Chefs Plate vs Goodfood 2026 (Which is Right For You?)

Goodfood vs Chefs Plate Meal Choices

Detailed review	Chefs Plate Review	Goodfood Review
Mutton, Lamb	0	1
Pork	3	6
Beef	3	4
Chicken	2	4
Vegetables	3	1
Mushrooms	1	2
Seafood	2	3
Turkey	1	1
Cheese	2	2
Low Carb Plan
List Of Allergens
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Across meat, poultry, seafood, and vegetables, the two line up closely, and their standard recipes land in much the same calorie range. Both also look after customers with allergies by listing allergens on every recipe, though neither can rule out cross-contamination at the facilities where kits are packed, so they aren’t safe bets for anyone with a serious allergy.

The cooking is where they split hardest. Chefs Plate cooks like a reliable weeknight: simpler ingredient lists and comfort-leaning dishes that land more often than they miss. When one does fall flat, it’s the stuff reviewers keep flagging, a chicken breast that dries out if you trust the timer too much, or a sauce that could use more punch. Goodfood reaches higher. Its recipes are more refined and globally inspired, the seasoning bolder, and at its best it’s the tastier of the two. You pay for that ambition in prep time, extra steps, and the odd recipe that’s more involved than a Tuesday night calls for. You can see the gap in the sample menus below, Goodfood’s pearl couscous and grana padano next to Chefs Plate’s creamy beef penne:

Chefs Plate vs Goodfood: Price Comparison

• • 2 people / 3 recipes (no family plan available) = $13.49 – $16.99
• • 2 people / 4 recipes (no vegetarian or family plan available) = $13.49 – $16.49
• • 4 people / 2 recipes (all plans available) = $12.49 – $16.49
• • 4 people / 3 recipes (all plans available) = $11.49 – $15.49
• • 4 people / 4 recipes (no vegetarian plan available) = $10.74 – $14.24

Chefs Plate pricing works differently from Goodfood’s because you pay the same for any meal you choose, regardless of the ingredients. You can still set a preference, Meat and Vegetables, Vegetarian, or Family Friendly, which simply nudges those recipes to the top of your weekly menu. You’re free to pick from any of the available meals either way. Here are the prices per serving on the different weekly plans with Chefs Plate:

Add it all up and the verdict on price holds: Chefs Plate comes in cheaper than Goodfood for the same kind of meal, and the gap stretches on the bigger family plans, where it falls to $8.99 a serving. Goodfood only gets near that on its largest plans, and its low-carb meals always sit at the pricey end. Lately Chefs Plate has pushed even harder on value, rolling out a 2026 Dollar Menu of $1 sides and $3 add-ons to pad out a cheaper box, and you can stack that with a current Chefs Plate promo code on your first few orders. If cost is what’s deciding it for you, plug your household size into our meal kit cost comparison tool before you commit.

Prices and menus last checked for 2026. Both companies rotate their weekly menus and adjust pricing periodically, so check each site for the current figures before ordering.

Packaging: Environmentally Friendly or Not?

Packaging guilt is real, and it’s one of the first things people ask about before subscribing. The reassuring news is that meal kits create less waste and emissions than driving to the store and over-buying for the same dinners, and both companies put effort into trimming their footprint further. Here’s how they compare.

Both brands take packaging seriously, and after a few weeks of recycling we can confirm it’s not just marketing. With Chefs Plate, the boxes are fully recyclable and go straight in the household bin. The kit bags and cool pouches are compostable, though there’s a small catch: you have to peel the sticker off the bag and pull the zipper off the pouch first, which is easy to forget when you’re just trying to clear the counter.

Goodfood does just as well, with one extra trick: reusable boxes. Its standard cardboard boxes, insulation liners, bags, and bottles are all made of recycled materials and are recyclable too (depending on your location). Goodfood also runs a Reusable Box Program in certain regions, which delivers your kit inside reusable boxes that you hand back to the driver each time or leave out wherever your order gets dropped off. Where it’s offered, there’s a $50 deposit, returned if you opt out and switch back to cardboard.

Customer Reviews

Reviews are the next best thing to trying a kit yourself, but the star average is the least useful part of them, since these two land within a tenth of a point of each other. What’s worth reading is the complaints, because that’s where they actually differ. Here’s what Canadians say once you dig in.

Trustpilot Reviews

Chefs Plate Canada sits around 3.6 to 3.7 out of 5 on Trustpilot, and Goodfood lands at a near-identical 3.7. Since the scores won’t decide it, the useful signal is what each set of reviewers raves about and gripes over:

• Chefs Plate, liked: portion sizes, variety, easy-to-follow recipe cards, fresh ingredients
• Chefs Plate, common asks: more kid-friendly meals, the option to swap a vegetable and not just the protein
• Goodfood, liked: well-balanced meals, sustainable packaging, dinners that come together fast
• Goodfood, common gripes: late or missing deliveries some weeks, recipes that occasionally run more involved than expected

Google Reviews

Chefs Plate scores well on Google too, where reviewers rave about how tasty and easy the meals are, often posting photos of what they cooked. Freshness comes up most as the high point, though a minority report the opposite: produce that arrived wilted or past its best.

Goodfood’s Google rating runs noticeably lower. The bulk of the negative reviews come down to missing items in deliveries, while the fans tend to single out the Goodfood smoothies. Google ratings shift constantly and are averaged by location, so treat them as a rough signal rather than a verdict.

One caveat with any review pile: people post when they’re thrilled or furious, rarely in between. The clearest pattern across both brands is that delivery quality tracks where you live more than which company you pick, which is the best argument for trying one yourself instead of trusting the star ratings. Which leads to the other thing you live with every week: how easily the subscription bends around your schedule.

Chefs Plate or Goodfood: Which Is More Flexible?

The menu difference is the one you’ll feel most: Chefs Plate hands everyone the full menu, while Goodfood walls off certain recipes behind plans and rewards you for sticking to a diet, especially low-carb. Past that, the week-to-week flexibility is closer than the comparison makes it sound.

As covered above, skipping, pausing, or cancelling takes a few taps in either app, with no contract and no penalty. So flexibility on its own rarely settles the choice. What settles it is what you want from the box: the lowest price and a menu you can wander (Chefs Plate), or diet-specific plans and ready-to-eat extras (Goodfood).