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Plump free-range chicken, marinated to perfection

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We deliver within the Melbourne Metropolitan area. If you live in the outer suburbs, please check your suburb below before ordering:

Banyule

Includes: Bellfield, Briar Hill, Bundoora, Eaglemont, Eltham North, Greensborough, Heidelberg, Heidelberg Heights, Heidelberg West, Ivanhoe, Ivanhoe East, Lower Plenty, Macleod, Montmorency, Rosanna, St Helena, Viewbank, Watsonia, Watsonia North, and Yallambie.

Bayside

Includes: Beaumaris, Black Rock, Brighton, Brighton East, Cheltenham, Hampton, Hampton East, Highett, and Sandringham.

Boroondara

Includes: Ashburton, Balwyn, Balwyn North, Camberwell, Canterbury, Deepdene, Glen Iris, Hawthorn, Hawthorn East, Kew, Kew East, Mont Albert, and Surrey Hills.

Brimbank

Includes: Albanvale, Albion, Ardeer, Brooklyn, Cairnlea, Calder Park, Deer Park, Delahey, Derrimut, Hillside, Kealba, Keilor, Keilor Downs, Keilor East, Keilor Lodge, Keilor North, Keilor Park, Kings Park, St Albans, Sunshine, Sunshine North, Sunshine West, Sydenham, Taylors Lakes, and Tullamarine.

Cardinia

Includes: Beaconsfield, Beaconsfield Upper, and Clematis.

*We only deliver to the above suburbs in this council area.

Casey

Includes: Beaconsfield, Berwick, Cranbourne, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne North, Cranbourne South, Cranbourne West, Doveton, Endeavour Hills, Eumemmerring, Hallam, Hampton Park, Harkaway, Junction Village, Lynbrook, Lyndhurst, Lysterfield South, Narre Warren, Narre Warren North, and Narre Warren South.

*We only deliver to the above suburbs in this council area.

Darebin

Includes: Alphington, Bundoora, Fairfield, Kingsbury, Macleod, Northcote, Preston, Reservoir, and Thornbury.

Frankston

Includes: Carrum Downs, Frankston, Frankston North, Frankston South, Langwarrin, Langwarrin South, Sandhurst, Seaford, and Skye.

Glen Eira

Includes: Bentleigh, Bentleigh East, Brighton East, Carnegie, Caulfield, Caulfield East, Caulfield North, Caulfield South, Elsternwick, Gardenvale, Glen Huntly, McKinnon, Murrumbeena, Ormond, and St Kilda East.

Greater Dandenong

Includes: Bangholme, Dandenong, Dandenong North, Dandenong South, Keysborough, Lyndhurst, Noble Park, Noble Park North, Springvale, and Springvale South.

Greater Geelong

**Orders for Greater Geelong will be delivered on Fridays only. If you have selected delivery to Greater Geelong for a day other than Friday, your order will be delivered on the soonest Friday.

Hobsons Bay

Includes: Altona, Altona Meadows, Altona North, Brooklyn, Laverton, Newport, Seabrook, Seaholme, Spotswood, South Kingsville, Williamstown, and Williamstown North.

Hume

Includes: Attwood, Broadmeadows, Bulla, Campbellfield, Coolaroo, Craigieburn, Dallas, Diggers Rest, Fawkner, Gladstone Park, Greenvale, Jacana, Kalkallo, Keilor, Meadow Heights, Melbourne Airport, Oaklands Junction, Roxburgh Park, Somerton, Tullamarine, Westmeadows, and Yuroke.

Kingston

Includes: Aspendale, Aspendale Gardens, Bonbeach, Braeside, Carrum, Chelsea, Chelsea Heights, Cheltenham, Clarinda, Clayton South, Dingley Village, Edithvale, Heatherton, Highett, Mentone, Moorabbin, Moorabbin Airport, Mordialloc, Oakleigh South, Parkdale, Patterson Lakes, and Waterways.

Knox

Includes: Bayswater, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Knoxfield, Lysterfield, Rowville, Sassafras, Scoresby, The Basin, Upper Ferntree Gully, Wantirna, and Wantirna South.

Manningham

Includes: Bulleen, Doncaster, Doncaster East, Donvale, Nunawading, Park Orchards, Ringwood North, Templestowe, Templestowe Lower, Warrandyte, Warrandyte South, and Wonga Park.

Maribyrnong

Includes: Braybrook, Footscray, Kingsville, Maidstone, Maribyrnong, Seddon, Tottenham, West Footscray, and Yarraville.

Maroondah

Includes: Bayswater North, Croydon, Croydon Hills, Croydon North, Croydon South, Heathmont, Kilsyth, Kilsyth South, Park Orchards, Ringwood, Ringwood East, Ringwood North, Vermont, Warranwood, and Wonga Park.

Melbourne

Includes: Carlton, Carlton North, Docklands, East Melbourne, Flemington, Kensington, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Parkville, Southbank, South Wharf, South Yarra, and West Melbourne.

Melton

Includes: Brookfield, Burnside, Burnside Heights, Caroline Springs, Diggers Rest, Eynesbury, Kurunjang, Melton, Melton South, Melton West, Mount Cottrell, Plumpton, Ravenhall, Rockbank, Taylors Hill, and Truganina.

Monash

Includes: Ashwood, Burwood, Chadstone, Clayton, Glen Waverley, Hughesdale, Huntingdale, Mount Waverley, Mulgrave, Notting Hill, Oakleigh, Oakleigh East, Oakleigh South, and Wheelers Hill.

