Cooku with Comali (season 1)
Cooku with Comali (season 1) is the first season of the Tamil reality cooking TV show Cooku with Comali, that was aired first on 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.
| Cooku with Comali | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
| Hosted by | Rakshan Aranthangi Nisha |
| Judges | Chef Damodharan Chef Venkatesh Bhat |
| No. of contestants | 8 |
| Winner | Vanitha Vijayakumar |
| Runner-up | Uma Riyaz Khan |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Star Vijay |
| Original release | 16 November 2019 – 23 February 2020 |
| Season chronology | |
Contestants
| Contestants[1] | Status | Notes |
| Vanitha Vijayakumar | Winner | |
| Uma Riyaz Khan | 1st Runner-Up | |
| Ramya Pandian | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| Rekha | Finalist | Wild-Card Re-entry |
| Priyanka Robo Shankar | Eliminated | |
| Thaadi Balaji | Eliminated | |
| G. Gnanasambandam | Eliminated | |
| Mohan Vaidya | Eliminated | |
Comalis
| KPY Bala |
| Bijili Ramesh |
| Manimegalai |
| Pappu |
| Pugazh |
| Sai Sakthi |
| Sivaangi Krishnakumar |
| Tiger Thangadurai |
Pairings
| Cooks (based on Rank in the Show) |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 (Wild Card Round) | Week 13 (Celebration Week) | Week 14 | |
| Vanitha Vijayakumar | Bijili Ramesh | Pugazh | Manimegalai | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Bijili Ramesh | Bala | Immunity | Bala | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Bala | Bala & Bijili Ramesh | Direct Finalist | Bala | Bala | Sivaangi Krishnakumar |
| Uma Riyaz Khan | Manimegalai | Pappu | Bijili Ramesh | Sai Sakthi | Immunity | Bijili Ramesh | Pugazh | Pugazh | Pugazh | Manimegalai | Direct Finalist | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Bala | |
| Ramya Pandian | Pugazh | Sai Sakthi | Pugazh | Bala | Bala | Pugazh | Bijili Ramesh | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Bala | Pugazh | Pugazh & Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Direct Finalist | Tiger Thangadurai | Manimegalai | Pugazh |
| Rekha | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Bala | Tiger Thangadurai | Pappu | Manimegalai | Manimegalai | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Manimegalai | Bijili Ramesh | Evicted (Episode 18) |
Pugazh | Pugazh | Pugazh | Manimegalai | |
| Priyanka Robo Shankar | Sai Sakthi | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Immunity | Bijili Ramesh | Sai Sakthi | Tiger Thangadurai | Manimegalai | Tiger Thangadurai | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Manimegalai & Tiger Thangadurai | Bala | Evicted (Episode 24) | ||
| Thaadi Balaji | Tiger Thangadurai | Bijili Ramesh | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Pugazh | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Bala | Evicted (Episode 14) |
Manimegalai | Evicted (Episode 24) | |||||
| G. Gnanasambandam | Bala | Tiger Thangadurai | Pappu | Manimegalai | Pugazh | Evicted (Episode 10) | |||||||||
| Mohan Vaidya | Pappu | Manimegalai | Bala | Evicted (Day 27) |
Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Evicted (Episode 24) | |||||||||
Cook and Comali Pairings
| Contestants | Week 1
16 & 17 Nov 2019 |
Week 2
23 & 24 Nov 2019 |
Week 3
7 & 8 Dec 2019 |
Week 4
14 & 15 Dec 2019 |
Week 5
21 & 22 Dec 2019 |
Week 6
28 & 29 Dec 2019 |
Week 7
4 & 5 Jan 2020 |
Week 8
11 & 12 Jan 2020 |
Week 9
18 & 19 Jan 2020 |
Week 10
25 & 26 Jan 2020 |
Week 11
1 & 2 Feb 2020 |
Week 12
8 & 9 Feb 2020 |
Week 13
15 & 16 Feb 2020 |
Week 14
23 Feb 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanitha Vijayakumar | Bijili Ramesh | Pugazh | Manimegalai | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Bijili Ramesh | Bala | Bala | Bala | Bala, Bijili Ramesh | Bala | Bala | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | |||
| Uma Riyaz Khan | Manimegalai | Pappu | Bijili Ramesh | Sai Sakthi | Bijili Ramesh | Pugazh | Pugazh | Pugazh | Manimegalai | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Bala | |||
| Ramya Pandian | Pugazh | Sai Sakthi | Pugazh | Bala | Bala | Pugazh | Bijili Ramesh | d | Bala | Pugazh | Pugazh, Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Tiger Thangadurai | Manimegalai | Pugazh | |
| Rekha | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Bala | Tiger Thangadurai | Pappu | Manimegalai | Manimegalai | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Manimegalai | Bijili Ramesh | Pugazh | Pugazh | Pugazh | Manimegalai | ||
