Customer Quotes

!Don't just take our word for it... ""I am so going to enjoy shopping with you! A wonderfully-packaged parcel arrived safe and sound this morning, thank you ~ loved the words on the box, too! We now need to start eating all the lovely meals." Jane, February 2011" ""Just wanted to take the time to write and compliment you on both your food and the exceptional levels of service provided by Chris in your Taunton shop. My wife gave birth to twins 5 weeks ago and we have been living on your meals for the last few weeks. Everyone has tasted better than we expected and it’s been great having a freezer full, knowing it’s one thing less to worry about." Mark, February 2011" ""My wife and I have bought a number of your products through Nature Intended in Balham. We must congratulate you on the best tasting ready meals that we have ever had. If my wife had told me she had cooked them herself I would have believed her. We are converted thank you so much. Keep on with the excellent work." Jim, Balham, February 2011" ""We've just placed our first online order with you, as a result of buying the 2-portion Lasagne Verde from our local garden-centre-and-more, Coed y Dinas. We cooked the lasagne last evening, and it truly does taste homemade (oh, that Jane's efforts were as tasty!) ... congratulations, and we're really looking forward to trying the other meals we've bought. Kind regards from new and happy customers " David & Jane, February 2011" ""We had an absolutely fantastic beef wellington, dauphinoise potatoes, and roasted veg meal on Friday from yourselves for a dinner party. It went down a treat and everyone loved the beef so much. We do really love the Cook meals! And another endorsement, when my mother-in-law who is Indian comes to stay I always buy in your Indian ready meals and pass them off as my own and she always comments on what a good cook I am to have learnt the foods she likes!!" February, 2011" ""Hello! I purchased the macaroni cheese today, (my first purchase!), and it is the best shop bought, I've eaten. It's lovely how the cheese doesn't curl at the ends, and the dish retains its consistency. Thank you for a quality product - at a terrific price!" February 2011" ""I've had a number of enjoyable meals since I discovered your Stamford branch last year, but I would particularly like to commend the Beef Bourguignon (cooked by Matthew Smith) that I tried for the first time recently. Really first class, won't hesitate to buy it again. A big glass of Burgundian Pinot Noir helped it go down, but I'm sure teetotallers would enjoy it just as much! Thanks for bringing a touch of class to the prepared meals market." Phillip, February 2011" ""Probably the best 'ready-meals' I have ever tasted."Andrew, Facebook, January 2011" ""The staff at your Marlborough outlet are just wonderful. They are always so helpful, friendly and cheerful and are tremendous ambassadors for COOK. I'd also like to thank you for making our Christmas lunch such a stress-free and fantastic experience. It tasted beautiful, was easy to prepare (you had done all the hard work of course) and was probably the best we've ever had anywhere. We initially bought food for my 90 year old grandmother which became a regular thing and now also buy it for ourselves, plus any 'occasions' we have and we also recommend you to everyone we know." Marlborough, January 2011" ""Your food was delicious, which is a good thing as we had oodles left over after our dinner party and will be eating it for days to come! Many thanks for a top notch service and fantastic food – you’re definitely a gem of a find, and we’ll certainly use you again."Vicky, November 2010" ""I just wanted to write and thank you for my lovely birthday meal that my husband and I enjoyed on Thursday night. Given that he works hard and we have young kids, I decided to make my birthday stress-free for him and yet special for me so I bought some of your special night in food. Kids tucked up in bed early (good advice - thanks!) and fire raging and no TV in sight. Gin and Tonics then the Haunch of Venison (Special night in range) with roasted veg and gratin dauphinoise. DELICIOUS! Restaurant quality but in the comfort of our own home and with no baby-sitting and taxi fees. All washed down with a lovely bottle of red...The Special night in range is more expensive but worth it and even though we might only use it every now and again, it will definitely feel like a treat as its probably not something I would cook at home....I love cooking and that's why I love COOK...good food cooked as I would. I used to think it was for people who didn't cook but now I realise its actually the opposite."Nicola, November 2010" ""Given that (including commute) I work from 7.30 AM to 8PM Monday to Friday I rarely find time to cook properly for myself anymore, and after 3 years of thinking 'I really should try Cook' I popped into the Brighton store and bought a weeks worth of meals to give