Cooku with Comali

Cooku with Comali, also known by the acronym CWC, is a 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.[1] It premiered on 16 November 2019. The contestants along with their comalis are challenged every week and judged by Chef Damodharan and Chef Venkatesh Bhat.[2]

Cooku with Comali
GenreCookery
Comedy
Directed byParthiv Mani
Presented by
Rakshan
JudgesChef Damodharan
Venkatesh Bhat
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes69 (as of 22 January 2022)
Production
EditorJaganathan Aravinth Sridhar Raghuraman Bala
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox.60-62 minutes
Production companyMedia Masons
Release
Original networkStar Vijay
Disney+ Hotstar
Original release16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) –
present

Production

Game format

Every week, the show starts with celebrity chefs getting paired with their Comalis.[3] 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 Comalis. 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.[4]

Overview
SeriesHostJudgesLocationEpisodesOriginally airedContestantsLaunch TRP RatingsFinale TRP RatingsPrize MoneyWinnerRunner up
First airedLast airedNetwork
1Rakshan &
Arathangi Nisha		Chef Damodharan
Chef Venkatesh Bhat		EVP Film City, Chennai2716 November 2019 (2019-11-16)23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)Star Vijay
Disney+ Hotstar		89.75 TVR12.22 TVR₹5 lakh (US$6,600)Vanitha VijayakumarUma Riyaz Khan
2Rakshan4114 November 2020 (2020-11-14)14 April 2021 (2021-04-14)913.97 TVR17.39 TVR₹5 lakh (US$6,600)Kani ThiruShakeela Begum
3TBA22 January 2022 (2022-01-22)TBA10TBATBA₹10 lakh (US$13,000)TBATBA

Reception

The series gained popularity only during its rerun in the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.[5] 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.[6][7]

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.[8]

Adaptations
Language Title Original release Network(s) No. of. Seasons Last aired Notes
Tamil Cooku with Comali 16 November 2019 Star Vijay 3 Present Original
Kannada Cookku with Kirikku 10 April 2021 Star Suvarna 1 15 August 2021 Remake
Bengali Gole Male Gol 25 September 2021 Star Jalsha 14 November 2021

References
  1. Sunder, Gautam (11 February 2021). "Cooku with Comali's Pugazh and Sivaangi: On the show's popularity and their friendship". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
  2. "'Cook with Comali': Why the reality show is a huge success'". www.thenewsminute.com.
  3. "The genius of 'Cook with Comali'". www.thehindu.com.
  4. "Cooku with Comali All Season Winners, Prize Money and Runner Up Details". www.readersfusion.com.
  5. S, Srivatsan (14 April 2021). "The genius of 'Cook with Comali'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
  6. "'Cook with Comali': Why the reality show is a huge success". The News Minute. 12 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
  7. "'Bigg Boss Tamil' attracted most eyeballs on Disney+ Hotstar in TN". The Hindu. 23 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
  8. "Cook with comali 2 grand finale gets record trp; Sivaangi thanks fans". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.
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