Cooku with Comali

*Cooku with Comali*
Cooku with Comali
Hosted by	Rakshan
Judges	Chef Damodharan ; Chef Venkatesh Bhat
No. of contestants	9
Winner
Runner-up	Shakeela
No. of episodes	41
Release
Original network	Star Vijay
Original release	14 November 2020 –; 14 April 2021

*Cooku with Comali*
Cooku with Comali
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

Cooku with Comali
Cooku with Comali
Genre	Cookery ; Comedy
Directed by	Parthiban
Presented by	Rakshan
Judges	Chef Damodharan; Venkatesh Bhat
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	68
Production
Editor	Jaganathan Aravinth Sridhar Raghuraman Bala
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx.60-62 minutes
Production company	Media Massons
Release
Original network	Star Vijay
Original release	16 November 2019 –; 14 April 2021
External links
	Hotstar

Cooku with Comali, also known by the acronym CWC, is a Tamil-language comedy-based cooking competition show aired on Star Vijay and streams on Disney+Hotstar where the contestants are paired each week with comedians (comalis) who are amateur cooks.^[1] It premiered on 16 November 2019. The contestants along with their comalis are challenged every week and judged by Chef Damodharan and Chef Venkatesh Bhat.

Production[]

Game format[]

Every week, the show starts with celebrity chefs getting paired with their Comalis. Then the teams compete in Advantage Task 1 and Task 2. The teams then compete in Main Task and Immunity/Elimination Task. The Advantage task involves a minimal task in which a team does a small task and the winner of the Advantage task is given an advantage during the main task where the team can choose a time frame to work without any obstacles. During the Main task, every team is a given a challenge or an obstacle that will make the cooking harder. The teams are given a specific time limit where they must cook with that time frame. Most of the cooking tasks are to be done by Comalis.^[2] The cook that gets Immunity is safe from next week's elimination and does not participate in that week. Some weeks are celebration rounds with no elimination.

Series overview[]

Series		Host(s)	Judge(s)	Winner	Runner	Episodes	Originally aired
Series		Host(s)	Judge(s)	Winner	Runner	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network
	1	Rakshan	Chef Damodharan Chef Venkatesh Bhat	Vanitha Vijayakumar	Uma Riyaz Khan	27	16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)	23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)	Star Vijay
	2				Shakeela Begum	41	14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)	14 April 2021 (2021-04-14)
	3			TBA	TBA	-	November 2021	TBA

Season 1[]

The first season began on 16 November 2019. This season was hosted by Rakshan. The grand finale was aired on 23 February 2020 and winner was Vanitha Vijayakumar.

Contestants[]

Contestants^[3]	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[]


