Is Hungry House Still in Business? (2026 Update)
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Look for Hungry House on AmazonFull story →Shane Lake and Tony Charles pitched Hungry House, an online takeaway ordering platform, wanting £100,000 in return for a half share, and drew interest from two of the panel.
The brand disappeared from view in 2018, though not because the business failed.
A Concept Ahead Of Its Time
Ordering dinner through a website rather than a phone call was still a novel behaviour when this pitch aired, which made the idea feel far more speculative to the panel back then than it would look through today's eyes, with smartphone food ordering now the default for most households.
The pair offering to invest were reportedly James Caan and Duncan Bannatyne, but the founders raised capital from a different set of backers instead, judging those terms more favourable for where they wanted to take the company.
Two Buyouts And A Retired Name
That call proved shrewd. The company scaled into a genuine force in UK food ordering, was acquired by Delivery Hero in 2013, and changed hands again when Just Eat bought it for a sum reported around £200 million.
Once that second deal closed, Just Eat migrated customers onto its own platform and wound the separate app and website down in 2018, ending the brand rather than the business behind it.
What This Really Means
This is not a failure story, it is closer to the opposite. The company kept growing, changed owners twice, and was ultimately folded into the market leader, a stronger outcome for the founders than most on-air deals from this era ever produced.
You cannot order through Hungry House today because the name itself was retired, not because the underlying business collapsed.