Cooku with Comali
{{Short description|Indian Tamil-language comedy cooking reality programme}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| based_on =
| director = Parthiv Mani (seasons 1–4)
| presenter = Aranthangi Nisha (season 1)
Rakshan (season 1–present)
Manimegalai (season 5)
| editor = Jaganathan
Aravinth Sridhar
Raghuraman Bala
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| num_seasons = 6
| num_episodes = 250+
| runtime = approx.60–62 minutes
| camera = Multi-camera
| network = {{Unbulleted_list|Star Vijay|Disney+ Hotstar}}
| company = Media Masons (season 1–4)
Box Office Studio (season 5–present)
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2019|11|16}}
| last_aired = present
| judges = {{Unbulleted_list|Chef Damu (season 1–present)|Chef Venkatesh Bhat (seasons 1–4)|Madhampatty Rangaraj (season 5–present)|Koushik Shankar (season 6–present)}}
| genre = Cooking show
Comedy
}}
Cooku with Comali ({{Translation|Cook with Clown}}), also known by the acronym CWC, is an Indian 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.{{Cite news|title=Cooku with Comali's pugazh and Shivangi: On the show's popularity and their friendship|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/cooku-with-comalis-pugazh-and-sivaangi-on-the-shows-popularity-and-their-friendship/article33808541.ece|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502062958/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/cooku-with-comalis-pugazh-and-sivaangi-on-the-shows-popularity-and-their-friendship/article33808541.ece|archive-date=2 May 2021|website=The Hindu|date=11 February 2021|last1=Sunder|first1=Gautam}} The first season premiered on 16 November 2019 and ended on 23 February 2020. The second season premiered on 14 November 2020 and ended on 14 April 2021. The third season premiered on 22 January 2022 and ended on 24 July 2022. The fourth season premiered on 28 January 2023 and ended on 30 July 2023. The contestants along with their comalis are challenged every week and are judged by Chef Damu and Chef Venkatesh Bhat until season 4.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cook-comali-why-reality-show-huge-success-147018|title='Cook with Comali': Why the reality show is a huge success'|website=www.thenewsminute.com|date=12 April 2021 }}
Production
= Game format =
Every week, the show starts with celebrity chefs getting paired with their Comalis.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/the-genius-of-cook-with-comali/article34316466.ece|title=The genius of 'Cook with Comali'|newspaper=The Hindu|date=14 April 2021 }} 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 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. The cook that gets Immunity is safe from next week's elimination and does not participate in that week. Some week are celebration rounds with no elimination.{{Cite web|url=https://www.readersfusion.com/news/cooku-with-comali-all-season-winners-prize-money-runner-up-details/|title=Cooku with Comali All Season Winners, Prize Money and Runner Up Details|website=www.readersfusion.com|date=29 September 2021 }}
Overview
{{Series overview
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| auxB = Special Host
| auxC = Judge 1
| auxD = Judge 2
| auxE = Judge 3
| auxF = Prize Money
| infoA = Contestants
| infoB = Launch TRP Ratings
| infoC = Finale TRP Ratings
| infoD = Winner
| infoE = Runner-up
| link1 = Cooku with Comali
| auxA1 = Rakshan
| auxB1 = Aranthangi Nisha
| auxB2 = –
| auxB3 = –
| auxB4 = Manimegalai
| auxB6 = –
| auxC1 = Chef Damodharan
| auxD1 = Chef Venkatesh Bhat
| auxE1 = -
| auxF1 = {{INRConvert|5|l}}
| infoA1 = 8
| infoB1 = 7.75 TVR
| infoC1 = 10.22 TVR
| infoD1 = Vanitha Vijayakumar
| infoE1 = Uma Riyaz Khan
| episodes1 = 27
| start1 = {{start date|2019|11|16|df=y}}
| end1 = {{end date|2020|02|23|df=y}}
| network1 = Star Vijay &
Disney+ Hotstar
| link2 = Cooku with Comali season 2
| infoA2 = 9
| infoB2 = 13.97 TVR
| infoC2 = 21.39 TVR
| infoD2 = Kani Thiru
| infoE2 = Shakeela
| episodes2 = 41
| start2 = {{start date|2020|11|14|df=y}}
| end2 = {{end date|2021|04|14|df=y}}
| link3 = Cooku with Comali season 3
| infoA3 = 10
| infoB3 = 11.1 TVR
| infoC3 = 12.8 TVR
| infoD3 = Shrutika
| infoE3 = Darshan
| episodes3 = 54
| start3 = {{start date|2022|01|22|df=y}}
| end3 = {{end date|2022|07|24|df=y}}
| link4 = Cooku with Comali season 4
| infoA4 = 12
| infoB4 = 10.5 TVR
| infoC4 = 10.9 TVR
| infoD4 = Mime Gopi
| infoE4 = Srushti Dange
| episodes4 = 53
| start4 = {{start date|2023|01|28|df=y}}
| end4 = {{end date|2023|07|30|df=y}}
| link5 = Cooku with Comali season 5
| auxD5 = Madhampatty Rangaraj
| infoA5 = 10
| infoB5 = 8.72
| infoC5 = 8.21
| infoD5 = Priyanka Deshpande
| infoE5 = Sujitha
| episodes5 = 46
| start5 = {{start date|2024|04|27|df=y}}
| end5 = {{end date|2024|09|29|df=y}}
| link6 = Cooku with Comali season 6
| auxE6 = Chef Kaushik
| infoA6 = 10
| infoB6 = TBA
| infoC6 = TBA
| infoD6 = TBA
| infoE6 = TBA
| episodes6 = TBA
| start6 = {{start date|2025|05|04|df=y}}
| end6 = present
}}
Season 1
The first season of the Tamil reality cooking TV show Cooku with Comali, that was aired first 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.
