FOOD AND COMMUNITY

A NEW PATH

June 6, 2012 by MeStro Team

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As children great memories were made with food, the smell of buttercream frosting, sweet, moist chocolate cake mingling with the last vestiges of candle smoke; charred edges of tender brisket slathered with sticky sauce on a warm bun punctuated by sour pickles and a tall glass of sweet tea. These memories remain with us not only because of great food, but also good feelings—mom, dad, friends, neighbors, guests—cooking, eating, sharing; why—because food is community. At MeStro we’re taking this fact to heart. As such, we’re forging a new path, one where great food is not reserved for the more sterile environment of restaurants, where sharing delicious meals needs no arsenal of crew, hostess, and maître d’hôtel--just you, the chef. After all, good food comes from the heart, not the pocketbook. So, come cook and share. 

UPDATES

WEBSITE PREVIEW

February 27, 2012 by MeStro Team

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We're so excited today to preview a couple of pages from our upcoming launch. We went through ridiculous numbers of designs to present you guys with what we feel is the simplest, most elegant iteration of the MeStro concept. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, please just comment or shoot us a note at mestro369@gmail.com

First up is our landing page:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77358123@N05/6934781457/in/photostream/

Secondly, we have our home page (the "cockpit"):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77358123@N05/6788668546/in/photostream/

We can't tell you how awesome we find this, and how stoked we are to launch MeStro in the next few days. Stay tuned for lots more cool pre-launch information!

Sincerely,

The MeStro Team

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FOOD AND COMMUNITY

A LETTER OF PROGRESS

February 27, 2012 by MeStro Team

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To all MeStro supporters,

We know we've been absent from the blogosphere for two months now (forever in internet time), and just wanted to apologize and explain this to all our loyal readers and followers.

It's been hectic here on the development side. Initially, our goal was to get MeStro out there as fast as possible so that this amazing concept could be explored by the general community, but in late November, we realized that this just didn't click with what MeStro is.

MeStro is a platform on which we see people building relationships and communities. As such, we feel that it's completely inappropriate to release something not up to our standards. The social web is crammed with shoddy products, and to be honest, we're sick of it. As such, we made the decision to delay our launch and start development work over from the beginning.

We're proud of what we are and what we're doing, and we can't wait to show you a new and improved MeStro soon. Stay tuned for updates, because it's going to be a blast.

Sincerely,

The MeStro Team

MESTRO

THE 3 GOLDEN RULES OF MESTRO

November 8, 2012 by MeStro Team
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We'd like to continue our introduction to MeStro with a quick overview of what we feel are the most important traits that our users can demonstrate. MeStro is obviously a revolutionary way to look at the dining experience, and we want to help everybody to have the best experience they can! As such, we've identified what we consider our 3 Golden Rules for each type of user.

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For Guests:

1) Communicate - We simply can't stress this enough. MeStro is a social community, so don't hesitate to contact a Chef or MeStro regarding any questions you have. Especially if you have a food allergy, we strongly advise you email the Chefs before booking just to make sure that you'll be ok with the food.

2) Be Repectful - Don't forget, you're in somebody else's home, eating their food. Would you want to invite strangers to sit at your dinner table only to have them be disrespectful? We thought not.

3) Review - Whichever Chef's MeStro you were at, you can be assured that they poured their heart and soul into the food they served you. Show a little love, and leave them a comment or send "kudos" to the chef. Believe us, they'll appreciate it more than you would think.

For Chefs:

1) Keep Commitments - don't forget, people are going to show up to your MeStro hungry and expecting. Nobody likes a host who shows up late to their own dinner.

2) Respond - A good guest will likely communicate with you a few times to confirm the event and perhaps query about the food. Please don't wait to respond to them, as they're putting a lot of faith in you by coming to your MeStro.

3) Be Passionate -Passion always shows. ALWAYS. And at the end of the day, great food and experiences come about because of passion. Your guests aren't coming to your home just to eat food, they're there to share your passion for food with you.

So that's it. 3 simple rules to ensure that you have the amazing dinner experience that MeStro provides!

Sincerely,                                                                                     

The MeStro Team

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How does MeStro work? (Users)

UPDATE

HOW DOES MESTRO WORK? (USERS)

November 5, 2011 by MeStro Team

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Today (with the launch of me-stro.com in the very near future!), we're going to start off a series of posts describing the functionality of MeStro. MeStro is a service by which people can create and book dinner events, so we'll kick things off by explaining the types of user that will exist on me-stro.com.

Throughout the process of creating this service, we've done our absolute best to keep things simple, so MeStro will have only 3 user levels:

1) "Visitors" - Visitors are anybody who browses me-stro.com without logging in. Visitors will be able to search and view events, as well as view MeStro pages. However, because they don't have an official MeStro account, visitors won't be able to access our messaging and event-booking systems.

2) "Guests" - Guests are users who have created a basic-level account, which only takes a name and an email to do (or just use your Facebook and save the effort!). Guests have access to pretty much all of our features - they can access the CockPit (a home screen with all sorts of useful tools for MeStro), message Chefs with questions, book events, and more! However, Guests can't create a MeStro yet, and thus can't host events.

3) "Chefs" - Chefs are our fully enabled users on me-stro.com. To become a chef, all you have to do is create an account and give us the address of your MeStro! We'll take care of creating the basic page, and then you can customize it from there on out. In addition, you'll immediately be able to set up your first dinner event, right after you create your account!

So that's MeStro users in a nutshell: 3 simple levels of user for one very powerful experience. Me-stro.com will be launching soon, and we can't wait to see everybody at the dinner table!

Sincerely,                                                                                                    

The MeStro Team

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