Covering companies that provide catering, liquors, beers, take-out and other tummy filling treats – this category features startups that are serving food, apps and services to make eating, drinking, dining and cooking a more fulfilling experience.
We shared Foodhost back in August, a platform that brought local communities together to meet and eat amazing meals. NewGusto is a brand new network for foodies to connect with a similar concept. The site lets meet new people, find a dinner party near by and probably enjoy an old-fashioned home-cooked mean (hopefully with grandma’s recipes).
If you’ve visited restaurant web pages on a regular basis you quickly see how many of them fail to deliver. They were produced in Flash from the 90’s, designs are not up to par and general navigation is a nightmare for our responsive, user-focused times. Theme Force is a new WordPress based solution dedicated to helping restaurant owners utilize a premium and powerful website that independent restaurant owners can launch, manage, update and run.
We love food and we love even more finding new gadgets that make cooking more fun and easier. Stem, Showcased on Quirky is a spray that fits directly into a citrus fruit to give cooks an easy way to jolt their food with some tangy zest.
If you’re a foodie you know the horrors and the successes of using Open Table to make a reservation, and for a long time its been the only decent option on the market. But, now a new and exciting site has opened up that not only helps you reserve a table at your favorite hard to come by restaurants, it also can save you money on every bill.
Taggie is a concept application that helps children research where foods in the supermarket come from. Designed by Niels van Hoof, a Dutch design student, the application was created for a graduation project at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, but now could serve as a great education resource for children in the future.
NFC (Near Field Communication) technology is being used for mobile payments and today Springwise covered a Taxi company utilizing the technology to help commuters pay for their journeys. But how can NFC be pushed further into adaptation for daily use? How about ordering food at your local food court! Stephen Davis, a University of Sydney student, has developed an idea where-by users can complete simple transactions at tables of restaurants or food courts and order food quickly and easily.
The Urban Grocer is like your private in-the-know foodie friend who’s leading you on a discovery of the best, freshest urban food spots, products & concepts around the world. From the posh to the underground, from the mainstream to the off-the-beaten-path, TUG (The Urban Grocer ) is on a quest to discover the most innovative foodstuffs and pioneering young talent that the world has to offer.
Food.ee is changing the way you order food! With an inventive and effortless user interface,Food.ee is going to make ordering restaurant delivery and takeout so simple that you’ll never want to leave your couch again. The online application lets you select, order and pay through their platform, but it also remembers what you order to provide recommendations based on your habits to give you the opportunity to discover new restaurant and dishes.
In short, GourmetOrigins.com is a marketplace for foodies. GourmetOrigins.com is an online marketplace that helps foodies discover artisan and high quality foods and order them directly from their producers.
Foodhost brings people in local communities together to meet and eat amazing meals. As an online community platform for people to create and share local dinner parties, Foodhost gives everyone a break from creating their own meals and an opportunity to save money and time all while making new friends.