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Photograph food for Chef’s Table
MUMBAI: Food, glorious food. We love to eat it, we love to watch others cook it, and above all, we love to photograph it. From the director of Jiro Dreams of Sushi (David Gelb) comes Chef’s Table, a Netflix original documentary series, that is returning globally for a second season on Friday, 27 May.
To celebrate season two, the search is on across Asia for the Chef’s Table official Instagrammer. The chosen Instagrammer will visit the six restaurants featured in season two (Mexico! Slovenia! Chicago! Brazil! San Francisco! Thailand!) and document their sensory experience through beautifully-set, mouth-watering and hunger-inducing Instagram shots.
Sounds delectable? Join in to:
1. Follow @Netflix_IN
2. Post your best original food photo to Instagram
3. Hashtag #MyChefsTable
For more information, please head on to mychefstable.netflix.com, or refer to the appended image.
The renowned chefs featured in season 2 of Chef’s Table include: Alex Atala (Brazil); Ana Ros (Slovenia); Dominique Crenn (United States); Enrique Olvera (Mexico); Gaggan Anand (Thailand); and Grant Achatz (United States). The series provides a rare, inside look at the lives and careers of some of the world’s best chefs today on their quests for sensory perfection.
Chef’s Table season one is now streaming globally on Netflix.
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Banijay Asia’s The 50 tops OTT charts with 8.1 million JioHotstar views
Reality competition becomes most watched show on JioHotstar in debut week.
MUMBAI: Fifty contestants walked into a palace, but millions of viewers showed up for the drama. Reality competition The 50, produced by Banijay Asia, has emerged as the most watched show on JioHotstar, clocking 8.1 million views in its debut week. The figure, reported by Ormax Media, places the show at the top of the OTT viewership charts and marks a strong opening for the digital reality format.
Adapted from a popular French format, The 50 brings together 50 personalities from television, digital platforms, music and reality shows inside a grand palace setting. Over the course of a 50 day competition, participants form alliances, compete in unpredictable tasks and navigate eliminations as the field steadily narrows.
Guiding the game is a mysterious figure known as The Lion, an unseen game master whose voice introduces twists, challenges and strategic turns throughout the show, adding an extra layer of suspense to the contest.
What distinguishes The 50 from typical reality competitions is its audience driven prize structure. Instead of the winner taking home the final reward, the prize is awarded to one of the winner’s registered followers through the show’s dedicated app. The mechanism effectively turns viewers into participants, allowing fans to have a direct stake in the outcome.
The contestant lineup features a mix of television actors, reality stars and digital creators, including Karan Patel, Urvashi Dholakia, Divya Agarwal, Mr Faisu and Dushyant Kukreja, each bringing their own fan following to the show.
With its blend of celebrity personalities, strategic gameplay and interactive viewer participation, The 50 has quickly carved out a strong foothold in India’s digital entertainment landscape. Its 8.1 million views in the opening week underline the growing appetite for large scale reality formats designed specifically for OTT audiences.
