Everything is available on subscription these days and I do mean everything. Coffee, razors, beer – life’s essentials.

All of these services offer a hassle free delivery of a commodity product and a hassle free extraction of cash from your bank account. It’s a ‘life hack’. An efficiency saving. One more thing to tick from the never-ending to-do list.

Eventually, offering a commodity, these services falter. A freezer full of granules, a bathroom cabinet full of unused shaving foam, a waistline billowing over your belt. And I’m paying for this ‘privilege’?!

Shaken Cocktails is one of a growing number of subscription services aiming to offer something different from this cupboard full of essentials.

We staggered up sober to the 2014 Kebab awards. No need to pitta us though, it was fun

Takeaways aren’t renowned for their quality though and they’re usually limited to a couple of ‘traditional’ choices of Asian origin. Step forward EatFirst – a service that provides lunch delivered straight from a kitchen overseen by a top chef. That’s Jane Tran to be precise, a Canadian born chef with a CV from kitchens on both sides of the Atlantic.

There are no fish fingers in sight. Nick goes to Michelin starred Icelandic restaurant Texture to discover Nespresso’s new coffee.