| Priyanka Robo Shankar | Sai Sakthi | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Bijili Ramesh | Sai Sakthi | Tiger Thangadurai | Manimegalai | Tiger Thangadurai | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Manimegalai, Tiger Thangadurai | Bala | ||||
| Thaadi Balaji | Tiger Thangadurai | Bijili Ramesh | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Pugazh | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | Bala | Manimegalai | |||||||
| G. Gnanasambandam | Bala | Tiger Thangadurai | Pappu | Manimegalai | Pugazh | ||||||||||
| Mohan Vaidya | Pappu | Manimegalai | Bala | Sivaangi Krishnakumar | |||||||||||
Weekly Activities
- Advantage Tasks
| Week | Task | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Half Boil Making | Priyanka Robo Shankar - Sai Sakthi |
| 2 | Onion Slicing | Vanitha Vijayakumar - Pugazh |
| 3 | Find the Ingredients |
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| 4 | Samosa Making | Uma Riyaz Khan - Sai Sakthi |
| 5 | Dosa Making | Priyanka Robo Shankar - Sai Sakthi |
| 6 | Panipuri Eating | Vanitha Vijayakumar - Bala |
| 7 | Murukku Making | Uma Riyaz Khan - Pugazh |
| 8 | Taking Coconut Slices | Uma Riyaz Khan - Pugazh |
| 9 | Isolating Yellow York from Eggs | Uma Riyaz Khan - Pugazh |
| 10 | Medhu Vadai Making | Priyanka Robo Shankar - Shivangi |
| 11 | Squeezing Citrus Fruit | Ramya Pandian - Pugazh & Shivangi |
| 12 | Appam Making | Rekha - Pugazh |
| 13 | Dissecting Jackfruit | Vanitha Vijayakumar - Bala |
| Finale(i) | Chapathi Making using Ironbox | Vanitha Vijayakumar - Bala |
| Finale(ii) | Find Ingredients of the Dish | Uma Riyaz Khan - Bala |
- Main Tasks
| Week | Task | Ingredient Selection | High Scored Contestant | Immunity Task Participants | Immunity Task Winner | Elimination Task Participants | Evicted Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contenstants are Hand-cuffed | Potato | Mohan Vaidya - Pappu | Not Conducted | None | Not Conducted | None |
| 2 | 15 Minutes Alternate Cooking by Cook and Comali | Any Ingredient | Priyanka RoboShankar - Shivangi |
|
Priyanka RoboShankar - Shivangi | Not Conducted | None |
| 3 | Ingredient are selected by Comalis | Ingredient selected by respective Comalis | Gnana Samandham - Pappu | Not Conducted | None |
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Mohan Vaidya |
| 4 | Contenstants are Blind folded | Two Baskets chosen by Chefs | Uma Riyaz Khan - Sai Sakthi |
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Uma Riyaz Khan - Sai Sakthi | Not Conducted | None |
| 5 | Face-off Challenge | Chosen by their Opponents | •Vanitha vijayakumar-Bala.
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Not Conducted | None |
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Gnana Samantham |
| 6 | Contenstants' left hand and Comalis' right hand are handcuffed. | Any Ingredient |
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Vanitha Vijayakumar - Bala | Not Conducted | None |
| 7 | Comalis are provided with high sound Headphones | Choosing a type of Ingredient arranged by Chefs | Rekha - Shivangi | Not Conducted | None |
|
Balaji |
| 8 | Traditional Cooking | Traditional Vegetables | Vanitha Vijayakumar - Bala |
|
Vanitha Vijayakumar - Bala | Not Conducted | None |
| 9 | Contestants are locked in Rooms, comalis cook the dish | Any Ingredient | Uma Riyaz Khan - Pugazh | Not Conducted | None |
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Rekha |
| 10 | Contestant and Comali in Back-to-Back postures alternate cooking in 10 minutes | Colour of Dish and Ingredient must be same | Uma Riyaz Khan - Manimegalai | (Ticket to Finale)
|
Uma Riyaz Khan - Manimegalai | Not Conducted | None |
| 11 | Semi-Finals (Two Comalis per Cook) | Recreation Task | Ramya Pandian - Pugazh & Shivangi | Not Conducted | None |
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Priyanka RoboShankar |
| 12 | Wild Card Round (Contestants are given with boxing gloves) | Any Ingredient | Rekha - Pugazh |
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Rekha - Pugazh | Not Conducted |
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| 13 | Celebration Week | Recipes are confused to Comalis and with them Cooks make the recipe | Vanitha Vijayakumar -Bala | (Fun Task)
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Uma Riyaz Khan - Shivangi | Not Conducted | None |
| 14 Finale(i) | Contestants grind flour. Comalis make the recipe | Swap of Ingredients | Vanitha Vijayakumar -Bala | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
| 14 Finale(ii) | 30 Minutes Back-to Back Postures and 30 Minutes Earphone Challenge | 3 Dish Platter | Vanitha Vijayakumar - Shivangi | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
