Cookku with Kirikku is a Kannada-language comedy-based cooking competition show aired on Star Suvarna and streams on Disney+ Hotstar where the contestants are paired each week with comedians (Kirikkus) who are amateur cooks. It premiered on 10 April 2021.[1] The contestants along with their kirikkus are challenged every week and judged by Sihi Kahi Chandru, Chef Venkatesh Bhat and Chef Adarsh.[2][3] The Show is a remake of Tamil reality show Cooku With Comali.[4]
| Cookku with Kirikku | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Cookery Comedy |
| Based on | Cooku with Comali |
| Directed by | Media Masons |
| Presented by | |
| Judges | Sihi Kahi Chandru Venkatesh Bhat Chef Adarsh. |
| Theme music composer | Karthik Sharma |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Kannada |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx.60-62 minutes |
| Production company | Media Masons |
| Original release | |
| Network | Star Suvarna |
| Release | 10 April – 15 August 2021 |
Production
Game format
Every week, the show starts with celebrity chefs getting paired with their Kirikkus. 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 Kirikkus. 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.[5]
Series overview
| Series | Host | Judges | Winner | Runner up | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | |||||||
| 1 | Akul Balaji |
| Chandan Kumar | Ishitha Varsha | 32 | 10 April 2021 | 15 August 2021 | Star Suvarna | |
Season 1
Contestants
| Contestants | Status | Notes |
| Chandan Kumar | Winner | |
| Ishitha Varsha | 1st Runner-Up | Wild Card |
| Kirik Keerthi | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| Kavitha Gowda | Eliminated | |
| Lasya Nagraj | Eliminated | |
| Remo | Eliminated | |
| Vanitha Vasu | Eliminated | |
| Arun Hraiharan | Eliminated | Wild Card |
| Sunethra Pandit | Eliminated | Wild Card |
| Apoorva | Walked | |
| Sundar | Walked |
Kirikku's
| Pratham[6] |
| Arun Sagar |
| Chaitra Vasudevan |
| Karunya Ram |
| Nayana |
| Abhighna Bhat |
| Jagappa |
| Vishwa |
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 (Ticket to Finale) | Week 13 | Week 14 | |
| Chandan Kumar | Abhijana Bhat | Lokesh | Abhijana Bhat | Jagappa | Immunity | Vishwa | Abhijana Bhat | Arun Sagar | Abhijana Bhat | Jagappa | Vishwa | Pratham | Direct Finalist | Vishwa | Abhijna Bhat & Chaitra Vasudevan |
| Ishitha Varsha | Karunya Ram | Nayana | Arun Sagar | Immunity | Karunya Ram | Immunity | Vishwa | Nayana | Arun Sagar | Vishwa | Jagappa | Nayana & Pratham | |||
| Kirik Keerthi | Arun Sagar | Abhijana Bhat | Arun Sagar | Chaitra Vasudevan | Karunya Ram | Nayana | Pratham | Nayana | Jagappa | Arun Sagar | Abhijana Bhat | Nayana | Pratham | Abhijna Bhat | Jagappa & Arun Sagar |
| Kavitha Gowda | Vishwa | Jagappa | Nayana | Vishwa | Abhijana Bhat | Chaitra Vasudevan | Arun Sagar | Jagappa | Karunya Ram | Karunya Ram | Arun Sagar | Abhijna Bhat | Arun Sagar | Nayana | Vishwa & Lokesh |
| Lasya Nagraj | Pratham | Arun Sagar | Vishwa | Nayana | Vishwa | Abhijana Bhat | Jagappa | Pratham | Vishwa | Pratham | Pratham | Jagappa | Jagappa | Evicted (Episode 30) | |
| Remo | Karunya Ram | Pratham | Nayana | Abhijana Bhat | Nayana | Abhijana Bhat | Jagappa | Evicted (Episode 24) | |||||||
| Vanitha Vasu | Lokesh | Karunya Ram | Vishwa | Vishwa | Pratham | Evicted (Episode 20) | |||||||||
| Arun Hariharan | Pratham | Pratham | Pratham | Lokesh | Evicted (Episode 16) | ||||||||||
| Sunethra Pandit | Abhijana Bhat | Chaitra Vasudevan | Evicted (Episode 14) | ||||||||||||
| Apoorva | Nayana | Vishwa | Karunya Ram | Arun Sagar | Arun Sagar | Karunya Ram | Walked (Episode 14) | ||||||||
| Sundar | Chaitra Vasudevan | Nayana | Bala | Walked (Episode 4) | |||||||||||
Weekly activities
- Advantage Tasks
