Ever wanted to cook restaurant-grade, exotic food at home and have it be SUPER easy? Dinnr makes it possible.
For the first two weeks in May, Dinnr teams up with award-winning restaurant Lupita and helps you cook absolutely authentic Mexican dishes at home. Original Lupita ingredients and Head Chef's Marco Cuervo's recipes come delivered to your door.
Everything is the same as you're used to at Dinnr - order before 4pm for same-day delivery in Central London, and before noon for next-day delivery across the UK.
So go ahead, pull out that sombrero and whip up some delicious tacos, enchiladas or quesadillas. (ok, maybe you wanna take the sombrero off for the actual cooking)
After successfully teaching people how to cook at home instead of going to restaurants, Dinnr is proud to announce the launch of its new product line "Operatr" - self-surgery kits at home.
"We found that people really do enjoy insourcing many of the tasks they used to have done by professionals", says Michal Bohanes, Dinnr CEO. "There clearly is the need among our customers to show to so-called experts that they don't need their over-priced services." Emulating the model of recipes and cooking, Dinnr starts with 3 basic surgeries: 1) Separation of joint toes (aka "Duck's foot" syndrome) 2) Lasik Eye Surgery 3) Penis enlargement
Clear and detailed instructions guide customers through the home-surgery
Along with a very clear and intuitive instruction sheet that guides them step by step through the procedure, customers can choose whether they want to anesthetize locally or have a loved one push the syringe top. All medication as well as anesthetics comes just in the right dosage so that nothing can go wrong.
The Operatr toolkit for Duck's Foot syndrome
After market validation of the first three common surgeries, Dinnr plans to expand to more complex procedures such as lung transplant and brain surgery. "It sounds a bit challenging at first, but once a loved one has got the hang of understanding the different bits of the brain and has practiced cutting on our realistic rubber model that comes with the order, it'll be easy" says Dr. Bindair Dondat who advises Dinnr on Operatr. "No more long waiting lists at the NHS. No more paying through your nose for cosmetic surgery! We shift the healthcare power back to the consumer where it belongs", says the proud CEO. Get your first orders in here. And if you're up for it, check out Google's collection of April Fool's jokes. Happy April Fool's Day from your Dinnr team!
Dinnr is raising £60,000 on crowd-funding platform Seedrs
You can invest as little as £10 and as much as £51,000
Dinnr is SEIS eligible - which allows you to use 50% of the invested sum as tax benefit
Hello there, friends of Dinnr! We are proud to be featured on crowd-funding platform Seedrs which allows anyone to make investments into startups. I would like to invite you to become part of Dinnr's journey and help us make our company a phenomenal success.
What is Seedrs?
Seedrs is an FSA-authorised crowd-funding platform (you can find their full scope of permissions on the FSA register.)
Crowd-funding means that anyone can invest in startups. In Seedrs' case, this starts with amounts as low as £10. Seedrs takes care of all the paperwork and acts as your nominee towards the invested startup.
As opposed to some other crowd-funding platforms, an investment through Seedrs gives you equity in Dinnr - you will become a shareholder and thus participate in our success. How does this work?
You sign up as an investor on Seedrs. This is a 3-5 minute process. Seedrs needs to take you through a few questions for legal reasons and verify that you understand the inherent risk that investing in startups represents. There is no commitment from you at this point.
You review the Dinnr profileon Seedrs and learn about what we've accomplished so far and what we plan to use the raised money for. Most likely, you will have further questions. In that case, please ask them in the Seedrs Dinnr profile Q&A section or contact us at info@dinnr.co.ukor call the Dinnr phone 020 7193 4528.
If you decide to invest, you transfer a sum of your liking to Seedrs.
Only if the full investment target of £60,000 is reached, Seedrs releases the funds to Dinnr (after 2-3 weeks of paperwork). If the target is not reached, you receive your money back.
Seedrs holds the shares as a nominee and takes care of all the paperwork surrounding the investment.
You can be an active investor and take interest in what we do or just lean back and let your investment grow.
How does SEIS work?
