Shelley Batcules and partner Jim (Imre) Torma have been together since 1988, and have worked together to develop many Community arts based initiatives such as smART acKOOL, the St. Joseph's Art as Therapy Program, the AGO Community Outreach Art Group, and many other projects and events.
Many people know and refer to Shelley Batcules and Jim Torma as “SHIMJELLY” as opposed to Jim and Shelley. Based on similar worldviews, personal perspectives, and mutual purpose we created a combined name “SHIMJELLY;” the fusion of Jim and Shelley to represent our individual personalities and our oneness as a couple.
Jim and Shelley believe it is of paramount importance to protect and nurture arts education and to promote an interest and understanding of how critical the arts are in the development of future generations, both physically and psychologically. More details will be shared throughout the website.
Many people know and refer to us as “SHIMJELLY” as opposed to Jim and Shelley. Based on similar worldviews, personal perspectives, and mutual purpose we created a combined name “SHIMJELLY” (the fusion of Jim and Shelley) to represent each individual personality and our oneness as a couple.
Many people know and refer to us as “SHIMJELLY” as opposed to Jim and Shelley. Based on similar worldviews, personal perspectives, and mutual purpose we created a combined name “SHIMJELLY” (the fusion of Jim and Shelley) to represent each individual personality and our oneness as a couple.
Shelley Batcules and partner Jim (Imre) Torma have been together since 1988, and have worked together to develop many Community arts based initiatives such as smART acKOOL, the St. Joseph's Art as Therapy Program, the AGO Community Outreach Art Group, and many other projects and events.
Many people know and refer to Shelley Batcules and Jim Torma as “SHIMJELLY” as opposed to Jim and Shelley. Based on similar worldviews, personal perspectives, and mutual purpose we created a combined name “SHIMJELLY;” the fusion of Jim and Shelley to represent our individual personalities and our oneness as a couple.
Jim and Shelley believe it is of paramount importance to protect and nurture arts education and to promote an interest and understanding of how critical the arts are in the development of future generations, both physically and psychologically. More details will be shared throughout the website.
SHIMJELLY on Fire is a specialized series of gourmet brands that include gourmet glazes for meats, cheeses and vegetables, wood smoked tasty pastes, hot & sweet jams and jellies, specialty sauces and pesto, infused oils, relishes and pickled products, with future plans to produce Living Food (fermented).
SHIMJELLY on FIRE focuses on small, gourmet, custom batch production with a growing selection and choice for even the most discerning palette. Throughout the year you will be able to enjoy the flavours of tree ripened fruit from Niagara and select items grown in Ontario with a little fire and spice in each jar. The focus is to use fruit and produce with the least amount of sprays, chemicals and weed control. Our ultimate goal in the future is to ensure that each of our jars contains only organically grown product.
SHIMJELLY on Fire recipes are developed and created by Shelley Batcules and Jim Torma, with an emphasis on natural nutritional ingredients and unique recipes that combine biodynamic heirloom crop grown on SHIMJELLY Farm with local Niagara fruits and vegetables. SHIMJELLY on Fire brands focus on taste, quality, nutrition and secret culinary blends that enhance any recipe that involves meat, cheese, vegetables, pasta, rice and bread making SHIMJELLY on Fire a staple in any lifestyle.
SHIMJELLY on Fire can be used in so many creative ways. Use them as a drizzle with Goat cheese, Brie or any of your favourite cheeses and taste the unique flavours melded together. Whether you Barbeque or oven roast your pork tenderloin, chicken, fish or any other meat, brush it when it’s ready to bring out the best in flavour. Don’t eat meat, no problem; glaze your veggies when done in the BBQ or oven. Try it on pizza, nacho chips, burritos, tacos, hamburgers, or mix it with your favourite wing sauce and watch the wings fly out of the bowl as your guests come back for more. Cook your favourite stews, soups, meatloaf, casseroles or roasts with a teaspoon of ShimJelly on fire and your guests will ask for your secret to making such a unique and delicious dish.
SHIMJELLY on Fire is ideally positioned for a powerful market share in the healthy food category including hot sauces, specialty sauces, glazes, tasty pastes, condiments, pickles, preserves and living food sectors. Current market trends of fast-food businesses prove an incredible increase of hot and spicy choices. Major burger and other assorted fast-food chains heavily market hot and spicy choices on a regular basis.
Many health experts have touted the benefits of Cayenne pepper in weight loss, blood pressure regulation, and arthritis relief. Studies from Japan and the US show heart attack patients using Cayenne pepper during cardiac arrest stopped the arrest dead in its tracks.
Both Jim and Shelley grew up in the Niagara Region and as kids worked on farms. Farm work helped to provide the financial fuel for Shelley to attend University in1992 when Jim and Shelley moved to Toronto to invest in an education, work in film and Television, work on land development projects and take in the multitude of life experiences the "Big City" has to offer.
In 2010 we decided it was time to return to our roots to realize a long time dream, which is the SMART SCKOOL HABITAT Concept, an innovative land development concept that focuses on merging farming, business, education, entertainment and the arts with the intention to build a place and space which inspires positive change.
Our strong focus on "Go Local" and "Build Local Economy" is the back bone of a belief that a strong sense of community pride and value inspires important goals to develop new ideas, explore innovative technologies, produce exceptional specialty value-added products to improve health, invent new business models emphasizing collaboration and mutually advantageous services, new educational opportunities to enhance life experiences for every generation and inspire fully rounded perspectives and world views that enhance community and welcome positive change for the future.
SHIMJELLY Farm and SHIMJELLY on Fire are examples of our belief that what we eat needs to maintain the highest standards of quality with optimal nutritional benefits to achieve a healthy lifestyle while having as many culinary choices as possible. Our knowledge of biodynamic farming and the positive impact our crops have on general health is extensive. Our advocacy toward chemical-free, modification free bio-dynamically grown heirloom crops is the primary reason we can deliver many value-added products. Our research is heavily centred on healthy lifestyle trends.
Korean Delegation visits SHIMJELLY FARM
SHIMJELLY believes our food supply needs to be chemical-free, the highest quality, as healthy as possible with many choices. We advocate and modification free crops as the primary reason to grow heirloom crops biodynamically. We have all natural ingredients of the finest quality in our ShimJelly on Fire product line, and it is, low sodium, MSG free, gluten free, nut free and most importantly chemical free.
Wallace Station Lofts at 371 Wallace Ave started life as the four-storey warehouse for the Canadian Glue Stamp Factory, built in 1929, and it’s four coach houses, built for the company in 1949. Located just blocks north of Roncesvalles and slightly south of the Junction.
