Cooku with Comali season 5

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2024}}

{{Infobox television season

| bg_colour = #7FFFD4

| season_name = Cooku With Comali

| season_number = 5

| image = Cooku with Comali season 5.webp

| module1 = {{Infobox reality competition season

| judges = Chef Damu
Madhampatty Rangaraj

| host = Rakshan
Manimegalai (Upto Week 21)

| num_contestants = 10

| winner = Priyanka Deshpande

| runner_up = Sujitha Dhanush

}}

| network = Star Vijay

| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2024|04|27|}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2024|09|29|df=y}}

| prev_season = Season 4

| next_season = Season 6

}}

Cooku with Comali 5 is the fifth season of the Tamil reality cooking TV show Cooku with Comali. It premiered on Star Vijay on 17 April 2024, and aired on every Saturday and Sunday at 21:30.{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/cooku-with-comali-season-5-release-date-vijay-tv-grand-launch-new-official-promo-latest-tamil-news-353648|title='Cooku With Comali Season 5' will commence with a grand launch event on this date!|website=www.indiaglitz.com|date=18 April 2024|language=en}} Chef Damu returned to judged, accompanied by the new Madhampatty Rangaraj.{{cite web|author=பீட்டர் பார்க்கர் |url=https://tamil.abplive.com/entertainment/television/cooku-with-comali-5-launch-promo-new-season-grand-opening-chef-dhamu-chef-madhampatty-rangaraj-178397|title=குக்கர், சிரிப்பு 2 சத்தமும் கேட்கும்.. மாதம்பட்டி ரங்கராஜ் - தாமு இணையும் குக்கு வித் கோமாளி 5 ப்ரோமோ!|website=tamil.abplive.com|date=18 April 2024|language=ta}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/gallery/gallery/cook-with-comali-season-5-second-promo-released-mma-sb0fu2|title=தொகுப்பாளராக களம் இறங்கும் ரக்ஷன் - மணிமேகலை! அட கோமாளிகள் இவங்க தானா? 'குக் வித் கோமாளி' சீசன் 5 அப்டேட்! |website=tamil.asianetnews.com|date=27 March 2024|language=ta}} The final episode aired on 29 September 2024. The season was won by television presenter Priyanka Deshpande, and the runner-up was actress Sujitha.{{Cite web|title=Cooku With Comali season 5 Winner: Priyanka Deshpande lifts the trophy; takes home cash prize of Rs 5 lakh|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-season-5-grand-finale-priyanka-deshpande-lifts-the-trophy-wins-cash-reward-rs-5-lakh/articleshow/113807820.cms|website=Times Of India|date=30 September 2024}}

Contestants (cooks)

class="wikitable sortable" style="align:center;"

! scope="col" style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black" |S.No.

! scope="col" style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black" |Name

! scope="col" style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black" |Entry episode

! scope="col" style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black" |Episode exited

! scope="col" style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black" |Elimination rounds faced

! scope="col" style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black" |Immunity won

! scope="col" style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black" |Saturday cooking winner

! scope="col" style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black" |Advantage round

! scope="col" style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black" |Chef of the week

! scope="col" style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black" |Status

1

| style="text-align: center;" | Priyanka Deshpande

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 1

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 46

| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" {{N/A}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 2

| style="text-align: center;" | 4

| style="text-align: center;" | 7

| style="text-align: center; background: #73FB76;" | Winner

2

| style="text-align: center;" | Sujitha

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 1

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 46

| style="text-align: center;" {{N/A}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 1

| style="text-align: center;" | 1

| style="text-align: center;" | 5

| style="text-align: center;" | 7

| style="text-align: center; background: #D1E8EF;" | Runner-up

3

| style="text-align: center;" | Mohamed Irfan

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 1

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 46

| style="text-align: center;" | 2

| style="text-align: center;" {{N/A}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 2

| style="text-align: center;" | 4

| style="text-align: center;" | 4

| style="text-align: center; background: #50C078;" | Finalist

rowspan="2" | 4

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Pooja Venkat

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 1

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 32{{cite web|author=|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-season-5-pooja-venkat-gets-evicted-priyanka-and-thangadurai-win-chef-of-the-week-title/articleshow/112465318.cms|title=Cooku with Comali Season 5: Pooja Venkat gets evicted|website=The Times of India|date=12 August 2024|language=en}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 2

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" {{N/A}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 1

