James Barry

James Barry’s culinary career started as a private chef. His inauguration into restaurant-style cooking came later when he was the vegan/vegetarian chef on the Van’s Warped Tour, which traveled to 50 North American cities in 60 days. Upon returning to Los Angeles, James continued to private chef and had the fortune of cooking for celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Mariska Hargitay, and Gerard Butler.

Not wanting to limit his healthy and tasty style of cooking, James started Wholesome2Go, a healthy, high-quality food delivery company currently serving the Los Angeles area. He has also worked as an assistant Food Stylist on many television shows and as a chef instructor for the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Nutrition Network program helping to introduce healthy foods and cooking to kids of all ages.

He continued his education by receiving certification as a Nutritional Consultant through the Global College of Natural Medicine and as a Certified Healing Foods Specialist with Immunitrition. James co-authored the recipes in Margaret Floyd’s first book, Eat Naked: Unprocessed, Unpolluted, and Undressed Eating for a Healthier, Sexier You, and co-authored the follow-up cookbook The Naked Foods Cookbook: Easy, Unprocessed, Gluten-Free, Full-Fat Recipes for Losing Weight and Feeling Great, which will be out in 2012.

James is a regular blog contributor at www.EatNakedNow.com. Follow James on Twitter at www.twitter.com/chefjamesbarry, and connect on facebook at www.facebook.com/wholesome2go. For information on Wholesome2Go, his LA-based healthy meal delivery company, go to www.wholesome2go.com.