A popular on-demand service which delivers restaurant food to homes is coming to east Kent.

Deliveroo, which already operates in Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks, launches in Canterbury today.

It allows customers to order food from the kitchens of restaurants in the city, to be delivered to their front door.

More than 15 eateries have signed up to the service, including Pizza Express, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, The Burger Brothers and The Goods Shed.

Pork and Co also tweeted its excitement to be involved in the service earlier this week.

The move will create more than 50 jobs over the course of the next year, the majority of which will be Deliveroo riders.

Deliveroo general manager Jeremy Rawlinson said: "We're extremely excited to be launching in Canterbury and we're looking forward to bringing some of the town's delicious dishes straight from the hands of local chefs to customers' doors.

"Our new riders in Canterbury are now kitted out in their new hyper-reflective kit and locals can order from the fantastic variety of restaurants in Canterbury, whatever they want, whenever they want, all from the comfort of their own home, office desk or wherever else hunger strikes.

"We already have a number of great partners across the town and we are excited to expand and widen the variety of restaurants on offer to our customers in Canterbury over the course of the next year."

Orders can be made between midday and 11pm, or scheduled up to one day in advance from the Deliveroo app.

The average delivery time is 30 minutes.