Top Cooku Dupe Cooku season 2
| Top Cooku Dupe Cooku | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
| Starring | see below |
| Hosted by | VJ Rakesh Sivaangi Krishnakumar |
| Judges | |
| No. of contestants | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 35 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sun TV Sun NXT |
| Original release | 17 August – 14 December 2025 |
| Season chronology | |
Top Cooku Dupe Cooku season 2 is the second season of the Tamil reality comedy cooking TV show Top Cooku Dupe Cooku. The season premiered on 17 August 2025 on Sun TV and digitally on Sun NXT.[1][2] This season is judged by Chef Venkatesh Bhat and Chef Rammohan. This season is hosted by VJ Rakesh and Sivaangi Krishnakumar.[3][4]
This season was ended at 14th December 2025 with 39 Episodes. The Title Winner is Besant Ravi while Preetha as the runner up of the show.[5][6]
Production
The show is produced by Media Masons and broadcast by Sun TV Network. A pre-recorded episode airs every Saturday and Sunday at 2pm IST on Sun TV. It is available for free streaming in the OTT platform Sun NXT and will be made available on YouTube as well.[7]
Participants status
| S.No | Top Cooku's | Week entered | Week exited | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Besant Ravi | Week 1 | Week 18 | Winner |
| 2 | Preetha | Week 1 | Week 18 | 1st runner-up |
| 3 | Delna | Week 1 | Week 18 | 2nd runner-up |
| 4 | Kiran | Week 1 | Week 18 | 3rd runner-up |
| Week 7 | Evicted | |||
| 5 | Vaahesan | Week 1 | Week 18 | 4th runner-up |
| 6 | Shivani | Week 1 | Week 14 | Evicted |
| 7 | Srinivasan (TSR) | Week 1 | Week 12 | Evicted |
| 8 | Priyanka | Week 1 | Week 10 | Evicted |
| 9 | Robo Shankar | Week 1 | Week 4 | Evicted |
Participants
Alphabetical order of initial cooks name followed by later joined cooks:[8][9]
- Besant Ravi, an actor and stunt choreographer who has played antagonistic supporting roles in Tamil, Hindi and several other Indian language films.
- Delna Davis, a television actress known for works in Malayalam and Tamil film and television industries. She had roles in You Too Brutus (2015), Happy Wedding (2016) and Kurangu Bommai (2017).
- Kiran Rathod, a content creator and actress known for her roles in films such as Gemini (2002), Anbe Sivam (2003) and Winner (2003).
- Preetha, an actress best known for appearing in the mini series Kadhaipoma.
- Priyanka, a television actress known for roles in many serials.
- Robo Shankar, a standup comedian and actor who has appeared in character roles in Tamil films. He made his breakthrough with STAR Vijay's Kalakkapovathu Yaaru, performing standup comedy.
- Shivani Narayanan, an actress who mainly appears in the Tamil films and television industry. she was a contestant on the reality show Bigg Boss 4.
- TSR Srinivasan, a comedian and actor known for his comedy roles in films such as Sethupathi (2016) and Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food (2023) and his villainous role in Ayali (2023).
- Vaaheesan Rasaiya, a singer who is Sri Lankan born known for his songs such as "Kanaga", "Porkodi", "Oh Rasikkum Seemanae" and "Velundu".
Dupe Cooku's
Dupe cooks names:[10]
- Adhirchi Arun
- Dheena
- Meenakshi Raveendran
- Monisha Blessy
- VJ Nikki
- Adithya Kathir
- Bharath
- Lakshmi Patti
- Kamalesh Jagan
- GP Muthu
- Mukund
- Manish
- Rapper Vijay
Mentor chef teams
| Mentor Chef | Top Cooku's | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chef Adrian | Delna | Kiran | Robo |
| Chef Cheruba | Preetha | Priyanka | Vaaheesan |
| Chef Sai | Ravi | Shivani | TSR |
Pairings
| Cooks | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 (FINALE) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Besant Ravi | Bharath | Kathir | Monisha | Kamalesh | Arun | Meenakshi | Lakshmi Patti & Mukund | Kamalesh | Kamalesh | Kathir | Manish | Kathir | Bharath | Nikki | 1st FINALIST | 1st FINALIST | Lakshmi Patti | Dheena
WINNER |
| Preetha | Lakshmi Patti & GP Muthu | GP Muthu | Dheena. | Arun | Bharath | Dheena | Dheena | Monisha | Nikki | Monisha | Nikki | Bharath | Kamalesh | Monisha | Arun | 3rd FINALIST | Bharath | Bharath & Kamalesh
1st RUNNER UP |
| Delna | Arun | Dheena | Nikki | Not participated | Kathir | Arun | Monisha | Dheena | Kamalesh | Arun | Not participated | Dheena | 2nd FINALIST | 2nd FINALIST | Meenakshi | Arun & Meenakshi
2nd RUNNER UP | ||
