Paul Woodring
USA
Role(s):
C-Level Executive (CEO, CFO, etc.)
Class for the Mass dba Giggin'
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Industry:
Technology/Web
Year Founded:
2015
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Business Stage:
Growth (not profitable)
Entity Type:
"S" Corporation
Description:
Americans have a love of food, but this love of food no longer translates into a love of cooking. Many of our mothers were fantastic cooks, but they worked full time and in the rush to get dinner on the table by 7, they often relied on semi-prepared foods, like pre-marinated meats or curry mixes. From the perspective of many, cooking seemed like a drag, something that took time and effort in the midst of an already overcrowded schedule. In addition, many people wish they had the services of a chef or personal concierge at their disposal. They don’t need these services on a full time basis. But there is a need that an hourly offering of these services would meet. Giggin’ offers an alternative to the meal kit market by offering the advantage of having meals cooked in the home by chefs paid on an hourly basis. Rather than a limited menu, Giggin’s breadth of recipes is limited only by the available chefs that sign up for the service. Customers can view the recipe specialties of chefs as well as website recipes the chefs are familiar with. They can choose a recipe from these sources or they can request a specific meal. The chefs can then respond as to whether they are capable of preparing the desired meal by accepting or rejecting the assignment. Since the chef is paid on an hourly basis, customers can also request that chefs teach them how to prepare the selected meals, resulting in a learning and social experience. Regional and ethnic traditions are available as a function of the variety of chefs that sign up for the service.
In addition to our chef services, we offer personal concierge services that might the needs of busy consumers who don’t have time to perform many time consuming tasks such as: running errands, shopping, drop off and pickups, house sitting, pet setting, meeting cable, internet, network providers in the home, and beach butlers.