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01-19-2012 - Demo day Proves Valuable for Mivesta (A 3G Softech Company)
Right on Silicon Valley’s trail , Miami based incubator, Incubate Miami, launched their “Demo Day” last month. This event featured the incubator’s fledgling companies presenting to the Miami tech and investor community. Mivesta, a 3G Softech supported company, led off the presentations, and was even featured on South Florida’s Channel 10 News. To see the video go to Here or to read the article go to Here
01-28-2012 - Doing It With Others - A Guide to Crowdsourcing
American Express Open Forum explores Crowdsourcing for tech companies, with quotes from Mivesta and other companies. To read the article go to click here
02-22-2012 - Mivesta Featured at Belen Culinary Extravaganza
Mivesta will be tabling and sampling some of there recipes at the Belen Culinary Extravaganza. The festival features over 600 people and all proceeds are go to the school. To read the article go to click here
03-31-2012 - Miami Innovation Fund Seeds MiVesta
Miami, March 21, 2012 - MiVesta announced that the Miami Innovation Fund had completed its seed funding for the social cooking platform. The Miami Innovation Fund, http://www.miamiinnovationfund.com/ fosters very early stage growth companies in technology with seed and pre-seed capital. "We were honored to have been chosen by The Miami Innovation Fund," stated co-founder Andrea Fuentes. "Beyond the capital they have provided, the members of the Fun offer extensive expertise and contacts to help us grow." MiVesta, http://mivesta.com, lets home cooks collaborate and cook together online, via live video chat events. Anyone can cook with friends or professional chefs. Restaurants and food related businesses can promote through interactive sponsored cooking events. MiVesta just completed its private beta testing and is now available for online cooking for anyone who would like to try it out. To read the article go to click here
04-06-2012 - IncubateMiami Expands Program
Mivesta successfully graduated from the tech accelerator, IncubateMiami in January 2012, along with Bookigee, Callsigns, and Leggofm. IncubateMiami recently announced that applications are being accepted for the Summer and Fall classes. To read the article go to click here
04-06-2012 - Molecular Mixology with MiVesta
Ervin Machado is not just a level ten sommelier... he is a molecular mixologist mixing up modernist cocktails like a foaming Passionfruit Pisco Sour with cranberry juice "caviar." This Saturday, Ervin will be showing of his creations during our live cook-along, hosted by La Cofradia restaurant. To read the article go to click here
04-08-2012 - Mivesta Semifinalist in Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge
The Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge chose Mivesta as one of the 12 semifinalists today. Mivesta is one of 12 semi-finalists in the community track, chosen from over 200 entries. On April 23rd, the Miami Herald will announce which companies are advancing to the finals. To read the article go to click here
04-11-2012 - Mivesta Moves to New Offices
Mivesta moved to our new offices in the Little River area last weekend. We have a funky and fun converted warehouse/loft space.
04-14-2012 - Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution and Mivesta's Andrea Fuentes
Andrea Fuentes is the newest Ambassador for Chef Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day. She is coordinating events for the Miami area with farmers' markets, schools, and restaurants. The Food Revolution Day movement aims to promote basic cooking skills and healthy eating for kids and young people. "Stand up for Real Food" proclaims the poster. Andrea hopes Miami area restaurants and markets will step up and help host some events, cooking demos for kids or promoting cooking with fresh ingredients. For more information, contact andrea@mivesta.com or follow us @foodrevmiami on Twitter. To read the article go to click here
04-26-2012 - Mivesta on CristinaRadio Para Los Niños
Andrea Fuentes from Mivesta will be appearing on Cristina Radio, during the Al Gusto show. She will be sharing a recipe for a healthy, home made version of Chicken Nuggets for kids. The show will air at 12 noon EDT Friday, April 27, on SiriusXM channel 146. It will be rebroadcast 4 times during the next week. Childhood obesity is reaching frightening proportions in the US, with 27% of Hispanic boys labelled as obese, according to the CDC. The fast food/junk food habit certainly contributes to this problem in the U.S. Mivesta supports the movement for healthy eating and cooking at home with fresh, natural foods. It is possible, with basic cooking skills, to feed a family healthy meals on a budget. "We want to help people enjoy cooking at home with its added health benefits," said Andrea. "Chef Jamie Oliver is starting a Food Revolution to encourage kids to learn basic cooking skills and nutritional information." For more information, check out the Al Gusto show on SiriusXM Radio. To read the article go to click here
