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After 11 gruelling weeks of innovative vegetarian cooking and 67 episodes of high-intense drama, 21-year-old Nikita Gandhi, an Indian based in Abu Dhabi, bagged the winner's golden chef coat and Rs 1 crore on MasterChef India 4 on Sunday.

Born in Ahmedabad, the young and vibrant food aficionado was chosen as the winner on the basis of viewers' votes.

She pipped Mumbai's Neha Shah, who walked away with a prize money of Rs 10 lakh and a trip for two to London; and the show's second runner up, Hyderabad-based Bhakti Arora was given Rs.500,000.

Elated over her win, Gandhi found the news of her victory hard to assimilate, but she made an emotional point at the finale.

"These four to five months here (in India) thanks to 'MasterChef...' have made me realise that India is truly my home," she said, and even thanked channel Star Plus and the show's three judges - Sanj