Zainab Ghadiyali & Eat Cook Joy: BIG TECH TO FOOD TECH TRAILBLAZER
Eat Cook Joy, Austin-based with Houston roots, connects families with private chefs for personalized meal prep, cooking lessons, and plated service, backed by a vault of over 20,000 trusted recipes. Pricing starts at $165 for weekly prep sessions plus groceries and tax, $50 per person for lessons with a four-person minimum, and $100+ per person for plated experiences. The process kicks off with a 10-minute preferences call leading to a trial setup. Full service details available at the official site eatcookjoy.com.
FIESTA AUSTIN 2023: FIRST PAYING CUSTOMER ORIGIN
A 2023 FIESTA Austin pitch secured Eat Cook Joy's inaugural paying customer, creating a full-circle moment as FIESTA later spotlighted Ghadiyali as a "powerhouse" for resilience and community-driven food connections. Founder story here.
In October 2024, Moritz Brandt, a former engineering leader, joined as co-founder and CTO to develop AI features for personalized menus, inventory tracking, budgets, and scheduling, positioning Eat Cook Joy as one of the U.S.'s fastest-growing food tech startups.
The Eat Cook Joy LinkedIn company page currently has an average 5 stars.
Ghadiyali's current focus AI is enabling the platform grow and expand under a new CEO, allowing
Ghadiyali to advance the broader AI accessibility vision.