SEIS is a pretty incredible tax incentive scheme for UK tax payers to foster investment in early-stage startups. You can read more about it on the HMRC website.
Here are the key benefits if you invest £1,000 into an SEIS qualified startup such as Dinnr Ltd.
50% of the investment (£500) can be deducted from your individual income tax return;
Capital gains realised during the year can be re-invested into eligible startups without paying Capital Gains Tax;
If you sell the SEIS shares at a profit, you won’t pay any Capital Gains Tax; and
If you sell the SEIS shares at a loss, you may be eligible for loss relief of up to an additional 22.5% (£225)
This actually means that the worst-case scenario is a loss of £275 if you invest £1,000*. And the best-case scenario is a multiplication of your investment.
You can find more info about what Dinnr has achieved so far and where the journey is going on our Seedrs profile. Any further questions we can answer on info@dinnr.co.uk.
Thank you for considering an investment in Dinnr - I look forward to hearing from you. And if you feel like it, invest in us - and become part of the journey!
Michal Bohanes Dinnr Co-Founder and CEO PS. One word of caution: Investing in startups is inherently risky and it is possible that the value of your investment will diminish. Seedrs explains these risks here. * various conditions apply. Please read up about SEIS here
This week we found ourselves inspired by the unusual combination of bananas wrapped in bacon, from the guys at SORTED and it got us thinking about other weird and wonderful food combinations.
For most of us, our most "creative" food combinations tend to arise when either when the fridge is looking rather empty and we are scrambling to put together a snack or meal with very limited resources, or when we accidentally mistake sugar for salt, oil and vinegar, balsamic and soy sauce etc.
But, some people take flavour combinations much more seriously and base food pairings on scientific flavour analysis. The theory goes, that foods which share some major flavour components. For example, consider some unusual flavour combinations found on Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck menu. By whipping out your chemistry kit, you can find out that pork Liver and Jasmine flower share a key flavour compound, indole, and similarly the combination of white chocolate and caviar share amines, making these winning duos. If you are feeling inspired to check out some new flavour combos then you might enjoy this demo of a food pairing tree, an interactive visualisation for each ingredient.
After much long and hard deliberation, we at Dinnr bring you our top 5 weird and wonderful food combinations. They really shouldn't work, but they do!
1. Olive Oil and Ice Cream
Put down the bottle of caramel sauce, and grab a bottle of olive oil. Take a moment to get over how weird it might seem to eat ice cream with olive oil, and then give it a shot. It adds as much richness as any chocolate or fudge sauce!
2. Salt and Coffee
Ok, so this is probably one of those cases where someone confused salt and sugar, but it really works! A pinch of salt in your coffee can enhance the flavour and add depth. Restaurants use salt in almost every dish, even desserts, and they know what they are doing so why not give it a try.
3. Smoked Salmon and Dark Chocolate So often associated with cream cheese, the combination of smoked salmon and dark chocolate has been overlooked for too long. The saltiness of the fish combined with the sweet bitterness of the chocolate might just be a match made in heaven. Find some exciting recipes using these ingredients here
Now we have shared ours, what are your favourite and unusual food pairings?
"You say Potato, I say Pattatah" Others say spud, tattie, tater, but whatever you want to call it, the humble potato is so delicious and versatile that we aren't surprised it is our Irish brethren's favourite vegetable! With St Patrick's Day looming this weekend, we thought that before we celebrate with the traditional Guinness and silly hat, we would give you some fun facts about potatoes:
1. The Year of the Potato
2008 was the International Year of the Potato
2. The First Food Grown in Space
In 1995 potatoes were taken into space on the shuttle Columbia, marking the first time food has been grown in space.
3. The Biggest Potato
World's biggest potato weighed in at 18 pounds and 4 ounces (according to the Guinness Book of World Records) which is enough to make 72 medium portions of McDonalds fries!
4. A Royal Fashion Accessory
Marie Antoinette was known to wear potato blossoms with her outfits.
