Cooku with Comali has grown from a modest debut season into one of Tamil television’s most durable reality formats, running for seven seasons since 2019 and evolving its rules, host lineup, and even its core premise along the way — most dramatically with Season 7’s new “Double Trouble” couples format. Here’s the complete winners list across the show’s full run.
Quick Reference: All Winners
| Season | Year | Winner | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2019–20 | Vanitha Vijayakumar | Uma Riyaz Khan |
| 2 | 2020–21 | Kani Thiru | Shakeela |
| 3 | 2022 | Shrutika Arjun | Darshan |
| 4 | 2023 | Mime Gopi | Srushti Dange |
| 5 | 2024 | Priyanka Deshpande | Sujitha |
| 6 | 2025 | Raju Jeyamohan | Shabana Shajahan Aryan |
| 7 | 2026 | Anirudha Srikkanth & Samyuktha Shanmuganathan | Sidhu Sid & Shreya Anchan |
About the Show
Cooku with Comali, created and directed by Parthiv Mani for its first four seasons, premiered on Star Vijay and Disney+ Hotstar on November 16, 2019. The format pairs each celebrity contestant with a “comali” — a comedian serving as their amateur cooking partner — for weekly culinary challenges. Chef Damu has judged every season since the beginning, joined over the years by Chef Venkatesh Bhat (Seasons 1–4), Madhampatty Rangaraj (Season 5 onward), Koushik Shankar (Season 6 onward), and Roja Selvamani (Season 7). Rakshan hosted every season through Season 6 before a hosting shake-up in Season 7.
Season 1 (2019–20): Vanitha Vijayakumar
The debut season ran November 16, 2019, to February 23, 2020, over 27 episodes with 8 contestants. Vanitha Vijayakumar won ₹5 lakh in prize money, with Uma Riyaz Khan as runner-up, Ramya Pandian as second runner-up, and Rekha as third runner-up.
Season 2 (2020–21): Kani Thiru
Season 2 ran November 14, 2020, to April 14, 2021, over 41 episodes with 9 contestants. Kani Thiru won, with Shakeela as first runner-up, Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan as second, choreographer Baba Bhaskar as third, and Pavithra Lakshmi as fourth runner-up. The finale drew a 21.39 TVR — more than double Season 1’s closing rating.
Season 3 (2022): Shrutika Arjun
Season 3 ran January 22 to July 24, 2022, over 54 episodes with 12 contestants. Shrutika Arjun won, with Darshan as first runner-up, followed by Ammu Abhirami, Vidyullekha Raman, Santhosh Prathap, and Grace Karunas rounding out an unusually extended five-deep finale ranking.
Season 4 (2023): Mime Gopi
Season 4 ran January 28 to July 30, 2023, over 53 episodes with 12 contestants. Comedian and mime artist Mime Gopi won, with Srushti Dange as first runner-up, Vichithra as second, and Sivaangi Krishnakumar as third. A separate “Winner Comali” title went to Mohamed Kuraishi for his performance as a cooking partner throughout the season.
Season 5 (2024): Priyanka Deshpande
Season 5 ran April 27 to September 29, 2024, over 46 episodes with 10 contestants, with Madhampatty Rangaraj joining Chef Damu on the judging panel for the first time. Television presenter Priyanka Deshpande won, with actress Sujitha finishing as runner-up and Mohammad Irfan as second runner-up.
Season 6 (2025): Raju Jeyamohan
Season 6 ran May 4 to September 28, 2025, over 43 episodes with 10 contestants, adding a third judge, Koushik Shankar, to the panel. Actor Raju Jeyamohan won the season, with actress Shabana Shajahan Aryan finishing as runner-up.
Season 7 (2026): Anirudha Srikkanth & Samyuktha Shanmuganathan
Season 7, subtitled “Double Trouble,” marked the show’s biggest format shift yet — real-life celebrity couples competing together rather than individual contestants. It ran April 4 to August 30, 2026, over 44 episodes with 9 couples, adding Roja Selvamani to the judging panel. Ma Ka Pa Anand and Shaalin Zoya hosted for the first eleven weeks before Rakshan returned to host from Week 12 onward. The couple Anirudha Srikkanth and Samyuktha Shanmuganathan won the season, with Sidhu Sid and Shreya Anchan finishing as runners-up. The season also saw a brief scare when judge Chef Damu had to publicly deny death rumors after missing the semi-final episode, later confirming in a video message that he was fine.
Final Thoughts
Cooku with Comali‘s willingness to keep evolving — adding judges, shifting hosts, and eventually reworking its entire contestant format into celebrity couples for Season 7 — has kept the show fresh across seven years and counting. From Vanitha Vijayakumar’s modest debut win in 2020 to a couple lifting the trophy together in the “Double Trouble” season, the format’s core comedy-meets-cooking premise has proven durable enough to carry the show through some genuinely significant changes.