Interested in meeting early-stage Investors in the Food Industries? Then register for the FundingPost Food Investing Conference on Thursday, August 29, at the International Culinary Center in New York City! If you are an Investor, Company, Service Provider, or Member of the Press in food, restaurant, food products, food tech, restaurant tech, services, consumables or packaged goods... either on the creative side, product side or the technology that supports it, such as logistics, ordering, marke …

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This is a group for anyone in NYC who has a food blog, is interested in starting one, or just has an interest in food and sharing their blog with other foodies. Events include happy hours, restaurant outings, informational events and tastings. Looking forward to sharing knowledge and enjoying delicious food with you all!

I am a Texas ex-pat who decided to start this group because I love Mexican food and am constantly searching for our area's next best plate of enchiladas/chilaquiles/chile rellenos, etc. The purpose of this group is to learn more about the offerings in other boroughs and to guide food tours throughout NYC. If you have a passion for cooking or eating Mexican food - then this group would be a great fit for you!

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I may just be the ideal person to represent the Italian culture because I am Italian-American raised in the smells and cultures of Italy in NYC and hope to bring my personal experiences to the group to keep it going strong. My parents are 100% Italian while I was born in NYC as a first generation Italian-American Paone. Growing up, I spend many Summers in Italy and recall them to be the best Summer's of my childhood. Spending the Summer months in Italy was a special time allowing me to expe …

We are a passionate group of health conscious, loving, non-judgmental people striving to improve ourselves. The purpose of this group is to educate, offer friendship and support, build community and use our buying power to get group discounts on raw products and services which are made available to members of the group. As you may already know, the Raw Food Diet offers many wonderful benefits such as freedom from disease, healthy weight loss, improved digestion, abundant energy, glowing skin a …

Women Heart Food is a FREE group for Lesbian/Bi female foodies and their friends! We get together for two main reasons, make new friends and of course, EAT! The Foodie's primary objective is to provide women with a casual, safe, and fun opportunity to socialize, relax and make friends through a variety of activities centered mostly around the pleasure of eating FOOD! Being a Foodie is easy and FREE! You just pay for what you EAT :) Our group's primary focus is, but not limited to the following M …

Joios is an eating and drinking community, open to anyone who wants to share fun tasting experiences and help build a better system for finding great new flavors. We created Joios to harness the power of the crowd to sort through abundant food and drink options. Community drives our filtering process. By empowering people to taste great arrays and record scores in a database, we develop a pool of unbiased scores. A typical tasting event might include six premium Spanish wines or six dark chocola …

Whole Foods Market Tribeca Wellness Club meet-up is a community of people who are empowered to make educated and positive lifestyle choices that promote their long-term health and well-being through delicious food and a supportive community.

Meet other New Yorkers who like to cook! If you're a foodie like me, you dream of finding others who love food too and know their way around the kitchen. Here's a great way to explore your cooking and eating dreams and adventures. This meetup group is open to anyone who loves food and enjoys cooking w/ people ... "beginner" cooks to "master" chefs are all welcome! :) Our meetups will include fun & interactive cooking parties, cooking lessons and ethnic food walking tours!  Trips to New York City …

This group is for anyone looking to learn more about whole raw foods, cleansing, detoxing and simply learning more about ways to improve their health.

Join Wine and Food NYC to meet fellow wine and food lovers near you! Connect with other people who want to learn about wine and enjoy sumptuous food in a casual and fun setting. Our events include wine tastings, wine pairing classes, cooking lessons, food festivals, wine and food trips. You will have fun meeting and mingling fun loving New Yorkers while indulging in great wine and food.

Meet fellow Raw Foodists near you! Come to a local Raw Food Meetup to have fun, share raw/living food & vegan recipes and share your experiences with this fun & dynamic community. Anyone interested in the raw/live food diet and lifestyle is welcome! Meet others interested in taking their life and health to the next level with Raw, Live Vegan & SuperFoods. This is an amazing space where you can: Connect with others. Share and receive raw food recipes, tips etc with other members of the group …

Pursuant to the first meeting, this group is redefined as a Chinese food sharing session based in Mencius Studio: members will take turns to lead the group in exploring different types of Chinese food preparations, employing food expression in Cantonese and Mandarin and celebrating the centrality of cooking and eating well in Chinese culture.  Upon the first meeting, it is proposed that the group be skill-based and food oriented: Members will need to know how to prepare specific Chinese foods an …

Gourmet Food Startups is a community for foodies focused on combining their Foodie passion and skill into profitable food related businesses - from apps, web based companies to new innovative gourmet product companies. Gourmeters, early stage companies in the food space, techies in the food space, designers in the food space and anyone else who is looking to leverage their food passion into a profitable buisness are invited to apply to join the community as we explore the intersection of food an …

Gotham Media's FoodTECH is a devoted to conversation, ideas, and networking about the nexus of food, beverages (of all kinds) and technology. It's an spinoff of our Digital Breakfast and Cocktails Series that focus on media, technology and innovation. We hope you'll check out our Gotham Media Meetup as well. Oh yeah, almost forgot, we plan to make food and drink and integral part of our events.