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 2

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 3

| style="text-align: center; background: #FA8072;" | Eliminated

style="text-align: center;" | Episode 43

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 46

| style="text-align: center; background: #50C078;" | Finalist

rowspan="3" | 5

| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | Shaalin Zoya

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 1

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 28{{cite web|author=|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-season-5-shaalin-zoya-gets-evicted-priyanka-and-thanga-durai-win-chef-of-the-week-title/articleshow/112101876.cms|title=Cooku with Comali Season 5: Shaalin Zoya gets evicted|website=The Times of India|date=29 July 2024|language=en}}

| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | 2

| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" {{N/A}}

| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | 1

| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" {{N/A}}

| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | 1

| style="text-align: center; background: #FA8072;" | Eliminated

style="text-align: center;" | Episode 29 (Guest)

| style="text-align: center;" {{N/A}}

| style="text-align: center;" {{N/A}}

style="text-align: center;" | Episode 43

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 46

| style="text-align: center; background: #50C078;" | Finalist

rowspan="2" | 6

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | VTV Ganesh

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 1

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 40{{cite web|author=|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-season-5-dhivya-duraisamy-and-vtv-ganesh-get-evicted-irfan-and-sarath-win-chef-of-the-week-title/articleshow/113192875.cms|title=Cooku with Comali Season 5: Dhivya Duraisamy and VTV Ganesh gets evicted|website=The Times of India|date=9 September 2024|language=en}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 2

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" {{N/A}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 1

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 1

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 3

| style="text-align: center; background: #FA8072;" | Eliminated

style="text-align: center;" | Episode 43

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 46

| style="text-align: center; background: #50C078;" | Finalist

rowspan="2" | 7

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Akshay Kamal

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 1

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 42

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 4

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" {{N/A}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 3

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 3

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 2

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; background: #FA8072;" | Eliminated

style="text-align: center;" | Episode 43

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 45

rowspan="2" | 8

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Vasanth Vasi

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 1

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 18{{cite web|author=|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-season-5-vasanth-vasi-gets-evicted-sujithra-dhanush-and-kemy-win-chef-of-the-week-title/articleshow/111224144.cms|title=Cooku with Comali Season 5: Vasanth Vasi gets evicted|website=The Times of India|date=24 June 2024|language=en}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 1

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" {{N/A}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 1

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 1

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; background:#FA8072;" | Eliminated

style="text-align: center;" | Episode 43

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 45

9

| style="text-align: center;" | Dhivya Duraisamy

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 1

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 40{{cite web|author=|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-season-5-dhivya-duraisamy-and-vtv-ganesh-get-evicted-irfan-and-sarath-win-chef-of-the-week-title/articleshow/113192875.cms|title=Cooku with Comali Season 5: Dhivya Duraisamy and VTV Ganesh gets evicted|website=The Times of India|date=9 September 2024|language=en}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 1

| style="text-align: center;" {{N/A}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 2

| style="text-align: center;" {{N/A}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 3

| style="text-align: center; background:#FA8072;" | Eliminated

10

| style="text-align: center;" | Srikanth Deva

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 1

| style="text-align: center;" | Episode 8{{cite web|author=|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-5-from-akshay-sarath-winning-the-chef-of-the-week-to-srikanth-deva-getting-eliminated-a-look-at-major-events/articleshow/110267080.cms|title=Cooku with Comali Season 5: VShrikanth Deva gets evicted|website=The Times of India|date=20 May 2024|language=en}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 1

| style="text-align: center;" colspan="4" {{N/A}}

| style="text-align: center; background:#FA8072;"| Eliminated

Comalis

class="wikitable" style="align:center;"

!scope="col" style="background:#7FFFD4;"style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black"|S. No.

!scope="col" style="background:#284D68;"style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black"|Name

!scope="col" style="background:#284D68;"style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black"|Entry Week

!scope="col" style="background:#284D68;"style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black"|Participated Week

!scope="col" style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black"|Status

01

|Sunita Gogoi

|Week 1

|Week 1-23

|Main Comali

02

|Sarath

|Week 1

|Week 1-20, 23

|Main Comali

03

|Mohamed Kuraishi

|Week 1

|Week 1-2, 4-23

|Main Comali

04

| Ramar{{cite web|author=|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/television/cook-with-comali-season-5-promo-2-new-comalis-introduction-594125.html|title=குக் வித் கோமாளி சீசன் 5: இந்த முறை கோமாளிகள் இவங்கதானா? மீண்டும் மணிமேகலை.. ராமர் என்ட்ரி அசத்தல்|website=tamil.oneindia.com|date=27 March 2024|language=ta}}

|Week 1

|Week 1, 3-5, 7-23

|Main Comali

05

|Thangadurai

|Week 2

|Week 2-12, 14, 16-18, 20, 23

|Main Comali

06

|Pugazh{{cite web|author=|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cook-with-comali-5-from-confirmed-list-of-comalis-to-the-latest-teaser-heres-what-we-know-about-the-upcoming-season-so-far/articleshow/108842999.cms|title=Cook With Comali 5: From confirmed list of Comalis to the latest teaser|website=The Times of India|date=28 March 2024|language=en}}