it a try last weekend. I'm glad to say the service was great, the food was awesome and I have much more faith in what Cook produces than almost any ready meal from a supermarket, so I went back again today and did the same! Pound for pound the price is similar to what you'd end up paying for the raw ingredients yourself (and in some cases it's cheaper) but the convenience and quality is the key thing for me! In future I'll be making a weekly or fortnightly delivery order and don't expect to look back!"Chris, Facebook, November 2010" ""I just wanted to let you know that the Christmas turkey crown which I ordered for delivery to my brother (I shall be joining them to help eat it!) arrived safely yesterday. My sister in law phoned, still chuckling from reading the helpful instructions on the box, and very impressed by the packaging and advice on recycling. It seemed to give them as much satisfaction as the turkey itself! You have obviously changed the packaging since the days when I ordered online (I am now a regular visitor to my excellent local shop) as I remember it being efficient and helpful -- but not funny as well!" November 2010" ""Just had the most amazing porcini mushroom risotto ! After quilts for not cooking supper my self then deciding I was defiantly too tired and was going to spend a bit more... I hoovered over The cook section at budgens munster rd .. So lucky I did best risotto I have ever had or ever made and better than I ever could .. Thank you." London, November 2010" ""I am writing to thank you for your great meals....I am indeed a good cook in my own right as you say on your packaging! Every 'ready meal' that I have tried in my life has been hugely disappointing. Now I have discovered your meals which a) taste home cooked b) are large enough for our healthy appetites and c) can be cooked straight from the freezer and taste marvellous. I have had your liver and bacon twice, and the Moroccan tagine once and am now going to keep one in store at all times. I can't thank you enough. Keep it up!" November 2010" ""RE: MOROCCAN SPICED LAMB TAGINE AND MINTED COUSCOUS\\I have window shopped in Cook shops ... and today I purchased the above. GORGEOUS! Completely DELICIOUS! I have to say that it was one of the nicest pre made meals I have had in a long time. 10/10. My 8 year old son gave it 8/10! Today the shop were also offering tastings of the coffee cake and the sausage and red wine casserole (which I also purchased). I am now hooked and never need cook again!! Fantastic!!! Thank you for my delicious dinner." November 2010" ""Just to say thanks to Matthew Smith for the quite marvellous Steak and Red Wine Pie he cooked me for my dinner tonight. First time I have tried your stuff and it really is good and it actually does taste like it is made at home.... thank you Matthew!" October 2010" ""Thank you for your delicious and nutritious frozen meals, which made a cottage holiday last week most enjoyable. We had never heard of your meals, but on our first day in Arundel the proprietor of Larkins, a grocer in Tarrant Street, recommended them and we bought a week's supply. Your boeuf bourguignon was honestly better than mine and everything else we tried was just as good...I'm also convinced that your meals were made from higher quality ingredients and lacked the fillers, extenders and other dubious additions to what is marketed today in most restaurants and pubs." October 2010" ""...Posh meals out are a thing of the past (for the immediate future at least), COOK has just become our new favourite restaurant in Cheltenham. We can't wait to have another 'Special Night In' and try the Cod with Peperonata, and a gorgeous pudding as well! COOK is an excellent concept, for busy new mums it is a great way to have a nutritious meal with wonderful flavours without spending the time creating it! I will be telling my 'new mum' friends to give you a try!" Dawn Brooks, Cheltenham, October 2010" ""As a vegetarian often difficult to find meals the meat eating family like, but you have done it, the Nut Loaf. Absolutely lovely, the whole family likes it, and I can’t make it myself for the price you charge for it.. Well done, and the vegi bean feast is also lovely. I love the shop in Witney." Spetember 2010" ""We visited your shop in Stamford for the first time yesterday and thought it was absolutely brilliant! We bought the Moroccan Lamb tagine for two and it was really really delicious! And no washing up!! Amazing!!! Thank you so much, keep up the good work!" September 2010" ""My boyfriend and I have struggled to find decent Indian food since relocating from New Zealand (despite London being the best locale for it outside of India, so we were told!). But a few weeks ago we purchased the Indian meal deal for 10 pounds and we were blown away. Not only was it great value but it tasted delicious. Thanks for such a wonderful treat - and the gentleman behind the counter was very helpful too." September 2010"