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CEO & Co-Founder
Ali Shahid
Ali leads strategy, product, and operations. He brings an MBA, years of marketing and sales leadership, and a work ethic built on the road delivering food. He stays hands-on with key client accounts.
Proudly Canadian owned · Est. 2024
From knocking on doors to feeding Canada's workplaces.
Food Mamba is a Canadian-owned corporate catering and events platform, founded in Toronto. From a Tuesday team lunch to a 1,000-person gala, it's one platform, one team, and one invoice.
We walked into office lobbies, asked for the office manager, and dropped off samples. That's how we won our first clients.
— Ali & Hira
Our story
We started with no investors, no connections, and a lot of doors to knock on.
Food Mamba started the way a lot of Canadian stories start: two newcomers, three kids, and a decision to bet on ourselves.
We arrived in Canada in 2021 and took whatever work paid the bills. Ali delivered for Uber Eats. Then in January 2024, the startup he worked for shut down overnight.
We could have looked for another job. Instead we looked at a problem we had seen for years. Offices were stuck juggling five vendors, twenty emails, and a missed dietary restriction just to feed a team. Nobody had built one place that handled it properly.
So in February 2024, husband and wife, we launched Food Mamba with our own savings. We knocked on doors until the first office said yes.
We delivered orders ourselves when a driver didn't show. We answered the phone at 11 PM when an event was the next morning. We still work with many of those first clients today.
That's the Food Mamba way: work harder than anyone else, care about every order, and always find a solution.
Mission & vision
What we're here to do.
Our mission
Make feeding teams and running events effortless for every workplace.
Catering, event services, daily office meals, and group orders, all on one platform with vetted local vendors, clear pricing, and a real team behind every order.
Our vision
Become Canada's #1 platform for workplace food and events.
We want to be the first call every Canadian company makes, in every major city from coast to coast. Then we take what we've built beyond Canada, as a homegrown company that started in Canadian kitchens.
300+Corporate clients, including Fortune 500 teams
350+Verified restaurants and event partners
3Regions live: Toronto & GTA, Kitchener-Waterloo, Vancouver
4Products on one platform: Hub, Pro, Daily, and Group Ordering
Our journey
From one laptop to three regions in under three years.
- 2021
A new start
We arrive in Canada with three kids and big plans.
- Jan 2024
Back to zero
The startup Ali worked for shuts down. We decide to build our own.
- Feb 2024
Food Mamba launches
First clients won by knocking on doors downtown.
- 2025
300+ clients
Grown almost entirely by referrals and repeat orders.
- Sep 2026
Kitchener-Waterloo
Our second region goes live.
- Sep 2026
Vancouver
Launched because our clients asked for it.
What drives us
The way we work.
Hustle
We move fast and outwork bigger competitors. Speed is how a small team wins.
Customers first
Founders answer the phone. We know our clients by name, and they know ours.
Own it
If an order goes wrong, it's on us. We fix it first and talk about it after.
Find the solution
A caterer cancels at 7 AM? We find a replacement before your meeting starts.
Build local
Every order supports a Canadian restaurant, caterer, or event vendor.
Meet the founders
Founder-led, and building a team to match.
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Co-Founder · Director of Business Development
Hira Malik
Hira leads business development and owns our client relationships. From the first meeting to the hundredth order, she works directly with office managers, executive assistants, and HR teams to make sure every order and every event is delivered the way we promised.
A small team that moves fast.
Operations, partner success, marketing, and engineering, working across three regions. We're hands-on, we're growing with every city we open, and we're hiring people who hustle like we do.
OperationsPartner SuccessMarketingEngineering
Where we're headed
This is just the beginning.
Toronto proved the model. Kitchener-Waterloo and Vancouver are live. Next, we're taking Food Mamba to more Canadian cities, growing our vendor network, and building AI tools for office managers.
Live · Home market
Toronto & GTA
Where it all started, from the downtown core to the outer GTA.
MississaugaNorth YorkMarkhamVaughanOakville
Live
Kitchener & Waterloo
The Innovation District, Uptown Waterloo, tech campuses, and Cambridge.
KitchenerWaterlooCambridge
Live
Vancouver
Our first West Coast market, opened because our clients asked for it.
YaletownMount PleasantBurnabyRichmond
Your city next? We expand where demand takes us. Tell us where your office is.Request My City
Come grow with us.
Whether you're feeding a team or feeding a city, we'd love to work with you.