| Kiran | Nikki | Monisha | Not participated | Kathir | Meenakshi | Kathir | Arun | ELIMINATED | Arun | Nikki & Kamalesh
5th FINALIST |
Nikki
3rd RUNNER UP | |||||||
| Vaaheesan | Monisha | Nikki | Kathir | Challenger Task Winner | Monisha | Monisha | Monisha | Nikki | Kathir | Nikki | Bharath | Monisha | Rakesh | Bharath | Monisha | 4th FINALIST | Arun | Monisha
4th RUNNER UP |
| Shivani | Kathir | Kamalesh | Nikki | Mukund | GP Muthu | Arun | Challenger Task Winner | Dheena | Arun | Meenakshi | Monisha | Nikki | Monisha | Arun | Not participated & ELIMINATED | |||
| TSR | Dheena | Meenakshi | GP Muthu | Lakshmi Patti | Nikki | Nikki | Meenakshi | Bharath | Arun | Kathir | Dheena | ELIMINATED | Nikki | ELIMINATED | ||||
| Priyanka | Meenakshi | Bharath | Meenakshi | Bharath & Lakshmi Patti | Kathir | GP Muthu | Meenakshi | Bharath | Meenakshi | ELIMINATED | Monisha | ELIMINATED | ||||||
| Robo Shankar | Kamalesh | Lakshmi Patti & Dheena | Kamalesh | Nikki | ELIMINATED
(RIP : Unfortunate death after the show exit.) | |||||||||||||
Weekly summary
| Episodes | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Premiere |
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Grand Finale | ||||||||||||||||
| Recipes | Any Favourite Dish | Virudhunagar Poricha Parotta | Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh Dishes | Chef Venkatesh Bhatt Milagu Vadai | Traditional Tamil Dishes | Cut Vegetables | Fruit Dessert | Samosa Challenge | Navathaniyam Dish Challenge | Jalebi Challenge | |||||||||||||
| Top cook | Robo | Delna | Vaaheesan | Besant | Preetha | Shivani | Shivani | ||||||||||||||||
| Golden Table Winner | No Winner | Shivani | Srinivasan | Preetha | Priyanka | Shivani | |||||||||||||||||
| Challenger Task Winner | No Winner | Vaaheesan | No Winner | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Besant | Joined Sai's Team | – | Top Cook | Golden Table Winner | |||||||||||||||||||
| Delna | Joined Adrian's Team | – | Top Cook | – | Danger Zone | Absent | |||||||||||||||||
| Preetha | Joined Cheruba's Team | – | Golden Table Winner | Danger Zone | Top Cook | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shivani | Joined Sai's Team | Golden Table Winner | – | Danger Zone | Challenger Task Winner | Top Cook | Golden Table Winner | ||||||||||||||||
| Vaaheesan | Joined Cheruba's Team | – | Challenger Task Winner | Exempt | |||||||||||||||||||
| Top Cook | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Srinivasan | Joined Sai's Team | – | Golden Table Winner | – | Danger Zone | Top Cook | Eliminated (Week 12) | ||||||||||||||||
| Priyanka | Joined Cheruba's Team | – | Danger Zone | Golden Table Winner | Eliminated (Week 9) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kiran | Joined Adrian's Team | – | Absent | – | Danger Zone | Eliminated (Week 7) | |||||||||||||||||
| Robo | Joined Adrian's Team | – | – | Danger Zone | Eliminated (Week 4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Top Cook | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Against Elimination Round |
No Elimination Round | Delna Kiran Preetha Priyanka Robo Shivani Srinivasan |
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| Eliminated | No Elimination | Robo | Kiran | ||||||||||||||||||||
| References | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- indicates the winner.
- indicates the first runner up.
- indicates the second runner up.
- indicates the third runner up.
- indicates the fourth runner up.
- indicates that contestant is absent for that week and did not participate.
- indicates that contestant is eliminated.
Summary notes
- ^1 : Kiran was absent in Week 3 of the show, hence she did not appear.
- ^2 : Delna was absent in Week 6 and Week 13 of the show, hence she did not appear.
- ^3 : Shivani was absent in Week 15(SEMI FINALE) of the show, hence she was eliminated
Guest appearances
| Week(s) | Guest(s) | Notes |
| Week 3 | Mime Gopi | To introduce challenger week task. |
| Week 5 | Premji Amaren | To introduce challenger week task. |
| Week 7 | Anthony Daasan | To introduce challenger week task. |
| Week 11 | Np (Narendra prasath ) Sivaangi Krishnakumar |
To introduce challenger week task. |
| Week 11 | Binni Krishnakumar | To judge and support the challenger week task. |
| Week 15 | Sujatha Sivakumar
Chaitra Reddy Subash Selvam |
To make the competition difficult for semi-final contestants |
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