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Filipina Chef Chrissy Camba Brings Heart and Heritage to PBS’s The Grocery List
ASIAN JOURNAL NEWS
JUNE 5, 2025
“Whether you’re from the diaspora, a lover of global cuisine, or someone who’s ever felt the power of a market to transport you to another place, The Grocery List Show offers more than flavor. It’s a reminder that the most meaningful food journeys often begin not in a restaurant, but in the quiet intimacy of an aisle—and for many of us, in the first time we recognized ourselves on a label, a spice jar, or a grandmother’s recipe card. Each episode may only last a dozen minutes, but the resonance lingers far longer—especially for anyone who has ever found home in the aisles of a neighborhood market.” READ MORE
WHAT TO WATCH: THE GROCERY LIST SHOW
DECIDER
MAY 31, 2025
“Hosted by former Top Chef contestant Chrissy Camba, PBS’ The Grocery List Show takes viewers to five cultural grocery stores across New Jersey, New York, and Chicago. Now streaming on the PBS Food YouTube channel, the short series reminds viewers of the cultural traditions that ground what we eat, and how food can unite a community.” READ MORE
The Joys of Grocery Stores Are Celebrated in a New Show
WTTW Chicago
MAY 28, 2025
“‘We both find comfort in walking through grocery stores,’ says Chrissy Camba of herself and Emily Strong, the director and executive producer of The Grocery List Show, which Camba hosts. ‘I will go early, when no one’s there, and I will slowly walk up and down and look at the same things I’ve seen before, and sometimes there will be something different.’” READ MORE
Fil-Am chef hosts docuseries on America’s cultural grocery stores
INQUIRER.NET
MAY 21, 2025
“Director Emily Strong, an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, describes the series as a ‘love letter’ to cultural grocery stores and the communities they sustain. ‘For me, it’s more than a show; it’s an expression of how I experience the world,’ Strong said. ‘These stores carry the legacies of migration, memory and the capacity of the human spirit.’” READ MORE
LAAPFF 2025: INTERVIEW WITH EMILY STRONG AND CHRISSY CAMBA
SQUEEDAR
MAY 4, 2025
An interview with director Emily Strong and host Chrissy Camba. WATCH