Gaurav Khanna says he doesn’t know to cook Indian food; netizens question his Celebrity MasterChef win, call him ‘Farzi Bawarchi’

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Gaurav Khanna faces backlash

After the video of the conversation surfaced online, many on the internet started questioning Gaurav Khanna’s Celebrity MasterChef win and said that the cooking reality show is scripted. A fan wrote on Reddit, “Arey yaar MasterChef scripted tha matlab. Gaurav ko Darr hai ki log uska khana kha ke figure out kar lenge ki usse acha khana bnana nahi aata (That means MasterChef is scripted, and Gaurav is scared that after eating his food, people will figure out that he doesn’t cook well).” Another user wrote, “Being the current celebrity MasterChef title holder, he is sceptical of putting himself up for judgment by the HMs. He doesn’t want anyone to question his win by his present cooking skills.”

Gaurav Khanna’s team does damage control

Following the criticism, Gaurav Khanna’s team issued a statement on X. It read, “Let’s be clear, MasterChef and Bigg Boss cooking aren’t the same. At MasterChef, #GauravKhanna worked with guidance, preparing one plated dish with finesse. In #BiggBoss, it’s about cooking for people, daily meals, and no supervision. Before Celebrity MasterChef, #GauravKhanna had never cooked at all. The show was about learning, adapting, and performing under immense pressure. Winning that title was about determination, not prior skill. Trolling him and judging him today based on one statement about Indian food is unfair.” 

Sadly, the statement also backfired with many questioning Gaurav’s cooking skills. One user penned a long note on X, stating, “Sorry, but the defense of Gaurav Khanna’s ‘I don’t know how to cook’ claim holds no water. Winning #CelebrityMasterChef India 2025 means he mastered dishes like jackfruit curry and pavlova under Vikas Khanna’s watchful eye; skills that should translate to basic dal-roti for housemates. MasterChef’s training wasn’t just about ‘one plated dish with finesse’; it demanded versatility, including Indian recipes, across weeks of high-pressure challenges. If Gaurav learned enough to outshine finalists like Tejasswi Prakash, claiming ignorance now feels like a strategic dodge to skirt kitchen duties & focus on strategizing his game in the BB house. Calling it unfair trolling ignores the contradiction: a MasterChef champ should handle a Bigg Boss kitchen, supervised or not! Determination got him the trophy, but this excuse undermines his credibility!”

Let’s be clear MasterChef and Bigg Boss cooking aren’t the same. At MasterChef, #GauravKhanna worked with guidance, preparing one plated dish with finesse. In #BiggBoss, it’s about cooking for people, daily meals, and no supervision.

Before Celebrity MasterChef, #GauravKhanna…

— Gaurav Khanna (@iamgauravkhanna) August 30, 2025

Another user on X wrote, “Bro!! Have some shame, the show was about learning, usne show jeeta matlab usne sab se acha sekha waha at the end khana bana he dekha rahe the na BB mai Basic normal khana pakana hota hai much harder than M. Chef?” A third user commented, “So, without knowing basic food, you were given the CMC (Celebrity MasterChef) title because Tejasswi &Rajiv cooked these basic things. Definitely, those two were not the same, but you said you can’t cook Indian food, & that’s questionable. If u know how BB works, then this should be known, right?”

One of the users also went on to say, “Now this sounds so bad… Never defend him ever, because without cooking ever, he went to CMC and plated beautiful dishes as his own creations?? Rajiv and Teju, who are in CMC, have cooked the meals in the BB house…without knowing basic cooking, he won CMC? This isn’t adding up!!”

Rajiv Adatia, Gaurav Khanna’s co-contestant from Celebrity MasterChef, has also come out in support of the actor. He shared a video on his Instagram stories where he said, “Winning Celebrity MasterChef and cooking for 20-25 people on Bigg Boss are two different things. I have done both the shows, and I have cooked at both the places. I was the main cook in Bigg Boss along with Tejasswi and Nishant, so it’s different. When Gaurav was on MasterChef, he had not entered a kitchen before that. He used to make lengthy notes when we were getting trained for two weeks before the show. He knew nothing and would spend 8-9 hours in the grooming kitchen.”

Rajiv backed Gaurav and said that just because he won a cooking show, it does not mean he can cook in any kitchen.