| Week | Task | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cone Dosa Making |
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| 2 | Half Boil Making |
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| 3 | Cola Making | Lasya Nagraj - Vishwa |
| 4 | Find the Ingredients | Chandan Kumar - Jagappa |
| 5 | Samosa Making | Sunethra Pandit - Chaitra Vasudevan |
| 6 | Onion Slicing | Apoorva - Karunya Ram |
| 7 | Panipuri Eating | Kavitha Gowda - Arun Sagar |
| 8 | Taking Coconut Slices | Kavitha Gowda - Jagappa |
| 9 | Murukku Making | Kirik Keerthi - Jagappa |
| 10 | Making Star Chapatis | Chandan Kumar - Jagappa |
| 11 | Moosambi Juice Making | Lasya Nagraj - Pratham |
| 12 | Cooking Mini Dosas and Omelettes | Chandan Kumar - Pratham |
| 13 | Icing the cake | Ishita Varsha - Vishwa |
| Finale | Chapathi Making using Iron Box |
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| Peeling the Pumpkin using Knife | Ishita Varsha - Jagappa |
- 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 | Any Ingredient |
| Not Conducted | None | Not Conducted | None |
| 2 | Contenstants are Blind folded | Banana | Sundar - Nayana |
| Vanitha Vasu - Karunya Ram | Not Conducted | None |
| 3 | Contestants and Kirikkus are provided with high sound Headphones | Ingredient selected by respective Comalis | Keerthi - Arun Sagar |
| Chandan Kumar - Abhijna Bhat | Not Conducted | None |
| 4 | Contestant and Kirikkus in Back-to-Back postures alternate cooking in 10 minutes | Milk Products | Chandan Kumar - Jagappa |
| Chandan Kumar - Jagappa | Not Conducted | None |
| 5 | Contestants should wear boxing gloves and Kirikkus should cook | States Special | Lasya Nagraj - Vishwa | Not Conducted | None |
| Sunethra Pandit |
| 6 | Contestants should balance the egg plate and Kirikkus should cook | Colour of Dish and the ball must be same | Arun - Pratham |
| Ishitha Varsha - Arun Sagar | Not Conducted | None |
| 7 | Contestants are locked and blindfolded,comalis cook the dish | Sea Food | Chandan Kumar - Abhijna Bhat | Not Conducted | None |
| Arun Hariharan |
| 8 | Traditional Cooking | Traditional Vegetables | Chandan Kumar - Arun Sagar |
| Ishitha Varsha - Karunya Ram | Not Conducted | None |
| 9 | 30 Minutes Back-to Back Postures | Ingredients given by Judges | Remo - Nayana | Not Conducted | None |
| Vanitha Vasu |
| 10 | Face-off Challenge | Indian, Continental and Chinese Food | Ishitha Varsha - Vishwa | Not Conducted | None |
| None |
| 11 | 45 Minutes Alternate Cooking by Cook and Kirikku | 4 Main Courses | Kavitha Gowda - Arun Sagar | Not Conducted | None |
| Remo |
| 12 | 45 Minutes Cooks and Kirikkus should Cylce alternatley and cook | Biriyani and Curd | Lasya Nagraj - Jagappa | (Ticket to Finale)
| Chandan Kumar - Pratham | Not Conducted | None |
| 13 | Semi-Finals (45 Minutes Cooks and Kirikkus should balance shot glasses on scale) | Wrong Combination Vegetables | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Ishita Varsha - Vishwa |
| Lasya Nagraj |
| 14 | Grand Finale (15 Minutes Earphone challenge 15 Minutes Egg Balancing 15 Minutes back to back posture) | 4 Dish Platter | Chandan Kumar - Abhijna Bhat - Chaitra Vasudevan | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
Guests
| Sudeep[7] | Inagratuation Episode |
Reception
The series gained popularity among viewers and was appreciated mainly on hotstar app.[8]
Adaptations
| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil | Cooku with Comali கோமாலியுடன் குக்கு | 16 November 2019 | Star Vijay | 24 July 2022 | Original |
| Kannada | Cookku with Kirikku ಕಿರಿಕ್ಕು ಜೊತೆ ಕುಕ್ಕು | 10 April 2021 | Star Suvarna | 15 August 2021 | Remake |
| Bengali | Gole Male Gol গোলে পুরুষ গোল | 25 September 2021 | Star Jalsha | 14 November 2021 | |
| Malayalam | Cook with Comedy കോമഡിക്കൊപ്പം പാചകം ചെയ്യുക | 6 May 2023 | Asianet | 8 July 2023 |