Sinead
McInerney.
Founder of RIPE Lifestyle Europe. Cooks every batch out of the Lisbon kitchen herself, tests every recipe before it goes on the site, and writes every word here.
From Toronto
to Lisbon.
Sinead grew up in Toronto, daughter of an Irish father and a Portuguese mother who arrived in Canada in their early twenties. She learned to cook at home, the way kids of migrant parents often do: long Saturday soups on the stove, herbs on the windowsill, her avó's broth recipe written on the back of an envelope.
After studying in Toronto, she came back to Lisbon. Partly for the markets. Partly because her mother's family is here.
RIPE Europe came out of that move. The recipes started in the Toronto kitchen years ago, and they're cooked here now with grass-fed beef from Alentejo, free-range chicken from the Setúbal Peninsula, and herbs from a friend's garden in Évora. Eighteen hours. Better produce.
Cooks the broth.
Tests the recipes.
Writes the words.
Sinead picks the bones from the butcher herself, walks to the organic market each week, and tests every recipe in her own kitchen before it goes on the site. The eighteen-hour cook isn't a marketing number; it's how long it actually takes.
- Founded: RIPE Lifestyle Europe, 2024 (Lisbon)
- Specialism: small-batch slow-cooked broths, Portuguese sourcing
- Where to find her: in the kitchen, or on Instagram @ripe_europe