Gobble YC Application

Winter 2014Acquired

Gobble went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2014 batch as a Consumer company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2014
Industry: ConsumerFood and Beverage
Team size: 73
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2013

Founders

Ooshma GargFounder/CEO

What Gobble does

Gobble prepares farm fresh 10-minute gourmet dinner kits with 3-step instructions delivered to your door. Our weekly delivery includes three thoughtfully hand-crafted dinner kits filled with fresh pre-chopped and par-cooked ingredients (along with a gorgeous recipe card!) for you to create Michelin-worthy dinners in your very own kitchen. Gobble offers the convenience associated with takeout along with the health, satisfaction, and freshness of a home-cooked meal. With Michael Mina protege, Thomas Ricci, as our Executive Chef, we're engineering our best recipes into one pan dinner kits so anyone can cook and make a gourmet meal with 1 pan in under 10 minutes.

Gobble's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Gobble, Winter 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Gobble

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Daily meal delivery, personalized to your tastes.

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We prepare and deliver meal kits with fresh pre-chopped and par-cooked ingredients, plus recipes designed by a Michelin-quality chef. Our kits let customers cook a gourmet dinner in one pan in under 10 minutes. We solve the problem of time-consuming meal prep without sacrificing quality or health.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in Palo Alto, CA, and the company would stay based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Palo Alto puts us in the heart of the startup ecosystem and close to our supply chain and kitchen operations. It's where the team already lives and works.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Gobble YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Gobble's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Gobble would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.