Soulara vs Youfoodz vs Your Private Chef

All three sell ready-made meals. Published ongoing prices: Soulara $12.14 a meal on a 10-meal order. Youfoodz and Your Private Chef do not publish an ongoing price.

Soularaready-made
Youfoodzready-made
Your Private Chefready-made
Prices checked 24 August 2026

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Green: best value in the row, shown only when every service has one	Soulara Soulara review Visit site	Youfoodz Youfoodz review Visit site	Your Private Chef Your Private Chef review Visit site
Price and ordering	Soulara	Youfoodz	Your Private Chef
Ongoing priceBefore delivery fees and first-order offers	Soulara $12.14per meal, on a 10-meal order	Youfoodz Price not published	Your Private Chef Price not published
What the price is based on	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	Youfoodz No price table was published: plan pricing only appears after entering a postcode and choosing a box size. The only figure shown is a promotional "from $9.29/meal" headline, which reflects the largest plan size and discounted rates rather than a typical ongoing 10 meal order.	Your Private Chef No per-meal or box pricing published for the weekly home meal delivery range; prices sit inside a separate catering ordering cart and are quoted per item or per event
First-order offerNot included in the ongoing price	Soulara Welcome offer: 15% off with code NEW15	Youfoodz Up to 40% off plus free add-ons for 12 weeks for new subscribers, advertised as up to $200 off in total, with free shipping on some offers.	Your Private Chef
Minimum order	Soulara 5 meals minimum	Youfoodz 6 meals minimum	Your Private Chef
Delivery fee	Soulara Delivery fee varies by postcode; free shipping on orders over $150	Youfoodz Shipping costs vary by location, with regional fees differing from metro. Free shipping is included in some promotional offers.	Your Private Chef Minimum spend of $40 plus a delivery fee on weekdays, $150 plus delivery fee on Saturdays and $400 on Sundays. A higher delivery fee applies for time specific deliveries.
Order without a subscription	Soulara Yes	Youfoodz	Your Private Chef Yes
Delivery	Soulara	Youfoodz	Your Private Chef
Delivers to	Soulara Australia-wide	Youfoodz Australia-wide	Your Private Chef VICMetro areas only
Delivery days	Soulara	Youfoodz Monday to Sunday	Your Private Chef Tuesday
Order cut-off	Soulara	Youfoodz Varies by state and delivery day, for example NSW, VIC, ACT and QLD Monday deliveries close Thursday 11:59PM, while WA and NT close 9:59PM	Your Private Chef Friday for the following Tuesday on weekly meals; midnight for next day catering orders
Food and nutrition	Soulara	Youfoodz	Your Private Chef
Meal type	Soulara Ready-made mealsHeat and eat	Youfoodz Ready-made mealsHeat and eat	Your Private Chef Ready-made mealsReady to eat
Fresh or frozen	Soulara Fresh	Youfoodz Fresh	Your Private Chef Fresh
DietsTinted where not every service compared offers it	Soulara Weight loss High protein Vegan Vegetarian or vegan	Youfoodz Weight loss High protein Low carb Vegan Vegetarian or vegan Gluten free Diabetic friendly Dairy free	Your Private Chef Vegetarian or vegan Gluten free Halal
Calories published	Soulara Yes	Youfoodz Yes	Your Private Chef No
Full macros published	Soulara Yes	Youfoodz Yes	Your Private Chef No
Typical protein	Soulara 8g to 31ga meal	Youfoodz	Your Private Chef
Menu size	Soulara 50+ items	Youfoodz 70+ items	Your Private Chef
Ratings and checks	Soulara	Youfoodz	Your Private Chef
Customer ratingFrom different review platforms	Soulara 4.1/51,338 reviews, ProductReview	Youfoodz 3.9/548,760 reviews, Trustpilot	Your Private Chef 5.0/549 reviews, ProductReview
Our score	Soulara 75/100Highest	Youfoodz 61/100Scored on 85% of our criteria	Your Private Chef 39/100Scored on 75% of our criteria
Prices checked	Soulara 24 August 2026	Youfoodz 24 August 2026	Your Private Chef 24 August 2026

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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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Youfoodz

Busy households wanting fresh, no-prep meals with a big weekly menu

Large rotating menu with 40 to 80 items a week plus snacks, juices and desserts
Meals are fresh, never frozen, ready in about two minutes and keep up to 9 days in the fridge
Coverage across all states and territories, including a long list of regional centres
Per meal prices are not published upfront: you must enter a postcode and pick a plan size to see them
Marketing leans heavily on a 12 week introductory discount, so the ongoing rate is hard to judge
Tasmania and the Northern Territory get limited coverage and only one to three delivery days a week

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Your Private Chef

Melbourne households wanting chef-cooked weekly meals alongside event catering

Fresh and frozen weekly home meals come from a working Melbourne catering kitchen, with the same chefs behind corporate events
Dietary labelling across the menu for gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian, vegan, halal and kosher friendly options, plus a special dietary individual box for complex allergies
Repeat orders can be set up at checkout, and pickup from the Caulfield kitchen is available
No published per-meal pricing, so you have to work through the ordering cart or request a quote
No calorie or macro information published, which rules it out for calorie counting or macro tracking
Weekly meals are delivered on Tuesdays only, with orders closing the Friday before

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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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