A family recipe,
a Kelowna kitchen,
a thousand varenyky.
Founded in 2023 by Tetiana Kopets and her family after relocating from Ukraine to Canada, Ready to Cook began as a way to preserve and share the food culture we grew up with. What started small has grown into two storefronts and a dedicated production kitchen — all driven by a love for real food made by hand.
From Ukraine to Canada
The Kopets family relocated from Ukraine to Canada, carrying with them the recipes, traditions, and food culture they grew up with — and a determination to keep it alive on a new continent.
Ready to Cook is born
Tetiana Kopets and her family founded Ready to Cook in Kelowna. The idea was simple: share the food we love with our new community, made the way it's always been made — by hand, with heart.
A second home at Orchard Park
In October we opened a second location inside Orchard Park, Kelowna's largest mall — bringing hand-rolled perogies, cabbage rolls, and Ukrainian classics to a much wider table.
Perogies Bar opens downtown
Our newest spot — Perogies Bar — opens at District Mall on Bernard Ave: ready-to-eat Ukrainian food in the heart of downtown Kelowna. Same recipes, same hands, served hot at the counter.
Four promises we put on every package — and on our family name.
Hand-rolled
No extruders, no shaping machines. We pinch, fold, and roll every piece by hand. It's slower. It tastes better. That's the whole argument.
No preservatives
We don't need them. Flash-freezing within hours of cooking does the same job, the natural way.
Locally sourced
Potatoes from Pemberton. Cabbage and beets from a farm 12 km up the highway. BC honey. Alberta beef. We name them on the package.
Real recipes
Nothing is "inspired by." Every dish is made from a recipe a member of our family actually grew up eating. We're not creative — we're faithful.
Most of what's in our kitchen drove less than 100 km to get here.
We work directly with growers and producers across the Okanagan and the Fraser Valley. If you ask us where something came from, we'll tell you — and probably show you on a map.
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