Award-winning filmmakers Priyanka Desai and Joanna Wong take viewers on an exhilarating road trip through the Indo-Canadian story with Not Your Butter Chicken, a four-part docu-series hosted by food and wine expert Shiva Reddy. The TELUS original series premiered May 1, 2024, in celebration of Asian Heritage Month, with episodes featuring BC’s Kamloops and Kelowna and Alberta’s Lethbridge and Fort McMurray.
Once a competitive hockey player, host Reddy grew up to be one of the first South Asian women to make it in the world of wine and fine dining in Canada. Now grappling with her mother’s battle with dementia, Reddy, a sommelier at Vancouver’s one-Michelin-star restaurant Burdock & Co., is on a journey to piece together the story of her Indian heritage through food and community.
Not Your Butter Chicken is a lively celebration of South Asian culture. Viewers are invited to make new connections and memories alongside Reddy as she discovers the untold stories of Indo-Canadians in Western Canada.
The four-part docu-series is now available online at Telus Originals.