# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pankaj-bhadouria
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:51:45.041Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pankaj-bhadouria"
name: "Pankaj Bhadouria"
slug: "pankaj-bhadouria"
description: "Pankaj Bhadouria is the winner of MasterChef India Season 1 (2010). She was a school teacher who quit a 16-year-old job to participate in the first season of MasterChef India. She has hosted the TV shows Chef Pankaj Ka Zayka (StarPlus), Kifayati Kitchen, 3 Course with Pankaj, Rasoi se- Pankaj Bhadouria ke Saath(ETV), Sales Ka Baazigar (ETV). She was the first MasterChef Winner worldwide to have an official MasterChef Cookbook in her name and has written two more cookery books Barbie- I am a Chef, and Chicken from my Kitchen"
tagline: "Indian chef"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pankaj_Bhadouria.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Chefs"
  slug: "chefs"
profileType:
  name: "Chef"
  slug: "chef"
birthDate: "1971-07-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.22
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.821585333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 63
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/BhadouriaPankaj"
    handle:    "BhadouriaPankaj"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/masterchefpankajbhadouria/"
    handle:    "masterchefpankajbhadouria"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.pankajbhadouria.com/"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump