DRAGONS’ Den has brought many businesses success throughout the years and Flavers UK is another.
Entrepreneurs Shabbir Mookhtiar and Dinesh Patil are set to appear on the show, but what is their business?
Shabbir Mookhtiar and Dinesh Patil are the entrepreneurs behind Flavers UK.
The pair founded the business together in 2020 and have been working together ever since.
Before moving into the food tech industry, Shabbir spent 15 years working in the tech, logistics and media industries.
He worked at world-leading organisations including Sky, Cubic Transportation Systems and Dish Network, as well as Peacock TV.
Dinesh built a career in corporate and commercial strategy, leading teams in the telecoms, media and tech industries.
Over his 18 years of experience, Dinesh has worked with corporate telecoms businesses including Dixons Carphone PLC. and Telefonica O2, as well as start-ups including SurgEase Innovation Ltd.
Flavers UK is a food ordering service where you choose which cuisine you want to dig into and it gets delivered to your door.
There are 15 different cuisines to choose from and more than 500 dishes.
You then choose a delivery date and the food then comes to your home individually wrapped.
Shabbir and Dinish founded their business Flavers UK in 2020.
They first came up with the idea the previous December.
Originally, the food delivery service was called Cook My Grub but they opted to change up the name.
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It has not yet been revealed whether any of the dragons on Dragons’ Den invest in Flavers UK or not.
The official Flavers UK Instagram page features a post advertising the appearance.
They said they when their episode would air.
The post says: “The moment is here. Flavers.uk/ Cook My Grub are going to be on @bbc 1’s Dragons’ Den at 8pm tonight!
“Set your reminders, stock up on some popcorn as Flavers (formerly Cook My Grub) founders Shabbir Mookhtiar and Dinesh Patil pitch the business. Tune in and find out what the dragons think of the home-cooked flavours on offer.
“It’s going to be tasty. #dragonsden #BBC1 #startup.”
Flavers UK is set to appear on Dragons’ Den on Thursday, February 22, 2024.
The programme is available to watch at 8pm on BBC One.
The episode will also be on iPlayer to stream afterwards.
Shabbir and Dinesh will present their business to the fellow dragons and ask for their investments.
They will present their product in front of Steven Bartless, Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Sara Davies and Touker Suleyman.
