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Nomad Cooks
Private chef hire
- 1-20 employees
- B2C
- Hospitality
- Food
- Waterloo, London, UK
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Company mission
To make it easier and more affordable to hire high-quality chefs for small events.
50% female employees
Our take
Nomad Cooks was born in 2020 after one of the founders became frustrated whilst working as a private chef by low pay, lack of autonomy and a growing concern that customers weren’t getting the experience they deserved. Nomad Cooks was started with the goal of making it easy for people to book private chefs to come to their homes and cook restaurant-quality meals, while they entertain their guests.
Nomad Cooks doesn’t just serve customers, it also gives chefs more control over the dining experiences they deliver, and more of the money. Each chef gets paid 100% of the cost of the menu and Nomad Cooks also donate a school meal to a child in poverty for each guest they serve.
The company hopes to one day be the equivalent of AirBnb for private dinner party chefs – a platform where you can leave reviews and filter for chefs based on their prices and cuisine specialties. But more than that, just like AirBnb gave travellers a whole new option of holiday accommodation, Nomad Cooks might one day make at-home catering as natural a choice as going out to a restaurant for your evening meal.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- All-access WeWork membership (free coffees, beers and a great community)
- Option to travel and work as digital nomads (of course) together as a team for a week
- £400 in credit booking a chef with us
- Free food at the chef trials
Funding (1 round)
Dec 2021
$0.3m
Total funding: $0.3m
Leadership
Jojo Kelly
(Co-Founder)Former private chef and a synthetic biology graduate from Durham University.
Ben Harries
(Co-Founder)Computer science and ecology graduate from Durham University.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Nomad Cooks
- We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, age, sexual orientation, gender, colour, national origin, religion, race or marital status
Endorsements
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Challenging work (1)
Nice people (1)
Team energy (1)
Overseeing the build of the whole platform solo whilst having chefs rely on it for their income has meant that every product decision is thought through and collaborated on with chefs extensively. This ensure that when we do go to develop my time is used on features that really push the needle.
Software Engineering
Challenging work
Jan 2022
I never feel that the work is prioritised over good mental health/stress. This is due to fact that all the team is highly empathetic and understanding of when others may be overworked. We get on so well I even miss the team when I am not working with them!
Software Engineering
Nice people
Jan 2022
We are at a stage in our company where we are learning an insane amount everyday. This means that everyone gets energy feeling like they are growing and able to teach what they know to others.
Software Engineering
Team energy
Jan 2022