I just started to watch Celebrity Masterchef as I was away overseas. I watched till episode 9 so far (the first team challenge) and here is what I think of the contestants so far.
Archana
Dish wise her performance is the weakest. Apart from the cotton candy wala drink, all her dishes receieved bad comments mostly. And the worst thing is her attitude, she forces people to prioritize her dish and it backfires for the team. If she is here long, its only cause of the drama she provides.
Abhijeet
Abhijeet’s dishes has been decent mostly but not like the best one. However, he and Faizu won the best dish for the bread. I am not that surprised he got eliminated early. I did not find anything special in his dishes so far honestly.
Chandan
Chandan wasn’t good in his first week but did much better in his second week at first. He actually does know quite some stuff about cooking. However I see him mostly making fish related dish. I still think he did not deserve to be the first to be eliminated at all.
Dipika
Dipika was a favourite this season to win and it’s a shame that she has to quit because if her injury. I noticed a lot of forum people don’t like her but I actually like her ignoring her sob stories. She looks sorted. Her dishes look high quality, but she always prepare desserts only. If she is given a task outside dessert she may struggle.
Faizu
Faizu is good and his dishes are interesting but he also tends to make Middle Eastern food mostly. He needs to explore something outside of Middle East, and like I think Ranveer mentioned not get overconfident.
Gaurav
I feel Gaurav is one of the dark horse of this season! His concepts are actually interesting and plating is good too, but it looks like he hasn’t impressed as much with the taste. But he is actually getting better with every episode! Sometimes he talks too much though!
Kabita
I think people had high expectations on Kabita because she is the only one who is actually famous cause of her cooking. Her dishes are okay but doesn’t meet expectations. I feel shooting infront of many people makes her nervous which reflects on her dishes too.
Nikki
I am surprised Nikki can actually cook! I never imagined so! She was good in her first week, and even cooked quite some good dishes, but in 2nd week she was kinda flat. I think she played her strengths Thecha and spicy food too soon!
Rajiv
I think Rajiv does know how to cook but he hasn’t able to show it so far. More than his dishes, his “leadership” got highlight. I liked he was trying to be a leader at first even if he wasn’t the captain but then he got too bossy! His plating are actually decent but the dishes are not that good so far.
Teju
Honestly speaking, Teju is the only contestant that actually seems Masterchef level so far. She is the most versatile in terms of making dishes and tries innovation by making fusion dishes. If she continues to explore like this, I hope she wins if not Dipika.
Usha Tai
Usha Tai is making full use of her experience, and most of her dishes tasted good so far, as per judges comment. She has a different aura in her, finishes dish early and then sits down chilling. But then she tends to have this arrogance because she is experienced. Her plating is old school as expected but she needs to improve on that to highlight her dishes.
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