MasterChef India a complete entertainment recipe

The complete recipe for Entertainment in MasterChef India

Preparation time – 10 minutes
Cooking time – 1 hour
Serves – Absolutely everybody!

Ingredients: For cooking

Spices / condiments / vegetables / meat – 1 portion
A sprawling setup – 1 portion
Subject Matter experts / top chefs as judges – 1 portion
Drama – 2 portions
STAR Plus – 1 huge portion
Nayi soch – 1 dollop

For Garnishing:

Cooking under pressure – 1 tablespoon
Celebrity cooks / guests – 1 tablespoon
Cooking challenges beyond the kitchen – a handful
Akshay Kumar – for tempering

Method:

- For preparation: Reach home on time and switch off your doorbells. Shut your mobile phones. Prepare your favorite snack and settle with your family on the couch. Tune-in to Star Plus this October.

- For cooking: Blend all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Stir well to keep it smooth and refrigerate to keep the mixture of entertainment fresh till the end of the season. While serving, try different combinations of toppings. Add a dash of Nayi soch with every serving. Add a spoonful of challenges. Top it with Bollywood celebrities whipping up some great recipes and garnish thoroughly with superstar Akshay Kumar!

From whipping up recipes to giving nuskas, cookery shows have done it all, time and again on Indian Television. But what about cooking under REAL pressure? How about a couple of amateur cooks catering to a real big fat Indian wedding in record time? How about whipping up a recipe under extreme conditions? How about amateur chefs catering to a langar? Getting ordinary people to pass the litmus test in not only cooking new recipes, but also managing extreme situations, STAR Plus takes cooking beyond the four walls of the kitchen with MasterChef India! Judged by Akshay Kumar and two other renowned Chefs from the cooking fraternity, this delectable new show will be your destination for great food and entertainment this October!

Star Plus presents 'MasterChef India", a unique platform to acknowledge and encourage the culinary skills of passionate cooks and groom them to become the ultimate professionals of the art. Akshay Kumar, the definitive superstar both on & off-screen, will be seen in a completely new role as he takes the judge"s chair on the show. Starting October 16th, 'MasterChef India" will identify 12 contestants who will compete with each other, while Chefs Kunal Kapoor and Ajay Chopra will judge the show along with Akshay. The show promises to offer a high voltage drama, nail-biting tension and fun filled culinary tour. The contender who will able to stand strong with his / her will & talent, through the mounting pressure each week, will be adjudged as India"s first ever - 'MasterChef".

After breaking ratings" records in UK and Australia, MasterChef is coming to Indian television for the first time. Mr. Anupam Vasudev, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Star India, says, “After pioneering successful concepts in reality shows like Aap Ki Kachehri and Sach Ka Saamna, STAR Plus is now ready to present 'MasterChef India". With this show, we once again bring a completely new dimension to this genre on Indian television. International versions of MasterChef have gained a huge fan following in two of the world's biggest markets – UK & Australia. Hence bringing the format to a country like India, where diverse cuisines exist, was only a natural choice. With Superstar Akshay Kumar at the fore and larger-than-life cooking challenges we hope to unearth the best talent in the country with this show."

A chef by heart and an actor by profession, Akshay Kumar said, “I am very happy to be returning to my roots after so many years. My two favorites – 'Cooking and Camera/Entertainment" are coming together and I am excited to be a part of it. I have been following the international version of MasterChef regularly and I am glad that Star Plus is bringing this great and interesting challenge to the Indian audience."

MasterChef India will bring together people with a flair for cooking from all walks of life and subject them to intense pressure and real life challenges. From cooking for huge crowds with minimum equipment to whipping up recipes at a moment"s notice, MasterChef India will pose every cooking challenge within your imagination!