CHENNAI: Samantha Ruth Prabhu has been roped in to headline the upcoming cooking reality show ‘Celebrity MasterChef Tamil’.
The actress said she was excited about the new venture and added that food has a way of bringing people together.
“I’m excited to finally share this news with everyone. Celebrity MasterChef Tamil is unlike anything I’ve done before, and that’s exactly what made it impossible to say no,” Samantha said.
She said she was looking forward to watching popular Tamil celebrities enter the kitchen, experiment with food and compete with each other.
“What I am most excited about is watching some of our favourite Tamil celebrities step into the kitchen, take risks, make mistakes, surprise themselves and compete with a lot more passion than you’d expect!” she added.
Samantha also chose not to reveal the names of the participating celebrities. “I wish I could tell you who’s cooking, but where’s the fun in that?” she said.
Celebrity MasterChef Tamil is an adaptation of the globally popular ‘MasterChef’ format. The Tamil version will feature familiar faces from the Tamil film industry and bring local flavours to the show. The show is expected to premiere soon on Sony Vizha and Sony LIV.