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PrivateFor profitFood ProductionSittingbourne, England, United Kingdom

COOK

COOK is a manufacturer and retailer of frozen ready meals.

Founded
1997
29 years ago
Staff
1001-5000
374 on LinkedIn
Followers
9k
on LinkedIn
Funding
$16M
as listed, USD

We’re an independent, family-owned company making and selling homemade frozen food. Visit our kitchens in Kent and Somerset (please do, you’re welcome) and you’ll find our chefs chopping, peeling, simmering and roasting just like good home cooks. It’s how we make sure all our food looks and tastes homemade. We sell through 107 COOK shops nationwide, our website www.cookfood.net and branded concessions in 1,000+ retail partners. In 2013 we became one of the UK’s first certified B Corps, working to reinvent business… Read all

We’re an independent, family-owned company making and selling homemade frozen food. Visit our kitchens in Kent and Somerset (please do, you’re welcome) and you’ll find our chefs chopping, peeling, simmering and roasting just like good home cooks. It’s how we make sure all our food looks and tastes homemade. We sell through 107 COOK shops nationwide, our website www.cookfood.net and branded concessions in 1,000+ retail partners. In 2013 we became one of the UK’s first certified B Corps, working to reinvent business as a force for good. We believe energized individuals with a purpose can accomplish remarkable things. Our people are our superpower. Our RAW Talent scheme helps people into work after time in prison, homeless or suffering from mental ill health. As a top 100 Best Company To Work For we believe in enriching, inclusive workplaces where everyone can reach their full potential. We believe food has the unique power to bring people closer together. We foster rich human relationships in every dish we make. Our Kindness Fund works with local partners to get free COOK meals to isolated or vulnerable people. Our Community Discount gives 30% off our food for local events where people are eating together. We believe the best meals are cooked not processed. Through good cooking we reconnect food and farms, people and planet. Our kitchens and shops are carbon neutral and powered by renewable electricity. We’ve been recognised with five awards for animal welfare from Compassion In World Farming. We’re committed to growing the amount of less carbon-intensive, plant-based meals we sell.

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Size

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1001-5000 people: larger than 97% of companies with a size listed. 374 people list it on LinkedIn.

Age

199719002026

29 years old.

Reach

Website ranked #337,621 in the world for traffic, about 112k visits a month. 8,920 followers on LinkedIn.

What it does

Food and BeverageRetailfrozen foodRetailManufacturingFood DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentLogisticsBCorpSustainabilityValuesEcommerceTechnology

Funding, as listed

$16M raised in total

  • Rounds1
  • LatestSeries unknown, Dec 2019
  • Latest amountUSD 21,033,757
  • Investors1, 1 leading

What the source datasets report. We have not watched these rounds ourselves.

FoundersDale Penfold, Edward Perry
Apps1

Every detail we hold

Everything the source datasets list about COOK, field by field. Contact details are held but never shown.

The company

Name
COOK
Type
For profit
Status
Private
Founded
1997
Founders
Dale Penfold, Edward Perry
Industry
Food Production
Categories
Food and Beverage, Retail
Specialities
frozen food, Retail, Manufacturing, Food Development, Web Development, Logistics, BCorp, Sustainability, Values, Ecommerce, Technology

Where

City
Sittingbourne
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Markets
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

Size and reach

Staff band
1001-5000
People on LinkedIn
374
LinkedIn followers
8,920
Web traffic rank
#337,621
Monthly web visits
112,434
Apps
1

Funding, as listed

Total
$16,000,000 USD
Rounds
1
Latest round
Series unknown
Latest round date
Dec 2019
Latest amount
21,033,757 USD
Investors
1
Lead investors
1
Listing status
private

About this record

Sources
Crunchbase, LinkedIn
Last imported
Sept 2026

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