Abstract: A system and method for communication routing, and meal creation, based on an order for one or more items of a custom meal placed by a consumer, the method includes receiving, a dietary restriction communication from the consumer order placement application, the dietary restriction communication comprising at least one dietary restriction, determining a recommended ingredients list based on one or more dietary restrictions, displaying the recommended ingredients list to the consumer, receiving the recommended ingredients list as a function of the one or more selected ingredients and the one or more dietary restrictions received from the consumer order placement application, receiving a meal completion indication from the consumer order placement application, and transmitting the one or more ingredients from the consumer order placement application to a meal preparer usable to create the custom meal.