|Week 1

|Week 1-9, 12-21, 23

|Main Comali

07

|Anshitha Akbarsha

|Week 1

|Week 1-9, 11-14, 16, 18

|Main Comali

08

|Vyshali Kemkar

|Week 1

|Week 1-15, 18

|Main Comali

09

|Thidiyan

|Week 2

|Week 2, 3, 18

|Guest Comali

10

|TSK{{cite web|author=|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-5-saravana-kumar-aka-tsk-joins-as-new-comali/articleshow/109974111.cms|title=Cooku With Comali 5: Saravana Kumar aka TSK joins as new comali|website=The Times of India|date=9 May 2024|language=en}}

|Week 3

|Week 3, 18

|Guest Comali

11

|Aranthangi Nisha

|Week 8

|Week 8, 13

|Guest Comali

12

|Azhar{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-5-azhar-joins-as-new-comali/articleshow/111552088.cms|title=Cooku With Comali 5: Azhar joins as new comali|website=The Times of India|date=17 July 2024}}

|Week 11

|Week 11

|Guest Comali

13

|Robo Shankar{{cite web |date=30 June 2024 |title=Robo Shankar to grace the upcoming episode of Cooku With Comali 5 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/robo-shankar-to-grace-the-upcoming-episode-of-cooku-with-comali-5/articleshow/111381034.cms |website=The Times of India}}

|Week 10

|Week 10

|Guest Comali

14

|Farina Azad

|Week 3

|Week 3, 4, 6, 7, 9

|Guest Comali

15

| Shabi Shabnam{{cite web|author=|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-5-rumoured-comalis-of-the-season/photostory/109318178.cms?picid=109318890|title=Cooku with Comali 5: Rumoured Comalis of the season|website=The Times of India|date=15 April 2024|language=en}}

|Week 1

|Week 1, 2, 5, 6

|Guest Comali

16

|Vinoth

|Week 1

|Week 1, 2, 4

|Guest Comali

17

|Manimegalai

|Week 6

|Week 6

|Guest Comali/Anchor/Quit the Show

18

|Nanjil Vijayan

|Week 1

|Week 1

|Quit the Show

Guests

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!scope="col" style="background:#7FFFD4;"style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black"|Week

!scope="col" style="background:#7FFFD4;"style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black"|Episodes

!scope="col" style="background:#284D68;"style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black"|Guests

!scope="col" style="background:#284D68;"style="background:#7FFFD4;color:black"|Ref.

1

|2

|Vanitha Vijayakumar, Vidyullekha Raman

|

3

|5

|Subramaniam Badrinath, Lakshmipathy Balaji

|

4

|7 & 8

|Radha

|

7

|14

|Madurai Muthu

|

8

|15 & 16

|Vijay Sethupathi, Mamta Mohandas, Natty Subramaniam

|

9

|18

|Raj Ayyappa, Ayesha Zeenath, Naveen Muralidhar, Ashwini Aanandita, Deepika Venkatachalam, Krishna Raghunandhan

|

10

|19 & 20

|Robo Shankar

|

11

|21 & 22

|Mirchi Shiva, Aruldoss

|

12

|23

|M. Sasikumar, RJ Balaji, Laila, Napoleon, Gautham Karthik, Thaman S, Anjali, Aishwarya Rajesh - (Cameo appearances)

|

1427 & 28Vijay Antony, Saranya Ponvannan{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/saranya-ponvannan-to-grace-the-upcoming-episode-of-cooku-with-comali-5/articleshow/112061108.cms|title=Saranya Ponvannan to grace the upcoming episode of 'Cooku With Comali 5'|website=The Times of India|date=27 July 2024}}
1631 & 32Prashanth, Priya Anand{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-5-prashanth-and-priya-anand-to-grace-the-show/articleshow/112420903.cms|title=Cooku with Comali 5: Prashanth and Priya Anand to grace the show|website=The Times of India|date=10 August 2024}}
rowspan="2" |18

|35

|Mari Selvaraj, Dhivya Duraisamy

|

35 & 36

|VJ Vishal, Vanitha Vijayakumar, Sivaangi Krishnakumar, Baba Bhaskar, Shakeela Begum

|

rowspan="2" |19

|37

|Yogi

|

38

|Nani, Priyanka Mohan

|

rowspan="2" |21

|41

|Harish Kalyan, Sanjana Krishnamoorthy, Swasika, Sean Roldan

|

41 & 42

|Shobanaa Uthaman, Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj, Navin Kumar, Vinusha Devi

|

rowspan="3" |22

|43 & 44

|Hiphop Tamizha (Adhi), Anagha Maruthora

|

44

|Shaam, Abhirami Gopikumar, Avantika Mishra, Pugazh

|

45

|Madhampatty Rangaraj, Latha R.Maniyarasu

|

rowspan="2" |23

| rowspan="2" |46

|Radha

|

Karthi, Arvind Swamy

|

Pairings

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!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Cooks

