📖 Cookbay · Our Story
Who hasn't encountered some minor troubles in the kitchen while studying in the UK?
An electric stove with insufficient heat will make a pot of soup simmer for half a day.
Without a rice cooker, the rice is either undercooked or sticks to the pot...
Here, cooking a familiar hometown meal is much more difficult than we imagine.
Cookbay was created because of these inconveniences.
The Birth of the Cookbay Startup Team – We were a group of friends who met while studying for our undergraduate degrees in the UK.
Like most international students, we traveled together, stayed up all night in the library to meet deadlines, and cooked hot pot, hometown dishes, and dumplings together in the small student dormitory kitchen, trying to find "that warm taste" again.
Someone came from Hunan and brought chopped chili peppers and cured meat;
Someone from Guangdong cooked a pot of slow-cooked corn and chicken soup;
Some people also use a small electric cooker to make the big bowl of spicy hot pot from Northeast China.
Food brings us closer together and also makes us think:
"Wouldn't it be more convenient if there were a range of small appliances that are truly suitable for Chinese cooking that could be purchased in the UK?"
We slowly began to take action:
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To test soy milk makers, hot pots, and electric kettles that are compatible with UK voltage.
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Contacting factories in China and compiling product standards.
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Looking for local warehouses in the UK, large-scale ocean freight logistics, and partnerships with UK courier services.
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More importantly, we hope these products are not just "buying through a proxy" or "making do," but truly reliable home furnishing partners designed for the "Chinese lifestyle."
That's how Cookbay came to be.
We are not a big brand, nor are we a startup founded by capital.
We've simply selected a group of "good household items" that we ourselves would use and recommend to you.
Let studying abroad, living, and every meal no longer be a compromise.
Cookbay hopes to bring you the following through every product:
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The comfort of hot food and soup
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The familiar feeling of "this pot can cook my family's dish".
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And the sense of belonging that "I can live a good life here".
📦 UK/Australia in-stock items, Chinese customer service 🍲 Hot pot, rice cooker, health pot, folding washing machine...
Let's start in the kitchen and work together to make life feel more like "home".
Welcome to Cookbay.