Sussex Life: Come Dine With Me
Seni Glaister and Jon Stefani were interviewed in January's edition of Sussex Life
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Seni Glaister was recognised as one of Sussex's most inspirational women.
Britain gets ready for a taste of home cooking with WeFiFo
Published on the 12th September 2017. WeFiFo in the Times (£)
John Lewis gives £100k backing to start-up WeFiFo
The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has backed a start-up claiming to be “Airbnb for your kitchen table” and another aiming to make it easier for delivery workers to find addresses. WeFiFo (short for We Find Food) and Exaactly will receive £100,000 of investment each, half from JLP and half from L Marks, which runs its JLAB scheme.
Social Revolution - Can WeFiFo Bring People Together Through Food?
In 2016, Seni Glaister and Jon Stefani took a break from careers in publishing to launch a social eating revolution. Described by The Guardian as a ‘real life Come Dine with Me’ and by The Daily Telegraph as ‘AirBnb for restaurants’, WeFiFo’s mission is to encourage home cooking and greater community interaction.
Real life Come Dine with Me is the next 'social eating revolution'
Stuck for ideas on what to cook this evening? Bored of eating alone? Why not go to a stranger’s house for dinner. Social dining facilitator WeFiFo, based in Sussex, opened for business in April and enables people to do just that.
Meet the Darwen woman who is turning her own dining room into a restaurant for strangers
A BUDDING foodie from Darwen is set to start a social eating revolution in the town by opening up her home to strangers. Maria Grieco, of Thompson Street, is advertising her culinary talents online and inviting strangers to join a series of dinner parties in a bid to raise money for charity.
Old Hall home cook kicks off social eating revolution...with a little help from Gino D'Acampo
WENDY Brookfield remembered her mum's home cooking when she became one of the first to try out a new 'social eating' craze. The Old Hall resident invited strangers to come and have a Singapore-inspired meal with her at her house as part of WeFiFo, a website which aims to transform attitudes towards eating out.
'Restaurant Uber' unveiled as brand new way to go to dinner
THE Airbnb or Uber of the restaurant scene is set to open its doors in Sydney. A new social dining app called WeFiFo (short for We Find Food) links people keen for a meal with home cooks happy to provide one — at a cost. Hosts charge per seat at the dinner table, while guests then use an online star-rating system based on the quality of food, atmosphere, service and price.
Would YOU charge six strangers to come for dinner? A tantalising trend - or a recipe for disaster...
The doorbell rings and I freeze. My kitchen looks as if it’s been hit by a bomb. The table hasn’t been set, I’ve been chopping onions for what feels like hours and there’s a pan of burning caramel puffing black smoke on the stove. I’m hosting a dinner party and, as usual, I’m running late. But this is no average evening in with friends. For a start, I have absolutely no idea who is on my doorstep.
When whipping up a big family meal, it can be easy to make a little too much. But instead of putting leftovers in a tub at the back of the fridge, you could serve them to a stranger – and make some extra cash. A new website aims to transform dining room tables into makeshift restaurants, with none of the overheads, red tape and staffing costs.
WeFiFo: the 'affordable' supper club coming to rural England
WeFiFo, a supper club start-up that celebrity chef Jamie Oliver claims has the potential to create “the largest and most diverse restaurant group in the world”, has raised £350,000 in angel investment to launch and roll out its platform nationwide. The venture, which was founded by serial entrepreneur Seni Glaister, aims to help home cooks across the UK turn their kitchen tables into money-spinners by focusing on the "affordable" end of the market.
Would YOU let a stranger dine at your house for FREE?
WeFiFo, which was launched last month by entrepreneur Seni Glaister, has been growing in popularity across the UK as aspiring cooks open their homes to strangers. According to website, whose name is derived from ‘We Find Food', anyone can host an event whether it is a dinner at your kitchen table, a BBQ at the beach or a picnic in the park. Ms Glaister said: “We want to provide enthusiastic home cooks with the opportunity to build a career.”
The Book People co-founder and former C.E.O. Seni Glaister is preparing to release "Airbnb for the dining table". WeFiFo (short for "We Find Food") enables home cooks to connect to the "thriving UK supper-club community" and help them find them "a larger audience", letting them promote and sell seats at their supper clubs through its website, on which guests and hosts will later leave feedback on the dining experience.
The plates have been cleared, the oven switched off, the washing up has been put away… so how did it go?
Ratings and reviews are important on WeFiFo. Leaving your review below means future guests and hosts can make more informed decisions when booking events or accepting bookings.