Bijili Ramesh
Manimegalai
Pappu

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	Bijili Ramesh	Bala	Immunity	Bala	Sivaangi	Bala	Bala & Bijili Ramesh	Direct Finalist	Bala	Bala	Sivaangi
Uma Riyaz Khan	Manimegalai	Pappu	Bijili Ramesh	Sai Sakthi	Immunity	Bijili Ramesh	Pugazh	Pugazh	Pugazh	Manimegalai	Direct Finalist		Sivaangi	Sivaangi	Bala
Ramya Pandian	Pugazh	Sai Sakthi	Pugazh	Bala	Bala	Pugazh	Bijili Ramesh	Sivaangi	Bala	Pugazh	Pugazh & Sivaangi	Direct Finalist	Tiger Thangadurai	Manimegalai	Pugazh
Rekha	Sivaangi	Bala	Tiger Thangadurai	Pappu	Manimegalai	Manimegalai	Sivaangi	Manimegalai	Bijili Ramesh	Evicted (Episode 18)		Pugazh	Pugazh	Pugazh	Manimegalai
Priyanka Robo Shankar	Sai Sakthi	Sivaangi	Immunity	Bijili Ramesh	Sai Sakthi	Tiger Thangadurai	Manimegalai	Tiger Thangadurai	Sivaangi	Sivaangi	Manimegalai & Tiger Thangadurai	Bala	Evicted (Episode 24)
Thaadi Balaji	Tiger Thangadurai	Bijili Ramesh	Sivaangi	Pugazh	Sivaangi	Sivaangi	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	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	Sivaangi Krishnakumar	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	Vanitha Vijayakumar - Manimegalai Priyanka Robo Shankar - Thangadurai
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 Uma Riyaz Khan - Pappu	Priyanka RoboShankar - Shivangi	Not Conducted	None
3	Ingredient are selected by Comalis	Ingredient selected by respective Comalis	Gnana Samandham - Pappu	Not Conducted	None	Mohan Vaidya - Bala Ramya Pandian - Pugazh	Mohan Vaidya
4	Contenstants are Blind folded	Two Baskets chosen by Chefs	Uma Riyaz Khan - Sai Sakthi	Uma Riyaz Khan - Sai Sakthi Balaji - Pugazh	Uma Riyaz Khan - Sai Sakthi	Not Conducted	None
5	Face-off Challenge	Chosen by their Opponents	•Vanitha vijayakumar-Bala.	Not Conducted	None	Priyanka RoboShankar - Sai Sakthi Gnana Samantham - Pugazh Balaji - Shivangi	Gnana Samantham
6	Contenstants' left hand and Comalis' right hand are handcuffed.	Any Ingredient	Vanitha Vijayakumar - Bala	Vanitha Vijayakumar - Bala Uma Riyaz Khan - Bijili Ramesh	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	Priyanka - Manimegalai Balaji - Bala	Balaji
8	Traditional Cooking	Traditional Vegetables	Vanitha Vijayakumar - Bala	Vanitha Vijayakumar - Bala Ramya Pandian - Shivangi	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	Rekha - Bijili Ramesh Ramya Pandian - Bala	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 Ramya Pandian - Pugazh	Uma Riyaz Khan - Manimegalai	Not Conducted	None
11	Semi-Finals (Two Comalis per Cook)	Recreation Task	Ramya Pandian - Pugazh & Shivangi	Not Conducted	None	Priyanka RoboShankar- Manimegalai& Thangadurai Vanitha Vijayakumar - Bala & BijiliRamesh	Priyanka RoboShankar
12	Wild Card Round (Contestants are given with boxing gloves)	Any Ingredient	Rekha - Pugazh	Rekha - Pugazh Balaji- Manimegalai	Rekha - Pugazh	Not Conducted	Mohan Vaidya Priyanka RoboShankar Balaji
13	Celebration Week	Recipes are confused to Comalis and with them Cooks make the recipe	Vanitha Vijayakumar -Bala	(Fun Task) Uma Riyaz Khan - Shivangi Vanitha Vijayakumar - Bala	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)

Season 2[]

The second season began on 14 November 2020. This season also was hosted by Rakshan. The grand finale was aired on 14 April 2021 and winner was

Contestants[]

Contestants	Status	Notes
Kani Thiru	Winner
Shakeela Begum	1st Runner-Up	Wild-Card Re-entry
Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan	2nd Runner-Up
Baba Bhaskar	Finalist
Pavithra Lakshmi	Finalist	Wild-Card Re-entry
Rithika Tamil Selvi	Eliminated	Wild-Card Entry
Dharsha Gupta	Eliminated
Deepa Shankar	Eliminated
Madurai Muthu	Eliminated

Comalis[]


Manimegalai
Mohamed Kuraishi
Pappu

Parvathy Saran
Sakthi Raj
Sarath
Sivaangi Krishnakumar
Sunita Gogoi
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	weeks 10&11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Week 20	Week 21	Week 22
Kani Thiru	Parvathy Saran	Manimegalai	Sarath Raj	Sunitha Gogoi	Sunitha Gogoi	Manimegalai	Pugazh	Immunity	Sunitha Gogoi	Sunitha Gogoi	Bala & Sakthi Raj	Sunitha Gogoi	............................................	Immunity	Sunitha Gogoi	Manimegalai	Pugazh	Pugazh	Direct Finalist	Pugazh	Sivaangi & Sunitha Gogoi
Shakeela Begum	Sunitha Gogoi	Pugazh	Manimegalai	Sarath Raj	Immunity	Bala	Sarath Raj	Not participated	Parvathy Saran	Pugazh	Pugazh & Sunitha Gogoi	Manimegalai	Sarath Raj	Sunitha Gogoi	Tiger Thangadurai	Pugazh	Manimegalai	Sunitha Gogoi & Pappu	Tiger Thangadurai	Sarath Raj	Sunitha Gogoi & Pugazh
Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan	Sarath Raj	Sivaangi	Not Participated	Sivaangi	Manimegalai	Sivaangi	Sunitha Gogoi	Manimegalai /Sivaangi & Sunitha Gogoi	Tiger Thangadurai	Sivaangi	Immunity	Pugazh	Pugazh	Manimegalai	Sarath Raj	Sivaangi	Sivaangi	Sivaangi & Bala	Direct Finalist	Sivaangi	Manimegalai/Sakthi Raj & Bala
Baba Bhaskar	Manimegalai	Bala	Immunity	Sakthi Raj	Pugazh	Sunitha Gogoi	Sivaangi	Sivaangi/Manimegalai	Sivaangi	Bala	Sivaangi & Manimegalai	Sarath Raj	Manimegalai	Pugazh	Sivaangi	Bala	Pugazh	Tiger Thangadurai & Sakthi Raj	Direct Finalist	Not Participated	Bala & Manimegalai/Sarath Raj
Pavithra Lakshmi	Pugazh	Sarath Raj	Sivaangi	Pugazh	Bala	Pugazh	Manimegalai	Bala	Manimegalai	Manimegalai	Tiger Thangadurai & Sarath Raj	Sivaangi	Sunitha Gogoi	Sivaangi	Not Participated	Not Participated	Bala	Eliminated	Pugazh	Sunitha Gogoi	Pugazh & Sivaangi

