Cook franchise

Cook is a company focused on making healthy ready to eat meals. We specialise in food with ingredients and techniques that are used by good cooks at home. A wide variety of food offerings is available with specific cuisine options such as beef, land, pork, chicken and fish meals. But more than that, we also have options for our customers that have vegetarian, gluten free and dairy free diets. Simply put, we have food that caters to every type of person with or without special needs who don't have the time to cook on their own.

Aside from creating and selling ready meals, it is also our company's goal to be a shining beacon to its suppliers, employees and most especially to the customers and the community. To achieve this, we have become one of the first certified B Corporations in the UK. This means that we strive to meet the high standards of social as well as environmental accountability, performance and transparency. Our efforts was more than fruitful as we bagged the “Franchisor of the Year” award from the British Franchise Organisation HSBC Awards as well as placing No. 1 in the “Best Companies to Work For” given by the Sunday Times. More than the awards from prestigious institutions, we boast that we have been voted by our employees as one of the very best companies to work for.

We believe that following our core values and why we do our business is the ultimate key to our national success. That is why we provide training to new franchisees ensuring that the quality of products as well as the services offered are on par with our standards. The 3-week training programme will include guidance in the kitchen and shops as well as orientation in the head office and logistics centres. Moreover, two weeks will be spent by the new franchisees in our training stores ensuring operational competence.

As our business seems to grow in scales that we never imagine, we need more people to help us reap larger success through franchising. What we offer is a prestige brand that will help you earn a six-figure income. Cook has already designated territories of towns and cities over where our next franchises would be. Interested franchisees need to be passionate about food and in delivering the best customer service, and have great social skills. If you want to join us, a £30,000 is needed for the license fee and about £70,000 for the shop fitting costs.

Edward Perry and Dale Penfold founded Cook in 1997 when they had conceived the idea of cooking and selling frozen ready meals that are just like home-made. In 2000, they merged with Edward's brother, James, which helped Cook grow in a larger scale. Now, Cook is a well-established company with more than 80 outlets that are either franchised or half owned.