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Hello HN. For those who do not want to click, the premise is a GrubWithUs for private chefs or an Airbnb for food. We have about 20 chefs in NYC who will cook a
by dgunn 15y ago
Hello HN. For those who do not want to click, the premise is a GrubWithUs for private chefs or an Airbnb for food. We have about 20 chefs in NYC who will cook and host meals in various locations (houses, restaurants, bakeries, apartments, friends' space, etc)
The business model currently is to make a booking fee (about 15%) on each seat purchased on the site.
We're doing some testing with a few chefs preparing for our official launch in January. We'd love some feedback.
I'll be here for questions. Ask me anything.
- aspir 15y agoAre you familiar with the home concert movement with musicians? Its essentially what you're proposing, but in a different industry. You may want to do some research to see if they've run into any problems, just so you know what to look out for. I personally don't know too much about it, except that every party in the home concert ecosystem absolutely _loves_ it. The hosts throw an awesome party for their friends at a reasonable cost, and the musicians get paid while entertaining a grateful audience with what they love to do. I don't see how this would be any different -- good luck!
- dgunn 15y agoI hadn't actually heard of that. Very cool concept though. Our software is generic enough that something like this could easily spring up. As in, we don't limit our event to food only, we're interested to see how our users bend the site to their own will. Thanks for the good wishes and such an interesting comment.