My husband and I have just eaten the Chicken Alexander. At £11 it was the most expensive ready meal we have ever had. I was appalled how little chicken there was and how hard and chewy it was. The s... Toon meer
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Having tasted the Green Thai Curry from all the proprietary brands I can categorically state that Charlie Bighams is by far the best. From the presentation to the ingredients and taste, you can both... Toon meer
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I worked & lived out in Spain for several years and I can honestly say that your Spanish Chicken with Roasted Potatoes is the best that I have eaten. Excellent meal and will definitely try more o... Toon meer
Another filling Tikka Masala meal which we really enjoyed but I feel excluded from many products simply it seems because wheat flour is cheap and easy. Pad Thai, Paella, Cottage Pie, Risotto don't... Toon meer
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Awful. Far Too Sweet
Just tried Firecracker Chicken and Jasmine rice. We put it in the recycling bin. The Firecracker Chicken was lovely and hot, but that where the good points end. The sauce was REALLY sweet, so sweet I couldnt eat it. But even if I had liked it, there was only enough Firecracker Chicken for one. I would never buy this one again.
12 juni 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello Bev, we're sorry to hear that you were disappointed with our Firecracker Chicken & Jasmine Rice.
We'd love to learn a little more about your experience and see if we can help. Please drop us an email at hello@bighams.com with some more details and we'll be happy to look into it for you.
I don’t really buy ready meals
I don’t really buy ready meals, but I was in a rush, so I thought I’d try the Lasagna for one, it was fantastic,
tasted as good as home made. I will not hesitate to try another recipe. 5 stars.
5 juni 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Thank you so much for your lovely review, Susan. Charlie and our chefs work hard to create dishes that taste as close to homemade as possible, so it's wonderful to hear that it hit the mark for you.
We hope you enjoy exploring more of our range and finding a few more favourites along the way.
BEEF SHORT RIB RAGÙ WITH RIGATONI
Not one of your best but they cant all be winners!!! Taste rather non-descript and topping looked overcooked after 30 mins cooking time. Far too much pasta for amount of sauce.
However, we are generally complimentary about your meals....
8 juni 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Dear Sue, I'm sorry to hear this wasn't one of your favourites. We certainly appreciate that not every dish will suit everyone's tastes, but we'd love the opportunity to look into this further.
Please could you send us an email at hello@bighams.com with a little more information, including the name of the dish and the use-by date from the sleeve? This will help us investigate with our kitchen team.
Thank you again for your feedback, and we look forward to hearing from you.
Still hungry
Just had the spicy Korean chicken for two.
It tasted fabulous, but... Rice was plenty, but the actual Korean chicken was incredibly measley.. barely enough to feed one person
Disappointed and hungry 😞
1 juni 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello Sarah, thank you for your feedback. We're pleased you enjoyed the flavour of the Korean Firecracker Chicken, but we're sorry to hear that the chicken portion was disappointing.
We aim to provide a generous portion in all our dishes, so please do email us at hello@bighams.com with the use-by date and batch code so we can look into this further.
Nice but seems a bit lazy
Another filling Tikka Masala meal which we really enjoyed but I feel excluded from many products simply it seems because wheat flour is cheap and easy.
Pad Thai, Paella, Cottage Pie, Risotto don't need wheat flour -my local restaurants don't use them . I'm not asking for a gluten free range - just some thought although I'd point out that gluten free soy sauce is an ingredient too!
28 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello Martyn, thank you for your lovely review and for taking the time to share your feedback.
We really appreciate your comments and will be sure to pass them on to Charlie and the kitchen team.
We do have some dishes where we do not actively include gluten-containing ingredients, so please do email us at hello@bighams.com and we'll be happy to help identify some suitable options.
Very mean with the meat content
Lots to like about the Charlie Bigham range but ultimately the question is, does it provide value for money.
My experience says NO.
Presentation good, Flavour good
Both let down by meat content. 'Perfect for 2' it says on the packaging. I disagree. In my opinion there was just about enough meat content for one person, definitely not two.
Sorry, but I will not be buying again.
28 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello Nigel, we aim to provide generous portions in both our dishes for one and our dishes for two, so it's disappointing to hear that you felt there was insufficient meat content on this occasion.
We would love the opportunity to look into this further with you, so please do email us at hello@bighams.com with details of the dish you purchased, along with the use-by date and batch code if you still have them.
Ok, but
Ok, but not outstanding. The ratio of fish to mash and cheese sauce wasn't great. The mash seemed almost slimey, too much cheese sauce? - and I couldn't identify any spinach. It was all too soft, and inspite of giving it 40 mns at 200°C, it wasn't piping hot, as I would have expected.
29 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hi Jeanne,
I'm really sorry to hear that you were disappointed with the Fish Pie.
The dish should contain a generous portion of hake and salmon pieces, with smoked haddock blended into the sauce, so I'm sorry to hear that the balance of fish, mash and sauce didn't feel right.
Please do drop us an email at hello@bighams.com with the use-by date and batch code from the sleeve, and we'd be very happy to look into this further with our kitchen team.
