FohBoh, a Social Network for the Restaurant Industry
December 27, 2007 · Print This Article
Well it seems that social networks are popping up everywhere. This morning I came across FohBoh (apparently this is restaurant lingo for FOH - Front of House & BOH - Back of House), a new social network for the restaurant industry.
According to their “about” page
FohBoh is about connection, communication and commerce. We facilitate and enable this to occur exclusively for employees, owners, operators, vendors, suppliers and service providers of the restaurant and hospitality industries worldwide.
Unlike other consumer or customer-centric social networks, we are for insiders. We are the restaurant industry social network and business exchange and we are passionate about our community.
The site has a lot of resources and while browsing through I saw many interesting items of note.
In the Blog Section there were posts ranging from
There is a Forum Section with topics to include:
and everything in between.
They have Photos and Videos and a great Groups Section as well. It is a pretty cool idea and one I had not seen before. I know that through sites like Ning there are tons of niche social networks set up, but this seemed to really stand alone and provide a really good resource to those in the industry.
Hi, thanks for the nice review.
We officially launch FohBoh January 1, 2008 and are busy polishing the format, adding features and core functionality. Our goal is to be the interactive voice for the global restaurant industry…for the insider, not necessarily for the dining public. Having said this, we are getting a fair amount of “foodies” that want to take a peek behind the restaurant industry curtain.
In 2008, we intend to start a video series on leadership, anatomy-of-a-restaurant-start up and winery owner/operators.
It’s a big industry and a big employer and we hope to give the 100 million+ insiders worldwide a powerful platform to voice their insights. Should be interesting.