BakeSpace: Social Site For Foodies

by Veena Krishnan

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone to come to know about the new trend of several emerging social networks for foodies. People all over the globe rely upon take-out stations and pizza places for their daily meals. It is a habit which any one can fall prey into easily when literally every eating establishment offers free delivery. So anyone who is thinking of cooking as a rocket science should check out BakeSpace.com to see if you could pick up some cooking tips.

BakeSpace membership is free and offers vast variety of recipes organized by category, course, occasion and method along with cooking tips, party ideas, menu planners, how-to videos, and community forums where members can connect with other passionate foodies. It also has different groups and communities, for example Wine Pairings and Virtual Tastings, The Breakfast club, Happy Hour and Food Photography. The recipes in the site look tremendously mouth-watering. The site provides unique features and offers resources for newbies to professional chefs. Clicking around on profiles, one can see that quite a few members boast culinary school degrees. You can find new recipes and food ideas, amass a friends list, and communicate through message boards and a chat room. It has a very appealing format and instead of a profile, you have a “kitchen,” where you can share your favourite recipes, audio and video content and other members can rate the quality of it which shows that the foodie community can be pretty competitive as well. You can share your recipe collection with others and store recipes in your own personal recipe box for easy access at a later date.

Despite being a food marvel, some users feel that there is really nothing new or innovative about BakeSpace.com that it can blow trumpet about. Though the front page is packed with information, the site itself is pretty low-tech. But to think it serves the very purpose of its being – that is to act as a web where food aficionados can network can be a reason enough to excuse all other disparages. The site is easy enough to use, and doesn’t appear to be full of bugs. You are certain to learn something new every day and will never have to worry about what to prepare again. BakeSpace makes finding exactly what you need quick and easy. Just make sure to visit the site and search based on the occasion and your taste, and you can undoubtedly find some recipe fitting your needs. All the embarrassing moments of your cooking disasters are history when all you need is a closer look at the Bakespace.com. One unique feature of BakeSpace is their Mentor Program. Mentors are volunteers who possess specific culinary skills and share them with other members.

BakeSpace.com was founded by media producer Babette Pepaj in 2006. Members often flaunt BakeSpace as the “Facebook for Foodies.” Other technical aspects of the site are really comfy with average load time of 1.832 Seconds making it faster than 63% of other sites. The infrastructure is really simple and very easy to understand and navigate. The most number of fan bases belong to US though the site is also popular in countries like Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, Canada and India.