Will Shu the founder of Deliveroo on his love of food, his mum's dumplings, the best dish he's ever eaten and why he still personally delivers food on his bike to customers

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4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Will is the founder of Deliveroo – the food delivery company he launched in 2013 with his childhood friend Greg Orlowski. After coming up with the idea for whilst working 100 hour weeks as an investment banker – the two friends seized on the opportunity to pair newly emerging technology with restaurants in order to enable people to order restaurant food straight to their door. A simple but genius idea that has seen Deliveroo grow to unicorn status and beyond and for Will to be known as one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world.

He describes himself as just a normal guy whilst people who have worked with him and know him personally describe him as being gritty, calm and deliberate and most of all humble.

This can be seen through the fact that Will can still regularly be found to be delivering food orders personally on his bike. Not something many CEO's would be found doing at this stage of their business.

In 2022 Deliveroo partnered with the Trussell Trust and togteher they have provided 2 million meals and support to hundreds of thousands of people facing hunger in the UK.

I really hope you enjoy today's episode, I loved getting the chance to speak to Will. It's not often you meet someone who is so incredibly successful but also so down to Earth and passionate about what they do.

Thank you for listening, see you next week!

Margie x

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0:00.0	Hi, before we start today's episode, I wanted to tell you about a podcast that I think you'll really enjoy.
0:05.9	Some of you may well already listen, but if not, it's called Christopher Kimball's Milkstreet Radio,
0:11.6	and it's the number one most downloaded food podcast in America.
0:15.4	Milk Street Radio travels the world to learn anything and everything that sparks their curiosity about food.
0:23.2	So you'll hear stories about the world's strangest Michelin-starred meal, how some vineyards
0:28.5	are renting falcons to protect their crops. You'll hear from some of your favorite food
0:33.5	personalities, like the one and only Nigella Lawson. And you'll also learn how to make
0:38.6	the perfect cup of coffee with YouTube star James Hoffman. There's a really great episode about
0:43.9	food failures, which documents the time Gerber made baby food for adults. Another episode features
0:51.4	TikTok forager Alexis Nicole Nelson, who explains why she traveled across state
0:56.7	lines to make seaweed panacotta. Plus, Christopher Kimball and Sarah Malton speak with listeners
1:02.6	and answer their questions about ingredients, techniques, and culinary mysteries. Like, why
1:09.5	roasting a leg of lamb made one cooler's oven explode.
1:13.3	Ever wondered why your bread won't rise or your souffle falls flat?
1:18.1	Well, Chris and Sara have the answers.
1:20.8	You'll also hear from a rotating cast of contributors.
1:24.0	It's great.
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1:32.5	Milk Street Radio. Hi, I'm Margie Nomura and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast.
1:41.5	This is the podcast where every week I ask my guest to choose their seven desert
1:46.3	island dishes. These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their
1:50.8	childhood, the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course the last dish they would choose to eat
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