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I love this idea and it seems like a great way to bring people together in real life through technology. Like others though I think this could have trouble with laws and probably to a greater extent than AirBnB. How liable is the host if there is an food poisoning incident for example? Is Cookening liable at all?

Anyway, good luck, it's a great idea.

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Kinda sad that the first thing we have to worry about is how we could possibly be sued while having strangers over.

"Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends"

Having strangers over for money

This is not really some sort of altruistic dinner club.

In the terms and conditions, we're explaining Cookening is the third party. That's also why we're using a payment system that makes the money go directly from user to user, even if payment is made on our website.

That said, our job is also to make sure everything goes well, and if something happens, we'll have to handle it.

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