NEW DELHI: Secret Kitchen in its fifth run on CNN-IBN will this year join foodie Bikramjit Ray to take an inside look at the royal cuisines of India.

The series brings an entire cornucopia of flavours from across the royal kitchens and will also explore exotic royal cuisines from different parts of the country like Varanasi, Gujarat, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur and Hyderabad.

Ray will go inside royal homes and palaces to get the best kept secrets from within the kitchens of the Maharajas and Maharanis - the favourite feudal recipes of India. This season of Secret Kitchen begins from 5 June every Saturday at 1:30 pm and 6:30 pm.

The shows will feature legends of Indian food ranging from master chefs like Imtiaz Qureshi who researched and revived the forgotten cuisine of the nawabs of Awadh and pioneering food columnist, author and restaurant consultant Jiggs Kalra to industrialist Rocky Mohan whose Zila Kebabpur chain of eateries is credited with reviving the heritage Mughlai cuisine and the iconic MTR Group whose rich culinary heritage dates back to 1924. The series will also look at the flavours of railway food, savour various palette tickling Biryanis and also examine the best places to eat should one experience post midnight hunger pangs.

Speaking about the new season of Secret Kitchen, IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai said, "In this season we bring our viewers the cuisine of the royal kitchens of India which has delighted the aristocracy of the country for generations, but the dishes have remained closely guarded secrets by the master chefs of royal India. We are sure the new season of Secret Kitchen will tantalise the taste buds of viewers with an inside look at the secret recipes of our great nation."