Chefgood vs Gourmet Dinner Service vs Soulara

All three sell ready-made meals. Published ongoing prices: Chefgood $11.50 a meal on a 10-meal order and Soulara $12.14 a meal on a 10-meal order. Gourmet Dinner Service does not publish an ongoing price.

Chefgoodready-made
Gourmet Dinner Serviceready-made
Soularaready-made
Prices checked 24 August 2026

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Green: best value in the row, shown only when every service has one	Chefgood Chefgood review Visit site	Gourmet Dinner Service Gourmet Dinner Service review Visit site	Soulara Soulara review Visit site
Price and ordering	Chefgood	Gourmet Dinner Service	Soulara
Ongoing priceBefore delivery fees and first-order offers	Chefgood $11.50per meal, on a 10-meal order	Gourmet Dinner Service Price not published	Soulara $12.14per 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.	Gourmet Dinner Service No retail per-meal price table is published; meals are priced individually across meals for one, mains for two and family sizes, with a $75 minimum food order plus delivery. The only figure given is 'prices start at $4 per meal' for Support at Home customers paying a 30% co-payment, which is not representative of a standard retail order.	Soulara 10-meal bundle at $121.37, ongoing order (a further 5% comes off with Subscribe and Save); single meals list at $12.20 each
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.	Gourmet Dinner Service Free Intro Pack for new Support at Home customers: $100 retail value of meals with the usual $30 co-payment waived.	Soulara Welcome offer: 15% off with code NEW15
Minimum order	Chefgood 5 meals per week	Gourmet Dinner Service $75 minimum order value for delivery	Soulara 5 meals minimum
Delivery fee	Chefgood Free shipping on recurring orders of $125 or more; shipping charged otherwise.	Gourmet Dinner Service Delivery pricing varies by postcode and is shown after entering your postcode. Minimum food order value of $75 applies, plus a delivery fee. Free pick up from the Sydney and Brisbane kitchens.	Soulara Delivery fee varies by postcode; free shipping on orders over $150
Order without a subscription	Chefgood YesSubscription also offered	Gourmet Dinner Service Yes	Soulara Yes
Delivery	Chefgood	Gourmet Dinner Service	Soulara
Delivers to	Chefgood NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, TAS, ACT	Gourmet Dinner Service NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT	Soulara Australia-wide
Delivery days	Chefgood	Gourmet Dinner Service Monday, Tuesday, Thursday to Saturday	Soulara
Order cut-off	Chefgood 11:30pm Wednesday for the following week's delivery	Gourmet Dinner Service 11am, two business days before your delivery day (Melbourne example: 11am Thursday for Monday delivery)	Soulara
Food and nutrition	Chefgood	Gourmet Dinner Service	Soulara
Meal type	Chefgood Ready-made mealsHeat and eat	Gourmet Dinner Service Ready-made mealsHeat and eat	Soulara Ready-made mealsHeat and eat
Fresh or frozen	Chefgood Fresh	Gourmet Dinner Service Frozen	Soulara Fresh
DietsTinted where not every service compared offers it	Chefgood Weight loss High protein Low carb Vegan Vegetarian or vegan Gluten free Dairy free	Gourmet Dinner Service Vegan Vegetarian or vegan Gluten free Diabetic friendly Dairy free	Soulara Weight loss High protein Vegan Vegetarian or vegan
Calories published	Chefgood Yes	Gourmet Dinner Service Yes	Soulara Yes
Full macros published	Chefgood Yes	Gourmet Dinner Service Yes	Soulara Yes
Typical protein	Chefgood 29g to 38ga meal	Gourmet Dinner Service	Soulara 8g to 31ga meal
Menu size	Chefgood 70+ items	Gourmet Dinner Service 140+ itemsLargest	Soulara 50+ items
Ratings and checks	Chefgood	Gourmet Dinner Service	Soulara
Customer rating	Chefgood 4.2/5Highest1,362 reviews, ProductReview	Gourmet Dinner Service 3.8/520 reviews, ProductReview	Soulara 4.1/51,338 reviews, ProductReview
Our score	Chefgood 70/100	Gourmet Dinner Service 61/100Scored on 85% of our criteria	Soulara 75/100Highest
Prices checked	Chefgood 24 August 2026	Gourmet Dinner Service 24 August 2026	Soulara 24 August 2026

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Chefgood

Calorie-controlled weight loss with chef-style meals under 400 calories

Full macros and kilojoule counts shown on every meal tile, with most mains under 400 calories
Bulk pricing steps down as you order more, from around $11.20 per meal at 5 meals to $10.36 at 14
No lock-in subscription: pause or cancel before the Wednesday cut-off
Menu is around 40 to 60 items, smaller than some larger competitors
Free shipping only kicks in on recurring orders of $125 or more
Not available in WA or NT, so coverage is east coast plus SA and TAS

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Gourmet Dinner Service

Aged care and NDIS funded frozen meals with no subscription

No subscription or lock-in contract: order only when you want
Snap frozen with no preservatives or additives, so meals keep for up to 4 months in the freezer
Over 100 dishes spanning single serves, mains for two, family sizes, sides and desserts
No published per-meal price list, so you need to browse the menu or enter a postcode to work out costs
$75 minimum food order plus a delivery fee on top
Delivery limited to NSW, VIC, QLD, ACT and SA, with no WA, TAS or NT coverage

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Soulara

Vegan and plant-based ready meals with published macros

Over 50 plant-based meals with cuisines from Italian and Mediterranean through to Indian, Mexican and Asian
Full nutrition panel, macros and ingredient list published for every meal
Flat $12.20 per meal pricing with pre-built bundles from 5 to 10 meals, plus 5% off for subscribers
Entirely plant-based, so no option for anyone wanting meat or seafood meals
Delivery reaches 1,988 postcodes only, so some regional addresses miss out
Delivery fee varies by postcode and free shipping needs a $150 order

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Prices: 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.

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