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About It’s a Secret

Create food with integrity. Deliver it at scale.

One Irish kitchen, nine specialist brands, and a team of chefs who have spent more than fifteen years making meals that customers trust and operators depend on.
Meals produced daily
20K+
Years of experience
15+
Industry awards
30+
Made in Ireland
100%
A plated roast chicken dinner with mash, peas and carrots

Who we are

Ireland's producer of premium prepared meals

Secret Recipe produces premium ready meals, soups, sides and tray meals for retail, food service, contract catering, healthcare, schools, wholesale and home delivery across Ireland and the UK.

With capacity for 20,000 meals a day, we combine chef-led cooking with modern food manufacturing, so quality stays consistent at scale.

Potato and leek soup with bread and fresh leeks

Our philosophy

Quality ingredients, artisan craft, uncompromising food safety

Every dish starts with carefully chosen raw materials — proteins, fresh vegetables, rich stocks, herbs and spices — selected for flavour, consistency and traceability. Our production mirrors traditional kitchen techniques wherever possible.

Although we run a high-capacity BRC Grade AA facility, every meal is individually checked by a trained person before it leaves our kitchen.

Katsu-style chicken with rice and fresh vegetables

Innovation

Chef-led product development

Our development team works with national and international partners — including O'Briens Sandwich Bars, Potbelly USA and MuscleFood UK — to create bespoke meals that fit each partner's flavour profile and operation.

From high-protein performance meals to globally inspired recipes, every product begins with real ingredients, slow-cooked methods and rigorous testing.

Quality & certification

Grade AA BRC — the highest standard in food safety.

BRC is the most recognised food-safety standard the industry operates under. Every meal that leaves our Cork kitchen meets it.

  • BRC Grade AA logo

    BRC Grade AA

    Global Standard for Food Safety — the kitchen in Cork holds Grade AA BRC accreditation.

  • Halal certified production

    Certified halal meals produced on segregated production lines.

  • 100% Irish made

    Every meal is produced at the Secret Recipe kitchen in Ballincollig, Co. Cork.

Our food retail portfolio

Nine brands, each with a purpose.

250 products across ready meals, soups, sides, SnackPots, kids' meals and family trays — for shoppers, retailers and food service partners.