Charlie Bigham's Reviews 

Just had a Charlie Bingham's fish pie as my parents and in-laws said how good they were.

When it arrived by Tesco delivery on Saturday I was surprised how small it was given the premium price and the dish was three quarter full at one end and a quarter at the other.

I assumed it must have a lot of fish to justify the price. Very disappointed. 95% just potato, almost no fish (about 3 two cm cubes) and very little taste. Expected more given the tiny size and expensive price 😞 Just a complete rip-off charging for the brand and forgetting the quality.

Won't be having another. My husband had a meat pie from a well known cheap pie company which was twice the size, half the price and 5 times the meat.

I was disappointed with this meal, especially considering the premium reputation of the Charlie Bigham range. The chilli lacked the deep smoky flavour I was expecting and tasted much milder and sweeter than a proper chilli should. The addition of sweetcorn and carrot felt out of place and made it taste more generic than authentic. The texture and quality were fine, but the flavour was flat and lacked richness, spice and depth. For the price, I expected something much closer to a slow-cooked homemade chilli. Unfortunately, I wouldn’t buy this one again.

Tried two of the new Pan-Fry range, the Teriyaki Chicken Yakisoba and the Singapore King Prawn Laksa. Both have an excellent taste. My only complaint is that the King Prawn dish is rather stingy with the prawns - mine had 5, I would expect twice that for a premium meal costing nearly £7.

We have had Charlie's products for some time and have come to like and trust the results.
Recently tried a new dish which was the Sweet and Sour Pork with jasmine rice and found this to be excellent and would recommend.

We have tried most of the range and all have been delicious! Good value, better than a takeaway and good portion sizes.
Great after a long day at work 😊

I am a keen amateur cook
I am Belgian so no experience with Indian food

While in the UK I bought chicken TIKKA MASALA
It was absolutely excellent
As tasty as a good Indian restaurant.
The rice that came with it was of top quality !
So was the chicken
I will try other preparations!!
Congratulations to the cooks!

There arent enough stars to rate your ready meals. I'm so happy to see the veggie range is growing.

You may be interested to know that the App YUKA rates the meals as good (bit calorific) but acknowledges the quality and absence of UPF

We love them ... and will even eat chicken especially when it's on offer or reduced!

The red thai chicken curry which we ate most recently is amazing, every mouthful a taste sensation, spicy and fragrant.

Portion size is fine for us .

A CB meal is a treat (eating out but at home) and we often have a dessert ... maybe that helps with quantity.

I have just tried your new "five minute in the pan" Singapore king prawn laksa, which I'm happy to congratulate you on - it being a delicious, and may I say economical meal , which I feel will be a great success to accompany your new range.

I tried Charlie's Thai curry from tescos, wow its the simply the best Thai ever,I will certainly be trying other dishes,also I emailed Charlie and I got a wonderful reply,I will continue to buy this amazing food🤗🤗

The Breton Chicken is incredibly salty. The mash really doesn’t need a pile of awful breadcrumbs all over it. This was so much nicer as a kit you cooked yourself. I would never buy it again. Hardly any leeks and the sauce is very strong. It’s expensive and not good value. Very disappointing.

An absolutely amazing Thai chicken curry with fragranced rice ! Definitely worth a try- beats a takeaway !!

Just cooked the new Teriyaki chicken yakisoba.

Simple to cook, just a 6 minute stir fry job. But it was awful, a tasteless glutenous mess. I’m a fan of these ready meals and often buy one for a Friday night but really disappointed, small portion too.

I’d quite like my money back to be honest plus there’s zero to eat because I don’t shop until tomorrow. So toast for me tonight. Excellent.

I had the Thai red curry. It tasted great but it's not enough food for two adults. It's a lot of money to still feel hungry.

Singapore king prawn laksa, looked great. Easy to cook, however the sauce was to spicy for us. All we could taste was the sauce. Never having this dish before maybe it's supposed to taste like this. My wife had to leave most of hers. Won't be buying this dish again.

Bought a Charlie Binghams Sicilian chicken with roasted potatoes.
Lovely sauce but hardly any chicken, certainly not enough for 2 people, we were still hungry after eating it so wont be buying again as purchasing 2 would work out quite expensive, will be making my own Scilian chicken in future

Thai red curry. Excellent taste. Best ever and it scores 100 out of 100 on the yuka app which rates food never seen this before once had something that scored zero. Cooked in our caravan oven and always take a selection on our trips so easy and so tasty.

I treated myself and my sister to paella by Charlie Bigham I was expecting to add an ingredient or two to make it as good as what I’d make myself Well I was blown away - it was absolutely GORGEOUS - it needed nothing extra so I am moved to recommend it wholeheartedly to everyone needing a special treat!

Really impressed with the laksa dish …
So quick and easy to cook and very, very tasty.

Authentic too.

my first Meatball el Forno (for two) was good. Second one not so. Four meatballs and lacking edge of first meal. So not impressed - Sorry

Charlie Bighams pie bought from petrol garage Waitrose stock Road Billericay essex must be the worst pie I have ever eat and this pie had carrots in and the puff pastry did not rise and taste of nothing . The petrol garage served the pie in a plastic package whereas when I bought a week earlier in Waitrose store served in a a ceramic dish . Avoid buying pie from petrol garage - uneatable and not fair cost £5.99 and failed to eat it and spoilt the rest of meal with my potatoes and vegetables !