5. Potatoes can be Poisonous
The plant contains the toxic compound glycoalkaloids in the stem and leaves. When the potato turns green this is a result of a high concentration of the glycoalkaloid poison. Don't worry though, being poisoned by potatoes is very, very rare!
So bake them, fry them, boil them or mash them, but whichever way you like your potatoes, enjoy them this weekend! It is what St Patrick would have wanted.
The Dinnr test kitchen sees more action
than your average kitchen (Cooking! We mean cooking action!) There is
nothing unusual about our culinary wizards whipping up a rack of lamb
with roast vegetables at 10am, or having a three course meal on the
table before it's time for elevensies. With this constant chopping
and sizzling, we have picked up a few tips and tricks. But use is
this information if we don't share it with you lovely people?
So,
read on for Dinnr's top 5 tips and tricks in the kitchen:
1. Save an oversalted dish
If the dish contains an acid – e.g. juice from a citrus fruit, vinegar or wine, then add a
little more of it to counter balance the salt. Likewise, if you've
added too much of the acid, try adding a little bit more salt!
Alternatively, add a peeled potato which absorbs any excess salt.
2. Remove the smell of garlic
Ever used a “clean” chopping board, but everything you chop on it suddenly smells and tastes like garlic? A
little lemon/lime juice and a bit of salt helps. Sprinkle salt on your board, then rub with a quarter of a lemon or lime.
Let it sit for 2-3 mins before wiping with a damp cloth. And, if you end up with garlic
lingering on your fingers, rub them with a stainless steel spoon and
the smell will be gone in a flash!
3. Find out how fresh your eggs are
Fill a glass with water and pop your
egg in. Eggs that sink and sit horizontally on the bottom are fresh.
As they get older the larger end starts to rise, and eggs which float
have gone off.
4. Soften butter at the last minute
We are forever taking rock hard butter out of the fridge only to realise we need softened butter! This nifty
trick speeds up the process without turning the butter to
liquid. Boil the kettle, and fill a glass with hot water giving it a
few seconds to heat up. Then turn the glass upside down and place over
the butter. Leave it for a minute and soon you will have
perfectly softened butter.
Last, but certainly not least...
5. How to flip food in a pan.
Being able to flip food makes you look
a real pro in the kitchen. It takes a bit of practice, but mastering
this is brilliant for impressing guests and any sceptics of your
cooking abilities. (But don't worry, you can always revert back to
using utensils and turning food manually if it all goes wrong!)
The key thing to remember is that you
want to move the pan horiztonally, forward and back, not up and down.
If the thought of eye-wateringly expensive restaurants and sitting elbow-to-elbow with other smooching couples this Valentine’s day fills you with dread, then fear not. Here at Dinnr we have just launched our exclusive 3-course menus to help you create a delicious meal at home to really treat that special someone.
Our exclusive menus are inspired by London’s top eateries:
The Ivy Duck eggs 'en Cocotte' Salmon Cakes, Chilli Cream and Wilted Spinach Mixed Berry Gratin with Mint Granita (which is what you can see above) £40
The Hawksmoor Tiger Prawn Caesar Grilled Onglet Steak, BBQ and Roasted Glazed Carrots Banoffee Pie £45
What's included? Included in the price are a) All the ingredients for starter, main and dessert, perfectly measured b) Delivery all across England c) Precise and image-rich recipe instructions for each dish d) A leaflet with the number of our resident Chef who can answer your questions e) Rose petals & scented candle f) Wine recommendation and music playlists
We provide everything you need for the perfect Valentine’s evening, except the wonderful company. That bit is up to you.
These delicious menus are available for delivery between 11th - 16th February. Within the Dinnr Central London Delivery Zone, we offer Next-Day delivery between 3-6pm or 5-7pm, for orders placed before 6pm.Outside of this zone, delivery takes place between 9am-5.30pm and orders need to be placed before 6pm 2 days before the date of delivery (e.g. For delivery on Thursday, orders must be placed before 6pm Tuesday). Choose your menu now at www.dinnr.co.uk/recipes and prepare for the most romantic night of your life.
