Cooku with Comali

*Cooku with Comali*
Cooku with Comali
Genre	Cooking show; Comedy
Directed by	Parthiv Mani (seasons 1–4)
Presented by	Rakshan (seasons 1–5) ; Manimegalai (season 5)
Judges	Chef Damu (season 1–present); Chef Venkatesh Bhat (seasons 1–4); Madhampatty Rangaraj (season 5–present);
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	200+
Production
Editors	Jaganathan ; Aravinth Sridhar ; Raghuraman Bala
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx.60–62 minutes
Production companies	Media Masons (seasons 1–4); Box Office Studio (season 5–present)
Original release
Network	Star Vijay; Disney+ Hotstar;
Release	16 November 2019 –; present

Cooku with Comali, also known by the acronym CWC, is an Indian Tamil-language comedy-based cooking competition show aired on Star Vijay and streams on Disney+ Hotstar where the contestants are paired each week with comedians (comalis) who are amateur cooks.^[1] The first season premiered on 16 November 2019 and ended on 23 February 2020. The second season premiered on 14 November 2020 and ended on 14 April 2021. The third season premiered on 22 January 2022 and ended on 24 July 2022. The fourth season premiered on 28 January 2023 and ended on 30 July 2023. The contestants along with their comalis are challenged every week and are judged by Chef Damu and Chef Venkatesh Bhat until season 4.^[2]

Production

Game format

Every week, the show starts with celebrity chefs getting paired with their Comalis.^[3] Then the teams compete in Advantage Task 1 and Task 2. The teams then compete in Main Task and Immunity/Elimination Task. The Advantage task involves a minimal task in which a team does a small task and the winner of the Advantage task is given an advantage during the main task where the team can choose a time frame to work without any obstacles. During the Main task, every team is given a challenge or an obstacle that will make the cooking harder. The teams are given a specific time limit where they must cook with that time frame. Most of the cooking tasks are to be done by Comalis. The cook that gets Immunity is safe from next week's elimination and does not participate in that week. Some week are celebration rounds with no elimination.^[4]

Overview

Series	Host	Judges	Prize Money	Episodes	Originally aired			Contestants	Launch TRP Ratings	Finale TRP Ratings	Winner	Runner-up
Series	Host	Judges	Prize Money	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network	Contestants	Launch TRP Ratings	Finale TRP Ratings	Winner	Runner-up
1	Rakshan and Aranthangi Nisha	Chef Damodharan and Chef Venkatesh Bhat	₹5 lakh (US$6,000)	27	16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)	23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)	Star Vijay & Disney+ Hotstar	8	7.75 TVR	10.22 TVR	Vanitha Vijayakumar	Uma Riyaz Khan
2	Rakshan			41	14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)	14 April 2021 (2021-04-14)		9	13.97 TVR	21.39 TVR	Kani Thiru	Shakeela
3	Rakshan			54	22 January 2022 (2022-01-22)	24 July 2022 (2022-07-24)		10	11.1 TVR	12.8 TVR	Shrutika	Darshan
4	Rakshan and Manimegalai			53	28 January 2023 (2023-01-28)	30 July 2023 (2023-07-30)		12	10.5 TVR	10.9 TVR	Mime Gopi	Srushti Dange
5	Rakshan and Manimegalai	Chef Damodharan and Madhampatty Rangaraj		46	27 April 2024 (2024-04-27)	29 September 2024 (2024-09-29)		10	TBA	TBA	Priyanka Deshpande	Sujitha

Season 1

The first season of the Tamil reality cooking TV show Cooku with Comali, that was aired first 16 November 2019. This season was hosted by Rakshan and Aranthangi Nisha. The grand finale was aired on 23 February 2020 and winner was Vanitha Vijayakumar.