This groups is for busy people who want to learn how to be healthy, satisfied vegetarians and for those have lost taste for frozen food, fast food, canned food, spending too much on food, etc. *People who are not strict vegetarians are welcome!

I8 FOOD BLOG: This is where me and my authors/editors drop our wisdom with reviews, eatymology, recipes, etc! Our new food blog is up! http://www.i8nyc.com TWITTER @ I8AND8: Every Deal will be posted there. That's right. You get the inside track to invites on everything I get. Well, most :) http://www.twitter.com/i8and8 I8 FACEBOOK PAGE: You will get invited FIRST to Exclusive Events. All you have to do is 'Like' Us and you're good to go! http://www.facebook.com/i8nyc I8 SU …

Hi there! Do you enjoy discovering new/offbeat or classic independent/foreign films and discussing them with other film lovers?   Do you also love trying new types of food and wine? If so, come join us! We are a group of young film, food & wine buffs (mostly early 30's to early 40's) who live in the city, and get together several times a month in a private, relaxed setting  with comfy seating and large screen TV, for film, food & wine parties. We romp around the globe, pairing up foreign (somet …

I8 FOOD BLOG: This is were me and my authors/editors drop our wisdom with reviews, eatymology, recipes, etc! Our new food blog is up! http://www.i8nyc.com TWITTER @ I8AND8: Every Deal will be posted there. That's right. You get the inside track to invites on everything I get. Well, most :) http://www.twitter.com/i8and8 I8 FACEBOOK PAGE: You will get invited FIRST to Exclusive Events. All you have to do is 'Like' Us and you're good to go! http://www.facebook.com/i8nyc I8 SUPPER …

Ciao! My name is Francesca. I decided to start this group because I'd like to meet people with the passion for Italian Food and Wine. I am an Italian from Rome and I started this group to introduce to my new friends how to enjoy food without guilt. When the food is homemade, the ingredients are fresh and natural. An Italian dish becomes a healthy choice and an absolute pleasure when shared among friends. If you are like me and can't stand being without tasty food and want to spend an evening in …

I see so many great food-related festivals and events going on in NYC throughout the year, but I believe I probably miss out on even more that I never hear about! So I thought it would be fun to put together a group to keep each other informed of events and hang out at them. For example, I just realized that I missed the Lobster Rumble a few weeks ago, but will be 100% attending the upcoming Bacon Bash and Cheesemonger Invitational! (as of 6/23/12) Please feel free to schedule events, and/or sen …

“This is a group for anyone interested in the love of Global Food and Culture. This new group will focus on increasing diversity understanding through events, culinary tourism, food and wine tastings, and celebrations in Ethnic Food Culture. An open mind to new experiences is only necessary as we bridge the many shades of the world together through food. Several non-profits will be partnered as well to expand the impact of the group. Looking forward to to many new experiences with many new peopl …

If you always wanted to KNOW: how to buy food how to read product labels how to save on your grocery bills how to eat for better health and energy, then this place is just for you. Join me!

If you like wine and food, this group is for you. This group was started as a place to find other people who want to learn about wine and food in a casual, fun, and stimulating setting.  This is not a dating or pick-up group. We meet at least once per month at a local venue that allows us to bring our own wine. There are so many great places in NYC that are BYO/BYOB we can enjoy wine and food in a casual, fun, interesting, affordable atmosphere. I have access to great wine and I am always lookin …

This is a group that thinks technology can do a lot to address the challenges in our food system. A bunch of us met at SXSW Interactive in 2010 and realized we were all thinking about how we could harness web-based tools to communicate about food, provide information about food in a new and meaningful way, inspire broad interest in a healthier food systems, and design products that make it easy to find healthy food.

Who We Are: A social food experience group exploring the NYC culinary scene one bite at a time! Where Do We Eat? We enjoy meals at Michelin Star rated, popular and farm to table restaurants. We attend food events, do food & wine pairings and even participate in food crawls in the city. During Summer we also trek out to other boroughs to seek out authentic ethnic cuisines. Why Join us? You enjoy trying new places and meeting new people who are also genuinely interested in seeking and sharing go …