The service and delivery was excellent. Meals are frozen, the quality of the ingredients is obvious, the meals are delicious but you are only getting part of the meal in most cases. Sides such as vegetables and rice, noodles, pasta is needed to complete the meal. Portion sizes are substantial. Presentation is good and appetising. Good variety to choose from. Chef recipe, menus are developed alongside the Providoor chefs. Relatively expensive per serve and delivery is $19 per order.

Disappointing, not as good as when we last tested in 2021. Meals look bland and not very appetising. The food was presented as if it was thrown together with no structure to the meal. We ordered the medium size but found the serves very small.

Make-out Meals have a small range of recipes from chefs. They offer a weekly subscription as well as a range of one-off boxes. Recipe cards are included although two recipe cards were missing from our meal selction. Some of the ingredients were less than fresh and one meal was not great tasting or presented well. The method on recipe cards could be improved. Recipe times were not always accurate.

Healthy meals with low carbohydrates, mostly delicious tasting, but a couple had an unpleasant mouthfeel. Good variety to choose from. A quick turn around on delivery. Available in most states. The service and delivery was very good, however there are no messages indicating ETA.

Meals are only OK. Fairly healthy meals with limited seasoning so most foods were bland. Portion size is OK. Presentation is not great with foods combined and messy with no structure. Most meals did not look appetising. Good variety to choose from. Chef inspired meal choices. The service and delivery was only OK as meals were delivered early and left outside for 8 hours. Temperatures were above the safe range.

The service and delivery was excellent. Delicious home cooked meals that are frozen. A small amount of preparation is required. You can add your own sides and vegetables. Meal sizes are generous and look presentable.

Dinnerly is affiliated with Marley Spoon and is the cheaper meal kit option. Dinnerly is marketed as an affordable, low fuss meal delivery service with a relatively cheaper per meal average cost. The recipes are OK to follow but could have less steps combined into one. The meals are tasty, portion size is substantial and overall the meal kit is good. Some produce we found to be less than acceptable with brown ends of cabbage and cucumbers that were not so fresh.

The service and delivery was excellent. Meals are delicious although portion sizes are small, you'll need to add sides for some meals such as rice and extra vegetables. Presentation is pretty good and appetising. Good variety to choose from. Lovely old school type meals.

Good variety of meals and diet options. Meat dishes have a limited amount of meat and vegetables are a little over cooked. Meals were mostly tasty. Presentation was OK although some meals had moved inside the container. Limited instructions for heating. The service and delivery was very good.

Meals were only OK. The meals presented didn't look very appetising, the protein was cut into small pieces usually covered in a sauce. Some of the food items had mixed together in the container. Flavour was acceptable but not fresh tasting though. The smell of the food wasn't pleasant and after a week of smelling the food I couldn't think of purchasing this product again. The instructions for heating were not suitable for all microwaves and there was no standing time so non-stirrable foods temperature were under 60°C. After cancelling you are likely to be bombarded with emails offereing discounts trying to get you back. The service and delivery was very good. Meals are available in some supermarkets a lot of variety to choose from.

HelloFresh is marketed to everyone - busy people, small and large families, single-family can all benefit from meal planning. While HelloFresh has been our top performer for the last two tests, we have had some members complain about the lack of fresh produce, portions not uniform and poor customer service. Having to add personal details such as email address and credit card details before being able to view the menu and the actual cost. Constant bombardment of emails and marketing to subscribe with special offers. Testing HelloFresh we encountered these issues as well. Some produce we found to be less than acceptable with brown ends of celery.

Quite Like meals have a great selection of meals. Ingredients were fresh on delivery. Once prepared they look very similar to the picture. Meals looked presentable with good portion sizes. The method is clear with photos of each step that are easy to follow with minimal instructions. Lists supplied ingredients, pantry ingredients and equipment. There is an estimated cooking time and allergy and nutritional information is listed on the recipe card. Received some freebies that included a block of chocolate and a tea towel.

Marley Spoon claim to have a focus on locally sourced, pre-portioned ingredients for zero food waste and easy recipes. There are lots of recipes to choose from. The recipe card method is clear and the writing is easy to read and follow. The recipes can be customised to allow you to swap proteins for a more personalised dining experience. You have to add personal details such as email address and credit card details before being able to view the menu and the actual cost. Constant bombardment of emails to subscribe with special offers.

Everyplate is affiliated with Hello Fresh and is the cheaper meal kit option. Everyplate is targeted as affordable family meals. With a relatively cheaper per meal average cost. There is a good choice of meals and the recipes are easy to follow. The meals are tasty and delicious and portion size is substantial. Overall the meal kit is very good.

Pepper Leaf has relatively fewer meals to choose from. The overall rating of the meals was OK with fresh ingredients. There is limited information shown when selecting meals - there's only a small symbol shown for vegetarian options and no allergen information, extra ingredients required or cooking times given. Meals are labelled "almost ready meal", stove or oven. The cooked meals are very similar to the pictured meal. The portion size is substantial.