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 1

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 2

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 3

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 4

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 5

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 6

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 7

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 8

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 9

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 10

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 11

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 12

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 13

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 14

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 15

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 16

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 17

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 18

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 19

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 20

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 21

!scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"|Week 22

!scope="col" style ="background: gold;" style="background: gold; color: black;"|Week 23
{{Nowrap|Grand Finale}}

{{rh|align=center}} class="table-rh" |Priyanka

| style="text-align: center;" | Vinoth

| style="text-align: center; background: #FBF373;" | Shabnam/Pugazh

| style="text-align: center;" | Ramar

| style="text-align: center;" | Anshita

| style="text-align: center;" | Pugazh

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FBF373 50%, yellow 50%);" | Kemy/Farina

| style="text-align: center;" | Sunitha

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Ramar

| style="text-align: center;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FBF373 50%, yellow 50%);" | Kemy

| style="text-align: center;" | Azhar

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Thangadurai

| style="text-align: center;" | Ramar/Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Thangadurai

| style="text-align: center;" | Pugazh

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FBF373 50%, yellow 50%);" | Thangadurai

| style="text-align: center;" | Kuraishi/Sunitha

| style="text-align: center;" | TSK

| style="text-align: center;" | Sunitha/Pugazh

| style="text-align: center;" | Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center;" | Ramar & Vinusha

| style="text-align: center; background: #50C078;" | 2nd Finalist

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, yellow 50%, #73FB76 50%);" | Kuraishi/Ramar

{{rh|align=center}} class="table-rh" |Sujitha

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center; background: #FBF373" | Kemy

| style="text-align: center;" | Kemy/Pugazh

| style="text-align: center;" | Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center;" | Ramar

| style="text-align: center;" | Thangadurai

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Kemy

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FBF373 50%, yellow 50%);" | Anshita

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FBF373 50%, yellow 50%);" | Kemy

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Ramar

| style="text-align: center;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center;" | Pugazh/Sunitha

| style="text-align: center;" | Pugazh

| style="text-align: center;" | Kemy

| style="text-align: center; background: #FBF373;" | Sunitha

| style="text-align: center;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, yellow 50%, cyan 50%);" | Pugazh

| style="text-align: center; background: #FFE5B4;" | Not Participated

| style="text-align: center; background: #FBF373;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center; background: #FBF373;" | Sunitha

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Pugazh & Navin

| style="text-align: center; background: #50C078;" | 1st Finalist

| style="text-align: center; background: #D1E8EF;" | Pugazh

{{rh|align=center}} class="table-rh" |Irfan

| style="text-align: center;" | Anshita

| style="text-align: center;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center;" | Farina

| style="text-align: center; background: #FBF373;" | Pugazh

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Thangadurai

| style="text-align: center;" | Anshita

| style="text-align: center;" | Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center;" | Nisha

| style="text-align: center;" | Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Sunitha

| style="text-align: center;" | Thangadurai

| style="text-align: center;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center;" | Kemy

| style="text-align: center; background: #FBF373;" | Ramar

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FFE5B4 50%, #D7A0B4 50%);" | Not Participated

| style="text-align: center; background: #959FFD;" | Anshita

| style="text-align: center; background: #FBF373;" | Sunitha/Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center; background: #D7A0B4;" | Kemy

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center; background: #FBF373;" | Kuraishi & Sharanya

| style="text-align: center; background: #50C078;" | 3rd Finalist

| style="text-align: center; background: #50C078;" | Thangadurai/Sarath

{{rh|align=center}} class="table-rh" |Pooja

| style="text-align: center;" | Kemy

| style="text-align: center;" | Vinoth

| style="text-align: center;" | Sunitha

| style="text-align: center;" | Farina

| style="text-align: center;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center;background:#D7A0B4;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center;background:#D7A0B4;" | Ramar

| style="text-align: center;background:#D7A0B4;" | Thangadurai

| style="text-align: center; background: #959FFD;" | Anshita

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Thangadurai

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FBF373 50%, yellow 50%);" | Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center; background: #FBF373;" | Sunitha/Pugazh

| style="text-align: center;" | Anshita

| style="text-align: center;" | Sunitha

| style="text-align: center;" | Kuraishi/Ramar

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #D7A0B4 50%, #959FFD 50%);" | Sunitha

| colspan="5" style="background: #FA8072;" | Eliminated (Episode 32)

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, sandybrown 0% 33.3%, yellow 33.3% 66.6%, #50C078 66.6% 100%);" | Kuraishi
4th Finalist

| style="text-align: center; background: #50C078;" | Sarath/Kuraishi

{{rh|align=center}} class="table-rh" |Shaalin

| style="text-align: center;" | Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center;" | Thangadurai

| style="text-align: center; background:#D7A0B4;" | TSK

| style="text-align: center; background: #959FFD;" | Kemy

| style="text-align: center;" | Sunitha

| style="text-align: center;" | Pugazh

| style="text-align: center;" | Anshita

| style="text-align: center;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center;" | Ramar

| style="text-align: center; background: #FFE5B4;" | Not Participated

| style="text-align: center;" | Anshita

| style="text-align: center;" | Kemy

| style="text-align: center;background:#D7A0B4;" | Kuraishi/Ramar

| style="text-align: center; background: #959FFD;" | Sarath

| colspan="7" style="background: #FA8072;" | Eliminated (Episode 28)

