The Chef and Restaurant Database
Why advertise on ChefDb?

If you're looking to get your message to an established community of restaurant and hospitality industry personnel, ChefDb provides a one-of-a-kind online resource, used by chefs, owners, staff, hospitality professionals, educators, journalists and foodies from around the world.

  Your message on ChefDb will get noticed  

In July 2008, visitors to ChefDb generated over 280,000 page views.  With interest in the site still growing, your products and services will be targeted to a loyal and widening audience.  Very few ad spaces are available, so you can expect that your message will get noticed.


ChefDb offers several distinct services:
  1. Chefs and other restaurant personnel promote their culinary career by maintaining a free online profile
  2. Industry observers track the career movements of chefs and restaurateurs
  3. Restaurant profile pages are searched by restaurant-goers when locating/contacting an establishment
  4. Journalists and writers use ChefDb to research historical chef & restaurant information for columns and feature articles

General Information

  • Operating as ChefDb.com since 2003
  • No similar reference exists, either on the Internet or in print

Visitor Statistics*

Page Views
July 2008 280,490
July 2007 224,718
October 2006 201,408
Visitors
July 2008 91,117
July 2007 50,480
October 2006 45,453
* Spiders, bots and automated site crawlers have been filtered out of these statistics.  The numbers above represent "real" page views by "real" visitors.

Other Information

  • 98% of registered users work in the hospitality industry (e.g. chef; owner; cook; general manager; sommelier; writer)
  • 98% of all visitors access ChefDb via high-speed cable or DSL
  • 97% of all visitors have a screen resolution 1024x768 or higher
Contact Information
If you are interested in advertising on ChefDb, please contact Brian Will at brian@chefdb.com for further information.

Availability and Rates
8 ad spaces are available: 1 on the homepage and 7 on the profile pages.  All prices are in Canadian dollars.

The lease period for all spaces is 3 months, with first option to renew at the end of the period.

Location Advertisement size Cost per month
Homepage Medium Rectangle (300 x 250) $200
Profile Pages Leaderboard (728 x 90) $300
Profile Pages Button (125 x 125) $80 per space
(6 spaces available, arranged vertically)

ChefDb Homepage   ChefDb Profile Pages
 
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