About Wicked Smart Hot Sauce

Born in Trinidad, Wicked Smart founder, Ifoma Smart immigrated to Canada at the age of four. In his home as a child, pepper sauce was everywhere, and it was served in generous amounts with every dish. He spent countless hours watching his grandmother, mother, aunts and uncles compete amongst other family members for who had the hottest sauce. They visited West Indian markets and handpicked the freshest ingredients to replicate the flavours of the sauces from back home. So it was only natural for Ifoma to take what he learned from his family and adapt them to fit his own recipes. When his own mother asked him for his recipe, he knew he was on to something good. He again applying his knowledge to create products that will spice up any dish. The appeal of Wicked Smart hot sauces is that they are not ignorantly hot without flavour… at least that’s what they would say in Trinidad. While he claims that these are not Trinidadian-style hot sauces, they certainly pay homage to his origins and his roots. Since launching the business in December 2022, Wicked Smart Hot Sauce has enjoyed local success amongst retailers in the Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge region and can be found in select stores in Toronto (ON), Ottawa (ON), St-Jacobs (ON), Sault Ste-Marie (ON), Montreal (QC) and Coquitlam (BC). In addition to being a business owner, Ifoma is a husband, father, an executive at Canadian technology company, and has taught Muay Thai for the past 5 years.Read their story