Published: January 29, 2026 at 3:26 pm
Josh Magidson is looking to make it a hat-trick of FoodTech successes with HomeCooks.
Magidson’s student takeaway marketplace Eatstudent was acquired by Just Eat while he is also behind Zing Zing, which grew into the UK’s largest Chinese food delivery chain.
He founded HomeCooks in London in 2020 and has won backing from New Look founder Tom Singh and Leonard Picardo, who was one of Deliveroo’s first employees.
Now the startup, which aims to scale restaurant-quality meal prep across the UK, has raised £1.4 million and is also fundraising on crowdfunding platform Republic, where it is nearing its £750k target.