The Lost Estate

Deliveroo Has a London Restaurant Delivery Rival in The Great Feast | Eater London

"Conceived by Street Feast founder Dominic Cools-Lartigue and entrepreneur Bejay Mulenga, this weeklong digital food festival (3–5 July) is being launched as a permanent online marketplace offering limited-edition menus and citywide delivery via its own fleet of green bikes and electric vans. Operating a 'buy a meal, give a meal' model through the founders' charity A Plate For London — which has supplied around 15,000 meals during lockdown — the platform aims to support independent restaurants with logistical help and a fairer commission structure tailored to each operator (typically 10–20% versus the larger platforms' c.30–35%). All hot food is pre-ordered (usually with a 24‑hour cut-off) to reduce waste, and the site will also host one of the widest selections of restaurant recipe kits in London (20 at launch, including kits from Kricket and Patty & Bun). Showcasing dishes from Michelin-starred chefs and cult-followed brands, the initiative is self-funded, values-driven, emphasizes inclusion and representation, and plans to expand into podcasts, video/editorial content, a production kitchen and events space in east London, and eventually a physical festival when feasible." - Adam Coghlan