05-04-2012 - Mivesta Featured on #Foodiechats
SteveGOGreen, founder of the Twitter phenomenon #Foodichats, interviews co-founder Andrea Fuentes on Facebook and Tumblr. Mivesta sponsors #Foodiechats One Year Anniversary. Join us at The Dining Room in Miami Beach on Monday, May 8th at 8 pm for an amazing celebration! To read the article go to click here
06-09-2012 - An Italian Culinary Adventure with Zonin Prosecco
Casa Vinicola Zonin is hosting free monthly Italian food and wine pairings featuring local Italian chefs, like Giancarla Bodoni from Escopazzo restaurant. Who doesn't want to learn from a pro like Giancarla? Jelena Meisel, Casa Vinicola Zonin: "We choose a different region to feature the wines, and we partner with a different chef, so we do five-course meals. Today, we visited Sicily with foods and wine pairings." Woman: "I feel like I'm part of The Food Network, even though I'm an accountant." So stop watching all those food networks and become your own top chef right here in the MIA. Belkys Nerey: "You can also take a tour of the Miami Culinary Institute, or visit their restaurant, Tuyo." Mivesta Co-Founder Andrea Fuentes says, "It's really inspiring watching the Chef cook. We invite any foodies to join Mivesta to cook along with pro chefs, right from home, in real time." FOR MORE INFORMATION: Miami Culinary Institute Wolfson Campus 415 NE 2nd Avenue #9104 Miami, FL 33132 305-237-3276 www.miamidadeculinary.com To read the article go to click here
06-16-2012 - Cook 'n Rock: Chef Alan Hughes on Yahoo! Español
Mivesta featured chef Alan Hughes, aka "The Rock 'n Roll Chef," has a series on Yahoo en español. If you're a guy who wants to conquer the heart of your lady, tune in to Cook 'n Rock for cooking tips on romancing her. To read the article go to click here
06-18-2012 - Miami Innovation Fund Invests in Mivesta
April 23, 2012 - Miami Innovation Fund is pleased to announce a new investment in a new social networking site that connects people to the things they love and the people who love to do them. Focusing on cooking, MiVesta strives to create an environment where people can not only share their past experiences, but where they can create new ones. With MiVesta, cooking takes on a whole new social life. The site focuses on real-time social cooking with live streaming video, audio and text interactions between users and professional chefs. The user’s kitchen fluidly connects to the MiVesta kitchen and the kitchens in households all over the world. Users connect live, upload their own recipes, or enjoy the video content. MiVesta turns cooking into an event. Be it a learning opportunity or a social experience, their chef-hosted “cookalongs” are regular scheduled webcasted events, with pre-posted ingredients. Users simply log on at the designated time and start cooking with the guidance of the expert chef. Users can ask the chef questions or chat with friends and other users. MiVesta allows the user to fluidly move between different video streams, pictures and chats while cooking. “MiVesta is a great example of an innovative company conceived in South Florida.” Said Douglas O’Keefe, a founder and board member of the Miami Innovation Fund. “The“The Miami Innovation Fund was a perfect match for us”, said Andrea Fuentes, CEO of Mivesta. “Of course the funding was a critical component, but the experience and mentoring available through Miami Innovation Fund members in invaluable.” One of the most exciting aspects of MiVesta is that is that unlike most social networking sites, this one is LIVE and users can connect socially anytime. MiVesta is simple for users to enjoy; they can simply log in using their iPad or laptop and a webcam. They can communicate while watching and sharing video content without ever leaving the screen. Interested parties or companies interested in sponsoring an upcoming event should visit www.mivesta.com. About Miami Innovation Fund: Miami Innovation Fund is a group of accredited private investors fostering very early-stage technology innovation and growth in Miami-Dade County. Their tranche-oriented investments are focused on micro-seed, pre-seed and seed stage capital stage companies, prospectively preparing them for their 1st round of angel financing. Jennifer Roberts can be reached at jroberts@tsteacher.com or by calling 305-742-0982, ext. 171. Contact Us Today Miami Innovation Fund 18305 Biscayne Blvd. Suite #200 Aventura, FL 33160 www.miamiinnovationfund.com To read the article go to click here
07-03-2012 - Rock n Roll Chef Challenges Kids to Cook Healthy
