetri in Hot Spot (2024).
Participant status
No. Name Entry episode Episode exited Rapid fire rounds won Golden table challenges won Top cook of the week Nominations for elimination Status 01 Sujatha Episode 1 Episode 20 1 4 7 2 Winner 02 Narendra Prasath Episode 1 Episode 20 3 2 5 1 03 Vijayan Episode 1 Episode 20 3 6 1st Runner-up 04 Chaitra Reddy Episode 1 Episode 20 2 5 3 2nd Runner-up 05 Subash Episode 12 Episode 20 colspan="2" 1 Finalist 06 Maneesha Episode 12 Episode 18 colspan="2" rowspan="2" 1 1 Wildcard Episode 19 Episode 20 Wildcard Finalist 07 Aishwarya Episode 1 Episode 16 1 2 2 1 rowspan="2" Wildcard Episode 19 08 S Dheena Episode 1 Episode 15 rowspan="2" colspan="2" 1 1 rowspan="2" Wildcard Episode 19 09 Singampuli Episode 1 Episode 10 2 1 rowspan="2" 1 rowspan="2" Wildcard Episode 19 10 Shali Episode 1 Episode 8 1 rowspan="2" 1 2 rowspan="2" Wildcard Episode 19 11 Sonia Episode 1 Episode 5 rowspan="2" 1 rowspan="2" 1 rowspan="2" Wildcard Episode 19
Chef teams Chef Top Cooku's Ref. Chef Cheruba Shali Sujatha Vijayan Chef Sai Aishwarya Chaitra Singampuli Chef Saravanan S Dheena Narendra Sonia Chef Yuvasri Maneesha Subash
Dupe Cooku's Alphabetical order of Dupe cooks names:
Adhirchi Arun Bharat K Rajesh Deepa Shankar Dheena GP Muthu Kathir Monisha Blessy Mukund Soundarya Vijay
Episodes
Competition history Guests Episodes Guests Ref. 1 2 & 3 Vadivelu 3 Chef Rammohan 4 8 9 Alagappan, Nikitha Rajesh, Maneesha Mahesh, Gabriella Charlton, Ashwin Karthi, Sruthi Raj, Alya Manasa 10 11 Kalidas Jayaram, Dushara Vijayan 12 & 13 14 Muthukaalai, Kiruthika, Sendrayan, Yashika Aannand, RJ Vigneshkanth, Ashwath, Santhosh Prathap, VJ Kalyani 15 & 16 Chef Koushik Shankar 17 18 Dr. Palaniappan Manickam 19 20 Sathish, Mime Gopi, Chachi, Ajay Raj Families of the Dupe Cooks Sonia Agarwal, Shali Nivekas, Alagappan, Ashwin Karthi, VJ Nikki, Shruthi Shanmugapriya, Vaishnavi Nayak, VJ Kalyani
Elimination box selection
Episode Elimination box Result Yes No 1 The Grand Launch 2 colspan="3" 3 No elimination 4 No elimination 5 colspan="2" Elimination round 6 No elimination 7 No elimination 8 colspan="2" Elimination round 9 colspan="3" 10 Elimination round Episode Elimination box Result Yes No 11 No elimination 12 Wildcard entry 13 No elimination 14 colspan="3" 15 colspan="2" Elimination round 16 colspan="2" Elimination round 17 Ticket to Finale 18 Semi-finals round 19 Wildcard round 20 The Grand Finale
Pairings
Cooks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Narendra Prasath (NP) Soundarya Kathir Vijay Arun Arun Bharath Monisha Arun Arun &Maneesha GP Muthu Sujatha Sivakumar Kathir Arun Mukund Dheena Deepa Monisha GP Muthu Kathir Deepa &Alya Bharath FEFSI Vijayan Deepa GP Muthu &Vijay Dheena Soundarya Monisha Kathir Bharath GP Muthu Kathir &Nikitha Arun Chaitra Reddy Vijay Soundarya Soundarya Deepa Dheena Arun Deepa Mukund Soundarya &Ashwanth Vijay Aishwarya Dutta Bharath Monisha Kathir Vijay Vijay GP Muthu Kathir Monisha Dheena &Alagappan Deepa Sai Dheena Monisha Bharath Deepa GP Muthu Dheena Arun Bharath Monisha &Gabriella Monisha Singham Puli Dheena Dheena GP Muthu Kathir Soundarya Deepa Mukund Deepa Bharath &Sruthi Kathir Shali Nivekas GP Muthu Deepa Arun Monisha Mukund Soundarya Dheena Dheena Eliminated (Episode 8) Sonia Agarwal Arun Mukund Monisha Mukund Kathir Eliminated (Episode 5) Cooks 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Narendra Prasath (NP) Arun Mukund Soundarya Vigneshkanth& Dheena GP Muthu GP Muthu Deepa colspan="2" Arun & Mukund Sujatha Sivakumar Deepa Monisha GP Muthu Sendrayan &Deepa Arun Soundarya Mukund GP Muthu Dheena & Bharath FEFSI Vijayan Monisha Arun Mukund Muthukaalai &Arun Vijay Monisha Monisha colspan="2" Deepa Chaitra Reddy GP Muthu Kathir Dheena Aswath &Bharath Deepa /Soundarya Dheena Arun Monisha Monisha Subash Selvam Vijay Arun Santosh Pratap& Mukund Bharath /Monisha Kathir Bharath GP Muthu & Vijay Maneesha Mahesh GP Muthu Deepa Kalyani &GP Muthu Kathir Arun Bharath Arun Monisha Kathir & Soundarya Aishwarya Dutta Kathir Bharath Yashika &Soundarya Mukund Mukund Eliminated (Episode 16) Dheena &Soundarya Eliminated (Episode 19) Sai Dheena Dheena Deepa Kathir Kiruthika &Kathir Dheena Eliminated (Episode 15) GP Muthu Singham Puli Eliminated (Episode 10) Bharath Shali Nivekas Eliminated (Episode 8) Deepa Sonia Agarwal Eliminated (Episode 5) Arun
