Sous Kitchen is not a microwave meal, and it is not a recipe kit.

A recipe kit still asks you to do most of the cooking. A conventional ready meal asks you to do almost none of it, but often loses the freshness, texture and flavour of a properly cooked meal.

Sous Kitchen sits between the two.

We cook the main dish for you: the stew, curry, braise, gratin, soup or chicken dish. These are the parts of the meal that take the most time, skill and depth of cooking.

If the dish needs sides, you can add them when ordering. We supply the raw vegetables, rice, potatoes, pasta or salad ingredients, and you cook them fresh at home while the main dish reheats.

That means you get the benefit of proper slow cooking, stock-making and careful seasoning, with the freshness of just-cooked sides.

Our food is designed around flavour, whole foods and balanced nutrition. We use vegetables, pulses, herbs, spices, high-welfare chicken, grass-fed beef, free-range pork, seasonal lamb, olive oil, butter and proper stocks. We avoid ultra-processed ingredients and unnecessary additives.

We also only choose dishes that reheat well. If a dish does not taste as good after reheating, or better, it does not belong on the Sous Kitchen menu.

The result is food that is much quicker than cooking from scratch, but still feels like a proper meal.

Yes. Balanced nutrition is one of the main reasons Sous Kitchen exists.

UK guidance recommends that adults eat around 30g of fibre a day, but most people fall short. It is surprisingly difficult to reach that level consistently when you are shopping, cooking and planning meals for yourself every week.

We build our menus with that in mind.

Our dishes are designed around good levels of protein, fibre and plant variety. We use vegetables, beans, lentils, pulses, herbs, spices, olive oil, proper stocks, high-welfare chicken, grass-fed beef, free-range pork and seasonal lamb.

Across the week, the aim is to make it easy to eat a wide variety of plants and work towards 30 different plant foods, without having to plan every meal from scratch.

If you eat a Sous Kitchen lunch and dinner most days, alongside a sensible breakfast with some fibre from fruit, oats, whole grains, nuts or seeds, you should be comfortably on track for around 30g of fibre a day.

Where a dish needs a side, we make that clear and offer suitable vegetables, salads, potatoes, rice or pasta to complete the plate.

All Sous Kitchen recipes are naturally gluten-free.

We do not cook with wheat, barley, rye, standard flour or other gluten-containing ingredients. Our food is based on ingredients such as vegetables, beans, lentils, pulses, rice, potatoes, herbs, spices, proper stocks, dairy, eggs, high-welfare chicken, grass-fed beef, free-range pork and seasonal lamb.

We also do not build recipes around gluten substitutes. The exception is our gluten-free pasta, which is made from naturally gluten-free ingredients such as corn, maize and rice. We do not use gums, stabilisers or artificial gluten replacements in our cooking.

Our food is prepared in a kitchen that may handle gluten at other times. When Sous Kitchen is cooking, we do not use gluten-containing ingredients, and all relevant equipment, utensils and work surfaces are cleaned before use.

Each dish will carry its own ingredient and allergen information, so please check the product details before ordering.

Every dish will include ingredient and allergen information.

Because recipes change weekly and some allergens may be present in specific dishes, please check the information for each product carefully before ordering.

Most Sous Kitchen dishes will not contain nuts, but we do not currently describe the kitchen as nut-free.

If a dish contains nuts, or includes a nut-based garnish, this will be clearly shown on the product information and label.

If you have a nut allergy, please check each dish carefully before ordering.

Only sometimes, and only the sides.

Sous Kitchen always cooks the main dish for you. The soup, stew, curry, braise, gratin or chicken dish arrives fully cooked and ready to reheat.

Some dishes are complete meals in themselves, such as soups, bean stews and gratins. For these, you simply reheat and serve.

Other dishes are designed to be served with freshly cooked sides. In those cases, you can add vegetables, salad, rice, potatoes or pasta when ordering, and cook them fresh at home while the main dish reheats.

The main work has already been done. The only cooking you may need to do is simple side-dish cooking.

Each meal comes with reheating instructions.

Most dishes can be reheated gently in the oven, on the hob or in the microwave, depending on the product. Some dishes are better reheated slowly in the oven; others work best in a saucepan.

The instructions are written for that specific dish, so please follow the label rather than using one standard method for everything.

All Sous Kitchen meals are delivered with a minimum of five days’ shelf life from the day they arrive. Some dishes may have a longer shelf life, usually up to seven days, depending on the dish and packaging.

Each product will have a clear use-by date on the label.

Please keep your meals refrigerated as soon as they arrive and eat them by the use-by date shown.

Yes.

All Sous Kitchen food is cooked fresh, never frozen, and delivered chilled.

You can freeze the meals at home if you would like to keep them for longer. Some dishes freeze better than others, so there may be small differences in texture after freezing and reheating.

For the best flavour and texture, we recommend eating the meals fresh within the use-by date where possible.