Pinny, the Argentine app that connects chefs with diners

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

Since September the app has worked in La Plata and CABA, offering home-made food delivery 4 kilometers around the chef's house.

Orders Now, Rappi, Glovo, Uber Eats and more... Food delivery apps just multiply and, apparently, always successfully: according to data from the consulting firm Kantar, in Argentina 87% of the populous is familiar with all of these names. Of these services, 27% have already requested and 16% became habituated. In approximate figures, this means that more than 7 million people in the country solve their hunger through their phone.

So, the arrival of Pinny is even logical. Martín Pérez, a local entrepreneur, decided to combine his love for cooking with his energy for business and created a platform that aims to connect private chefs with nearby diners. Through his new application, which works in La Plata since August 15 and in CABA since September 5, he wants to make people continue solving their dinner through a screen, but changing the fast food combo for a homemade dish.

"Every person who buys cooked food will be able to eat something rich and healthy by shopping with Pinny," says Pérez.

To become a Pinny chef, just register and meet certain hygiene and commitment standards. It is not necessary to present professional degrees in gastronomy or show experience. As usually happens, the same users are responsible for making quality control of each supplier, rating their experiences and sharing their comments.

Payment can be made in cash or by credit card, and the radius of delivery of the products goes from 1 to 4 kilometers around.

"The launch in the city of La Plata had very good results," says Pérez, referring to the 2550 active users, the 550 chefs and the 90 daily orders achieved in the first weeks of activity. "By the end of the year we plan to disembark in large cities such as Rosario, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Mendoza and Neuquén, where we believe we will be able to exceed 100,000 users."

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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