Cook Pairings[]

Contestants	Week 1 14 & 15 Nov 2020	Week 2 21 & 22 Nov 2020	Week 3 28 & 29 Nov 2020	Week 4 5 & 6 Dec 2020	Week 5 12 & 13 Dec 2020	Week 6 19 & 20 Dec 2020	Week 7 26 & 27 Dec 2020	Week 8 2 & 3 Jan 2021	Week 9 9 & 10 Jan 2021	Week 10 16 & 23 Jan 2021	Week 11 30 & 31 Jan 2021
Ashwin Kumar	Sarath Raj	Sivaangi Krishnakumar		Sivaangi Krishnakumar	Manimegalai	Sivaangi Krishnakumar	Sunita Gogoi	Manimegalai - Advantage task Sivaangi Krishnakumar, Sunita Gogoi - Main task	Tiger Thangadurai	Sivaangi Krishnakumar
Baba Bhaskar	Manimegalai	Bala		Sakthi Raj	Pugazh	Sunita Gogoi	Sivaangi Krishnakumar	Sivaangi Krishnakumar, Sunita Gogoi - Advantage task Manimegalai - Main task	Sivaangi Krishnakumar	Bala	Sivaangi Krishnakumar Manimegalai
Kani Thiru	Parvathy Saran	Manimegalai	Sarath Raj	Sunita Gogoi	Sunita Gogoi	Manimegalai	Pugazh		Sunita Gogoi	Sunita Gogoi	Bala, Sakthi Raj
Shakeela	Sunita Gogoi	Pugazh	Manimegalai	Sarath Raj		Bala	Sarath Raj		Parvathy Saran	Manimegalai	Pugazh, Sunita Gogoi
Pavithra Lakshmi	Pugazh	Sarath Raj	Sivaangi Krishnakumar	Pugazh	Bala	Pugazh	Manimegalai	Bala	Manimegalai	Pugazh	Sarath Raj, Tiger Thangadurai
Rithika
Dharsha Gupta	Sivaangi Krishnakumar	Sakthi Raj	Pugazh	Parvathy Saran	Sarath Raj	Sarath Raj	Bala	Pugazh	Sarath Raj
Deepa Shankar	Sakthi Raj	Sunita Gogoi	Sunita Gogoi	Manimegalai	Sivaangi Krishnakumar		Sakthi Raj		Sakthi Raj
Madurai Muthu	Bala	Pappu	Bala				Tiger Thangadurai		Bala

Contestants	Week 12 6 & 7 Feb 2021	Week 13 13 & 14 Feb 2021	Week 14 20 & 21 Feb 2021	Week 15 27 & 28 Feb 2021	Week 16 6 & 7 Mar 2021	Week 17 13 & 14 Mar 2021
Ashwin Kumar	Pugazh	Pugazh	Manimegalai	Sarath Raj	Sivaangi Krishnakumar	Sivaangi Krishnakumar
Baba Bhaskar	Sarath Raj	Manimegalai	Pugazh	Sivaangi Krishnakumar	Bala
Kani Thiru	Sunita Gogoi	Sivaangi Krishnakumar		Sunita Gogoi	Manimegalai	Pugazh
Shakeela	Manimegalai	Sarath Raj	Sunita Gogoi	Tiger Thangadurai	Pugazh	Manimegalai
Pavithra Lakshmi	Sivaangi Krishnakumar	Sunita Gogoi	Sivaangi Krishnakumar			Bala
Rithika	Bala	Bala	Bala
Dharsha Gupta
Deepa Shankar
Madurai Muthu
Guests
Vanitha Vijayakumar				Bala
Uma Riyaz Khan				Sakthi Raj
Ramya Pandian				Pugazh
Rekha				Manimegalai

