Taste type · Scouts

EGFD — The Sharing Scout

Orders for the whole table

  • Explorer
  • Gatherer
  • Freestyler
  • Daily

You make trying something new feel easy—especially when there is a table full of people to share it with.

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Paprika the meerkat, the EGFD character (The Sharing Scout), with two sharing platters of skewers, flatbread and dips
Paprika the meerkatStanding tall on lookout, a platter in each paw

More plates, more people. You make trying new things easy.

The Sharing Scout at the table

You are the one who says “let’s just get a bunch of things.” You like trying something new, and you like it even more when there are six plates in the middle of the table and everyone gets a bite. You make adventurous eating feel easy and generous.

Strengths

  • Orders for the whole table without overthinking
  • Gets cautious friends to try one new thing
  • Makes sharing the default

Watch-outs

  • Over-orders, every time
  • Forgets to save a bite for the person who is late

Your food rhythm

How this type tends to choose a meal, a place and a setting. Your own quiz answers can add more detail.

How you choose

Start with a place or dish you have not tried. Keep a couple of options open and decide when you are hungry.

Where you feel at home

Look for a new opening, specialist counter, or neighborhood find. Pick somewhere with space to share and talk.

The atmosphere

A lively room and a table with people you like make the meal. Keep the pace easy enough to fit into an ordinary day.

What lands on the table

Try one thing that is new to you. Add something for the table to share.

A perfect night out

A dim sum or mezze spread with friends, ordering a few more plates every twenty minutes.

Try ordering

  • A spread of small plates
  • Dim sum carts
  • Mezze with warm bread
  • Anything family-style

Suggestions for the type, not rules. In the app, the match score on each dish is the answer for you.

Go-to places

  • Family-style restaurants
  • Dim sum halls
  • Tapas and mezze bars

EGFD-B or EGFD-M?

The fifth letter is the flavor dial. Same type, different plate: here is how each side of EGFD orders.

  • -B: Bold

    Orders the tripe, the chili crisp cucumbers and the fermented tofu so everyone tries one.

  • -M: Mellow

    Orders a table of crowd-pleasers: warm bread, dips, grilled skewers and rice.

What EGFD means

Four letters, one for each side of how you eat. EGFD leans Explorer, Gatherer, Freestyler and Daily.

  • 1. Discovery

    • E: ExplorerEGFD

      Chases dishes they've never tried

    • R: Regular

      Has go-to spots and go-to orders

  • 2. Company

    • G: GathererEGFD

      Eats best around a shared table

    • S: Solo

      Savors a meal on their own terms

  • 3. Planning

    • P: Planner

      Researches, saves and books ahead

    • F: FreestylerEGFD

      Follows the craving in the moment

  • 4. Occasion

    • C: Celebrator

      Turns meals into an occasion

    • D: DailyEGFD

      Loves easy, everyday eats

Eating with a Sharing Scout

Do not order your own plate. Put your fork in the middle and dig in.

One letter away

These types differ from EGFD by a single letter — one turn to trade, easy company.

The opposite type

RSPCThe Cozy ConnoisseurEvery letter flipped. Let them pick the next spot.

EGFD with every type

How the Sharing Scout eats with each of the 16 types: what they agree on, what they take turns on, and their next nights out. Compare any two types.

The Scouts family

Scouts are the friends who text the group about a place that opened last week, then get everyone there. New food is better when there are people to pass it to.

All 16 taste types

Scouts · Explorer + Gatherer

Find the new spot, bring everyone

Wanderers · Explorer + Solo

Go find it, on their own terms

Hosts · Regular + Gatherer

Trusted places, full tables

Keepers · Regular + Solo

Keep their favorites close

Not sure which one you are? Take the free 20-question quiz. Just for fun — a food-preference quiz, not a psychological or health assessment.

Taste type vs match score

Your taste type is how you eat, just for fun. Your palate is what you love, and in the app that is what your match scores use.

Your match score (0–100) is how well a dish or place fits your palate — not the crowd's average. See how taste matching works.

Know what to order.
Agree on where to eat.

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