FoodScout marketplace

Concept preview

Keep Melbourne kitchens moving together.

Preview a future space for sharing surplus ingredients, finding hospitality help, and connecting with nearby venues.

Private testing: nearby updates from approved hospitality accounts are live in the feed. The illustrative cards, listing form, messaging, payments, and exchanges below remain previews and are not stored or sent.

Private testing feed

Nearby marketplace updates

Approved owners, chefs, and managers can share a marketplace update from their venue posts workspace. Exchanges and payments stay directly between participants.

Share marketplace update

Nearby hospitality feed

Choose a range; FoodScout will use your linked venue when available.

Illustrative listings

See how local offers could look

Preview worker profiles →
Example
Ingredients

Fresh Roma tomatoes

$2.50 / kg

12 kg available · pickup today

Sample venueFitzroy · sample distance
Example
Workers

Pastry chef available

$42 / hour

Friday evening · 5 years experience

Sample venueCarlton · sample distance
Example
Ingredients

Sourdough starter

Free exchange

4 jars · best before tomorrow

Sample venueCollingwood · sample distance
Example
Requests

Seeking 20 kg onions

Response wanted

Needed for Saturday service

Sample venueRichmond · sample distance

Trust before launch

The live marketplace will require approved business accounts, moderated listings, reporting tools, and clear exchange histories.

FoodScout will help people connect. Businesses and workers will still agree pricing, pickup, payment, safety, and employment terms directly.