Comali Pairings[]

Comalis	Week 1 14 & 15 Nov 2020	Week 2 21 & 22 Nov 2020	Week 3 28 & 29 Nov 2020	Week 4 5 & 6 Dec 2020	Week 5 12 & 13 Dec 2020	Week 6 19 & 20 Dec 2020	Week 7 26 & 27 Dec 2020	Week 8 2 & 3 Jan 2021	Week 9 9 & 10 Jan 2021	Week 10 16 & 23 Jan 2021	Week 11 30 & 31 Jan 2021
Pugazh	Pavithra Lakshmi (Bijili vedi)	Shakeela (Butcher knife, Cutting board)	Dharsha Gupta (X-Ray - Santhanam/ Thilalangadi)	Pavithra Lakshmi (Puli pal chain - Minor Kuju)	Baba Bhaskar	Pavithra Lakshmi (Laptop - Call center officer)	Kani Thiru (Michael Jackson)	Dharsha Gupta (Kuthu Dance)		Shakeela (Green handprint)	Shakeela (Gadhai, Paasa kayiru - Suma dharmaraja (Yama dharmaraja)/ Lucky Man)
Sivaangi Krishnakumar	Dharsha Gupta (Busvanam)	Ashwin Kumar (Pressure cooker)	Pavithra Lakshmi (Alleppey Boat House picture (Jessie) - Trisha/ Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa)	Ashwin Kumar (Ribbon - Arukani)	Deepa Shankar	Ashwin Kumar (School bag, Water bottle - School kid)	Baba Bhaskar (Rose (Titanic) / Kate Winslet)	Baba Bhaskar - Advantage tasks Ashwin Kumar - Main task (Mohiniyattam)	Baba Bhaskar (Sword - Pulikesi/ Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei)	Ashwin Kumar (Blue handprint)	Baba Bhaskar (Vethalai dabba Thiripurasundari/ Michael Madana Kama Rajan)
Bala	Madurai Muthu (Thupakki)	Baba Bhaskar (Lighter)	Madurai Muthu (Pattapatti Aruva - Karthi/ Paruthiveeran)		Pavitra Lakshmi	Shakeela (Lawyer coat - Lawyer)	Dharsha Gupta (Arnold Schwarzenegger)	Pavithra Lakshmi (Bharatanatyam)	Madurai Muthu(Bullet bike - 'Bullet' Pandi/ Kovil)	Baba Bhaskar (Yellow handprint)	Kani Thiru (Aiyampettai Arivudainambi Kaliyaperumal Chandran/ Thillu Mullu)
Manimegalai	Baba Bhaskar (Poondu vedi)	Kani Thiru (Sombu)	Shakeela (Scooter - (Kadhambari "Kadhu") - Nayanthara/ Naanum Rowdy Thaan)	Deepa Shankar (Mallipoo - Pookari)	Ashwin Kumar	Kani Thiru (Spoon, Fork, Chef coat - Chef)	Pavithra Lakshmi (Angelina Jolie)	Ashwin Kumar - Advantage tasks Baba Bhaskar - Main task (Kathak)	Pavithra Lakshmi (Scent - 'Dubai' Sudalai/ Vetri Kodi Kattu)	Pavithra Lakshmi (Red handprint)	Baba Bhaskar (Vethalai dabba Thiruttu paati/ Michael Madana Kama Rajan)
Sunita Gogoi	Shakeela (Susur kambi)	Deepa Shankar (Flask)	Deepa Shankar (Robot - Amy Jackson/ Enthiran 2)	Kani Thiru (Karagam - Karagattakari)	Kani Thiru	Baba Bhaskar (Nunchucks - Karate kid)	Ashwin Kumar (Marilyn Monroe)	Baba Bhaskar - Advantage tasks Ashwin Kumar - Main task (Garba dance)	Kani Thiru (Police hat - 'Encounter' Ekaambaram/ Marudhamalai)	Kani Thiru (Pink handprint)	Shakeela (Gadhai, Paasa kayiru - Darshagupta (Chitragupta)/ Lucky Man)
Sarath Raj	Ashwin Kumar (Saravedi)	Pavithra Lakshmi (Cylinder)	Kani Thiru (Kambu - Dhanush/ Asuran)	Shakeela (Guduguduppu - Guduguduppukaran)	Dharsha Gupta	Dharsha Gupta (Flask with chemicals, Magnifying glass - Scientist)	Shakeela (Johnny Pepp - Jack Sparrow/ Johnny Depp)	Comali selection	Dharsha Gupta (Hammer, Bag - Contractor Nesamani/ Friends)	Comali selection	Pavithra Lakshmi (Telescope, Warrior helmet Kattappa/ Baahubali)
Sakthi Raj	Deepa Shankar (Theekuchi)	Dharsha Gupta (Mixie)	(S. Duraisingam ACP) - Suriya/ Singam	Baba Bhaskar (Paal jaadi - Rajinikanth/ Annamalai)			Deepa Shankar (Jack (Titanic) /Leonardo DiCaprio)		Deepa Shankar (Kuthi mittai, Kuruvi rotti - Kaipulla/ Winner)		Kani Thiru (Aiyampettai Arivudainambi Kaliyaperumal Indran/ Thillu Mullu)
Parvathy Saran	Kani Thiru (Saatai)		- Ritika Singh/ Irudhi Suttru	Dharsha Gupta (Umbrella - Teacher/ Kadalora Kavithaigal)					Shakeela (Walkie Talkie - 'Theeppori' Thirumugam/ Englishkaran
Tiger Thangadurai							Madurai Muthu (Sorry Potter - Harry Potter/ Daniel Radcliffe)		Ashwin Kumar (Thagara petti - Nai Sekar/ Thalai Nagaram)		Pavithra Lakshmi (Telescope, Warrior helmet Pingalathevan/ Baahubali)
Pappu		Madurai Muthu (Kadai, Jalli karandi)

