Shu Lin
Shu Lin is a British-Chinese food and travel creator sharing meals, home cooking and personal stories as @dejashu, alongside presenting and documentary work.
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MonzoOverview
- Based
- London, UK
- Heritage
- British-Chinese
- Started
- Food, travel and lifestyle vlogs on YouTube in 2011
- On screen
- Presented The British Chinese for A Very British History in 2020
- Recognition
- 2023 Food bCreator of the Year
Mini bio
How it started.
Shu grew up in a Chinese takeaway, noticing the differences between British Chinese dishes and the Cantonese meals her family ate at home. She began keeping a video scrapbook of meals and travels. Her YouTube food, travel and lifestyle vlogs date back to 2011.
From vlogs to television.
Her presenting work grew to include the 2020 documentary The British Chinese, part of A Very British History. She also reported for Inside Out on the treatment of British Chinese communities during the pandemic. In 2022 she joined BBC Studios TalentWorks for a six-month, Meta-funded Creator in Residence programme.
Cooking and connection.
After an introduction through BBC TalentWorks, Good Food commissioned all ten of her proposed recipe videos. She presented, filmed and edited the series in her London kitchen, drawing on Cantonese, Korean and other East Asian dishes. Her work also explores representation and the experience of having a dual cultural identity.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2025Lessons From the Book of MoneyFeatured presenter in Untold Fable’s Monzo explainer series
- 2024Eating and Exploring Ireland: Galway Food TourCreator and presenter; sponsored by Tourism Ireland
- 2023Chinatown London: Dim sum dos and don’tsCreator, presenter and editor
- 2022BBC Studios TalentWorks Creator in ResidenceParticipant in a six-month creative development residency
- 2020A Very British History: The British ChinesePresenter
Awards
Quotes
Food is the ultimate love language in my householdShu Lin, bCreator interview
Explaining how food helped her understand her heritage and her parents.
Trivia
- She describes her videos as a scrapbook of what she eats and where she travels.
- She filmed and edited her ten-video Good Food commission in her own London kitchen.
- Her Chinatown etiquette video covers Chinese tea, dim sum and using chopsticks.
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