FAQ ~ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS...

What exactly happens at The Foodie Circle™?
Our mission at The Foodie Circle™ is to provide a place for all professional/entrepreneurial foodies to congregate and network. Our online forums are filled with professionals who willingly share their professional trials, tribulations, and successes. Our e-school – complete with e-classes, e-workshops, and forum threads – is a pivotal part of our success. These classes are geared to the entrepreneurial foodie, and they include those in marketing, food writing, wine and food pairing, more money-making opportunities, bookkeeping, and so much more.

Is it important to be professionally affiliated?
We certainly think so! In joining a reputable, professional association to affiliate you and your business with shows (potential) clients that YOU and YOUR business is a reputable, professional one. It allows them the chance to see that you keep au-courant with industry trends and news.

What benefits does membership at The Foodie Circle™ offer?
Aside from, perhaps, the most important member benefit of networking with fellow professional foodies, membership offers you preferred rates for liability insurance with our insurance partners, ongoing e-classes – keeping you up to date on the trends of the industry in topics such as bookkeeping, marketing, wine and food pairing, menu planning, and so much more. Our panel of resident experts in all fields including personal chefs, catering, food writing, wine and food, marketing, technology and more willingly share their professional trials, tribulations, and successes. Our online community is active and abounds with relevant, current information, trends, tips, and advice. Our “eat this food” forum is chock full of recipes that are tested by our members. We also sport the freshest material for becoming a personal chef available on the market today! If you’re looking to become a PC, you’re at the right place! Also, your membership not only lets your clients know that you are a legitimate, professionally-affiliated business, but that you’re on top of the industry and you keep abreast of trends.

For a complete list, be sure to check out our membership page here.

As you can see, membership at The Foodie Circle™ is much more than just a title –it’s a virtual haven for like-minded foodies!

Does membership include insurance?
The Foodie Circle™, upon joining, will provide you with contact information in order to obtain liability insurance. While our membership fees do not include group insurance coverage, we do work closely with our insurance partners to offer our registered members preferred rates.

Can I join if I don’t live in Canada?
While our membership base at The Foodie Circle™ is widely Canadian, we will gladly accept our friends and neighbours from other countries.

How long has The Foodie Circle ™ been in existence?
Even though we’re the new kids on the block, we already have a fantastic membership base of passionate, fabulous foodies. At The Foodie Circle™, we know the number of years we’ve been around isn’t near as important as the quality of our members and offerings.