{"id":2239,"date":"2013-02-23T20:36:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T04:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffmobile.com\/blog\/chef-themis-velgis-and-shahab-samimi-co-founders-of-pura-sweeteners-food-talks-vol-6"},"modified":"2013-02-24T01:19:17","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T09:19:17","slug":"chef-themis-velgis-and-shahab-samimi-co-founders-of-pura-sweeteners-food-talks-vol-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geoffmobile.com\/blog\/chef-themis-velgis-and-shahab-samimi-co-founders-of-pura-sweeteners-food-talks-vol-6","title":{"rendered":"Chef Themis Velgis and Shahab Samimi Co-Founders of Pura Sweeteners &#8211; Food Talks Vol 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2i92R4yhvKI\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chef Themis Velgis and Shahab Samimi<br \/>\nCo-Founders of Pura Sweeteners<\/p>\n<p>Chef Themis Velgis is the resident chef and co-founder at Pura Foods. He has 16 years&#8217; experience in food production. Born and raised in Mexico, Themis received formal training at Dubrulle International Culinary School and later travelled throughout Europe, before opening &#8220;Chocoatle&#8221;, a boutique chocolate shop.<\/p>\n<p>Shahab Samimi is co-founder at Pura Foods, with a background in the distribution industry enabling him to recognize the niche in the Canadian organic food &amp; beverage distribution channels and leverages this growing demand worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The Pura vision is to replace sugar and artificial sweeteners in foods. We provide a natural and healthier alternative to sugar and artificial sweeteners with our own agave syrup, ensuring the highest grade agave syrup available in Mexico and worldwide. 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