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Chefgood vs Gourmet Dinner Service

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

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

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Chefgood vs Gourmet Dinner Service compared

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Chefgood
Gourmet Dinner Service
Price and ordering
Ongoing priceBefore delivery fees and first-order offersChefgood
$11.50per meal, on a 10-meal order
Gourmet Dinner Service
Price not published
What the price is based onChefgood
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.
First-order offerNot included in the ongoing priceChefgood
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.
Minimum orderChefgood
5 meals per week
Gourmet Dinner Service
$75 minimum order value for delivery
Delivery feeChefgood
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.
Order without a subscriptionChefgood
YesSubscription also offered
Gourmet Dinner Service
Yes
Delivery
Delivers toChefgood
NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, TAS, ACT
Gourmet Dinner Service
NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT
Delivery daysChefgood
Gourmet Dinner Service
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday to Saturday
Order cut-offChefgood
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)
Food and nutrition
Meal typeChefgood
Ready-made mealsHeat and eat
Gourmet Dinner Service
Ready-made mealsHeat and eat
Fresh or frozenChefgood
Fresh
Gourmet Dinner Service
Frozen
DietsTinted where not every service compared offers itChefgood
  • 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
Calories publishedChefgood
Yes
Gourmet Dinner Service
Yes
Full macros publishedChefgood
Yes
Gourmet Dinner Service
Yes
Typical proteinChefgood
29g to 38ga meal
Gourmet Dinner Service
Menu sizeChefgood
70+ items
Gourmet Dinner Service
140+ itemsLargest
Ratings and checks
Customer ratingChefgood
4.2/5Highest1,362 reviews, ProductReview
Gourmet Dinner Service
3.8/520 reviews, ProductReview
Our scoreChefgood
70/100Highest
Gourmet Dinner Service
61/100Scored on 85% of our criteria
Prices checkedChefgood
24 August 2026
Gourmet Dinner Service
24 August 2026

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Strengths and trade-offs

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

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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How to read this comparison

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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