Weekly Activities[]

Advantage Tasks
Main Tasks

Comalis	Week 12 6 & 7 Feb 2021	Week 13 13 & 14 Feb 2021	Week 14 20 & 21 Feb 2021	Week 15 27 & 28 Feb 2021	Week 16 6 & 7 Mar 2021	Week 17 13 & 14 Mar 2021
Pugazh	Ashwin Kumar (Rowdy Baby)	Ashwin Kumar (Kin-chan - Shin-chan)	Baba Bhaskar (Dhanush/ Maari)	Ramya Pandian	Shakeela (Pasupathi - Sonu Sood/ Arundhati)	Kani Thiru (Cooku With Comali/ Baba Bhaskar)
Sivaangi Krishnakumar	Pavithra Lakshmi (Chellama)	Kani Thiru (Sora bujji - Dora Bujji )	Pavithra Lakshmi (Nithya - Samantha Akkineni/ Neethaane En Ponvasantham)	Baba Bhaskar	Ashwin Kumar (Annabelle)	Ashwin Kumar (Airtel Super Singer/ Anuradha Sriram)
Bala	Rithika (Kaatu Payale)	Rithika(Sumarman - Superman)	Rithika (Raghuvaran/ Mudhalvan	Vanitha Vijayakumar	Baba Bhaskar (Jaganmohini)	Pavithra Lakshmi (Neeya Naana/ Gopinath Chandran - Shobinath)
Manimegalai	Shakeela (Gaanda Kannazhagi)	Baba Bhaskar (Chhota Bheem)	Ashwin Kumar (Sivaji Ganesan /Thillana Mohanambal)	Rekha	Kani Thiru (Kanchana)	Shakeela (Jodi Number One/ Sandy Master - Pandi Master)
Sunita Gogoi	Kani Thiru (Bujji)	Pavithra Lakshmi (Manidha silandhi - Spider-Man)	Shakeela (Duraiammal - Amy Jackson/ Madrasapattinam)	Kani Thiru
Sarath Raj	Baba Bhaskar (Vaathi)	Shakeela (Catman - Batman)		Ashwin Kumar	Comali selection
Sakthi Raj				Uma Riyaz Khan
Parvathy Saran
Tiger Thangadurai				Shakeela
Pappu

