NYC Pinterest Meetup #5
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NYC Pinterest Meetup #5: Food on Pinterest
(These are the top three food images on Pinterest of all time!)
Pinterest and Food. Lots of images come to mind: warm cookies, flaky croissants, pretty cupcakes, juicy burgers...hello, digital mouth-watering! As the revolution of image sharing continues to boil over, how are businesses in the food industry benefiting (food truckers, bloggers, restaurants?) How are are foodies using it (recipes, nutrition, take-out decisions?) Are there apps to help us find the next best chocolate chip brownie pie? All these questions and more are on the table!
PANELISTS
Harry Hawk has a background in technology and hospitality. He is best known for operating SchnackRestaurant in Brooklyn and Harry's @ Water Taxi Beach in LIC. He is a professional member of the James Beard Foundation, currently a manager and a culinary consultant with Leske's Bakery in Bayridge Brooklyn and co-creator of the NYC and Chicago food film festivals. Leske's Bakery has created a number of boards on Pinterest to highlight the history of the bakery and "little Norway" (aka Bayridge Brooklyn), Scandinavian baked goods, and people named Leske's.
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/leskesbakery/
Our web site is: http://www.leskesbakery.com/
Nichelle Stephens is a blogger, cupcake enthusiast, editor, event producer and social media strategist. Nichelle is the co-founding editor of Cupcakes Take The Cake (http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/), the most popular blog about cupcakes. She is a freelance social media strategist and publicist. She is also the local producer of TEC (http://techmunchny.com/)Hmunch NY (http://techmunchny.com/), a food blogger. Fun fact: Her most popular Pinterest board is her redvelvet board. http://pinterest.com/nichellest/red-velvet/
Pinterest http://pinterest.com/nichellest/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/niche
Leiti Hsu works in all that’s connecting people and what's delicious. She builds culinary partnerships the likes of Thrillist Rewards, Fab.com, and Yumspring (crowdfunding for food ventures). Leiti also grows a network of over 1,000 marketing executives from Fortune 500 and other top companies as Community Manager for Brand Innovators. In 2011, Leiti helped grow Lot18 (wine ecommerce) from 10 to 100 people. She’s attended The French Culinary Institute and is pursuing her WSET Advanced Certificate in Wines & Spirits. Once upon a time, Leiti cold-called Ruth Reichl to work at GOURMET magazine.
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/leiti/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/leitihsu
Amy Cao is the former Head of Social Media at Foodspotting and previously worked as an editor at ZAGAT. She is the creator of Stupidly Simple Snacks, an online cooking show for people who can't cook. Amy consults for FiftyThree, Consmr and others on social media and community growth strategy. She is working with the Cooking Channel on something new.
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/amycao/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/amycao
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Please email us with any questions you might like to see answered during the panel!
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Don't forget to visit Pinterest Applications to see all the latest apps built on top of Pinterest!
http://pinterestapplications.com
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Cupcakes provided by Baked by Melissa (http://pinterest.com/bakedbymelissa/) (@BakedByMelissa (http://twitter.com/bakedbymelissa))
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Cake Tour provided by Goldbely (http://www.goldbely.com) (@Goldbely (http://twitter.com/goldbely)) - including a taste of New Orleans King Cake (pictured), Michigan Four Berry Pie, and Wisconsin Danish Kringles.
International Wine Experience provided by Gogobot (http://gogobot.com) (@GogobotNYC (http://twitter.com/gogobotnyc)) - a dozen different types of wine from around the world ... and cheese too! See their pins here: http://pinterest.com/gogobot/
Leske's Bakery (http://www.leskesbakery.com) 7612 5th Ave, Brooklyn is bring Apricot, Raspberry and Custard Kringle Sticks; Danish with almond paste and raisins. A Scandinavian treat.
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Photos by FashionIdealist.com (http://fashionidealist.com)
NYC Pinterest Meetup #5