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, sandybrown 0% 33.3%, yellow 33.3% 66.6%, #50C078 66.6% 100%);" | Sarath
5th Finalist

| style="text-align: center; background: #50C078;" | Sunitha

{{rh|align=center}} class="table-rh" |Ganesh

| style="text-align: center;" | Pugazh

| style="text-align: center;" | Pugazh/Shabnam

| style="text-align: center;" | Thidiyan

| style="text-align: center;" | Ramar

| style="text-align: center;" | Kuraishi/Shabnam

| style="text-align: center;" | Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center; background: #FBF373;" | Farina

| style="text-align: center;" | Pugazh

| style="text-align: center;" | Thangadurai

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center; background: #D7A0B4;" | Kemy

| style="text-align: center; background: #D7A0B4;" | Ramar

| style="text-align: center; background: #D7A0B4;" | Nisha

| style="text-align: center; background: #959FFD;" | Pugazh

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Ramar/Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center;" | Ramar

| style="text-align: center; background: #D7A0B4;" | Thangadurai

| colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background: #D7A0B4;" | Ramar

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #D7A0B4 50%, #959FFD 50%);" | Ramar

| style="background: #FA8072;" | Eliminated (Episode 40)

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, sandybrown 0% 33.3%, yellow 33.3% 66.6%, #50C078 66.6% 100%);" | Ramar
6th Finalist

| style="text-align: center; background: #50C078;" | Ramar/Thangadurai

{{rh|align=center}} class="table-rh" |Akshay

| style="text-align: center;" | Shabnam

| style="text-align: center;" | Sunitha

| style="text-align: center; background: #FBF373;" | Anshita

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center;" | Shabnam/Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center;" | Farina/Kemy

| style="text-align: center;" | Thangadurai

| style="text-align: center;background: #D7A0B4;" | Sunitha

| style="text-align: center; background: #959FFD;" | Pugazh

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center;" | Sunitha

| style="text-align: center; background: #D7A0B4;" | Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FBF373 50%, #D7A0B4 50%);" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center; background: #959FFD;" | Anshita

| style="text-align: center; background: #D7A0B4;" | Kemy

| style="text-align: center; background: #959FFD;" | Pugazh

| style="text-align: center;" | Ramar

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FBF373 50%, #D7A0B4 50%);" | Thidiyan

| style="text-align: center;" | Pugazh/Sunitha

| style="text-align: center;" | Pugazh

| style="text-align: center;" | Sunitha & Shobanaa

| style="text-align: center; background: sandybrown;" | Sunitha

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; background: #FA8072;" | Eliminated (Episode 45)

{{rh|align=center}} class="table-rh" |Vasanth

| style="text-align: center;" | Vijayan

| style="text-align: center;" | Thidiyan

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center;" | Vinoth

| style="text-align: center;" | Kemy

| style="text-align: center;" | Shabnam/Manimegalai

| style="text-align: center;background:#D7A0B4;" | Pugazh

| style="text-align: center;background:#D7A0B4;" | Kemy

| style="text-align: center; background: #959FFD;" | Farina

| colspan="12" style="background: #FA8072" | Eliminated (Episode 18)

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, sandybrown 50%, #FBF373 50%);" | Thangadurai

{{rh|align=center}} class="table-rh" |Dhivya

| style="text-align: center;" | Ramar

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center;" | Pugazh/Kemy

| style="text-align: center;" | Thangadurai

| style="text-align: center;" | Anshita

| style="text-align: center;" | Sunitha

| style="text-align: center;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center;" | Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center;" | Sunitha

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Shankar

| style="text-align: center;" | Ramar

| style="text-align: center;" | Anshita

| style="text-align: center; background: yellow;" | Sunitha

| style="text-align: center;" | Kuraishi

| style="text-align: center;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center;" | Kuraishi

| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Sarath

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FFE5B4 50%, #D7A0B4 50%);" | Not Participated

| style="text-align: center; background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #D7A0B4 50%, #959FFD 50%);" | Thangadurai

| colspan="3" style="background: #FA8072;" | Eliminated (Episode 40)

{{rh|align=center}} class="table-rh" |Srikanth

| style="text-align: center;" |Sunitha

| style="text-align: center;" |Anshita

| style="text-align: center; background:#D7A0B4;" |Thangadurai

| style="text-align: center; background: #959FFD;" |Sunitha

| colspan="19" style="background: #FA8072;" | Eliminated (Episode 8)

