Built for households that eat differently

Where SameTable came from

In early 2023, my youngest daughter asked to become vegetarian. After some negotiation, she went pescatarian — a change that benefited the whole family. But within months, my older two wanted more balance back, and she began struggling with certain foods.

At the same time, I lost my job in tech and went through a difficult marriage breakdown. After long days doing physical work, I came home to an impossible puzzle: how to cook meals that satisfied everyone’s increasingly divergent tastes, met their nutritional needs, and didn’t require hours of preparation and cleanup.

I did what any tech person would do: I built a spreadsheet.

The first meal was chicken and plant-based fajitas. Two pans, 90% shared ingredients, one serving time. That night, we played a game together as a family — for the first time in months. It became our Monday tradition, and something shifted.

The spreadsheet grew into a collection of recipes. When I started talking to other families facing similar challenges, the pattern became clear: many households have mixed dietary needs — medical, ethical, or preference-based. There’s a genuine need to feed everyone well, minimise waste, stay within budget, and keep mealtimes a place where households connect.

SameTable was born from this real challenge: to bring delicious, nutritious meals to the table with minimal fuss, and to bring families back together at mealtimes.