Harmonic Executive

The Client

Simmer is a UK-based meal delivery service known for providing healthy, chef-prepared meals that prioritise both flavour and convenience. Founded in 2017, the business started with meals cooked in a small kitchen and quickly grew into a family-run venture.

Simmy and Jhai are two brothers and the great minds behind Simmer. The brothers started the business whilst Simmy was a university student cooking meals himself and reinvesting the profits to keep the company growing. Simmer prides itself on being a family oriented, self-started and a bootstrapped brand that has filled a niche in the market for high quality easily accessible food. Despite humble beginnings, 7 years later Simmer has become an amazing success story and has grown exponentially.

The company has experienced an impressive 400% revenue growth from 2022 to 2023, with projections to more than double again by 2025. This year, Simmer earned the 11th spot on The Sunday Times’ list of the 100 fastest-growing companies in Britain, while the brothers were recognised with a place on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list. Additionally, Simmy Dhillon was honoured with the prestigious ‘Sunday Times Young Founder of the Year’ award.

How did Harmonic help?

When Simmer set out to strengthen its strategic leadership and support functions, they partnered with Harmonic to ensure they found the right people. Tasked with building a team capable of driving high-level strategy and operational impact, Harmonic delivered a precise, tailored approach. This included key hires such as a COO, Head of Customer Experience, and CRM Manager, among others.

From defining the ideal leadership profiles to sourcing and securing top talent, Harmonic worked closely with Simmer to create a team ready to scale with the company’s ambitions.

Client Feedback

“I hated hiring… until I met with Harmonic.

I used to really hate hiring. Being bootstrapped and running things super lean, I’ve always found hiring a painful process:

· Not having clarity on which roles to hire

· Not sure how to structure my team

· Not having a clue on salary benchmarks

· Pouring through 100s of LinkedIn ‘easy apply’ applicants

· Spending valuable time on hopeless screening interviews.

But it’s recently becoming a source of excitement…

Since I started working with Harmonic Talent, they started off offering great, free advice - their knowledge of the start-up ecosystem is excellent. And for the first time I felt like a recruiter really understood my needs - so we kicked off a search and the process was super smooth. The quality of candidates was top tier, weekly updates and reporting was concise and detailed, and the team were responsive and proactive.

Can’t recommend Harmonic enough. So if you’re considering hiring soon, why not reach out for some free advice and see how it goes…”

- Simmy Dhillon, Founder of Simmer