Contestants

Contestants	Status
Vanitha Vijaykumar	Winner
Uma Riyaz Khan	1st Runner-Up
Ramya Pandian	2nd Runner-Up
Rekha	3rd Runner-Up
Priyanka Robo Shankar	Eliminated
Thaadi Balaji	Eliminated
Mohan Vaidya	Eliminated
Gnanasambandam	Eliminated

Comalis

KPY Bala ‘’’ (Winner Comali) ‘’’
Pugazh
Manimegalai
Sivaangi ‘’’ (Winner Comali) ‘’’
Thangadurai
Sai Sakthi
Bijili Ramesh

Season 2

The second season of the Tamil reality cooking TV show Cooku with Comali, that was aired first on 14 November 2020. This season was hosted by Rakshan. The grand finale was aired on 14 April 2021 and winner was Kani Thiru.^[5]

Contestants

Contestants	Status
Kani Thiru	Winner
Shakeela	1st Runner-Up
Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan	2nd Runner-Up
Pavithra Lakshmi	3rd Runner-Up
Baba Bhaskar	4th Runner-Up
Rithika	Eliminated
Dharsha Gupta	Eliminated
Deepa Shankar	Eliminated
Madurai Muthu	Eliminated

Comalis

KPY Bala
Pugazh
Manimegalai
Sivaangi ‘’’(Winner Comali) ‘’’
Sunita Gogoi ‘’’(Winner Comali) ‘’’
Thangadurai
Shakthi
Parvathy-pappu

Season 3

The third season aired on every Saturday and Sunday from 12 January 2022 to 24 July 2022 and ended with 54 Episodes. The winner of the season was Shrutika. This season is hosted by Rakshan and judged by Chef Damodharan and Chef Venkatesh Bhat.

Contestants	Status
Shruthika	Winner
Darshan	1st Runner-Up
Ammu Abhirami	2nd Runner-Up
Vidyullekha Raman	3rd Runner-Up
Santhosh Prathap	4th Runner-Up
Grace Karunas	5th Runner-Up
Vettai Muthukumar	Eliminated
Roshini Haripriyan	Eliminated
Chutti Aravind	Eliminated
Anthony Daasan	Eliminated
Manobala	Eliminated
Rahul Thatha	Eliminated

Season 4

The fourth season aired on every Saturday and Sunday from 28 January 2023 to 30 July 2023 and ended with 43 Episodes. Rakshan has officially once again been appointed as the host for the fourth time. The winner of the season was Mime Gopi, Actress Srushti Dange was the runner-up.^[6]

Contestants	Status
Mime Gopi	Winner
Srushti Dange	1st Runner-Up
Vichithra	2nd Runner-Up
Sivaangi Krishnakumar	3rd Runner-Up
Andreanne Nouyrigat	4th Runner-Up
D. R. K. Kiran	5th Runner-Up
Gajesh	Eliminated
Sherin Shringar	Eliminated
VJ Vishal	Eliminated
Raj Ayyappa	Eliminated
Kalaiyan	Eliminated
Kishore Rajkumar	Eliminated

Season 5

The fifth season airs on every Saturday and Sunday from on April 27, 2024 at 21:30.

Contestants	Status
Priyanka Deshpande	Winner
Sujitha	1st Runner-Up
Mohammad Irfan	2nd Runner-Up
Pooja Venkat	3rd Runner-Up
Shaalin Zoya	4th Runner-Up
VTV Ganesh	5th Runner-Up
Vasanth Vasi	Eliminated
Dhivya Duraisamy	Eliminated
Srikanth Deva	Eliminated
Akshay Kamal	Eliminated
Moshika	Eliminated

Reception

The series gained popularity only during its re – telecast in the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.^[7] Following which the launch of the second season became one of the top rated Tamil reality television program both on television and on the digital platform Hotstar.^[8]^[9]

The grand finale of season 2 aired on 14 April 2021 for 6 hours garnered a high viewership rating of 11.1 TVR in urban and 8.1 TVR overall with 6.58 million impressions.^[10]

