
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 Trailer904M+
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
- 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