Watch: Deepinder Goyal in splits as comedian roasts Zomato’s platform fee, rain surge

Comedian Swati Sachdeva questioned Zomato’s ever-increasing extraneous charges, CEO Deepinder Goyal in stitches.

Updated on: Jul 17, 2024, 08:19:34 IST

By Sanya Jain

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On its 16th birthday last week, Zomato organised a roast. No, not the kind of roast you eat - Zomato staff and executives got together to listen to a bunch of comedians making jokes at their expense. The no holds barred comedy session was attended by Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal and the CEO of Zomato-owned Blinkit, Albinder Dhindsa, besides other employees.

Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal in stitches during comedian Swati Sachdeva's piece. (Instagram/Zomato)

During the roast, comedian Swati Sachdeva took the stage to question Zomato’s ever-increasing extraneous charges, including its platform fee and surge during rainy weather. Zomato recently increased its platform fee to ₹6 from the earlier ₹5. At the same time, the food delivery platform reduced the free delivery distance from 10 km to 7 km, sparking much dissatisfaction among customers.

Comedian Swati Sachdeva began her piece by thanking Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal for providing comedians with this stage tonight. “Now I just hope you don’t charge a platform fee for this as well,” she added as the punchline.

She then questioned the rainy weather surge applied even when there is no rain. “Your product managers run to the terrace to check if there are clouds and apply rain surge,” she quipped.

Sachdeva then singled out Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa. What, she wondered, is the point of adding a handling charge to grocery orders. If a person is delivering groceries, they will naturally have to handle them, she reasoned.

Her joke drew sheepish laughter from the audience. On the other hand, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal was in splits at the dig.

Take a look at the video below:

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Zomato invited seasoned comedians like Gaurav Kapoor and Samay Raina for the roast.

The comedy roast was organised to celebrate the platform’s 16th birthday. Zomato also took out a full-page ad in a leading newspaper on its birthday. Done in the style of political pamphlets, the ad was widely praised for its creativity.

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Sanya Jain
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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