{"id":398133,"date":"2026-01-07T19:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/398133\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T19:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:15:09","slug":"masterchef-india-season-9-chunky-panday-and-bhavana-pandey-to-join-briefly-as-guest-judges-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/398133\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Masterchef India Season 9\u2019: Chunky Panday and Bhavana Pandey to join briefly as guest judges &#8211; Report |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/chunky-and-bhavna.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Masterchef India Season 9\u2019: Chunky Panday and Bhavana Pandey to join briefly as guest judges - Report\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> The new season of \u2018Masterchef India\u2019 will have one of the most iconic Bollywood couples as guests for one of their upcoming episodes, and fans cannot seem to get enough. As per a recent report, it has been confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bhavana-pandey\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavana Pandey<\/a> and Chunky Panday will be appearing in the next episode of the hit cooking variety show. <\/p>\n<p>Chunky Panday and Bhavana Pandey to appear in the next \u2018Masterchef India\u2019 episode<\/p>\n<p>As per reports shared by Tellychakkar, veteran star Chunky Panday and his wife Bhavana Pandey will be appearing on \u2018Masterchef India.\u2019 In light of the introduction of the \u2018jodi\u2019 format, where contestants on the show will cook in pairs, the Pandeys will be coming in as guest judges.  <\/p>\n<p>Chunky Panday Turns 63: Ananya\u2019s Sweet Instagram Tribute Goes Viral<\/p>\n<p> The two will be starring in the episode to assign a special and masterful challenge to the contestant to keep them on their toes and prove their worth. The dishes will be exclusively made for them.This time around, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/vikas-khanna\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vikas Khanna<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ranveer-brar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ranveer Brar<\/a>, and Kunal Kapur are returning to the show to judge the contestants on their talent in cooking, their zeal to learn and grow, and their prowess to compete against some of the best home cooks in the country for the title of &#8216;MasterChef.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>About \u2018Masterchef India\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Masterchef India\u2019 is a remake of its American version, and stars Vikas Khanna, Ranveer Brar, and Kunal Kapur as the chef judges. The show invites people from all across India to come and cook for the judges. If they\u2019re selected, they move on to the next round and get one step closer to becoming India\u2019s Masterchef for season 9. The first episode of the latest season aired on January 5. The first season of \u2018Masterchef India\u2019 aired in 2010, with Pankaj Badoria winning the title of the first ever masterchef of India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new season of \u2018Masterchef India\u2019 will have one of the most iconic Bollywood couples as guests for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,212050,32307,212052,134,212051,212049,427,212053],"class_list":{"0":"post-398133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bhavana-pandey","11":"tag-chunky-pandey","12":"tag-cooking-competition","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-guest-judges","15":"tag-masterchef-india","16":"tag-tv","17":"tag-vikas-khanna"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}