diff --git a/examples/chef/chef.py b/examples/chef/chef.py
index 5a3f388785aa1d..5fdb6bc42610d2 100755
--- a/examples/chef/chef.py
+++ b/examples/chef/chef.py
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str]) -> None:
     chef_zzz_root = os.path.join(_CHEF_SCRIPT_PATH, "zzz_generated")
     ci_manifest_file_name = os.path.join(_CHEF_SCRIPT_PATH, "cimanifest.json")
     chef_devices_dir = os.path.join(_CHEF_SCRIPT_PATH, "devices")
+    ci_allowlist = ['lighting-app.zap']
 
     #
     # Validate zzz_generated
@@ -190,8 +191,7 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str]) -> None:
         print(f"Validating {chef_zzz_root}")
         for device_dir_item in os.listdir(chef_devices_dir):
             target_file_ext = ".zap"
-            if device_dir_item.endswith(target_file_ext) and device_dir_item == 'lightin\
-g-app.zap':
+            if device_dir_item.endswith(target_file_ext) and device_dir_item in ci_allowlist:
                 device_name = device_dir_item[:-len(target_file_ext)]
                 device_file_path = os.path.join(chef_devices_dir, device_dir_item)
                 with open(device_file_path, "rb") as device_file:
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str]) -> None:
                     device_file_md5 = hashlib.md5(device_file_data).hexdigest()
                     ci_manifest[device_name] = device_file_md5
                     print(f"Manifest for {device_name} : {device_file_md5}")
+        # git ls-tree fails in CI
         # git_cmd = ["git", "ls-tree", "master", "third_party/zap/repo"]
         # zap_commit = str(subprocess.check_output(git_cmd, cwd=_REPO_BASE_PATH))
         # zap_commit = zap_commit.split(" ")[2]
@@ -208,8 +209,7 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str]) -> None:
         with open(ci_manifest_file_name, "r", encoding="utf-8") as ci_manifest_file:
             cached_manifest = json.loads(ci_manifest_file.read())
             for device in ci_manifest:
-                if device != "zap_commit" and device == "lighting-app":
-                    # Filter to one example
+                if device != "zap_commit":
                     if cached_manifest[device] != ci_manifest[device]:
                         print("Cached files out of date. Please run chef with the flag --generate_zzz and commit")
                         exit(1)
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str]) -> None:
         print(f"Generating files in {chef_zzz_root} for all devices")
         for device_dir_item in os.listdir(chef_devices_dir):
             target_file_ext = ".zap"
-            if device_dir_item.endswith(target_file_ext) and device_dir_item == 'lighting-app.zap':
+            if device_dir_item.endswith(target_file_ext) and device_dir_item in ci_allowlist:
                 # Filter to one example
                 device_name = device_dir_item[:-len(target_file_ext)]
                 device_file_path = os.path.join(chef_devices_dir, device_dir_item)