​​We haven't looked back and several years later and we're still cooking lasagne to the same recipe, but now we're feeding a wide range of wholesome handmade dishes to customers who welcome having really good, convenient food in their freezer, whether that's busy families, people who don't enjoy cooking or older folk who want a helping hand.

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Founder Dan Stringer has spent almost all his career in the hospitality sector, from pub management to deli, coffee shop & restaurant ownership via a stint as a butcher. A believer in the truth that convenient food needn't be poor quality, Dan is also a firm believer that service sets great businesses apart from good businesses. 

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Development Chef and all round nice bloke Dan Akrigg began working with The Cheshire Food Co in 2023 and brings with him a culinary knowledge and experience that many restaurants will envy. Trained at Michelin-starred Rogan & Co in Cartmel and winner of North West Young Chef of the Year, Dan really has done the hard yards and is now bringing his depth and breadth of knowledge to the business with an initial focus on the development of our specials offering.

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We talk a lot about our food being handmade so let us explain what this actually means. It means we cook food like home cooks do - we dice, slice and julienne vegetables by hand, we cook in pans you'd recognise, and we make pastry with flour, butter and water - nothing else. You won't see us using artificial preservatives - the only preservative we rely on is the freezing process. We cook in small batches which means we control the quality of everything we do, and we package everything by hand in compostable boxes. It's been suggested to us many times that this isn't the most efficient way of doing things. We know it isn't, but we also know it's the best way to do it.