HomeCooks Raises €1.6M To Expand UK Meal-Prep Marketplace With Independent Chefs

Backed by PXN Ventures, Love Ventures, Speedinvest, and several angel investors, the company plans to use the new funding to forge partnerships with supermarkets, following its recent product launch in ten Co-op stores across Lincolnshire.

Josh Magidson, founder of HomeCooks, says: “The health-focused meal-prep market is growing rapidly, but customers increasingly want real homemade food and greater variety, delivered in the form of straight-forward meals they can enjoy every day. Our marketplace model is built to deliver exactly that; at a scale traditional brands can’t match.”

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HomeCooks is an online food marketplace that connects customers with independent chefs and small food businesses offering authentic handcrafted meals. With nationwide delivery the platform makes it easy for food lovers to enjoy artisan dishes while supporting skilled chefs and local culinary talent across the UK.

“This investment comes at an important time in the HomeCooks’ journey. It will help us accelerate our retail expansion and bring our meals to a lot more people across the UK,” adds Josh.

Founded by Josh Magidson in 2020, HomeCooks follows previous successes with Eatstudent the student takeaway marketplace acquired by Just Eat – and Zing Zing, which subsequently grew into the UK’s largest Chinese food delivery chain.

HomeCooks specialises in balanced, protein-rich and nutrient dense meals, with over 300 options available. Customers sign up to a weekly meal plan, HomeCooks’ partner chefs then batch cook the orders, such as Grilled Chicken Teriyaki or Lean Mean Lasagna, and HomeCooks delivers them.

The company explains that its platform puts independent chefs at the core of its offer and provides consumers a wide range of exciting global cuisine.

Peter Carway, Investment Director at PXN Ventures, said: “We back founders who rethink established categories, and HomeCooks is tapping into two powerful trends healthier eating and convenient meal prep with a model that is both highly scalable and deeply aligned with what modern consumers want.

“HomeCooks’ retail expansion is a major step forward and we’re excited to be backing Josh and the team as they enter a new and exciting growth phase, particularly given their plans to scale outside the London and the South East to new territories such as the North of the UK, where there is a significant opportunity.”