It could not have been a better start in 2012 for Shipra Khanna from Shimla who Sunday night walked away with the title of "MasterChef" in the second season of the cooking reality show "MasterChef India".

The 29-year-old single mother beat Joseph Rozario from Siliguri and Salma Shazia Fathima from Bengaluru to win the show that started off with 12 contestants.