After much anticipation and peaking excitement, the big night of the fifth season of Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef, jointly organized by Bangladesh Edible Oil Limited and The Daily Star, had finally arrived yesterday.

It was with baited breaths that the participants took their first timid steps into the grand Super Chef kitchen. As if in a trance, they looked around, taking it all in; it wasn't just the sight of the grandest arena they had ever seen but also the fact they had finally made it till here. Of the thousands who undertook the trail, only the 18 now remained. Glory was no longer a faint whisper of a promise. It was a reverberating cry for war. The games had begun.

With popular culinary reality TV show Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef returning for a brand new season in less than a week, The Daily Star introduces you to the stars of the kitchen.

With the popular culinary reality TV show Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef returning for a brand new season in less than a week, The Daily Star introduces you to the stars of the kitchen.

With the popular culinary reality TV show Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef returning for a brand new season in less than a week, The Daily Star introduces you to the stars of the kitchen.

Although 23 November was a hartal, it did not deter the culinary enthusiasts of Sylhet to come to Pallabi Community Center and attend the regional round of Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef 2016.

After the end of the regional round in Khulna, the Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef team continued their journey onwards.

Even though it was a Friday, 6 November was not an idle, lazy time for Khulna. The city woke up as the host of two important events.

Unlike other days, even at eight on a cloudy winter morning on 3 November, 2015, Ambika Memorial Hall premise at Jhillatuli

To say that the currently airing Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef was making some strides in shattering stereotypes would be a simplistic statement.