MasterChef India – Hindi season 4

MasterChef India – Hindi
Season 4
No. of episodes	67
Release
Original network	Star Plus
Original release	26 January (2015-01-26) – 12 April 2015 (2015-04-12)
Season chronology

Season 4 of the Indian Hindi-language competitive reality TV series MasterChef India – Hindi on Star Plus on 26 January 2015 and aired from Monday through Saturday at 10:30 pm IST.

Vikas Khanna and Sanjeev Kapoor returned as judges while Kunal Kapur was replaced by Ranveer Brar.^[1][2] Gunjan Joshi also returned as writer after season 3.

The show also had Vighnesh Pande as a comic relief for a special episode with his puppet character 'Tito' disguised as a wild card entrance to roast the contestants, judges and the host of the season.

21-year-old student Nikita Gandhi, who is a non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin, was announced as the winner on 12 April 2015.^[3][4] Neha Deepak Shah and Bhakti Arora were the first and second runner-ups respectively.^[5][6]

Format

From nationwide auditions, the judges picked 12 home cooks that advanced to the main competition. Unlike the other seasons, this season was exclusively focused on vegetarian cooking alone.^[7][8]

Top 12

The top 12 contestants were revealed on 7 February 2015.

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Status
Nikita Gandhi	21	Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.	Student	Winner 12 April
Neha Deepak Shah	24	Delhi	Flavourist	1st runner-up 12 April
Bhakti Arora	30	Hyderabad, Telangana	Housewife	2nd runner-up 12 April Returned 21 March[9] Eliminated 19 March
Ashish Singh	35	Ambala, Haryana	Food Stall Owner	Eliminated 11 April
Karishma Sakhrani	27	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Media Professional[10]	Eliminated 9 April
Vijay Sharma	27	Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh	Electrician	Eliminated 7 April
Pratibha Kochhar	39	Jaipur, Rajasthan	Stay-at-Home Mom	Eliminated 6 April
Meenu Dham	54	Nashik, Maharashtra	Stay-at-Home Mom	Eliminated 24 March Returned 21 March Eliminated 14 March
Drishti Nanda	23	Amritsar, Punjab	Home Baker	Eliminated 7 March
Priyanka Mallick	34	Delhi	Stay-at-Home Mom	Eliminated 28 February
Vinita Kaner	28	Delhi	Housewife	Eliminated 21 February
Harman Singh	18	Kuwait	High School Student	Eliminated 14 February

References

1. Dev, Anindita (19 January 2015). "Meet MasterChef co-judge Ranveer Brar". Zee News. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
2. "MasterChef India: Ripudaman up to take vegetarian dish challenge". IndiaTV News. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
3. Hill, Jessica (13 April 2015). "Masterchef India winner Nikita Gandhi: 'Living in Abu Dhabi has had a big influence on my cooking'". The National AE. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
4. Chatterjee, Suprateek (13 April 2015). "Meet MasterChef India 4 Winner Nikita Gandhi: 5 Things You May Not Have Known About Her". Huffington Post (India). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
5. Bhatia, Saloni (18 April 2015). "MasterChef India runner-up Neha Deepak Shah used to cook for her bosses". Times of India. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
6. Bhavani, Divya Kala (22 June 2018). "Chef Bhakti Arora on playing the diner's advocate". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
7. Borges, Andre (18 November 2014). "MasterChef India To Go Completely Vegetarian In Upcoming Season". Buzzfeed. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
8. "Vikas Khanna defends all-veg Masterchef India, says it will be the best season". Firstpost. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
9. Shetty, Akshata (21 March 2015). "Exclusive: From the Vogue office to the MasterChef kitchen". India.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
10. Sehgal, Chandni (6 April 2015). "Exclusive: From the Vogue office to the MasterChef kitchen". Vogue India. Retrieved 11 December 2019.