=Contestants=
| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:100%; line-height:29px; width:auto;"
| Contestants | Status |
| Vanitha Vijaykumar
|style="background:#73FB76";|Winner |
| Uma Riyaz Khan
|style="background:#D1E8EF;" |1st Runner-Up |
| Ramya Pandian
|Style="background:#7FFFD4;";"|2nd Runner-Up |
| Rekha
|Style="background:#DDA0DD;";"|3rd Runner-Up |
| Priyanka Robo Shankar
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Thaadi Balaji
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Mohan Vaidya
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Gnanasambandam
| {{Eliminated}} |
=Comalis=
- KPY Bala ‘’’ (Winner Comali) ‘’’
- Pugazh
- Manimegalai
- Sivaangi ‘’’ (Winner Comali) ‘’’
- Thangadurai
- Sai Sakthi
- Bijili Ramesh
Season 2
{{Main|Cooku with Comali season 2}}
The second season of the Tamil reality cooking TV show Cooku with Comali, that was aired first on 14 November 2020. This season was hosted by Rakshan. The grand finale was aired on 14 April 2021 and winner was Kani Thiru.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/kani-is-the-winner-of-cook-with-comali-season-2/article34324130.ece|title=Kani is the winner of 'Cook with Comali' Season 2|newspaper=The Hindu|date=15 April 2021 }}
=Contestants=
| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:100%; line-height:29px; width:auto;"
| Contestants | Status |
| Kani Thiru
|style="background:#73FB76";|Winner |
| Shakeela
|style="background:#D1E8EF;" |1st Runner-Up |
| Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan
|Style="background:#7FFFD4;";"|2nd Runner-Up |
| Pavithra Lakshmi
|Style="background:#DDA0DD;";"|3rd Runner-Up |
| Baba Bhaskar
|Style="background:#FF69B4;";"|4th Runner-Up |
| Rithika
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Dharsha Gupta
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Deepa Shankar
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Madurai Muthu
| {{Eliminated}} |
=Comalis=
- KPY Bala
- Pugazh
- Manimegalai
- Sivaangi ‘’’(Winner Comali) ‘’’
- Sunita Gogoi ‘’’(Winner Comali) ‘’’
- Thangadurai
- Shakthi
- Parvathy-Pappu
- Sarath
Season 3
{{Main|Cooku with Comali season 3}}
The third season aired on every Saturday and Sunday from 12 January 2022 to 24 July 2022 and ended with 54 Episodes. The winner of the season was Shrutika. This season is hosted by Rakshan and judged by Chef Damodharan and Chef Venkatesh Bhat.
| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:100%; line-height:29px; width:auto;"
| Contestants | Status |
| Shruthika
|style="background:#73FB76";|Winner |
| Darshan
|style="background:#D1E8EF;" |1st Runner-Up |
| Ammu Abhirami
|Style="background:#7FFFD4;";"|2nd Runner-Up |
| Vidyullekha Raman
|Style="background:#DDA0DD;";"|3rd Runner-Up |
| Santhosh Prathap
|Style="background:#FF69B4;";"|4th Runner-Up |
| Grace Karunas
|Style="background:#FF00FF;";"|5th Runner-Up |
| Vettai Muthukumar
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Roshini Haripriyan
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Chutti Aravind
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Anthony Daasan
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Manobala
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Rahul Thatha
| {{Eliminated}} |
Season 4
{{Main|Cooku with Comali season 4}}
The fourth season aired on every Saturday and Sunday from 28 January 2023 to 30 July 2023 and ended with 43 Episodes. It was hosted by Rakshan. The winner of the season was Mime Gopi, and actress Srushti Dange was the runner-up.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-season-4-grand-finale-mime-gopi-lifts-the-trophy-wins-cash-reward-rs-5-lakh/articleshow/102262482.cms|title=Cooku With Comali season 4 grand finale: Mime Gopi lifts the trophy; wins cash reward Rs 5 lakh|date=31 July 2023|website=The Times of India|language=en}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:100%; line-height:29px; width:auto;"
| Contestants | Status |
| Mime Gopi
|style="background:#73FB76";|Winner |
| Srushti Dange
|style="background:#D1E8EF;" |1st Runner-Up |
| Vichithra
|Style="background:#DDA0DD;";"|2nd Runner-Up |
| Sivaangi Krishnakumar
|Style="background:#7FFFD4;";"|3rd Runner-Up |
| Andreanne Nouyrigat
|Style="background:#FF69B4;";"|4th Runner-Up |
| D. R. K. Kiran
|Style="background:#FF00FF;";"|5th Runner-Up |
| Gajesh
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Sherin Shringar
| {{Eliminated}} |
| VJ Vishal
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Raj Ayyappa
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Kalaiyan
| {{Eliminated}} |
| Kishore Rajkumar
| {{Eliminated}} |
Season 5
{{Main|Cooku with Comali season 5}}
The fifth season airs on every Saturday and Sunday from on April 27, 2024 at 21:30.
| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:100%; line-height:29px; width:auto;"
| Contestants | Status |
| Priyanka Deshpande
|style="background:#73FB76";|Winner |
| Sujitha
| style="background:#D1E8EF;" |1st Runner-Up |
| Mohammad Irfan
|style="background:#DDA0DD;";"|2nd Runner-Up |
| Pooja Venkat
| style="background:#7FFFD4;";"|3rd Runner-Up |
| Shaalin Zoya
| style="background:#FF69B4;";"|4th Runner-Up |
| VTV Ganesh
| Style="background:#FF00FF;";"|5th Runner-Up |
| Vasanth Vasi
| Eliminated |
| Dhivya Duraisamy
| Eliminated |
| Srikanth Deva
| Eliminated |
| Akshay Kamal
| Eliminated |
Reception
The series gained popularity only during its re – telecast in the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.{{Cite news|title=The genius of 'Cook with Comali'|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/the-genius-of-cook-with-comali/article34316466.ece|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502061400/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/the-genius-of-cook-with-comali/article34316466.ece|archive-date=2 May 2021|website=The Hindu|date=14 April 2021}} 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.{{Cite web|title='Cook with Comali': Why the reality show is a huge success|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cook-comali-why-reality-show-huge-success-147018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502061053/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cook-comali-why-reality-show-huge-success-147018|archive-date=2 May 2021|website=The News Minute|date=12 April 2021}}{{Cite news|title='Bigg Boss Tamil' attracted most eyeballs on Disney+ Hotstar in TN|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/bigg-boss-tamil-attracted-most-eyeballs-on-disney-hotstar/article33642732.ece|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502061823/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/bigg-boss-tamil-attracted-most-eyeballs-on-disney-hotstar/article33642732.ece|archive-date=2 May 2021|website=The Hindu|date=23 January 2021}}
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.{{Cite web|title=Cook with comali 2 grand finale gets record trp; Sivaangi thanks fans|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/cook-with-comali-2-grand-finale-gets-record-trpsivaangi-thanks-fans/articleshow/82229590.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502064743/https://tamil.samayam.com/tv/news/cook-with-comali-2-grand-finale-gets-record-trpsivaangi-thanks-fans/articleshow/82229590.cms|archive-date=2 May 2021|website=The Times of India}}
Adaptations
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| Kannada
| Cookku with Kirikku | 10 April 2021 | 15 August 2021 |Remake | {{Cite web|title='Cooku With Comali' now goes to Kannada!|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/cooku-with-comali-now-goes-to-kannada-news-tamil-vdpgMcbhaeaij.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315164839/https://www.sify.com/movies/cooku-with-comali-now-goes-to-kannada-news-tamil-vdpgMcbhaeaij.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 March 2021|access-date=2021-07-29|website=Sify|language=en}} |
| Bengali
| Gole Male Gol | 25 September 2021 | 14 November 2021 | rowspan="2" | | {{cite web|author=|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/comedy-show-golemale-gol-to-premiere-on-september-25/articleshow/86222928.cms|title=Comedy show 'Golemale Gol' to premiere on September 25|website=The Times of India|date=15 September 2021|language=en}} |
| Malayalam
| Cook with Comedy | 6 May 2023 | Asianet | 8 July 2023 |
| Tamil
|Top Cooku Dupe Cooku |May 2024 |Sun TV |Sep 2024 |Stole from Star Vijay | |
| Hindi
| Laughter Chefs – Unlimited Entertainment | 1 June 2024 | Ongoing | rowspan="2" |Remake |
| Telugu
|Cooku with Jathirathnalu |28 June 2025 |TBA |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb episodes|13464516}}
{{STAR Vijay TV shows}}
{{Cooku with Comali}}
Category:Star Vijay original programming
Category:Tamil-language television shows
Category:Tamil-language reality television series
Category:Tamil-language cooking television series
Category:Tamil-language comedy television series
Category:2019 Tamil-language television series debuts
Category:2019 Tamil-language television seasons