Josh Magidson and Jeremy Elster: Zing Zing North London’s healthy Chinese takeaway with a database of 40,000 customers Our experts We are a team of writers, experimenters and researchers providing you with the best advice with zero bias or partiality. Josh Magidson and Jeremy Elster, both 30Company: Zing ZingWeb: www.zing-zing.co.ukChinese is one of the UK’s most popular takeaway cuisines, with the national market estimated to be worth £1.4bn. Despite this, Josh Magidson noticed that the quality of food and service wasn’t always up to scratch across the industry.Fuelled by an in depth knowledge of the takeaway market – he founded the online food ordering platform and Startups 100-featured Eatstudent.co.uk, which he sold to Just Eat in 2010 – Magidson partnered with Mark Schlagman and cordon bleu-trained expert in oriental cooking Jeremy Elster (Pang) to launch Zing Zing.Started in May 2013 and having placed 27th in this year’s Startups 100 Zing Zing offers a high-end takeaway service where meals feature “a modern and healthy twist”. While the business only delivers within a two-mile radius of its Kentish Town and Finsbury Park locations, it has already secured a database of 40,000 customers. Since launch, 170,000 orders have been placed in what Zing Zing claims is an average delivery time of just 33 minutes.In May, the takeaway secured £1.6m in a 457% overfunded round on Crowdcube. The funding is being used to fuel its “aggressive expansion” across London and the UK, with plans to open three more stores in the capital underway.Image ©Peter Searle. Share this post facebook twitter linkedin