Meet
the
Housebites
team...
housebites was created by a team of passionate foodies with busy lives. Not content with the current ‘order-in options' both in terms of quality and service they decided to come up with a solution. They also happen to be the people behind trend-setting websites like Bebo, Birthday Alarm and SpeedDater. They've now decided to apply their entrepreneurial zest to create a service that re-invents the takeaway allowing customers to order food from top chefs in their neighbourhood and have it delivered to their door.
Simon Prockter CEO
Before co-founding Housebites, Simon used to run a successful dating site.
His hobbies include skiing, cycling and telling people that he used to run a successful dating site. His signature dish is chicken and Parma ham in anchovy butter sauce.
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Michael Brittain CTO
Michael Brittain is a digital strategist and technical lead with over ten years of experience within web and mobile based projects.
He has built advertising bid management platforms as well as a complex taxi booking application. He is a qualified Java developer as well as conversant in PHP and MySQL
Michael is also a keen follower of the gamification movement.
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Paul Birch Advisor
Not satisfied with co-founding Bebo and BirthdayAlarm, Paul also helped set up housebites.
In his spare time, Paul enjoys 'borrowing Boris bikes', snowboarding (he's actually quite good) and wearing red trousers. His signature dish is beef-and-mushroom quesadillas.
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Claire Margetts Head of Operations
Reluctant to be tamed by the prospect of a courtroom, Claire led an operations career placing explorers and scientists on the Arctic Sea Ice. Having travelled around some of the more obscure parts of the world, Claire has tasted everything from piranhas in Amazon to dehydrated food at -40 75 degs North. However being a keen cook Claire prefers dishes such as Duck confit and a nice steak. Claire's marketing experience evolved by working with a series of exciting start ups, including the Do Lectures brand, which Claire most recently took stateside for the first time.
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Andy Oliver Head Chef
Andy is a food fanatic passionate about the cuisine of South East Asia. He was also a BBC MasterChef finalist in 2009. Andy has worked in several top London restaurants including Maze, Bocca di Lupo, Nobu Berkley St and Moro and recently completed a two year stint working full time as a chef at Nahm.
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Tom Gurney Community Manager
Tom's our Community Manager and basically makes sure everyone's happy. Including us. He's an experienced chef and dabbles at food styling and photography beginning his career at La Petit Maison in Mayfair. He also is the single biggest contributor to the company swear box.
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Antonio Reyes Assistant Developer
Antonio recently completed his degree in Web Development and Business at Kingston University. He's also spent time as an IT assistant at a tour operator. His creative mind and ability to understand problems as a user make him a brilliant addition to the team.
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The takeaway. The busy Brit's staple meal. Quick, convenient, ready when you want it ... and, let's be honest, too often underwhelming.
Imagine you could have the ease of the takeaway, but with the quality of a restaurant meal, delivered to your door.
Imagine that it's all prepared by experienced local cooks (all taste-tested beforehand).
housebites makes all this possible.
We've turned the power over to you and the chef. Now you can engage directly with the person who cooks your food and see or provide feedback.
And you make our menu by choosing meals you like and telling other people about great chefs you've tried. (After all, you are the best food critic in town).
Our chefs love local, love cooking, and love hearing from you.
It's simple, economical, and local. It's re-inventing takeaway.