Goodbye Junk Food: Rock ‘n Roll Chef Challenges Kids to Cook Healthy Miami, FL - July 1, 2012—The Rock ‘n Roll Chef challenges Miami kids to bypass the drive-through and cook healthy food through the culinary outreach program at Higher Ground. Chef Alan Hughes hosts kids’ cooking classes for underserved high school students, challenging each team to create recipes from scratch with fresh ingredients. LivePlate also live streams the online cooking events, every Tuesday at 1:00 pm Eastern, at http://www.liveplate.com. Online cooking class viewers can interact with the Chef via text and video chat. Last week, the students made roasted chicken, chicken salad, and chicken soup. For July 4th, Chef Alan’s teams are creating their own recipes for veggie burgers. “I want to empower these kids by giving them the skills to cook real food, even on a budget. Some of my students even want to go on to careers as chefs, “ stated Chef Alan Hughes. http://www.chefalanhughes.com Joan and Burt Salomon, parents of Brittany, came to see why their daughter has suddenly become so fond of the kitchen. Brittany said to me, Ma, I’m going to try it and see if I like it – and now she loves it,” says her mother, originally from Nicaragua. “This program is so good for the kids. It supports something in society, keeps them off the streets, teaches them to reach out to others – and they learn something new in life.” Higher Ground is a culinary arts experience especially for underserved high school students in Allapattah. Higher Ground offers culinary arts training and education in summer and after-school programs, with volunteers from the community, such as Chef Alan Hughes. Higher Ground is an outreach program from Citichurch in Miami, Florida funded in part by The Children's Trust. http://www.citichurch.publishpath.com/higher-ground Chef Alan Hughes is a classically trained private chef, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and artist. He also has a cooking TV series on Yahoo! Español. He also plays lead guitar in a rock band He can be reached at info@chefalanhughes.com LivePlate is a cooking site where people cook together socially with live video chat. “We wanted to support Higher Ground and Chef Alan by making these great cooking classes available to young people online, “ said Andrea Fuentes of LivePlate. For more information, contact Andrea Fuentes andrea@LivePlate.com or 305 978 6155. ### To read the article go to click here
07-16-2012 - FoodieChats featuring LivePlate to #EatLocal
LivePlate is co-hosting the popular twitter chat #FoodieChats on Monday, July 16th at 8 pm EDT/7 pm CDT. The topic is #EatLocal. Foodies are going to talk about how to support local businesses, farmers, and restaurants through eating local. LivePlate is headquartered in Miami, FL and allows anyone to cook social through live video events. To read the article go to click here
08-13-2012 - Project Lunchbox Cookalongs
Project Lunch Box: LivePlate Helps Moms with Cooking Lessons Miami, FL – August 10, 2012—LivePlate has joined the Food Revolution with its Project Lunchbox live cooking lessons and recipes. Moms, Dads, and kids can join in any of the free lessons online for ideas, recipes, and tips for packing healthy lunches. Packing lunches can be fresh, tasty, and even save money for parents. LivePlate co-founder Andrea Fuentes says, “We believe in cooking social. Our live interactive video events let families learn from chefs and dieticians, but also share kid friendly ideas with each other.” She adds, “Many families think Lunchables are a healthy choice, when they are highly processed and even expensive.” Cafeteria food in many schools is not very appetizing and often full of unhealthy processed meats. In many cases, the schools are facing budget cuts and buy premade “heat and eat” foods that contain lots of preservatives and added salt. The August 15 online cooking class features healthy baked chicken “nuggets,” home made frozen smoothies, and PBJ roll ups. Homemade baked chicken nuggets are made with boneless, skinless chicken breasts, without the added fat and chemicals of commercially processed nuggets. They will stay warm double wrapped in foil in a lunch box. One tip is to cook ahead and freeze portions, which can be placed in thermos style jars. Kids enjoy homemade whole wheat macaroni and cheese, spaghetti with turkey meatballs, or even tomato-cheese quesadillas. LivePlate is a cooking site where people cook together socially with live video chat. Anyone can set up a live cookalong just for fun, to meet new people, or to learn new cooking techniques. Recipes like this one for frozen smoothies that thaw in time for lunch are very popular. “We want to support people cooking together with friends, for fun and better health, “ said Andrea Fuentes of LivePlate. For more information, contact Andrea Fuentes andrea@LivePlate.com or 305 978 6155. ###
