ABOUT UMAMI

A story filled with Deliciousness

Umami is the fifth taste sensation — the depth of flavour that makes food unforgettable. We built our platform on the same idea: nutrition planning should be rich, satisfying and effortless for the professionals who do it every day. Umami is borrowed from Japanese, simply translating as deliciousness — our mantra 🙌

Why Umami?

Umami started when our founders saw practioners burning hours on clunky software or making meal plans by hand or even trying to retrofit generic software for our specialist needs. We set out to give professionals one beautiful platform to plan, personalise, manage and share nutrition.

Co-designed Community

Every feature is shaped by dietitians, nutritionists, naturopaths and allied health professionals who use Umami everyday. We listen, build, refine and repeat — together, so our platform keeps working wonders for our members and their clients.

Our founders

The new kids on the block have actually been around the block a few times and have a wealth of knowledge in nutrition and tech innovation.

Nutritionist & Recipe Guru

Ellie Gillam 👩🏻‍🍳

Clinical Nutritionist and recipe developer passionate about health promotion, fertility and family nutrition. Ellie's breaking-point with clunky software sparked the idea for Umami.

Director, Designer & Concierge

Craig Gillam 👨🏻‍✈️

Design strategist with 15+ years improving lives through human-centred innovation. Craig leads product design and looks after the Umami community.

Engineering & Product Wizard

Matt Shipman 🧙🏻

Senior Software Engineer who turns big ideas into beautiful, reliable software. Matt builds the engine that powers Umami's nutrition planning platform.