Tasting Table

Tasting Table (incorporated as TDT Media Inc.) is a digital media company focused on food and drink. The brand's website and email newsletter report on food and drink trends in the categories of dining, wine, cocktails, cooking and food travel. In addition to publishing original articles, photos and videos, Tasting Table hosts events including the Lobster Rumble, held annually in New York and Los Angeles.^[1]

Tasting Table

Type of site	Food & Drink news
Headquarters	New York City, New York , U.S.
Founder(s)	Geoff Bartakovics John McDonald
Employees	40
URL	tastingtable.com
Launched	October 2008; 15 years ago (2008-10)
Current status	Online

History

Tasting Table was founded in 2008 by Geoff Bartakovics and John McDonald,^[2] with backing from The Pilot Group,^[3] a private equity firm established by Bob Pittman.^[4][5][6]

Lobster Rumble

Since 2010, Tasting Table has hosted an annual lobster roll competition, now called Tasting Table’s Lobster Rumble. Originally called the "Lobster Roll Claw-Off"^[7] and hosted only in New York City, the event now occurs annually in New York City in June of each year^[8] and moves to Los Angeles in August. The event brings lobster roll purveyors from across the country together to compete for the title of “Fan Favorite,” selected by event attendees, or “Editor’s Choice,” selected by Tasting Table editors. The 2014 New York Lobster Rumble hosted 20 competitors and 2000 attendees, while the Los Angeles Lobster Rumble included 13 competitors and 1000 attendees.^[9][10]

DINE by Tasting Table

In 2015, Tasting Table acquired Flavour, the restaurant discovery app that the New York Times once called “powerful” and “eye catching”.^[11] Tasting Table subsequently relaunched the app as DINE by Tasting Table. DINE is a curated restaurant finder that makes it easy to discover the perfect dining destination for every situation. While Tasting Table editors have selected the restaurants included in each of the app's eight cities, DINE uniquely aggregates reviews from nearly 30 local and national publications, critics and epicurean websites. Users can quickly survey multiple viewpoints before deciding where to eat out.^[12]

References

1. "My Big, Buttery Lobster Roll Rumble: We Came, We Clawed, We Conquered". The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
2. "Tasting Table CEO Geoff Bartakovics: A Week In The Life". The Huffington Post. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
3. "Email newsletters connect advertisers with eager audiences". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
4. "Tasting Table Is The Daily Candy For Foodies". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
5. "Daily Foodie Newsletter Tasting Table is Gobbling Up Revenue". The New York Observer. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
6. "HOW PASSION GUIDED A BIG CAREER SHIFT FOR A BANKER TURNED TASTING TABLE CEO". Fast Company. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
7. "Successful Publicity Stunts 101: Dr. Claw Crashes Tasting Table's Lobster Roll Claw-Off". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
8. . DNAinfo.com. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
9. "Robert's Maine Grill lobster roll wins 'Editor's Choice Award'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
10. "Event Alert! Tasting Table's Lobster Roll Rumble Returns". Los Angeles. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
11. Bromwich, Jonah (April 10, 2015). "Two Apps to Guide You to Good Food". The New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
12. Bain, Zoe. "We'll Never Have To Spend Hours Scrolling Through Yelp Ever Again". Refinery29. Retrieved March 15, 2017.