{"id":257600,"date":"2026-01-29T11:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/257600\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:51:08","slug":"ankita-lokhande-on-returning-to-laughter-chefs-3-with-husband-vicky-jain-says-feels-like-homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/257600\/","title":{"rendered":"Ankita Lokhande on returning to Laughter Chefs 3 with husband Vicky Jain; says, \u201cFeels like homecoming\u201d |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/untitled-design-1-14.jpg\" alt=\"Ankita Lokhande on returning to Laughter Chefs 3 with husband Vicky Jain; says, \u201cFeels like homecoming\u201d\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ankita-lokhande\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ankita Lokhande<\/a>, who is best known for her role in Pavitra Rishta, admitted that returning to the cooking reality show Laughter Chefs with her husband Vicky Jain feels like a \u201chomecoming\u201d to her. She took to her official Instagram account and uploaded a video of some behind-the-scenes fun she had on the sets of the reality show.She was visibly elated after getting back together with Nia Sharma, who has also returned to the show along with Ankita and Vicky. The two ladies were seen embracing each other in a warm hug as they met. <\/p>\n<p>Ankita Lokhande &amp; Vicky Jain Rule Hearts; Traditional Love On Fire<\/p>\n<p> The clip further showed Ankita having a blast with her team as she got her makeup done before stepping out of the vanity. Throughout the video, the Pavitra Rishta actress can be heard repeatedly saying, \u201cAnd we are back,\u201d expressing her delight at being a part of the Laughter Chefs family once again.\u201cBack where the heart belongs\u2026 Apron on, smiles loud, madness loaded\u2026 Laughter Chefs feels like homecoming! Let\u2019s get this started!\u201d, Ankita captioned the post.Laughter Chefs Season 3 commenced in November last year with a new concept and additions to the cast, with Vivian D\u2019sena, Tejasswi Prakash, Gurmeet Choudhary, Debina Bonnerjee, Eisha Singh, and Isha Malviya joining the fun, along with some familiar faces from earlier seasons.As part of the new format of the show, the contestants were divided into two teams, \u2018Team Churi\u2019 and \u2018Team Kaanta\u2019. However, recently, the makers decided to abruptly end the concept with a mid-season finale. Following this, contestants Vivian, Eisha, Isha, Gurmeet, and Debina also exited the show.Now, some popular contestants from earlier seasons\u2014Ankita Lokhande, Vicky Jain, Arjun Bijlani, Nia Sharma, and Sudesh Lehri\u2014have returned to the show, bringing in fresh excitement.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ankita Lokhande, who is best known for her role in Pavitra Rishta, admitted that returning to the cooking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[21548,156,78148,111,139,78150,69,148435,437,21546],"class_list":{"0":"post-257600","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-ankita-lokhande","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-laughter-chefs-3","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nia-sharma","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-pavitra-rishta","16":"tag-tv","17":"tag-vicky-jain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}