On Mother’s Day, Deepinder Goyal invites moms of Zomato employees to headquarters. Watch

As people celebrated Mother's Day around the world on Sunday, May 12, numerous individuals planned surprises for their moms. From making them a hearty meal to buying them gifts, people went above and beyond to make their moms feel special. Amid the celebrations, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal also planned a wholesome surprise for the mothers of those who work at Zomato. He invited them all to the office and honoured them. Mother’s Day celebration at Zomato office.

"And here's the surprise! We invited the moms of our employees to celebrate the day with us at the office. Also got great feedback on how to run @zomato better. So much love all around today," wrote Goyal in his post. (Also Read: Mother's Day 2024: Getafe CF players walk out in the stadium with their mothers. Watch)

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Alongside he also shared a bunch of pictures and videos of the celebration. The clips show the office full of women and them cutting a cake which reads "Mom". As the women cut the cake, people can be seen cheering and applauding for them.

Take a look at the post here:

This post was shared on May 12. Since being posted, it has garnered over 12,000 views, and the numbers are only increasing. The share also has over 500 likes. Many people flocked to the comments section of the post and shared their reactions.

Goyal said that among cakes ordered on Mother's Day, chocolate flavour topped the lot.

“Chocolate cake has been ordered 3x more than pineapple cake today,” he wrote a few hours after sharing a poll asking X users to guess the most-ordered cake flavour.

Here's how people reacted:

An individual wrote, "The way Zomato is doing activities for their employees, one should not have any doubts on the office culture and environment. Their success is the result of the right process followed for a long period of time In execution and maintaining their culture as a company!"

A second added, "What a great initiative and such a lovely cake!"

"Much appreciated gesture, need to be applauded," commented a third.

A fourth shared, "Missed this special occasion! How sweet of you to make the mothers of your team feel special!"

Zomato introduces ‘Photo Cakes’

A few day before Mother's Day, Goyal had announced Zomato's new feature of “Photo Cakes” where a user can order customised cake with a photo. All that the user needs to do is upload the photo on the app while placing the order. The pilot project is currently available in select areas in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) but will be introduced in other cities soon, Goyal said last week.