TheFork

TheFork is a European restaurant discovery and booking platform that connects diners with restaurants and helps restaurateurs manage their operations. The company describes itself as leading the restaurant booking market in Europe and operating in 11 countries, with a mission to connect the world’s favorite restaurants and the broadest community of loyal diners.

For diners, TheFork App is a free restaurant discovery and booking app that helps people find their next table with ease. Through the app, diners can browse restaurants, read reviews, check availability and reserve tables directly. TheFork PAY and TheFork Gift Card provide quick and easy ways to pay directly from the app, rounding out the diner experience beyond the initial booking.

For restaurateurs, TheFork Manager is a software tool that digitizes restaurant operations, empowering partners to manage bookings efficiently and boost their revenue. Together with the consumer app and payment services, these signature products form the core of the company’s offering to both sides of its marketplace.

TheFork’s headquarters are in Paris, Île-de-France, France, and the company operates a fully international team. Job postings describe more than 30 nationalities across its workforce and a multicultural environment spanning offices in Europe. The company reports operating in 11 countries and maintains offices that provide space to grow both professionally and personally.

TheFork’s history traces to February 2007, when its predecessor LaFourchette was launched in France. The company has since grown into a pan-European booking platform and, according to its own communications, is part of Tripadvisor as TheFork, a Tripadvisor company. Technical job postings indicate a modern engineering stack, including NodeJS and TypeScript, React and GraphQL, Python and PySpark, PostgreSQL and ElasticSearch storage, RabbitMQ event propagation, and Kubernetes and AWS for orchestration and hosting.

The company articulates a strong set of core values—Better Together, Ownership, Respect and Growth—which it says guide everything it does. These values are reflected in behaviors such as “Come as you are,” “Dig in,” and “Make it Memorable.” TheFork emphasizes that people make the difference and refers to its employees as its vibrant Forkies community.

TheFork presents itself as an inclusive employer, stating that everyone regardless of ability, age, socio-economic and cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender expression, gender identity, ideology, national origin, race, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law has the opportunity to reach their full potential. It also commits to a fair recruitment process and offers reasonable support for candidates with special needs.

Working culture at TheFork includes a flexible working environment with home office options and additional remote flexibility during the summer and December, continuous learning and development programs, lifestyle and family benefits, health and life insurance coverage, and team-building events. The company frames its ambition as continuing to disrupt the restaurant industry and go from good to great.