Elimination history

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; font-size:84%; line-height:13px;"
style="width:2%" |WEEKS

! style="width:2%" | Week 1

! style="width:2%" | Week 2

! style="width:2%" | Week 3

! style="width:2%" | Week 4

! style="width:2%" | Week 5

! style="width:2%" | Week 6

! style="width:2%" | Week 7

! style="width:2%" | Week 8

! style="width:2%" | Week 9

! style="width:2%" | Week 10

! style="width:2%" | Week 11

! style="width:2%" | Week 12

! style="width:2%" | Week 13

! style="width:2%" | Week 14

! style="width:2%" | Week 15

! style="width:2%" | Week 16

! style="width:2%" | Week 17

! style="width:2%" | Week 18

! style="width:2%" | Week 19

! style="width:2%" | Week 20

! style="width:2%" | Week 21

! style="width:2%" | Week 22

! colspan="3" style="background:gold;" | Week 23
{{Nowrap|Grand Finale}}

Chef of the week

|style="background: yellow;" |Sujitha{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-5-from-welcoming-ex-contestants-vanitha-sakila-and-others-to-sujitha-dhanush-sarath-winning-the-chef-of-the-week-major-highlights-of-the-latest-episode/articleshow/109718812.cms|title=Cooku with Comali 5: From welcoming ex-contestants Vanitha, Sakila, and others to Sujitha Dhanush-Sarath winning the chef of the week; major highlights of the latest episode|website=The Times of India|date=30 April 2024|language=en}}

|style="background: yellow;" |Dhivya

|style="background: yellow;" |Vasanth

|style="background: yellow;" |Akshay

|style="background: yellow;" |Irfan

|style="background: yellow;" |Priyanka

|style="background: yellow;" |Sujitha

|style="background: yellow;" |Sujitha & Priyanka

|style="background: yellow;" |Sujitha

|style="background: yellow;" |Akshay, Dhivya, Ganesh, Irfan, Pooja, Priyanka & Sujitha

|style="background: yellow;" |Pooja

|style="background: yellow;" |Priyanka

|style="background: yellow;" |Dhivya

|style="background: yellow;" |Priyanka

|style="background: yellow;" |Ganesh

|style="background: yellow;" |Priyanka

|style="background: yellow;" |Sujitha

|style="background: yellow;" |Vishal (CWC S4)

| colspan="2" style="background: yellow;" |Irfan

|style="background: yellow;" |Sujitha

|style="background: yellow;" |Pooja, Shaalin & Ganesh

| colspan="3" style="background: yellow;" |Priyanka

Advantage Winner

|style="background: #CCCCCC;" | NA

|style="background: #FBF373;" |Sujitha & Priyanka

|style="background: #FBF373;" |Akshay

|style="background: #FBF373;" |Irfan

|style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

|style="background: #FBF373;" |Priyanka{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-5-priyanka-and-kemy-win-advantage-task/articleshow/110639690.cms|title=Cooku with Comali 5: Priyanka and Kemy win advantage task|website=The Times of India|date=2 June 2024|language=en}}

|style="background: #FBF373;" |Ganesh

| colspan="2" style="background: #FBF373;" |Sujitha

|style="background: #FBF373;" |Priyanka

| colspan="2" style="background: #FBF373;" |Pooja

|style="background: #FBF373;" |Akshay

|style="background: #FBF373;" |Irfan

|style="background: #FBF373;" |Sujitha

|style="background: #FBF373;" |Priyanka

|style="background: #FBF373;" |Irfan

|style="background: #FBF373;" |Akshay

| colspan="2" style="background: #FBF373;" |Sujitha

|style="background: #FBF373;" |Irfan

|style="background: #FBF373;" |Vasanth

| colspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | NA

Immunity Winner

| colspan="16" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| style="background: cyan"; | Sujitha

| colspan="8" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

colspan="26" style="background-color: black;" |
Priyanka

| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: #FBF373;" | Advantage Winner

| colspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FBF373 50%, yellow 50%);" | Advantage winner
Chef of the week

| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: yellow;" | Chef of the week

| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: yellow;" | Chef of the week

| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: yellow;" | Chef of the week

| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FBF373 50%, yellow 50%);" | Advantage winner
Chef of the week

| colspan="6" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: #50C078;" | 2nd Finalist

| colspan="3" style="background:#73FB76;" |Winner

Sujitha

| style="background: yellow;" | Chef of the week

| style="background: #FBF373;" | Advantage Winner

| colspan="4" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: yellow;" | Chef of the week

| colspan="2" style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FBF373 50%, yellow 50%);" | Advantage Winner
Chef of the week

| rowspan="7" style="background: yellow;" |Chef of the week

| colspan="4" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: #FBF373;" | Advantage Winner

| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, yellow 50%, cyan 50%);" | Chef of the week
Immunity Winner

| style="background: #FFE5B4;" | Not Participated

| colspan="2" style="background: #FBF373;" | Advantage Winner

| style="background: yellow;" | Chef of the week

| style="background: #50C078;" | 1st Finalist

| colspan="3" style="background:#D1E8EF;" |{{nowrap|Runner-up}}

Irfan

| colspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: #FBF373;" | Advantage Winner

| style="background: yellow;" | Chef of the week

| colspan="4" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| colspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: #FBF373;" | Advantage Winner

