{"id":46461,"date":"2015-10-12T15:34:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T14:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=46461"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:32:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:32:22","slug":"peoples-champion-finalist-grub-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-grub-club\/","title":{"rendered":"People\u2019s Champion Finalist: Grub Club"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Start-up name: <\/b>Grub Club
Founders: <\/b>Olivia Sibony and Siddarth Vijayakumar
Started in: <\/b>2013
Based in: <\/b>London
Business description: <\/b>Online platform for pop-up restaurants<\/p>\n

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Shortlisted category:<\/h3>\n

Crowdfunded Business of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n

The Grub Club story: <\/h3>\n

Inspired by the people they dined with while travelling around the world, Olivia Sibony and Siddarth Vijayakumar wanted to create similarly meaningful experiences at home. Grub Club was born – a platform that allows chefs to host dinners for an evening in underused spaces including a disused underground carriage or St Pancras Clock Tower.<\/p>\n

As well as giving diners the chance to eat with like-minded people in unique spaces, Grub Club provides up-and-coming chefs the opportunity to build a following and gives venues an additional revenue stream – everybody benefits. And with a star and ratings system, diners get the chance to play food critic for a night and chefs can grow their business and practice without the need for significant financial investment.<\/p>\n

Grub Club claims to achieve 41% repeat customer bookings and over 60% chef repeat rate and is growing at around 15% every month with very little advertising spend. Taking a commission from every booking made, the company has so far doubled its revenue year-on-year.<\/p>\n

Why Grub Club made our 60:<\/h3>\n

Celebrating food, people and interesting spaces, Grub Club is a truly unique proposition – and with a successful Crowdcube campaign seeing the business overfund its £250,000 target by 30%, it’s set to continue to expand its offering of unique dining experiences.<\/p>\n

Where to find out more about Grub Club:<\/h3>\n

Website:<\/b> www.grubclub.com
<\/a>Twitter:<\/b> twitter.com\/Grub_Club
<\/a>Facebook:<\/b> facebook.com\/grubclub1\/<\/a> <\/p>\n

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