New App FoodByUs Lets You Order Home-Cooked Meals from Your Neighbours
Like UberEats at grassroots level.
Last year we told you about Endulj, a brand new Melbourne food service replicating and delivering dishes from some of the swankiest restaurants in town. Well, if Endulj is the equivalent of dinner at a high-end restaurant, then FoodByUs would surely be a comforting home-cooked meal. In fact, that's literally what they're all about, connecting hungry Australians with talented home chefs. Because why bother borrowing a half-dozen eggs from your neighbour when you can get them to make the whole omelette for you?
Described as "a vibrant local community of food buyers and sellers", the online portal and app has been operating in Sydney and Melbourne since last year, and launches in Brisbane this week. Users can chose from culinary creations — ranging from bowls of gnocchi to vegan 'tuna' mayo to home-baked cakes — made by dozens of different professional and amateur chefs for pick-up or delivery. It's like UberEats at community level — a place where it's perfectly acceptable to ask someone else's nonna to cook you dinner.
"With FoodByUs already having great success in both Sydney and Melbourne, we are looking forward to connecting locals with talented home cooks and predict Brisbane could have some of the best talent in the country," said co-founder Ben Lipschitz. "We have already signed up a number of residents who want to turn their passion for cooking into a business."
Alternatively, you can try your hand at making and selling dishes of your own. Have your friends ever told you your cupcakes are so good you could charge people for them? Well, here's your chance to put that to the test.
For more information and to try it for yourself visit foodbyus.com.au. The app can be found on Google Play and in the Apple App Store.
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