Hosted by Top Chef contender Chrissy Camba, The Grocery List Show is a trip to five bustling international grocery stores in America and the communities they serve. Special guests and food enthusiasts join Chrissy to shop for ingredients and cook a favorite family recipe together, celebrating global food traditions over a shared meal. Visit a Filipino grocery store in Chicago, a Grenadian-owned Caribbean grocery store, a halal grocery store, and a Latin American grocery, all in Brooklyn, plus an Italian grocery store in New Jersey, and experience what makes each cuisine unique and delectable.
Former Top Chef contender Chrissy Camba visits Labay Market: a Grenadian-owned Caribbean grocery store in the “Little Caribbean” area of Brooklyn, NY. The store's proprietor "Big Mac" looms lovingly over the neighborhood and together with other local foodies, Grenada's "island vibe" infuses the spirit of the people and the food.
Mrs. Masoud is the matriarch and co-founder of Balady Halal Market in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge. Chrissy Camba joins the family to celebrate generational legacy by preparing a favorite Jordanian and Palestinian dish, mansaf: a luscious lamb and yogurt meal often enjoyed communally.
At Filipino grocery chain Seafood City's vibrant Chicago store, host Chrissy Camba, former Top Chef contender, meets up with gastronomy advocate Natalia Rojas, to talk all things Filipino cuisine, including who makes the best adobo and how there are hundreds of ways to make the most popular dishes. Chrissy then prepares a crab torta feast, from a recipe inspired by her Lola (grandma).
Piccolo's Gastronomia Italiana market in New Jersey is meticulously curated by a brother and sister team, and even their young kids are training on traditions like making fresh mozzarella in-house. Brimming with hard-to-find imports, the store just smells like Italy. Join Chrissy Camba as she shops for hearty ingredients and then joins co-owner Nancy to make a simple, delicious pasta puttanesca.
New York food blogger Vinny Sanchez ("Vinny Eat World") meets up with Top Chef contender Chrissy Camba to get a taste of Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood, a community infused with both Asian and Latino influence. They shop in the Latin American grocery store “La Placita de Brooklyn” before Vinnie cooks up a family favorite, garnachas.