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Sony Pictures Networks • Television • Format Launch • 2025

Celebrity MasterChef

Turning India's biggest celebrity cooking reality show into a social-first entertainment experience — 904M+ views, 623M+ reach and an 800+ creator ecosystem.

Channel Marketing Manager

Watch the Trailer

904M+

Campaign Views

623M+

Campaign Reach

800+

Creators Activated

15.2M+

Creator Reach

12M+

Creator Views

Overview

Celebrity MasterChef India is the celebrity edition of the globally acclaimed MasterChef franchise, combining competitive cooking with entertainment through a cast of well-known personalities, celebrated chefs, and high-profile guest appearances. As one of Sony Entertainment Television's flagship reality properties, the show brought together culinary excellence and celebrity-driven storytelling to engage audiences across television and digital platforms. As Channel Marketing Manager, I led the integrated marketing strategy across television, digital, social media, creator collaborations, and on-set activations, transforming each episode into a continuous multi-platform conversation that maximized audience engagement and cultural relevance.

Challenge

Launch and sustain excitement for a daily reality format by driving appointment viewing, transforming every episode into social-first content, executing one of Sony's largest creator campaigns, and coordinating multiple stakeholders across television and digital.

My Role

  • Campaign planning and leadership
  • Content planning and editorial strategy
  • Audience research and optimisation
  • Creator marketing at scale
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • On-set marketing execution

Strategy

  • Integrated television + digital marketing
  • Creator-led amplification across an 800+ creator ecosystem
  • Weekly editorial planning synced to broadcast
  • Audience insight-driven optimisation
  • Platform-specific content strategy and real-time content marketing

Execution

  • Built weekly content calendars and aligned programming and production with marketing priorities
  • Briefed agencies and managed creator execution end to end
  • Coordinated on-set shoots and packaged assets
  • Published across platforms and optimised campaign performance

Social Content Ecosystem

Content deployed across Instagram, Facebook, YouTube & X

Every content format was strategically adapted and distributed across all major social platforms to maximize reach, engagement, audience participation, and real-time conversation throughout the season.

Video Content

  • Reels
  • Shorts
  • Show Promos
  • Episode Highlights

Celebrity & Creator Content

  • Celebrity Bytes
  • Creator Collaborations
  • Behind-the-Scenes (BTS)
  • Celebrity Moments

Engagement Content

  • Community Posts
  • Live Conversations
  • Trending Moments
  • Interactive Content

Platform Distribution

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • X (Twitter)

Results

The campaign delivered 904M+ views and 623M+ reach, activated 800+ creators generating 15.2M+ creator reach and 12M+ creator views, and turned every episode into a multi-platform audience experience.

Key Learnings

  • Social-first storytelling extends television content well beyond the telecast
  • Audience insights meaningfully improve optimisation
  • Large-scale creator campaigns require strong planning and coordination
  • On-set collaboration enables authentic promotional storytelling
  • Cross-functional alignment is essential for integrated entertainment marketing