Four Delicious Sweets and Treats to Savor at Home for Mother's Day!

Food lovers, sweet tooths, and LAmoms rejoice! Foodie Shares offers four mouthwatering dishes to sweeten Mother’s Day celebrations at home, which can be reserved in advance via the Foodie Shares iOS app (http://appstore.com/foodieshares). Foodie Shares connects home chefs with hungry eaters looking for a home cooked meal, and delivers the home-cooked meals straight to one’s door.

To make a Mother’s Day breakfast/brunch a visually resplendent feast, Chef Jules offers her Very Berry French Toast, made with brioche bread, cinnamon caramelized apples, candied nuts, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, and drizzled with special homemade vanilla crème anglaise and whip cream. This is served with two slices of hearty bacon and bourbon-flavored maple syrup. Vegetarians who reserve the dish in advance can also substitute the bacon with vegan bacon or request extra fruit. Price: $13.50. Minimum order: 1 unit. Chef Jules is a graduate of the Le Cordon Bleu Orlando.

For those who want cake for breakfast, lunch or dinner, the versatile Italian Marble Cake by chefalex serves 10-12 people. Light in texture and flavor, this dairy-free, nut-free dessert is made with flour, sugar, eggs, chocolate and vanilla. Price: $12.99 for one cake. Chefalex attended culinary school in Italy--her home—and recently moved to Los Angeles, where she is raising a daughter at home.

For those desiring a healthy, but unforgettable dessert that speaks to the importance of Mother’s Day, Chef Satya Jess presents a glorious gluten-free vanilla cake, where she has adapted a classic Julia Child recipe to be organic, gluten- and butter-free. She creates this fruity delight with eggs, coconut oil, coconut flour, almond flour, raw vanilla, organic sugar, organic coconut, mixed fruit, and chocolate mint. Chef Satya Jess gained experience working on the pastry team for the highly-acclaimed restaurant Daniel in New York. Price: $40 for one cake, or $5.00 per slice.

And for the special mom who loves pink, Satya Jess presents an organic, strawberry-mint vanilla cake with rose-colored icing made from puréed strawberries, which is also gluten- and butter-free. She uses coconut oil, rice flour, eggs, sugar, raw vanilla, strawberries, mint-infused syrup, blood orange, chocolate mint, and a splash of Italian white wine on the strawberries. Price: $30 for one cake, or $5.00 per slice.

Building a neighborhood-based foodie community centered on sharing authentic food made with integrity is the primary motivation behind the founding of Foodie Shares, which connects the home-based chef to the food lover.

How Foodies Use the App

After downloading the iOS app and accepting the terms of membership, which is free, users in the Los Angeles area can interact with the community and order dishes. Users search chefs by their usernames, specialties, cities or relative distances, and see unedited, chef-provided pictures, bios and descriptions. They can see ratings for quality, service and value on each chef’s profile, in addition to individual reviews of dishes posted by other members.

Members can reserve or pre-order dishes for their “foodie basket” and send private messages to the chef via the app. They can also follow specific chefs and get notified when their newest dishes post. In the case of pre-orders, the chef must accept the member’s request before a credit card transaction ensues. Chefs determine whether food can be picked up by members or delivered. With delivery, they can choose to deliver it themselves or use the app’s delivery partner.

Foodie Shares, Inc. is co-founded by George Mathew, Ryan Hoffman, Noa Rodriguez and Ryan Oehm. The Santa Monica, California-based company is self-funded and anticipates a larger funding round in Spring 2015, which will allow its operations to expand. The Android version of the app will be available in Fall 2015. For more information, visit www.foodieshares.com or e-mail info@foodieshares.com.