Charlie Bigham’s are the best and their…
Charlie Bigham’s are the best and their dishes like leek , spinach &bacon gratin are the best , I m waiting for new recipes to launch
22 mei 2026
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Hello Perpet, thank you so much for the lovely review! We’re so glad you’re enjoying our dishes, especially the Leek, Spinach & Bacon Gratin. We hope you continue to enjoy our range.
Always my favourite Except the odd…
Always my favourite Except the odd changes, smaller portions and there Too much Carrot in the lasagne, ruins the taste, CARROT! I add a little when making my own but hardly any
22 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello Julie, thank you for your feedback. Please be assured that we haven’t changed the recipe or portion size for our lovely Lasagne. If you’d like to pop us an email at hello@bighams.com, we’d be very happy to help you further.
I purchased a Charlie Bigham Chicken…
I purchased a Charlie Bigham Chicken Noodle Teriyaki (new range) from a Waitrose Store on 14th May. It was a very unpalatable experience and I personally would never buy from this manufacturer again. It is impossible to establish the precise provenance of a food bug but there may be a connection with a very intense period of discomfort I endured within 15 hours!
14 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello Richard, we are so very sorry to hear about your experience with our Teriyaki Chicken Yakisoba. We take comments like this extremely seriously and would very much like to look into this further for you. If you could please send us an email to hello@bighams.com with the use-by date and batch code from the dish, this will allow us to pinpoint exactly when your dish was made in our kitchen and investigate the specific batch thoroughly with our technical and kitchen teams.
We do hope you’re feeling much better now and look forward to hearing from you.
Rip off
Singapore King Prawn Laksa bought for an extortionate 4.86 in tesco instead of the even more extortionate full price of 6.95. What a total rip off. A bowl of yellow noodle soup with six prawns floating in it. Difficult to eat without getting covered in it and now I've got a pan to wash up, a proper dinner to cook and a top to launder. Tasted passable. Avoid.
19 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello Margaret, I’m so sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy the Singapore King Prawn Laksa. Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us - we really do appreciate it and will be sure to pass your comments over to Charlie and the chef team.
Singapore prawn laska for one
I counted five maybe six prawns,the rest was bulked out with noodles and other cheap ingredients,over spicy and too hot,but maybe that's just me, premium meal?not even close
15 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello, thank you for your review. We’re really sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy the dish. If you’d like to discuss this further, please do contact us on hello@bighams.com. We are here to help.
Quality not what it was
We've been buying Charlie Bighams meals every now and then for years and have always been very happy with them until recently. Today we had the Chicken Tikka Masala and noticed a significant decline in the quality of the chicken. Given the price is going up (now almost £10) I think its unlikely we would choose this again.
15 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello Kristina, we’re really sorry to hear this. Please do pop us an email with a little more information, including the use-by date and batch code, so we can look into this further with our kitchen team and help you further: hello@bighams.com
The Charlie Bighams experience
Charlie Bighams range is really good quality and as a family we have tried almost all of the range and have never been disappointed. Our latest purchase was the Chicken Pad Thai noodles which was fantastic and ready in only 6 minutes.
Next for us to try is the Szechuan Chilli Beef Noodles.
Go Charlie Bighams !
13 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello John, thank you so much for the lovely feedback! We’re thrilled to hear you and your family have been enjoying the range, and especially pleased the Chicken Pad Thai was such a hit. We hope you love the Szechuan Chilli Beef Noodles just as much!
Just paid £9.95 for a moussaka and have…
Just paid £9.95 for a moussaka and have to say it was nothing more than a big mush, nothing about it was restaurant quality as advertised by tesco, very disappointed as their other dishes are great
12 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello Phil, we’re really sorry to hear you were disappointed with the Moussaka. That certainly doesn’t sound like the experience we’d want for our customers. Please do email us at hello@bighams.com with the use-by date and batch code from the dish so we can look into this further for you.
Just had a Charlie Bingham's fish pie…
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.
11 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello Chris, we’re really sorry to hear this, that doesn’t sound right at all and certainly isn’t the experience we’d expect. We’d like to look into this further, so please do email us at hello@bighams.com with the use-by date and batch code from the dish, and we will investigate this for you.
Chilli con carne
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.
11 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello Chris, we’re really sorry to hear you were disappointed with the dish, and appreciate you taking the time to share such detailed feedback. We’d really like to look into this further and help if we can, so please do drop us an email at hello@bighams.com with a few more details.
Tried two of the new Pan-Fry range
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.
5 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Thank you David for your feedback, we’re so pleased you enjoyed both dishes! We really appreciate your comments regarding the prawn quantity in the Laksa too. Please do drop us an email at hello@bighams.com so we can help you further.
New dish experience
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.
1 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello Barry,
We’re so pleased to hear you’ve been enjoying our dishes over time, and even more so that the Sweet & Sour Pork with jasmine rice was a hit!
Thanks again for taking the time to share your feedback.
Charlie Bigham’s dishes
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 😊
2 mei 2026
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Antwoord van Charlie Bigham's
Hello Karen,
Thank you so much for your lovely review!
We’re delighted to hear you’ve been enjoying so much of the range, and that it’s hitting the spot after a long day, that’s exactly what we hope for.
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