STORY

Do you remember when you first had to learn how to cook on your own

when you went off to college? You found a recipe but didn’t quite

understand the steps, measurements, or techniques.

You may want to expand your meals to different, unfamiliar cuisines, but

are unsure how to start or find the right ingredients.

You may decide to become vegan or vegetarian or you may have new

diet restrictions, but still want to cook healthy and enjoyable meals.

We created LocalBites , a platform for peer-to-peer home cooking

classes, for people just like you to learn from and inspire others to

broaden their cooking horizons.

Home Cooking Classes Taught by Everyone, In Person or Online

SERVICE LocalBites is an online community that allows you to share your love of cooking. Members can host or attend cooking classes, virtually or in person, with a wide variety of dishes from around the world. We provide affordable & practical cooking classes to all levels, backgrounds and diet conditions (gluten free, vegan, paleo etc).

MISSION STATEMENTBuild a borderless community around cooking where people of all levels, backgrounds, and diet conditions can share their knowledge and love of cooking.

Classes By Hosts In Our Community Bread Baking Basics - During the Bread Baking Basics class, we feature recipes and techniques for

traditional grandma’s white loaves, raspberry swirl, cinnamon swirl, dinner rolls, cinnamon rolls, and garlic cheddar bread.

- $9.95 per person, and a minimum of 2 participants.

- Sheila: “I started a retail bread bakery business House of Bread in 1996. I have developed an online baking class series that I wish to offer people. The best way to learn to bake is have someone show you.”

Cooking Indian Curry - Join a fun, informal virtual cooking session to create a simple, delicious meal -

Indian curry with turmeric basmati rice and chilled cucumber raita.

- $25 per person, and a minimum of 4 participants.

- Peri: “I have been a hospitality and food service professional for over two decades. Based in the SF Bay Area, I am a food consultant, owner of a food blog Peri’s Spice Ladle; I run virtual cooking classes and have authored two e-cookbooks. I am deeply passionate about the inherent benefits.”

No Bake Protein Bites - A quick and easy recipe for gluten free, dairy free, and refined sugar free protein

bites that can be kept in the fridge or freezer for up to a month. They can be eaten post work out, as a snack, or thrown into the blender for the perfect smoothie addition.

- $25 per person, and a minimum of 5 participants.

- Eatwelle: “I am a local Los Angeles chef, classically trained at the Art Institute in Vancouver and received a Healthy Living and Nutrition certification from Cornell University. I own a healthy meal delivery company called Eatwelle, which provides all organic meals to Los Angeles residents. I cook gluten free, dairy free, and refined sugar free recipes and am passionate about sharing my knowledge of healthy living.”

How To Host or Join Class

Singing up for the membership is free. Hosts can post classes up to 8 classes. After filling out profile information, hosts are asked to add class pictures, description, class price etc. Hosts are also asked to specify generally available times (e.g. every 2nd, 4th Sunday at 1pm) and how many days ahead they want to receive requests. All classes are request based and hosts may approve if their schedule works (or suggest other times for reschedule). The system is designed for anybody to be able to host cooking classes. We believe everybody has their signature dish and people with the same diet restrictions can share their knowledge through cooking classes. Joining a class is easy. You sign up and send a request to host along with a requested date, the number of participants and credit card information. The credit card is charged when the host approves and you are set to join the class.

website: https://localbites.co | email: hello@localbites.co