Anirudha Srikkanth and Samyuktha Shanmuganathan won Cooku With Comali Season 7 — subtitled “Double Trouble” — taking home the trophy and a ₹5 lakh cash prize. Umair Lateef and Shabana Shajahan Aryan finished as first runner-up, ahead of Sidhu Sid and Shreya Anchan, who rounded out the four-team finale. Here’s the full result and why this season’s format made the win genuinely different from previous years.
The Result
The Vijay TV cooking-and-comedy hit crowned Anirudha Srikkanth and Samyuktha Shanmuganathan as Season 7 champions, with the pair collecting the trophy and ₹5 lakh in prize money. Umair Lateef and Shabana Shajahan Aryan took the first runner-up position, while Sidhu Sid and Shreya Anchan completed the top four. The show was hosted by Ma Ka Pa Anand and Shaalin Zoya, with judging from Chef Damu, Madhampatty Rangaraj, Koushik Shankar, and Roja Selvamani across the season.
Why “Double Trouble” Changed the Competition
Season 7’s defining change was its format: rather than the show’s usual pairing of a professional cook with a non-cook “Comali” (comedian/entertainer) partner, this season ran as “Double Trouble” with 9 celebrity couples competing together — meaning contestants were paired with real-life partners or established duos rather than a producer-assigned cooking/comedy split. That’s a meaningful structural shift for a franchise that’s built its entire identity around the mismatch between a trained cook and an untrained entertainer fumbling through kitchen challenges — pairing established couples instead changes the dynamic from “can this comedian survive in a kitchen” to “how does this real relationship hold up under competitive pressure,” which is a different kind of TV tension entirely.
Who Are the Winners
Anirudha Srikkanth and Samyuktha Shanmuganathan entered the season as one of the nine competing couples out of a full contestant list that also included Aravinth Seiju and Sangeetha Sai, Gaana Vinoth and Bhagya, and Aranthangi Nisha and Riaz Ali, among others. Their win puts them at the top of a season that ran under a genuinely different competitive structure than the six seasons before it, which matters for how their victory should be read relative to past champions — a “Double Trouble” win isn’t directly comparable to a traditional-format season’s champion, since the format itself changed what was actually being tested.
Why the Show Has Run Seven Seasons Since 2019
Cooku With Comali first premiered on Star Vijay in November 2019 and has aired six more seasons since, including a run that gained significant traction during COVID-19 lockdowns, when Tamil-language audiences at home drove strong viewership for a format built around low-stakes, comedic kitchen chaos rather than high-pressure culinary skill. The show has changed production hands once — Media Masons produced seasons one through four, with Box Office Studio taking over from season five onward — while keeping its core structure of Advantage Tasks, a Main Task, and an Immunity/Elimination Task each week largely intact until Season 7’s couples shake-up. That seven-season run on Star Vijay, with every season streaming on Disney+ Hotstar, places it among the more durable reality-format hits in Tamil television, a genre where most competition shows don’t make it past two or three seasons before ratings fatigue sets in.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Cooku With Comali Season 7?
Anirudha Srikkanth and Samyuktha Shanmuganathan, who took home the trophy and a ₹5 lakh cash prize.
Who was the runner-up?
Umair Lateef and Shabana Shajahan Aryan finished as first runner-up.
What was different about Season 7’s format?
It ran as “Cooku With Comali: Double Trouble,” pairing 9 real celebrity couples rather than the show’s usual cook-and-comedian pairing format.
Who hosted and judged Season 7?
Ma Ka Pa Anand and Shaalin Zoya hosted; judges included Chef Damu, Madhampatty Rangaraj, Koushik Shankar, and Roja Selvamani.
Who else made the finale?
Sidhu Sid and Shreya Anchan rounded out the top four alongside the winners and runners-up.
The Bottom Line
Cooku With Comali Season 7’s “Double Trouble” format was a real departure from the franchise’s founding premise, and Anirudha Srikkanth and Samyuktha Shanmuganathan’s win reflects a season that tested something genuinely different from the show’s usual cook-versus-comedian setup. Whether Vijay TV keeps the couples format for Season 8 or reverts to the original pairing structure will say a lot about which version of the show performed better with audiences.
