In the summer of 2020, during the early months of COVID-19, Ian Tecklin was shopping at a grocery store and thought to himself that the current frozen ravioli offerings were lacking and that he could do better. Ian wanted to bring to market tasty ravioli he’s had in restaurants, but with the convenience of being ready-made and available frozen.

Working with his chef friend Joe Sato, the duo tinkered with recipes to bring delicious ravioli to the masses. Joe and Ian then enlisted the design agency Truffl for branding and packaging, resulting in Ripi.