Charlie Bigham's Reviews 

Very tasty. Crispy potatoes. Easy cooking for an 85 year old. And, I like the wooden trays. I'm using a couple for storage.

Bought the new dish, Prawn and Scallop risotto for the two of us. I have to say it was delicious. Lovely flavours. Whilst I agree the portion size is not huge, this is probably the size we should be eating rather than what we want. Yes it was £10.95 but we spend a lot more on a takeaway. Love the fish pie too. Only eat fish so can’t comment on the other dishes.

I've been obsessed with Charlie Binghams since discovering them for myself. I'm chronically unwell, mostly bedridden, live alone and depend on ready meals as I can no longer prep and cook a meal. I’ve tried so many ready meals but they are all the same, even the finest ones, very heavy, very mass manufactured and as a lady with a massive grissly mince phobia, very poor quality.
Charlie B’s have meant I can actually enjoy a ready meal! Not only enjoy it but LOVE every mouthful! No more mince phobia here!! I've never once had to fish out any grissle.
As someone else commented, yes they're a bit more expensive but… you really do get what you pay for and personally I'd prefer to pay more for something I'm actually going to enjoy.
On the cons side, as there is one, it's the packaging!! Pleeeeease sort it out 🙏🙏 I understand what you're trying to do with it but it really isn't practical at all! I don't have a cooker, I have a 12 in 1 Ninja Combi which I can bake in as you would a normal oven but because they are compact I can't get away from the element which means the wood sets on fire. I currently buy extra foil dishes which I have to decant in to (as I need the disposable element). Please please consider a change to foil dishes. 🙏🙏
As a side note aswell, I freeze my meals and cook from frozen every time with tin foil over until last 15mins. I obviously cook it for longer (approx 50mins) but they are just as scrummy! 👍👍👍👍
Thanks

I have been a fan of Charlie Bighams from the beginning. Being coeliac it is difficult to find glutenfree options. The quality of the curries is fantastic as is the flavour and I buy these all the time if I crave curry but there is little else in the range that is suitable.

When in England, my go to supper is one of Charlie’s! My all time favourite is the Fish Pie…..but lots of others could take this honour…..Green Thai Chicken Curry for example…..Chicken Ham and Leek Pie…….the list is endless……enjoy ))
Valentine Villiers

Not sure what has happened, last three items I have, lasagne, and a couple of Thai curries have been very disappointing. I didn’t even finish the lasagne, sauce just tasted like canteen fodder. Curries are lacking any style that they used to have. Along with the price creep I think you need to go back to old values and ingredients, clearly these are lacking.

Consistently excellent. I use the fish pie and lasagne regularly. I think the price is fair because the quality is always excellent and always consistent. I don't usually use pre prepped food. I usually make from scratch. Charlie Bingham meals are the exception. Simply add a vegetable or salad and you have a quality meal.

We tried the Moussaka for the first time. It was delicious! There was plenty of for two of us, we liked the potato with the avocado and lamb mince.

I have always rated your products very highly and kept a few in my freezer for emergencies or when i am busy and want a tasty meal.
More recently things have changed -not with the product quality but in the size of the portions and the price.
I recognise that food producers want to make their products more affordable in these ways , but the changes are now making me think twice about value for money and buying less.

Especially love the fish pie. Best there is and pleased it doesnt have prawns in as I don't really like them.
It is difficult to serve to look good on a plate.
I always add extra grated cheese on top as I think it improves it enormously- really the little bit CB put on is hardly worth the effort. Overall although relatively expensive it is a tasty quick meal

We tried Sicilian chicken with potatoes which was delicious, very tasty , would certainly buy again

Chicken tikka massala is delicious. Portion size is good for under a fiver per person. Last time I had enough left to stick in a scotch pie case for a lovely wee lunch.

I found it expensive, tasteless and definitely didn't taste homemade, the potions are small for 2 people I personally can eat one just for myself so works out very expensive

Can't say enough about these people.yeah it's a little more expensive than you probably would like but I think that if you pay a little more you get a better quality.and I don't mind paying for something that I know I will enjoy and that equals to money well spent.

Not enough fish. Young's better and much cheaper. Very expensive but only 3/4 of the size of most ready meals. Bought for me by my son as a treat, I can't afford it. Very disappointed.

I came out of work last month and just got a new job did not have the money to go out so we decided to get two of these meals for four of us two chicken Jalfrezi. I ended up donating my share to everyone else the was not enough meal for four :(
The seems to be a focus on the packaging and not the contents of the the meal .
Pros
Nicely presented packaging .
Cons
Poor meal quality
Very poor amount of food for two people. (its a meal for one )
Hardly any meat in the meal
Flavorless rice
Watery flavored main meal
Expensive with no justification for price?

Extremely disappointed in this so hyped .I have had better microwave meals. For £10 they should offer a money back refunded if not satisfactory.

I’ve praised Charlie Bighams meals several times on Waitrose’s review pages; so I was disappointed enough to add this here.
Spaghetti Bolognaise for 1

I’ve had this before and it’s pretty ok usually but the latest one I’ve bought and currently eating is almost completely Spaghetti and nill Bolognaise, with the Bolognaise just over a tea spoon’s worth. You need to get whoever makes this stuff to at least attempt to do Quality Control!
For what it costs, Charlie, please attempt not to ruin your reputation like this: it only takes one bad apple to ruin it.
Also have to add that your Chicken Korma and rice was also much worse than the last one I tried: I couldn’t finish that one.

We got the Chicken Tikka Massala for 2. Those wooden boxes they are practically empty. 5-6 small pieces of chicken in them, a bit of sauce and one box of rice. Ridiculous for the amount of money paid! Obvs they are all about making money, otherwise you would treat your customers with more respect... it is only chicken, surely can afford to make it more appealing and put some actual CHICKEN IN IT!!! Disgusting! Is this how you, CHARLIE, eat at home? Cause we don't! Will never buy again and none of our families as well. Make our own! Absolute rip-off! Shame on you!

Absolutely delicious for a supermarket ready meal, and we especially loved the packaging!