The Story
Hawkker started with a simple idea: the best restaurant recommendations don't come from algorithms, star ratings or social media. They come from people you actually know and trust.
We built Hawkker to make saving, sharing and storytelling simple. It's a place to save the spots you love, discover new favourites and support the best food in your area.
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The Why
Word-of-mouth has been forgotten in our digital age because it doesn't profit the gatekeepers.
Big Tech want businesses to buy your attention on their platforms and spend money at their clients. In this model good food loses: cash-strapped independent restaurants with awesome food don't get noticed and food-lovers find it harder than ever to find the best food.
Cut the companies out and share your food knowledge with your friends and trust theirs.
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The What
Chances are a friend recommended the best thing you ate recently. You've probably been asked "where's good" in the past week?
Hawkker is a food-first platform designed specifically around saving, sharing and talking about food with your friends. It is built to cut out all the other noise online and allow food-loving friends to help each other.
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The What
There are a million ways to save places you like, share them with friends and tell them what to order. None of these options work particularly well - Google Maps Lists becomes cluttered, difficult to curate and full of noise. Spreadsheets and notes on mobile phones aren't really the answer and lists on WhatsApp get lost amongst all the other chatter.
Hawkker is simple, focused on the food and will be the last food list you ever make.
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The Team
What started in 2017 as an app to help people discover independent street food vendors has evolved into something bigger: a platform built around the way people actually find and share the places they love. We built Hawkker because we wanted a tool that matched how we actually discover food — through people we trust.
Founded by Zeid Bsaibes, a trained-chef turned software engineer, support by a team of people passionate about sharing the best food.
Hawkker is almost ready. We're finishing something for people who choose their friends and their food with care, who value great experiences, and who believe the best discoveries come out of trusted relationships.
We'd love for you to be part of it.