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FFE5B4 50%, #D7A0B4 50%);" | Not participated
Danger Zone

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Faced Elimination Round

| style="background: #FBF373;" | Advantage Winner

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Danger Zone

| colspan="2" style="background: yellow;" | Chef of the week

| style="background: #FBF373;" | Advantage Winner

| style="background: #50C078;" | 3rd Finalist

| colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="background: #50C078;" | Finalist

Pooja

| colspan="5" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| colspan="3" style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Danger Zone

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Faced Elimination Round

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FBF373 50%, yellow 50%);" | Advantage winner
Chef of the week

| style="background: #FBF373;" | Advantage Winner

| colspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #D7A0B4 50%, #959FFD 50%);" | Danger Zone
Faced Elimination Round

| colspan="5" style="background: #FA8072;" | Eliminated (Episode 32)

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, sandybrown 0% 33.3%, yellow 33.3% 66.6%, #50C078 66.6% 100%);" | Wildcard round
Chef of the week
4th Finalist

Shaalin

| colspan="2" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" |Danger Zone

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Faced Elimination Round

| colspan="5" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| colspan="2" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Danger Zone

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Faced Elimination Round

| colspan="7" style="background: #FA8072" | Eliminated (Episode 28)

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, sandybrown 0% 33.3%, yellow 33.3% 66.6%, #50C078 66.6% 100%);" | Wildcard round
Chef of the week
5th Finalist

Ganesh

| colspan="6" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: #FBF373;" | Advantage Winner

| colspan="2" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| colspan="3" style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Danger Zone

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Faced Elimination Round

| style="background: yellow;" | Chef of the week

| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| colspan="3" style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Danger Zone

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #D7A0B4 50%, #959FFD 50%);" | Danger Zone
Faced Elimination Round

| style="background: #FA8072;" | Eliminated (Episode 40)

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, sandybrown 0% 33.3%, yellow 33.3% 66.6%, #50C078 66.6% 100%);" | Wildcard round
Chef of the week
6th Finalist

Akshay

| colspan="2" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: #FBF373;" | Advantage Winner

| style="background: yellow;" | Chef of the week

| colspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" |Danger Zone

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Faced Elimination Round

| style="background: #CCCCCC;" |Not Eligible

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" |Danger Zone

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FBF373 50%, #D7A0B4 50%);" | Advantage Winner
Danger Zone

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Faced Elimination Round

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Danger Zone

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Faced Elimination Round

| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FBF373 50%, #D7A0B4 50%);" | Advantage Winner
Danger Zone

| colspan="2" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: #FA8072;" | Eliminated (Episode 42)

| style="background: sandybrown;" | Wildcard round

| colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="background: #FA8072;" |Eliminated (Episode 45)

Vasanth

| colspan="2" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: yellow;" | Chef of the week

| colspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| colspan="2" style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Danger Zone

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Faced Elimination Round

| colspan="11" style="background: #FA8072" | Eliminated (Episode 18)

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, sandybrown 50%, #FBF373 50%);" | Wildcard round

Dhivya

| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: yellow;" | Chef of the week

| colspan="7" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: yellow;" | Chef of the week

| colspan="2" style="background: #CCCCCC;" |Not Eligible

| style="background: yellow;" | Chef of the week

| colspan="5" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FFE5B4 50%, #D7A0B4 50%);" | Not Participated
Danger Zone

| style="background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, #D7A0B4 50%, #959FFD 50%);" | Danger Zone
Faced Elimination Round

| colspan="5" style="background: #FA8072;" | Eliminated (Episode 40)

Srikanth

| colspan="2" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Not Eligible

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Danger Zone

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Faced Elimination Round

| colspan="21" style="background: #FA8072" | Eliminated (Episode 8)

colspan="26" style="background-color: black;" |
Re-Entered/ Wildcard Round

| colspan="21" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| style="background: lightgreen;" | Vasanth, Shaalin, Pooja, Ganesh & Akshay

| colspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

Danger Zone

| colspan=2 style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Shaalin & Srikanth

| colspan=2 style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Pooja

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Pooja & Vasanth

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Pooja, Vasanth & Akshay

| colspan=2 style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Ganesh

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Ganesh & Akshay

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Ganesh, Akshay & Shaalin

| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Akshay & Irfan

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Akshay, Irfan & Pooja

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Ganesh

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Ganesh, Irfan & Akshay

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Ganesh, Dhivya

| style="background: #D7A0B4;" | Ganesh, Dhivya

| colspan="5" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

Faced Elimination Round

| colspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Shaalin, Srikanth

| colspan="4" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Pooja, Vasanth, Akshay

