Top Cooku Dupe Cooku season 1

Top Cooku Dupe Cooku is the first season of the Tamil reality comedy cooking TV show Top Cooku Dupe Cooku. The series premiered on 19 May 2024 on Sun TV and digitally on Sun NXT. This season is judged and produced by Chef Venkatesh Bhat, along with Judge Chef Rammohan supported by Binny Krishnakumar and hosted by Rakesh.

Production
The show is produced by Media Masons and broadcast by Sun TV Network. A pre-recorded episode airs every Sunday at and is re-telecasted on the following Saturday at  both on Sun TV. It is available for free streaming in the OTT platform Sun NXT.

Format
The contestants are referred to as "Top Cooku" and would be paired up with a "Dupe Cooku" each week. Each episode would usually feature a guest judge. In the beginning of each episode, the Top Cooku's will be given three boxes. One box will have a card saying elimination episode while the other two boxes will have a card saying no elimination episode. The contestants must come up with an agreement to select any of the box. If a no elimination card was selected for two consecutive weeks, the third week would be a compulsory elimination round. In this round, the Top Cooku's will be given a simple task to complete within 120 seconds. Winner of the Rapid fire can choose their desired Dupe Cooku while others will be paired through a random selection chamber. After pairing up, they will be given a challenge to complete within 20 minutes. Winner of the golden table challenge will be offered with advancements for rest of the episode. The cooks will be given a dish to cook within the limited time period, along with intermediate challenge tasks as well. At the end, the judges rate each of the dishes, and the cooks are then ranked according to the results. The cook at the last place in a elimination round would be eliminated.
 * Elimination box selection
 * Rapid fire round
 * Golden table challenge
 * Main challenge

Top Cooku's
Alphabetical order of cooks name:
 * 1) Aishwarya Dutta, an actress who appeared in the films Tamizhuku En Ondrai Azhuthavum (2015) and Paayum Puli (2015). She is also the runner-up of the reality television show Bigg Boss season 2.
 * 2) Chaitra Reddy, a television actress who mainly works in the Kannada and Tamil languages. She is mainly known for her titular role of Kayal in the Kayal Serial (2021).
 * 3) Narendra Prasath (NP), a Tamil actor and comedian.
 * 4) Sai Dheena, an actor, He played the antagonist in Attu (2017), Thimiru Pudichavan (2018) and Vaandu (2019).
 * 5) Shali Nivekas, a television actress. She is best known for her role, Naachiyar in the television series Sengalam.
 * 6) Singampuli, an actor and director known for making films Red (2002) and Maayavi (2005).
 * 7) Sonia Agarwal, an actress who works predominantly in Tamil cinema and a few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is best known for her performances in films such as Kaadhal Kondein (2003), 7G Rainbow Colony (2004) and Pudhupettai (2006).
 * 8) Sujatha Sivakumar, an actress, who rose to fame with her performance in Ameer's Paruthiveeran (2007), before appearing in several supporting roles as a mother in Tamil cinema.
 * 9) FEFSI Vijayan, an action choreographer, stunt coordinator and actor who works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi language films. He is the youngest stunt master in the Indian film industry at the age of 22.

Top Cooku's status
{{legend|Green|Chef Cheruba Team}} {{legend|Yellow|Chef Sai Team}} {{legend|Blue|Chef Saravanan Team}}

Pairings
{{legend|Green|Chef Cheruba team}} {{legend|Yellow|Chef Sai team}} {{legend|Blue|Chef Saravanan team}} {{legend|skyblue|Rapid fire winner}} {{legend|gold|Golden table challenge winner}} {{legend|orange|Top cook of the week}} {{legend|#B2FFFF|Nominated for elimination}} {{legend|salmon|Eliminated}}

Weekly overview
{{legend|Green|Chef Cheruba team}} {{legend|Yellow|Chef Sai team}} {{legend|Blue|Chef Saravanan team}} {{legend|skyblue|Rapid fire winner}} {{legend|gold|Golden table challenge winner}} {{legend|pink|Cook left show due to injury sustained while cooking}} {{legend|orange|Top cook of the week}} {{legend|#B2FFFF|Nominated for elimination}} {{legend|salmon|Eliminated}} {{legend|lightgreen|Re-entered the kitchen}} {{legend|#D1E8EF|Finalist}} {{legend|#7FFFD4|Runner-up}} {{legend|#73FB76|Winner}}