- Episodes
| Episodes | Description |
|---|---|
| S1 E1 16 Nov 2019 | Your favourite Star Vijay celebrities get ready for a cooking competition with their clown partners. Let's see how they carry out their first ever task. |
| S1 E2 17 Nov 2019 | Our clown cooks try to make a delicious potato dish with the help of the real cooks. Will they be able to impress the judges? |
| S1 E3 23 Nov 2019 | Our cooks carry out an interesting task to gain a ‘special advantage’. Will the clown partners be helpful to them? |
| S1 E4 24 Nov 2019 | The cooks and comalis strive hard to finish the dishes on time to gain the immunity offered by the judges. Who will win? |
| S1 E5 7 Dec 2019 | Our clowns perform an interesting task of recognising the names of different ingredients. Will they be able to please their cooking partners? |
| S1 E6 8 Dec 2019 | The cooks strive hard to prepare some delicious dishes with the given ingredients. Let's see who faces the first elimination of the season. |
| S1 E7 14 Dec 2019 | Our cooks deliver the best of their abilities with the help of their clown partners. Tune in to witness the wonderful cooking adventure. |
| S1 E8 15 Dec 2019 | The cooks find it extremely difficult to guide the clowns with their eyes closed. Let's see who is going to make the best dish of the week. |
| S1 E9 21 Dec 2019 | The cooks and comalis team up randomly to face each other in a special duel battle. Will they be able to evade the elimination? |
| S1 E10 22 Dec 2019 | The situation escalates as the cooks are forced to battle it out to enter the safe zone. Who is going to fall prey to the elimination? |
| S1 E11 28 Dec 2019 | Our cooks and clowns carry out an eating contest with one of their favourite dishes. Who will gain the Special Advantage?
S1 E12 29 Dec 2019 The clowns test the patience of the cooks when they tie their hands to make the competition exciting. Gear up to witness the chaos in the kitchen! |
| S1 E13 4 Jan 2020 | The clowns strive hard to prepare one of the most popular snacks of Tamil Nadu. Tune in to witness the culinary feast! |
| S1 E14 5 Jan 2020 | Our cooks help the clowns to prepare some delicious dishes with the given ingredients. Will the clowns save them from elimination? |
| S1 E15 11 Jan 2020 | The judges challenge the cooks to prepare traditional dishes for this festive season. Tune in to watch a fun-filled cooking experience. |
| S1 E16 12 Jan 2020 | The comalis try their best to help the cooks to win the traditional dishes challenge. Tune in to find out who gets to win the immunity. |
| S1 E17 18 Jan 2020 | Our judges leave the cooks and the comalis to prepare the dish of their choice. But, they lay down a few conditions that shock the participants. |
| S1 E18 19 Jan 2020 | The cooks rush to help the comalis in correcting their blunders in the recipe. Later, the game progress towards the elimination round. |
| S1 E19 25 Jan 2020 | The cooks prepare delicious Medhu Vadai with the help of the comalis. Tune in to find out who gains the special advantage this week. |
| S1 E20 26 Jan 2020 | The kitchen becomes chaotic as the contestants struggle to prepare the dishes on time. Will they be able to please the judges? |
| S1 E21 1 Feb 2020 | The cooks team up with two comalis each to work on the recreation challenge for the semi-finals. Who is gonna make it to finals? |
| S1 E22 2 Feb 2020 | The cooks and comalis strive hard to keep the spirits on the recreation challenge. Will they be able to satisfy the judges? |
| S1 E23 8 Feb 2020 | All the contestants return for the special wild card entry to join the race for the finals. Will they prove their magic? |
| S1 E24 9 Feb 2020 | The judges assign special tasks to toughen the competition in the wild card round. Will the contestants make thorough it? |
| S1 E25 15 Feb 2020 | The cooks and the comalis engage in fun-filled tasks and cook with the special guests. Tune in for unlimited fun. |
| S1 E26 16 Feb 2020 | The cooks try hard to cook with their hands tied along with their partners. Will the comalis help them? |
| S1 E27 23 Feb 2020 | The judges put the cooks through a series of tough tasks in the grand finale. Stay tuned to meet the title winner. |
Guests
| Kamala Kamesh | Supporting Uma Riyaz Khan |
| Besant Ravi | Supporting Rekha |
| Ramya Krishnan (Special Judge for Grand Finale) | |
References
- "Cook with comali 2: What makes this vijay tv show so popular". Sakshi Post. 31 January 2021.
External links
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