| colspan="4" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Ganesh, Akshay, Shaalin

| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Akshay, Irfan, Pooja

| colspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| style="background: #959FFD;" | Ganesh, Dhivya

| colspan="2" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| colspan="3" style="background: #959FFD;" | Priyanka,
Ganesh,
Irfan,
Pooja,
Shaalin,
Sujitha

rowspan="3" |Eliminated

| colspan="3" rowspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| rowspan="3" style="background: salmon;" |Srikanth

| colspan="4" rowspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| rowspan="3" style="background: salmon;" |Vasanth

| colspan="4" rowspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" |None

| rowspan="3" style="background: salmon;" |Shaalin

| rowspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| rowspan="3" style="background: salmon;" |Pooja

| colspan="3" rowspan="3" style="background: #CCCCCC;" | None

| rowspan="3" style="background: salmon;" | Dhivya & Ganesh

| rowspan="3" style="background: salmon;" | Akshay

| rowspan="3" style="background: salmon;" | Vasanth & Akshay

| style="background:#50C078;" |Shaalin

| style="background:#50C078;" |Ganesh

| style="background:#50C078;" |Irfan

style="background:#50C078;" |Pooja

| colspan="2" style="background:#D1E8EF;" |Sujitha

colspan="3" style="background:#73FB76;" |Priyanka

Production

= Development =

While the show had previously been produced by Media Masons, production on the fifth season was taken over by Box Office Studio. The format largely went unchanged, though there were changes in the judging panel; Chef Damu returned, but Venkatesh Bhat left and was succeeded by Madhampatty Rangaraj.{{Cite web|title=Actor-chef Madhampatty Rangaraj to replace Venkatesh Bhat in 'Cooku with Comali'|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/actor-chef-madhampatty-rangaraj-to-replace-venkatesh-bhat-in-cooku-with-comali/articleshow/108561717.cms|access-date=17 March 2024|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|date=17 March 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web|author= Backiya Lakshmi & Abdul Shaikh|url=https://tamil.latestly.com/entertainment/tv/madhampatty-rangaraj-replace-venkatesh-bhat-in-cook-with-comali-season-5-15448.html|title=குக் வித் கோமாளியில் இணையும் பிரபல நடிகர்.. இனி பட் கிடையாது..!|website=tamil.latestly.com|date=15 March 2024|language=ta}}{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.news18.com/movies/madhampatty-rangaraj-to-replace-venkatesh-bhat-in-cooku-with-comali-season-5-reports-8816562.html|title=Madhampatty Rangaraj To Replace Venkatesh Bhat In Cooku With Comali Season 5: Reports|website=www.news18.com|date=15 March 2024|language=en}}{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/1215762-madhampatty-rangaraj-as-judge-in-cook-with-comali-season-5.html|title='குக் வித் கோமாளி' 5-வது சீசன் நடுவர் மாதம்பட்டி ரங்கராஜ்!|website=www.hindutamil.in|date=18 March 2024|language=ta}}{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/after-chef-venkatesh-bhat-chef-damu-quit-as-judge-in-cooku-with-comali-season-5-latest-tamil-news-350388|title=Another 'Cooku With Comali' star quits the show following Chef Venkatesh Bhat's exit|website=www.indiaglitz.com|date=24 February 2024|language=en}}

= Casting =

The previous year's contestans Pugazh, Sunitha Gogoi, Mohamed Kuraishi, Kpy Sarath returned to compete in the show; they were joined by newcomers Ramar, Shabishabnam, Nanjil Vijayan, Anshita Akbarsha and Vyishali Kemkar.

Contestant and comedian Nanjil Vijayan quit the show after the first week, later announcing on his social media that he had " problem with the channel, and after this, [he] will not appear in any show produced by the box office company."{{cite web|author=|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/nanjil-vijayan-clears-the-air-on-quitting-cooku-with-comali/articleshow/109875979.cms|title=Nanjil Vijayan clears the air on quitting Cooku with Comali|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|date=6 May 2024|language=ta}} On 15 June 2024, actress Aranthangi Nisha joined the show.{{cite web|author=|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cooku-with-comali-5-aranthangi-nisha-joins-as-new-comali/articleshow/111036480.cms|title=Cooku With Comali 5: Aranthangi Nisha joins as new comali|website=timesofindia.indiatimes|date=16 June 2024|language=ta}}

= Release =

The show started airing on Star Vijay on 27 April 2024.{{Cite web |title=Cook With Comali 5 to premiere on April 27, 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/cook-with-comali-5-to-premiere-on-april-27-heres-what-we-know-so-far/articleshow/109474252.cms |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=21 April 2024 |language=en}}

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