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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicMasterchef

Topic: Masterchef

Why are Australians going on and on about Raj Kachori? ‘Work of art, seamlessly chaotic’

Raj Kachori isn’t the first Indian street food to earn ecstatic, 'foodgasmic' reactions from MasterChef Australia judges. Last year, it was Pani Puri.

MasterChef India is more drama than food

The new Indian spin-off is called Celebrity Masterchef. Even though only a handful of episodes are out on Sony Liv, the show seems to lack one key element: Good cooking.

Smitten by MasterChef, Delhi is buying Chinese cabbage, lemongrass from neighbourhood farms

Once available only in five-star restaurants, the exotic vegetables are no longer just an aspiration.

Australian chef Gary Mehigan is back in India. This time for festival foods

National Geographic show 'India’s Mega Festivals' follows Masterchef Australia's former judge Gary Mehigan on his India tour as he eats beef in Kerala, goat intestines in Madurai, and kebabs in Delhi.

When MasterChef Australia returns for next season, Matt, Gary and George won’t be there

The development comes following revelations that George Calombaris’ hospitality group had underpaid employees by $7.8 million in wages.

How black ops training led this Indian-origin homecook to Masterchef Australia triumph

Raised in Singapore and living in Oz, Sashi Cheliah, the oldest contestant to win Masterchef Australia, is a Madurai man at heart.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.