A good story starts with Eet Mee

about us

Bringing people together through food. The Eet Mee Foundation was established in 2009 with this motto in mind. Eet Mee brings people together through informal dinners at home. It has been a great way to connect people for over fifteen years.

Our team

Eet Mee would not be a successful organization without the help of our  team of around fifteen volunteers. They act as a matchmaker,  provide help for people who cannot create their own online profile and also help to make Eet Mee more recognizable.

Our vacancies

Director of Stichting Eet Mee Annelies Kastein

“I always heard people say: “Everyone is living on their own island, but it should not be like that.” I was looking for a method to encourage meetings. And what’s more common to everyone than food? I applied for a subsidy and that’s how the Eet Mee Foundation started. Based on this idea, we successfully connect people and contribute to community building.”

Do you want to know more about the foundation or Annelies? Please send your email to: info@eetmee.nl

Annelies Kastein

Director Stichting Eet Mee

Our recipe

  • Founded in 2009 as a non-profit foundation.
  • Started in the Utrecht region and since then has expanded nationally.
  • Personalised matchmaking.

Our achievements

  • Already over 14.000 successful personalised matches.

  • One of the 80 favorites of the selection committee for the National Volunteer Award 2023 and 2025.

  • Mantel van Sint Maarten: nominated in 2022 and 2023.

  • One of the winners of the Sociale Groningse Ondernemers Challenge (Groningen’s Social Entrepreneurs Challenge) in 2020, with this initiative the municipality of Groningen supports us in making Groningen more social.
  • Received the Rode Pluim 2019 from GroenLinks Zeist as an initiative that contributes in making Zeist more social.
  • ‘Eet mee! Vaste gast’, which is a matchmaking service for vulnerable elderly people who are looking for a permanent host address to eat with in the neighborhood, was nominated by Monuta Helpt in Nieuwegein as the Applicant of the year 2017.
  • ‘Come and Eat’, which is a matchmaking between the refugees in Utrecht emergency shelters and the residents of Utrecht, won the Tolerantieprijs Utrecht (Tolerance Award Utrecht) in 2016. ‘Come and Eat’ was organized together with Present Utrecht. Also, it was recognized as an excellent method to reduce prejudice.
  • Winner of the WijMakenUtrecht (WeMakeUtrecht) trophy 2014 as the best social initiative that makes the municipality of Utrecht more attractive.
  • Nominated for the Tolerantieprijs Utrecht (Tolerance Award Utrecht) in 2011 and 2013, as well as for the JijMaaktUtrecht (YouMakeUtrecht) trophy 2013.

Together we connect our community

Connecting as many people as possible in a warm, homey atmosphere: that’s our mission. To achieve this, we connect dining venues with guests in a reliable, accessible, yet professional way. We go above and beyond to ensure a pleasant dinner, whether it’s a one-off or a regular occurrence. This way, we contribute to spontaneous encounters: a guarantee for more connections, more fun, and more conviviality. Together, we connect our community.