Press Kit
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Jules Sherred works as a commercial food photographer, author, recipe developer, and is an advocate for disability and trans rights.
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Jules Sherred works as a commercial food photographer and stylist, writer and recipe developer, journalist, and outspoken advocate for disability and trans rights. His award-finalist cookbook CRIP UP THE KITCHEN: TOOLS, TIPS AND RECIPES FOR THE DISABLED COOK was published in 2023. A feature-length documentary titled FABULOUS BODY OF MINE about his achievements is in production for the CBC.
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Based in Duncan, BC, Jules Sherred is an award-nominated author, an award-winning photographer who works in the fields of commercial food and lifestyle photography, a recipe developer, journalist, and outspoken advocate for disability and trans rights.
His award-finalist cookbook CRIP UP THE KITCHEN: TOOLS, TIPS AND RECIPES FOR THE DISABLED COOK was published by TouchWood Editions in May 2023. He is also a champion bodybuilder who is back in school to become a registered Health and Nutrition Counsellor specializing in sport and disability. A feature-length documentary titled FABULOUS BODY OF MINE about his achievements as an athlete, artist, activist and writer is currently in production for the CBC.
His words have appeared on Wired, GeekDad, QuirkBooks, Xtra Magazine, fStoppers, among others, and his work has made national news headlines. His website Disabled Kitchen and Garden was born out of the need to include disabled people in the conversation around food.
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Based in Duncan, BC, Jules Sherred is an award-nominated author, an award-winning photographer who works in the fields of commercial food and lifestyle photography, a recipe developer, journalist, and outspoken advocate for disability and trans rights.
His award-finalist cookbook CRIP UP THE KITCHEN: TOOLS, TIPS AND RECIPES FOR THE DISABLED COOK was published by TouchWood Editions in May 2023. He is also a champion bodybuilder who is back in school to become a registered Health and Nutrition Counsellor specializing in sport and disability. A feature-length documentary titled FABULOUS BODY OF MINE about his achievements as an athlete, artist, activist and writer is currently in production for the CBC.
In 2022, he photographed and produced NOURISH: A CELEBRATION, an art exhibit held in the gallery at the Cowichan Valley Arts Council that celebrated local food and beverage producers, farmers, vineyards, and the restaurants that kept people fed during COVID-19 in the face of impossible circumstances, including multiple climate change disasters.
He consults on policy and legislation at multiple levels of government in regard to trans issues, has written about his personal experiences with conversion practices, and specifically advocated for improvements to legislative bans in order to encompass practices targeting trans people and identities. He has spoken at food conferences on topics that explore the intersection of food insecurity and marginalization. He is in a partnership with Cowichan Farm and Food Hub to create and deliver programming to help combat food insecurity in the Cowichan Valley.
In a past life, Sherred was an online radio personality and geek culture writer who interviewed names such as Wil Wheaton, John Scalzi, BSG’s Richard Hatch, and R.A. Salvatore. He owned and managed the largest online Star Trek community, with over 75,000 members, before Google+ shut down, and has written extensively about Star Trek for several publications, as well as been interviewed by Bell Media (Canadian rights holders) radio stations, as the “Canadian expert” on the topic. He also worked on Jagmeet Singh’s NDP leadership campaign and was MP Alistair MacGregor’s campaign manager in 2019, successfully leading him to re-election in what started as a tight three-way race.
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Based in Duncan, BC, Jules Sherred is an award-nominated author, an award-winning photographer who works in the fields of commercial food and lifestyle photography, a recipe developer, journalist, and outspoken advocate for disability and trans rights.
His award-finalist cookbook CRIP UP THE KITCHEN: TOOLS, TIPS AND RECIPES FOR THE DISABLED COOK was published by TouchWood Editions in May 2023. He is also a champion bodybuilder who is back in school to become a registered Health and Nutrition Counsellor specializing in sport and disability. A feature-length documentary titled FABULOUS BODY OF MINE about his achievements as an athlete, artist, activist and writer is currently in production for the CBC.
Sherred’s history behind the camera goes back decades, from growing up in a household that encouraged photography to being an active member in various photography clubs. His experience during that time instilled the art and science needed to be a quality photographer, but it wasn’t until 2019 when he started his website, Disabled Kitchen and Garden, that he began to develop his food photography skill.
Disabled Kitchen and Garden was born out of the need to include disabled people in the conversation around food. Through the site, Sherred’s focus was to write about his own experience as a disabled person by sharing the benefits and joys of accessible products while providing a number of tips, tricks, and recipes to make cooking and gardening easier for a variety of disabilities.
In 2022, he photographed and produced NOURISH: A CELEBRATION, an art exhibit held in the gallery at the Cowichan Valley Arts Council that celebrated local food and beverage producers, farmers, vineyards, and the restaurants that kept people fed during COVID-19 in the face of impossible circumstances, including multiple climate change disasters.
He consults on policy and legislation at multiple levels of government in regard to trans issues, has written about his personal experiences with conversion practices, and specifically advocated for improvements to legislative bans in order to encompass practices targeting trans people and identities. He has spoken at food conferences on topics that explore the intersection of food insecurity and marginalization. He is in a partnership with Cowichan Farm and Food Hub to create and deliver programming to help combat food insecurity in the Cowichan Valley. He was a steering committee member, and a lead in research development, community consultations, and drafting the policy framework and brief for the Cowichan Food Policy project, which later became the City of Duncan’s food official food policy.
In a past life, Sherred was an online radio personality and geek culture writer who interviewed names such as Wil Wheaton, John Scalzi, BSG’s Richard Hatch, and R.A. Salvatore. He owned and managed the largest online Star Trek community, with over 75,000 members, before Google+ shut down, and has written extensively about Star Trek for several publications, as well as been interviewed by Bell Media (Canadian rights holders) radio stations, as the “Canadian expert” on the topic. He also worked on Jagmeet Singh’s NDP leadership campaign and was MP Alistair MacGregor’s campaign manager in 2019, successfully leading him to re-election in what started as a tight three-way race.
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