Adaptations

Language	Title	Premiere date	Network	Last Aired	Notes	Ref
Kannada	Cookku with Kirikku ಕಿರಿಕ್ಕು ಜೊತೆ ಕುಕ್ಕು	10 April 2021	Star Suvarna	15 August 2021	Remake	^[11]
Bengali	Gole Male Gol গোলে পুরুষ গোল	25 September 2021	Star Jalsha	14 November 2021		^[12]
Malayalam	Cook with Comedy കോമഡിക്കൊപ്പം പാചകം ചെയ്യുക	6 May 2023	Asianet	8 July 2023		^[13]
Hindi	Laughter Chefs- Entertainment Unlimited		Colors TV

References

^ Sunder, Gautam (11 February 2021). "Cooku with Comali's pugazh and Shivangi: On the show's popularity and their friendship". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
^ "'Cook with Comali': Why the reality show is a huge success'". www.thenewsminute.com. 12 April 2021.
^ "The genius of 'Cook with Comali'". The Hindu. 14 April 2021.
^ "Cooku with Comali All Season Winners, Prize Money and Runner Up Details". www.readersfusion.com. 29 September 2021.
^ "Kani is the winner of 'Cook with Comali' Season 2". The Hindu. 15 April 2021.
^ "Cooku With Comali season 4 grand finale: Mime Gopi lifts the trophy; wins cash reward Rs 5 lakh". The Times of India. 31 July 2023.
^ "The genius of 'Cook with Comali'". The Hindu. 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
^ "'Cook with Comali': Why the reality show is a huge success". The News Minute. 12 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
^ "'Bigg Boss Tamil' attracted most eyeballs on Disney+ Hotstar in TN". The Hindu. 23 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
^ "Cook with comali 2 grand finale gets record trp; Sivaangi thanks fans". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
^ "'Cooku With Comali' now goes to Kannada!". Sify. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ "Comedy show 'Golemale Gol' to premiere on September 25". The Times of India. 15 September 2021.
^ "Cooku With Comali To Have Malayalam Version". www.filmibeat.com. 9 May 2023.

External links

Cooku with Comali at IMDb

[1] Sunder, Gautam (11 February 2021). "Cooku with Comali's pugazh and Shivangi: On the show's popularity and their friendship". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.

[2] "'Cook with Comali': Why the reality show is a huge success'". www.thenewsminute.com. 12 April 2021.

[3] "The genius of 'Cook with Comali'". The Hindu. 14 April 2021.

[4] "Cooku with Comali All Season Winners, Prize Money and Runner Up Details". www.readersfusion.com. 29 September 2021.

[5] "Kani is the winner of 'Cook with Comali' Season 2". The Hindu. 15 April 2021.

[6] "Cooku With Comali season 4 grand finale: Mime Gopi lifts the trophy; wins cash reward Rs 5 lakh". The Times of India. 31 July 2023.

[7] "The genius of 'Cook with Comali'". The Hindu. 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.

[8] "'Cook with Comali': Why the reality show is a huge success". The News Minute. 12 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.

[9] "'Bigg Boss Tamil' attracted most eyeballs on Disney+ Hotstar in TN". The Hindu. 23 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.

[10] "Cook with comali 2 grand finale gets record trp; Sivaangi thanks fans". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.

[11] "'Cooku With Comali' now goes to Kannada!". Sify. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

[12] "Comedy show 'Golemale Gol' to premiere on September 25". The Times of India. 15 September 2021.

[13] "Cooku With Comali To Have Malayalam Version". www.filmibeat.com. 9 May 2023.

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v t e Cooku with Comali
Season	season 1 (2019-2020) season 2 (2020-2021) season 3 (2022) season 4 (2023) season 5 (2024)
Judges	Chef Damodharan Chef Venkatesh Bhat (S1-S4) Madhampatty Rangaraj (S5)
Host	Rakshan (S1-S5) Aranthangi Nisha (S1) Manimegalai (S4-S5)
Winners	Vanitha Vijayakumar (S1) Kani Thiru (S2) Shrutika Arjun (S3) Mime Gopi (S4)