Professional chefs Chalapathi Rao, Sanjay Thumma and Mahesh Padala served as the judges.

The winner of the competition was K. Krishna Tejasvi, a home baker from Hyderabad, with G. D. Anusha as the runner-up.

From these, one hundred winners advanced to a live audition at Innovative Film City, Bengaluru.

Priyadarshi, Sourabh, and Nazimunisha successfully earned their aprons, securing places in the Top 14.

The remaining ten cooks from the Top 20 were given the opportunity to prepare their signature dish within an hour to win MasterChef aprons.

Tamannaah revealed the mystery box, and the Top 14 home cooks had to create a dish using at least four ingredients from it.

Kamal won the best dish of the day, securing a place on the balcony alongside Abdul.

The judges introduced a "mise en place" skill test for the home cooks, requiring them to complete it within 15 minutes.

Madavi, Manisha and Tejasvi did not finish in time and received black aprons, leading them to the elimination round.

Previous week's winners, Kamal and Abdul, had the first choice of ingredients and determined the order in which the others would select theirs.

Kamal won the best drink of the day and secured a spot on the balcony, along with Nazimunisha, Anusha and Madhavi in the winning order.

In the team challenge, the judges divided the remaining home cooks into three teams: Red (Abdul, Manoj and Sai Sri), Blue (Sarat, Sourabh and Sai Sree), and Green (Anupama, Jaideep and Priyadarshi).

In the Thaali Challenge, Tamannaah asked the home cooks to prepare a minimum six-course meal for herself and the judges.

The cooks were divided into two teams: Red (Abdul, Anusha, Kamal, Nazimunisha, Sai Sri and Sarat) and Blue (Anupama, Jaideep, Madhavi, Manoj, Sourabh and Tejasvi).

In the taste test, the judges asked the home cooks to identify the dominant flavor from a set of six food items that were handed out one by one.

Following this, the judges announced that everyone was safe for the day and granted a second chance to previously eliminated cooks (Madhavi, Manisha, and Priyadarshi).

They allowed the cooks to pick one ingredient, with Tamannaah selecting Immunity challenge winner Sourabh as the first to choose.

Team Blue (Kamal, Anupama, Anusha and Nazimunisha) emerged victorious and earned a spot on the balcony.

During the taste test, the judges presented a dish made from 43 ingredients to the home cooks and tasked them with identifying the components.

Abdul, Manisha, Manoj, Sai Sri and Sourabh emerged victorious in the challenge.

Jaideep's dish stood out as the best of the day, earning him a spot on the balcony alongside Anusha, Anupama, Manisha and Sai Sri.

The show commenced with Tamannaah extending warm Dussehra wishes to everyone and serving sweets.

The Anupama-Anusha pair impressed the judges and secured the title of the best dish of the day, earning them a place on the balcony.

The judges then welcomed Chef Rajesh Kadakantala to the show, who presented his signature dish, "Golden-hued Irani chai cheesecake on Osmania cookie crust", and tasked the cooks with replicating it.

Abdul won the best dish of the day and got into the balcony with Kamal, Nazimunisha and Sai Sri.

On the auspicious occasion of Deepavali, the judges asked the cooks to make a dish inspired by firecrackers.

In the second challenge, Abdul and Anusha had to cook along with chef Chalapathi and replicate his dish "Alanati Kodi Kura Vaibhavam".

In the "Flavours of the world challenge", the judges presented ten foreign ingredients to the home cooks and explained each item.

ln the "Pressure test challenge", the judges presented their signature dish "Trayam Pakam" and asked the cooks to replicate it.

In the final challenge, the judges tasked the cooks with creating their desired dish within a two-hour time frame.