Weekly overview
Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Guests Vadivelu Vadivelu & Chef Rammohan colspan="5" Alagappan, Nikitha Rajesh, Maneesha Mahesh, Gabriella Charlton, Ashwin Karthik, Sruthi Raj, Alya Manasa Rapid fire winner Aishwarya &Shali Chaitra &Singampuli Singampuli Narendra Chaitra Narendra &Sujatha colspan="3" Golden table challenge winner Vijayan Singampuli Sujatha Aishwarya Sujatha Narendra Chaitra Sujatha Top cook Aishwarya Vijayan Sujatha Shali Narendra Vijayan S Dheena Aishwarya Sujatha &Vijayan Sujatha Narendra colspan="3" rowspan="2" Rapid fire winner rowspan="2" Rapid fire winner Golden table challenge winner rowspan="2" Nominated for elimination Top cook Sujatha colspan="2" rowspan="2" Top cook Golden table challenge winner colspan="2" rowspan="2" Rapid fire winner Nominated for elimination Top cook Golden table challenge winner Golden table challenge winner Vijayan rowspan="2" Golden table challenge winnercolspan="3" rowspan="2" Top cook colspan="2" rowspan="2" Top cook rowspan="2" Top cook Chaitra Rapid fire winner colspan="3" Rapid fire winner colspan="2" Golden table challenge winner Aishwarya Rapid fire winner colspan="3" rowspan="2" Golden table challenge winner rowspan="2" Top cook colspan=2 rowspan="2" Top cook S Dheena colspan="2" rowspan="2" Hospitalized colspan="3" rowspan="2" Top cook colspan="3" rowspan="2" Re-entered in Main challenge Singampuli rowspan="2" Rapid fire winner colspan="6" rowspan="2" Nominated for elimination Golden table challenge winner Shali Rapid fire winner colspan="2" Top cook Nominated for elimination colspan="2" Nominated for elimination Eliminated (Episode 8) Sonia colspan="4" Nominated for elimination Eliminated (Episode 5) Left show due to injury colspan="2" S Dheena colspan="7" Entered colspan="2" S Dheena colspan="7" Nominated for elimination colspan="4" Shali &Sonia colspan="2" Shali &Sujatha Singampuli &Narendra Eliminated colspan="4" Sonia colspan="2" Shali Singampuli Episodes 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Guests Kalidas Jayaram, Dushara Vijayan colspan="2" Muthukaalai, Kiruthika, Sendrayan, Yashika, Vigneshkanth, Aswath, Santosh Pratap, Kalyani Chef Koushik Shankar Dr. Palaniappan Manickam Sathish, Mime Gopi, Chachi, Ajay Raj, Families of the Dupe Cooks, Alagappan, Ashwin Karthi, VJ Nikki, Shruthi Shanmugapriya, Vaishnavi Nayak, VJ Kalyani, Sonia Agarwal, Shali Nivekas Rapid fire winner colspan="10" Golden table challenge winner Chaitra Vijayan Narendra Chaitra Sujatha Sonia Top cookChaitra Sujatha Vijayan &Narendra Vijayan &Sujatha Narendra Narendra &Vijayan Chaitra, Sujatha & Subash Maneesha Narendra &Sujatha Narendra colspan="3" rowspan="2" Top Cook rowspan="2" Golden table challenge winner Top Cook Advanced to Finale Winner Top cook Sujatha colspan="2" rowspan="2" Top Cook rowspan="2" Top Cook Nominated for elimination rowspan="2" Golden table challenge winner Advanced to Finale Top Cook Vijayan colspan="3" rowspan="2" Golden table challenge winner rowspan="2" Top Cook Advanced to Finale 1st Runner-up Top Cook Chaitra Golden table challenge winner colspan="3" rowspan="2" Golden table challenge winner Top Cook Advanced to Finale 2nd Runner-up Top cook Subash Wildcard entry colspan="5" Top Cook Advanced to Finale Finalist Maneesha rowspan="3" Wildcard entry rowspan="3" colspan="5" Nominated for elimination Wildcard Round Eliminated (Episode 18) Top Cook Advanced to Finale Aishwarya colspan="5" Nominated for elimination Eliminated (Episode 16) Wildcard Round Eliminated (Episode 19) S Dheena colspan="4" Nominated for elimination Eliminated (Episode 15) Wildcard Round Singampuli Eliminated (Episode 10) Wildcard Round Shali Eliminated (Episode 8) Wildcard Round Sonia Eliminated (Episode 5) Wildcard Round Golden table challenge winner Left show due to injury colspan="10" Entered Maneesha &Subash colspan="6" Sonia, Shali,Singampuli,S Dheena,Aishwarya &Maneesha Nominated for elimination colspan="4" S Dheena Sujatha &Aishwarya Maneesha Sonia, Shali,Singampuli,S Dheena &Aishwarya Chaitra Eliminated rowspan="2" colspan="4" S Dheena Aishwarya rowspan="2" Maneesha Vijayan Narendra & Sujatha
References Explanatory notes
Citations
External links Top Cooku Dupe Cooku on Sun NXT Top Cooku Dupe Cooku - Full episodes on YouTube