BCMA Podcast: Not Your Butter Chicken

Join our host Madison and the creatives behind the CBC Gem docu-series Not Your Butter Chicken for a conversation about culture, community, food, and migration. This was originally recorded as a live podcast event over Zoom on June 2, 2025. During the recording, references are made to episodes from the doc-series as well as the trailer (links below).   About our guests: Shiva Reddy is a food and wine expert and a sommelier at Michelin-starred Burdock and Co. She is recognized for her work at Vancouver’s top restaurants and bringing a fresh, innovative voice to the food and wine industry in Canada. Priyanka Desai is a Mumbai-born, award winning broadcast journalist turned documentary filmmaker who has directed and produced television documentary shows in India and Canada. Her works are currently available on TELUS Originals, CBC Gem, APTN, Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada and AMI. She also sits on the board of Hot Docs and is Co-Chair of the Documentary Organization of Canada - Northwest Chapter.   Relevant Links: Trailer: Not Your Butter Chicken Website: Not Your Butter Chicken Watch the docu-series on CBC Gem