What can you use the application for?
Bakespace.com is an online portal which designed to provide an interactive cyberspace for all the food enthusiasts who love to cook and eat delicious food. Bakespace has transformed the tradition of kitchen cooking into an online platform where a user can share their cooking secrets with the rest of the world. With Bakespace, users can build their own virtual kitchen, post and search new and traditional recipes, and upload videos providing demonstration of different recipes and create blogs. One can find a right match from the enormous number of recipes available on the site and even find a culinary mentor on the site. It also allows users to personalize their cooking profile by garnishing it with photos and videos. The food journey at Bakespace is not just about finding good food and recipes it is much more than that, it is about finding and building new and long lasting relationships. With Bakespace a user is able to find the great recipes and kitchen tips from the different personalities of the show “Desperate Housewives” and can start a conversation about the different dishes in the Pantry Forum. The site has joined hands with KitchenAid, the manufacturer of kitchen appliances to promote the kitchen appliances to the online users of the site. Bakespace is under a process of introducing a great feature named TeaRoom, which will facilitate the users to go for instant chatting option to share their ideas and thoughts with each other.
What is the history and popularity of the application?
Bakespace.com was the result of the efforts of media producer Babette Pepaj who is also an enthusiastic baker. The sole concept behind the site is to make the search process a fun activity for the users. It was launched in August 2006 and is among the best websites that are frequently visited by the users. Bakespace.com has been the ‘Webby Award Official Honoree’ for two consecutive years i.e., for the year 2007 and 2008. The company is self-funded and based in California, USA.
What are the differences to other applications?
Bakespace.com is filled with all the stuff that a foodie person would like to explore and wish for. There seems to be as such no basic difference from other online fooding sites around but few add on features are what that make Bakespace.com a great site to hang out with foodie friends and family. However it differentiates itself through additional options that allow one to search for a mentor and connect with local members etc.
How does the application look and feel to use?
The use of soft color scheme in the site is athletically done and is very pleasant to the eyes. The name of the site written in pink color is pretty decent and a small cake with a red cherry over looks attractive. The tagline of the site is also very intelligently designed that directly targets the good cookers and cakers. The pictures of different delicious foods used in the site are of excellent quality and have captivating appeal. The site has a smooth navigation and most information is logically structured.
How does the registration process work?
The site needs a user to register with the site for availing its services and the process requires a lot of information to be provided by the user to the site like username, first and last name, email, password, zip code, country, gender and birthday. After the registration, a confirmation email is sent to the email address given by the user. The site does not require any details of credit card.
What does it cost to use the application?
BakeSpace does not charge anything from the users for enjoying the services offered by the site. The site does provide outside links for revenue generation like that of Amazon store which features various good reading material regarding kitchen tips and recipes to be purchased by the users.
Who would you recommend the application to?
The site can be recommended to anybody who is a food lover and likes cooking and baking. Someone who has an inherent quality of cooking great dishes and likes to explore new recipes is the right person to be there. The site makes great sense for home makers as it carries a bouquet of information tailored to their needs.
