All three sell ready-made meals. Published ongoing prices: Chefgood $11.50 a meal on a 10-meal order, The Dinner Ladies $11.50 a meal and THR1VE $12.95 a meal on a 10-meal order.
Chefgoodready-made
The Dinner Ladiesready-made
THR1VEready-made
Prices checked 24 August 2026
Side by side
Chefgood vs The Dinner Ladies vs THR1VE compared
Green: best value in the row, shown only when every service has one
Ongoing priceBefore delivery fees and first-order offers
Chefgood
$11.50per meal, on a 10-meal order
The Dinner Ladies
$11.50per meal
THR1VE
$12.95per meal, on a 10-meal order
What the price is based on
Chefgood
10 meal plan (5 dinners + 5 lunches) on an ongoing weekly subscription. Individual meals are priced $11.20 to $13.90, most sitting around $11.75, with a 2% discount applied at the 10 meal size. The advertised $10.98 per meal applies only to the cheapest meals.
The Dinner Ladies
Per serve, derived from typical serves-2 family dishes priced $21.50 to $26.50 (for example butter chicken $21.50 and beef lasagne $26.50). Sold a la carte by the dish, not in fixed meal boxes or subscriptions.
THR1VE
10 meal box on an ongoing weekly subscription, published per meal rate. The 14 meal box, described as the most popular, works out at $12.50 per meal.
First-order offerNot included in the ongoing price
Chefgood
Refer a friend credit: $50 for you and $50 for your friend during a limited-time promotion, with $20 off a first order advertised elsewhere.
The Dinner Ladies
THR1VE
Starter Box at $109.95 for 10 meals on a first, one-time order. New customers can also get up to $30 off a first box, tiered $0, $10, $20 and $30 at 10, 14, 18 and 25 meals.
Minimum order
Chefgood
5 meals per week
The Dinner Ladies
$75.00 minimum food order
THR1VE
10 meals
Delivery fee
Chefgood
Free shipping on recurring orders of $125 or more; shipping charged otherwise.
The Dinner Ladies
Fees vary by suburb. Sample schedule shows free delivery on food orders over $150, $10 for orders up to $150, with a $75 minimum food order. Fees are calculated after discounts.
THR1VE
Free shipping on every subscription order. One-time orders pay shipping calculated from the delivery address. $89 minimum food order applies.
Order without a subscription
Chefgood
YesSubscription also offered
The Dinner Ladies
Yes
THR1VE
Yes
Delivery
Chefgood
The Dinner Ladies
THR1VE
Delivers to
Chefgood
NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, TAS, ACT
The Dinner Ladies
NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, ACT
THR1VE
NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, ACT
Delivery days
Chefgood
The Dinner Ladies
THR1VE
Saturday
Order cut-off
Chefgood
11:30pm Wednesday for the following week's delivery
The Dinner Ladies
THR1VE
Tuesday 9:00pm AEST for first and one-off orders; ongoing subscriptions bill Monday 9:30am AEST and can be edited or skipped until then
Food and nutrition
Chefgood
The Dinner Ladies
THR1VE
Meal type
Chefgood
Ready-made mealsHeat and eat
The Dinner Ladies
Ready-made mealsHeat and eat
THR1VE
Ready-made mealsReady to eat
Fresh or frozen
Chefgood
Fresh
The Dinner Ladies
Frozen
THR1VE
Fresh
DietsTinted where not every service compared offers it
The ongoing price at a typical order size: per meal for ready-made meals, per serving for meal kits. First-order offers and delivery fees are not included. Prices checked 24 August 2026. Confirm at checkout.
Highlights
Green cells mark the lowest published price, the highest customer rating, the largest menu, the highest minimum protein, our highest score, and a Yes where the services differ. A row is only highlighted when every service compared has a value for it. Prices in different units and ratings from different review platforms are not highlighted.
Customer rating
Out of 5, with the review count and the platform the rating is from. It is a customer rating, not our score.
Our score
Out of 100: customer rating (35 points, weighted by review volume), disclosure of macros, calories and a real price (20), price against services of the same type (15), menu size (10), ordering flexibility (10) and delivery reach (10). Where a provider publishes nothing for a criterion, it is dropped and the rest are rescaled.