Weekly Activities

	Week 1 14 & 15 Nov 2020				Week 2 21 & 22 Nov 2020				Week 3 28 & 29 Nov 2020				Week 4 5 & 6 Dec 2020				Week 5 12 & 13 Dec 2020				Week 6 19 & 20 Dec 2020				Week 7 26 & 27 Dec 2020				Week 8 2 & 3 Jan 2021				Week 9 9 & 10 Jan 2021				Week 10 16 & 23 Jan 2021				Week 11 30 & 31 Jan 2021
	A1	A2	M	F	A1	A2	M	I	A1	A2	M	E	A1	A2	M	I	A1	A2	M	E	A1	A2	M	I	A1	A2	M	F	A1	A2	M	E	A1	A2	M	F	A1	A2	M	I	A1	A2	M	E
Contestants
Ashwin Kumar	Sarath Raj				Sivaangi Krishnakumar								Sivaangi Krishnakumar				Manimegalai				Sivaangi Krishnakumar				Sunita Gogoi				Manimegalai		Sivaangi Krishnakumar, Sunita Gogoi		Tiger Thangadurai				Sivaangi Krishnakumar
Ashwin Kumar
Baba Bhaskar	Manimegalai				Bala								Sakthi Raj				Pugazh				Sunita Gogoi				Sivaangi Krishnakumar				Sivaangi Krishnakumar, Sunita Gogoi		Manimegalai		Sivaangi Krishnakumar				Bala				Sivaangi Krishnakumar, Manimegalai
Baba Bhaskar
Kani Thiru	Parvathy Saran				Manimegalai				Sarath Raj				Sunita Gogoi				Sunita Gogoi				Manimegalai				Pugazh								Sunita Gogoi				Sunita Gogoi				Bala, Sakthi Raj
Kani Thiru
Shakeela	Sunita Gogoi				Pugazh				Manimegalai				Sarath Raj								Bala				Sarath Raj								Parvathy Saran				Manimegalai				Pugazh, Sunita Gogoi
Shakeela
Pavithra Lakshmi	Pugazh				Sarath Raj				Sivaangi Krishnakumar				Pugazh				Bala				Pugazh				Manimegalai				Bala				Manimegalai				Pugazh				Sarath Raj, Tiger Thangadurai
Pavithra Lakshmi
Rithika
Rithika
Dharsha Gupta	Sivaangi Krishnakumar				Sakthi Raj				Pugazh				Parvathy Saran				Sarath Raj				Sarath Raj				Bala				Pugazh				Sarath Raj
Dharsha Gupta
Deepa Shankar	Sakthi Raj				Sunita Gogoi				Sunita Gogoi				Manimegalai				Sivaangi Krishnakumar								Sakthi Raj								Sakthi Raj
Deepa Shankar
Madurai Muthu	Bala				Pappu				Bala																Tiger Thangadurai								Bala
Madurai Muthu

	Week 12 6 & 7 Feb 2021				Week 13 13 & 14 Feb 2021				Week 14 20 & 21 Feb 2021				Week 15 27 & 28 Feb 2021				Week 16 6 & 7 Mar 2021				Week 17 13 & 14 Mar 2021
	A1	A2	M	F	A1	A2	M	I	A1	A2	M	E	A1	A2	M	F	A1	A2	M	I	A1	A2	M	E
Contestants
Ashwin Kumar	Pugazh				Pugazh				Manimegalai				Sarath Raj				Sivaangi Krishnakumar				Sivaangi Krishnakumar
Ashwin Kumar
Baba Bhaskar	Sarath Raj				Manimegalai				Pugazh				Sivaangi Krishnakumar				Bala
Baba Bhaskar
Kani Thiru	Sunita Gogoi				Sivaangi Krishnakumar								Sunita Gogoi				Manimegalai				Pugazh
Kani Thiru
Shakeela	Manimegalai				Sarath Raj				Sunita Gogoi				Tiger Thangadurai				Pugazh				Manimegalai
Shakeela
Pavithra Lakshmi	Sivaangi Krishnakumar				Sunita Gogoi				Sivaangi Krishnakumar												Bala
Pavithra Lakshmi
Rithika	Bala				Bala				Bala
Rithika
Dharsha Gupta
Dharsha Gupta
Deepa Shankar
Deepa Shankar
Madurai Muthu
Madurai Muthu
Guests
Vanitha Vijayakumar													Bala
Vanitha Vijayakumar
Uma Riyaz Khan													Sakthi Raj
Uma Riyaz Khan
Ramya Pandian													Pugazh
Ramya Pandian
Rekha													Manimegalai
Rekha

