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San Jose, CA, November 17, 2007 Activecooks.com, a website that allows home cooksto showcase their talents and food culture, is launching today.
Activecooks.com is a free online community where users can upload videos and photosof their favorite recipes. The website includes blogs, videos from users, recipes,and more. It also allows users to connect with other Home Chefs from around theworld.
I was going through food networks and, at the time, they didn t have a lot ofvideos to go with the recipe[s] and if there were videos, it was done by thesehighly trained professionals. Of course, it would come out perfect everytime, saysTommy Huynh, founder.
So I thought, well, there are a lot of home chefs who can make great meals, too,that aren t professionals. Let s give them their 15 minutes of fame for the world tosee. Why should Bobby Flay or Emeril get all the glory?
Huynh approached some business associates about the idea and Activecooks.com was born.
We want to bring together the different cultures, techniques, and styles andpersonalities of cooks from all over the world into one community of home chefs, Huynh said.
He worked with a team of developers to create the website which first launched inSeptember 2007. During the first 4 days of launch, the website exhausted 95% of itsbandwidth resources.
Our entire team was truly shocked, amazed and very happy with the amount ofpositive response we received from everyone, says Huynh, about the surge inbandwidth. We did not anticipate this amount of traffic for at least 3 months afterthe release, so it was, as we all said, the good-bad news scenario."
The bad news was they needed to purchase more bandwidth. Even after the increase inbandwidth, the website used 5 times its bandwidth resources in the second month!
Activecooks.com currently features 23 videos, 113 photos, and recipes from users allover the world. So far, the website has more than 70 registered users and hasreceived over 1,100 unique visitors since its launch. The site has received over41,000 views. The site will soon feature text recipes and other features, includinga new platform.
Activecooks.com is a free online community devoted to Home Chefs, just like you! You can upload videos and photos of your favorite recipes, watch videos, learnrecipes from others, and connect with Home Chefs from around the world.
Contact Information: ActivecooksPO BOX 360175Milpitas, CA 95036www.activecooks.com
