Time Out and Deliveroo Bring Food Battles to London

Time Out, the leading global media and entertainment brand, has partnered with Deliveroo, the award-winning delivery service, to bring a series of four food battles to London this autumn.

The Time Out Creative Solutions team, Deliveroo and the7stars are collaborating to develop and deliver an integrated content partnership across Time Out channels. Inspiring content celebrating the best of London’s food scene is at the heart of this campaign, aimed at driving the association between Deliveroo and amazing food.

A key element of the partnership is a live event series, which will see four tongue-in-cheek boxing-styled food battles crown London’s ultimate burger, pizza, ramen and chicken over the coming months.

Kicking off with Battle of the Burger on October 6, where eight burgers from across London – curated by Time Out editors and available only on Deliveroo – will go head to head in a culinary championship at the Geffrye Museum in Shoreditch to battle it out for the title of best burger in London.

The Time Out London audience can get tickets to attend the event for £20. Dates for the other three events will be announced shortly.

Further to that, a 360-degree campaign will be integrated across all Time Out channels over four months, launching in print with a glossy cover wrap, advertorials, display advertising and editorial tie-ins. Digitally, there will be online feature packages, native traffic drivers to partnership content, co-branded display ads, CRM, digital display takeovers and roadblocks on partnership content.

In addition, there will be social coverage via Facebook and Instagram pre and post each event, live Instagram stories during, and bespoke video produced at the events seeded out via Facebook.

“We’re so excited to launch Battle of The Burger in London for the first time. ‘BOTB’ has been a mainstay of our US events calendar for years, so bringing it to our shores with an awesome brand like Deliveroo was an opportunity that couldn’t be missed,” said Jack Woodcock, Director Creative Solutions EMEA at Time Out.

“This partnership is a great example of what can be achieved when a brand, agency and media owner collaborate in a truly integrated, authentic way. As well as being a great activation for Time Out, these events will cement the relationship between Deliveroo and amazing food with thousands of influential food lovers. Working with Deliveroo has given us the opportunity to take all we’ve learned from battling beef patties in the US and Australia and add three brand new food contest formats to the roster. Stay tuned for pizza, ramen and fried chicken. They’ll all be getting the Time Out ‘food battles’ treatment before the end of 2018.”

Emily Kraftman, Marketing Director of UK & Ireland at Deliveroo, added: “Working with Time Out and the7stars on this series of food championships ticks the boxes for Deliveroo to reach an engaged and relevant audience, who go to Time Out looking for inspiration and the best things to do in the city especially when it comes to food. Being able to create a bespoke event series to celebrate some of our top partners is something we’ve never done before, and once people have enjoyed the Battle of the Burger concoctions – or read about them online, in Time Out London or on social media – they can get them delivered to their home exclusively with Deliveroo.”

Sarah Mann, Partnerships and Content Lead at the7stars, added: “Bringing together Deliveroo and Time Out to celebrate the joy of food is the perfect union of media, content and passion. This partnership allows consumers to get under the hood of what is brilliant and unique about each brand, while exploring the vitality and variety of London’s much-loved culinary landscape.”

Source: Time Out

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