What We're About

Chambana Eats is the only Champaign-Urbana publication exclusively focused on food and drink. We're here to give you the behind the scenes of what you eat.

Who in town is making our food?

How do they do it?

And maybe most importantly — what should you eat next?

In a community surrounded by farms cultivating delicious local produce, the Champaign-Urbana community deserves a publication highlighting the ingredients and food in our community and who makes them.

Chambana Eats also aims to be a place where service industry professionals can get advice from each other, share tips, openings and transitions. Whether you're a bartender, executive chef or owner, you're the celebrities of this publication.

If you're interested in telling your story, or highlighting something about your work, reach out to us.

We cover the entirety of Champaign-Urbana — not just Campustown — because good eats are all over our community.

We are powered by the Illini Media Company, home of award-winning publications The Daily Illini,WPGU and the Illio Yearbook.

Chambana Eats is Illini Media's first hybrid newsroom, where students both lead and learn alongside professional journalists. They gain experience running a professional newsroom, while receiving mentorship and feedback from industry professionals.

For more information, or to get involved, reach out to Illini Media Company's Executive Director Jake Williams.