Want to know how to safely order food and support your favorite restaurants? Need tips for maximizing and cooking all that food you bought in your fridge? Join @PresentVoices.co on Instagram Live for a virtual happy hour at 5 pm EST tomorrow, Friday 3/27. I’ll be in conversation with Deepti Sharma and Virginia Monaco to talk about supporting restaurants in this moment and tips for maximizing everything in your fridge while quarantining.

A lifelong entrepreneur, Deepti is the CEO and Founder of FoodtoEat, a community-minded catering concierge service. She started FoodtoEat in 2011 to connect immigrant, women and minority-owned food vendors to opportunities for growth - ultimately helping them strengthen their own business skills. FoodtoEat helps businesses feed employees great food and build stronger & more diverse work cultures. She is also a Co-Founder of Bikky, a platform solving customer engagement for restaurants.

As a mother and small business owner, Deepti is a vocal advocate for policies that benefit these communities. She served on the Board for the Business Center for New Americans, a non-profit that encourages immigrant entrepreneurship by providing micro-loans and financial education. She also writes about how companies can modernize motherhood in the workplace, and mentors female entrepreneurs as part of the NYC Mayor’s WE NYC initiative.

Deepti is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, a Forbes 30 Under 30 alumnae, and an avid runner. She lives in Queens with her husband (Abhinav Kapur) and two children (Zubin & Chetan).

Virginia Monaco is a Brooklyn based chef-educator. She trained for over a decade in New York City's best restaurants such as Blue Hill, Al di la and the Vanderbilt. She worked in culinary education at The Institute of Culinary Education and The Door. She has appeared on television numerous times including CBS morning shows and Chopped. She currently runs You Should Learn to Cook, an in-home culinary instruction service. She is passionate about relatable, sustainable cuisine and loves to help people overcome their deepest kitchen fears.