Guests[]

KPY Yogi	For Comali Pairings
Sandy Master	Supporting Ashwin
Sudharshan Govind	Supporting Pavithra Lakshmi
RJ Balaji	To promote Mookuthi Amman^[4]
Vani Bhojan Madhuri Jain	To promote Triples (web series)^[5]
Sivakarthikeyan	For Pongal celebration
Rekha Ramya Pandian Vanitha Vijayakumar Uma Riyaz Khan	For Top four contestants from Season 1 for celebration round^[6]
Rio Raj	To promote plan panni pannanum movie
Dhee Santhosh Narayanan Arivu	Special Guests for finale

AR Rahman
Silambarasan	Special Judge for finale

Reception[]

The series gained popularity only during its rerun in the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.^[7] Following which the launch of the second season became one of the top rated Tamil reality television program both on television and on the digital platform Hotstar.^[8]^[9]

The grand finale of season 2 aired on 14 April 2021 for 6 hours garnered a high viewership rating of 11.1 TVR in urban and 8.1 TVR overall with 6.58 million impressions.^[10]

Adaptations[]

The success of the show series is the main reason to adapt in other languages. This is the original version and the remakes which are given listed below.

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Episodes	No. of. season(s)
Kannada	Cookku with Kirikku^[11]	10 April 2021	Star Suvarna	TBA	1

References[]

^ "Cooku with Comali's Pugazh and Sivaangi: On the show's popularity and their friendship". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
^ 'Cook With Comali 2' Cast: Get To Know Your Favourite Tamil Comedians On Show, retrieved 19 December 2020
^ "Cook with comali 2: What makes this vijay tv show so popular". Sakshi Post.
^ https://www.hotstar.com/gb/tv/cooku-with-comali/1260013771/taste-the-best/1100045121
^ https://www.hotstar.com/gb/tv/cooku-with-comali/1260013771/the-headphones-task/1100046549
^ "Watch Cooku with Comali Full Episode 29 Online in HD on Hotstar US". Hotstar. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ "The genius of 'Cook with Comali'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
^ "'Cook with Comali': Why the reality show is a huge success". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
^ "'Bigg Boss Tamil' attracted most eyeballs on Disney+ Hotstar in TN". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
^ "Cook with comali 2 grand finale gets record trp; Sivaangi thanks fans". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
^ "'Cooku With Comali' now goes to Kannada!". Sify.com.

External links[]

Cooku With Comali on IMDb

[1] "Cooku with Comali's Pugazh and Sivaangi: On the show's popularity and their friendship". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.

[2] 'Cook With Comali 2' Cast: Get To Know Your Favourite Tamil Comedians On Show, retrieved 19 December 2020

[3] "Cook with comali 2: What makes this vijay tv show so popular". Sakshi Post.

[4] ttps://www.hotstar.com/gb/tv/cooku-with-comali/1260013771/taste-the-best/1100045121

[5] ttps://www.hotstar.com/gb/tv/cooku-with-comali/1260013771/the-headphones-task/1100046549

[6] "Watch Cooku with Comali Full Episode 29 Online in HD on Hotstar US". Hotstar. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

[7] "The genius of 'Cook with Comali'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.

[8] "'Cook with Comali': Why the reality show is a huge success". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.

[9] "'Bigg Boss Tamil' attracted most eyeballs on Disney+ Hotstar in TN". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.

[10] "Cook with comali 2 grand finale gets record trp; Sivaangi thanks fans". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.

[11] "'Cooku With Comali' now goes to Kannada!". Sify.com.

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Dubbed serials	Mahabharatham

Cooku with Comali
Genre	Cookery Comedy
Directed by	Parthiban
Presented by	Rakshan
Judges	Chef Damodharan Venkatesh Bhat
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	68
Production
Editor	Jaganathan Aravinth Sridhar Raghuraman Bala
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx.60-62 minutes
Production company	Media Massons
Release
Original network	Star Vijay
Original release	16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) – 14 April 2021 (2021-04-14)
External links
Hotstar

Cooku with Comali

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 (2019-11-16) – 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)