I'm looking for one person to build a food business with me from the ground up as a genuine co-founder — not an employee.

I'm developing an artisan pizza concept in West London, built around great pizza and the incredible regional food traditions that rarely make it outside their home towns.

The starting point is pizza: great dough, great ingredients and lesser-known Southern Italian styles and flavours rather than another generic pizza brand.

The wider vision is to explore regional food culture — dishes, ingredients and techniques that might be completely normal in one small part of Italy or elsewhere in the world, but virtually unknown in London.

The business model

The plan is deliberately lean.

Rather than immediately taking on a restaurant, rent, staff and huge overheads, we'll start through pop-ups, markets, events, collaborations and temporary food residencies.

Trade → learn what customers love → refine → reinvest → grow.

A significant amount of the concept and product development is already underway.

Who I'm looking for

Someone who:

• genuinely loves pizza and food
• gets excited by obscure regional cuisines and food traditions
• is entrepreneurial and wants to build something rather than simply work shifts
• is reliable, practical and willing to get their hands dirty
• drives and ideally has access to a vehicle
• can contribute to markets, transport, setup, service and operations
• brings ideas and challenges mine
• wants to build something for the long term

You don't need to be a professional chef or an experienced founder.

I'd much rather find a curious, passionate foodie with the right attitude and complementary strengths.

Partnership

The intention is to build this as an equal 50/50 partnership, subject to us finding the right fit and agreeing responsibilities, commitment and a proper founders' agreement before formalising anything.

I'm based around Uxbridge / West London, so someone reasonably local would be ideal.

If this sounds interesting, leave a comment below with a little about yourself. I'll respond here.

And because food compatibility matters:

What's your favourite pizza?

What's one regional dish you think deserves to be much better known?

If you could open a food stall tomorrow selling only one thing, what would it be?

I'm looking for one person to build a food business with me from the ground up as a genuine 50/50 partner — not an employee.

I'm developing an artisan pizza concept in West London, inspired by the incredible regional food traditions that rarely make it outside their home towns.

The starting point is pizza: great dough, great ingredients and lesser-known Southern Italian styles and flavours rather than trying to become another generic pizza brand.

But the bigger idea is about regional food discovery. I'm fascinated by dishes, techniques and ingredients that can be completely normal in one small part of Italy — or elsewhere in the world — yet virtually unknown in London.

The plan is deliberately lean: pop-ups, markets, events, collaborations and temporary residencies, testing what people love and building from there rather than taking on a restaurant and huge overheads from day one.

A lot of the concept and product development is already underway. What I'm missing is the right person to build it with.

I'm looking for someone who:

• genuinely LOVES pizza and food
• gets excited discovering obscure regional dishes and food traditions
• is entrepreneurial, reliable and willing to get their hands dirty
• drives and ideally has access to a vehicle
• can help with markets, transport, setup, service and operations
• wants to contribute ideas rather than simply follow instructions
• is interested in building something long-term

You don't need to be a professional chef or have founded a company before.

I'd much rather meet a passionate, curious foodie with the right attitude who wants to learn and build something together.

I'm proposing an equal 50/50 partnership, subject obviously to us getting to know each other, making sure we're compatible and putting a proper founders' agreement in place before formalising anything.

“The intention is to build this as an equal 50/50 partnership, subject to us finding the right fit and agreeing a proper founders' agreement before formalising anything.”

I'm based around Uxbridge/West London, so somebody reasonably local would make life considerably easier.

If you're interested, send me a message with a little about yourself, where you're based, whether you drive and your availability.

And three important questions:

What's your favourite pizza?

What's one regional dish you think deserves to be much better known?

If you had a food stall tomorrow and could sell only one thing, what would it be?

Even if you're not looking personally but know someone who would absolutely love this kind of project, I'd be grateful if you sent this their way.