Moonee Valley

Includes: Aberfeldie, Airport West, Ascot Vale, Avondale Heights, Essendon, Essendon Fields, Essendon North, Essendon West, Flemington, Keilor East, Kensington, Moonee Ponds, Niddrie, North Melbourne, Strathmore, Strathmore Heights, and Travancore.

Moreland

Includes: Brunswick, Brunswick East, Brunswick West, Coburg, Coburg North, Fawkner, Fitzroy North, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park, Parkville, Pascoe Vale, Pascoe Vale South, and Tullamarine.

Mornington Peninsula

Includes: Arthurs Seat, Balnarring, Balnarring Beach, Baxter, Bittern, Blairgowrie, Boneo, Cape Schanck, Capel Sound, Crib Point, Dromana, Fingal, Flinders, Hastings, HMAS Cerberus, Main Ridge, McCrae, Merricks, Merricks Beach, Merricks North, Moorooduc, Mornington, Mount Eliza, Mount Martha, Pearcedale, Point Leo, Portsea, Red Hill, Red Hill South, Rosebud, Rye, Safety Beach, Shoreham, Somers, Somerville, Sorrento, St Andrews Beach, Tootgarook, Tuerong, and Tyabb.

Nillumbik

Includes: Arthurs Creek, Bend of Islands, Christmas Hills, Diamond Creek, Doreen, Eltham, Eltham North, Greensborough, Hurstbridge, Kangaroo Ground, Kinglake, Kinglake West, North Warrandyte, Nutfield, Plenty, Research, Watsons Creek, Wattle Glen, Yan Yean, and Yarrambat.

*We only deliver to the above suburbs in this council area.

Port Phillip

Includes: Albert Park, Balaclava, Elwood, Melbourne, Middle Park, Port Melbourne, Ripponlea, South Melbourne, Southbank, St Kilda, St Kilda East, St Kilda West, and Windsor.

Stonnington

Includes: Armadale, Glen Iris, Kooyong, Malvern, Malvern East, Prahran, South Yarra, Toorak, and Windsor.

Surf Coast*

Includes: Airey's Inlet, Anglesea, Bambra, Bannockburn, Barrabool, Big Hill, Birregurra, Buckley, Deans Marsh, Eastern View, Fairhaven, Gherang, Gnarwarre, Inverleigh, Lorne, Modewarre, Moggs Creek, Murgheboluc, Ombersley, Paraparap, Pennyroyal, Point Roadknight, Wensleydale, Winchelsea, Winchelsea South, Wurdiboluce.

*We deliver to the Surf Coast every Friday. Orders must be received by 2pm Wednesday each week. If you have selected delivery to Surf Coast for a day other than Friday, your order will be delivered on the soonest Friday.

Whitehorse

Includes: Balwyn North, Blackburn, Blackburn North, Blackburn South, Box Hill, Box Hill North, Box Hill South, Burwood, Burwood East, Forest Hill, Mitcham, Mont Albert, Mont Albert North, Nunawading, Surrey Hills, Vermont, and Vermont South.

Whittlesea

Includes: Bundoora, Donnybrook, Doreen, Epping, Kinglake West, Lalor, Mernda, Mill Park, South Morang, Thomastown, Whittlesea, and Yan Yean.

*We only deliver to the above suburbs in this council area.

Wyndham

Includes: Cocoroc, Eynesbury, Hoppers Crossing, Laverton, Laverton North, Little River, Mambourin, Mount Cottrell, Point Cook, Quandong, Tarneit, Truganina, Werribee, Werribee South, Williams Landing, and Wyndham Vale.

Yarra

Includes: Abbotsford, Alphington, Burnley, Carlton North, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Cremorne, Fairfield, Fitzroy, Fitzroy North, Princes Hill, and Richmond.

Yarra Ranges*

Includes: Belgrave, Belgrave Heights, Belgrave South, Chirnside Park, Ferny Creek, Gruyere, Kallista, Kalorama, Kilsyth, Lilydale, Lysterfield, Montrose, Mooroolbark, Mount Dandenong, Mount Evelyn, Narre Warren East, Sassafras, Tecoma, Upper Ferntree Gully, Upwey, Wandin East, Wandin North, Wonga Park, Yarra Glen, and Yering.

*We only deliver to the above suburbs in this council area.

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What can you do with a whole chicken?

When you buy a whole chicken, you give yourself the freedom to try multiple recipes at once. Experimentation is what makes cooking such a joy. Of course, a roast is an obvious and easy choice. But what about slow-cooked in honey, soy and ginger glazing or Peking-style with thin, crispy skin? Butchering a whole chicken yourself is also a rewarding experience, as we can well attest. 

Learning how to use every part of a chicken is a wonderful skill to learn and pass on. Think of it: oven-baked chicken chops for lunch; throw the chicken drumsticks into a spicy curry for dinner; fried spicy chicken wings for a midnight snack, and crunchy, delicious chicken wingettes for the tykes. And because we couldn’t bear to waste even a single bone, simmer the chicken bones with carrots, onions, celery and a whack of salt to make incomparable homemade chicken broth.

  • Free-range whole chicken comes ready to cook in any style. Plump, juicy and free of anything objectionable or unnecessary, these chooks are an excellent starting point for any recipe. Offered skin-on, we’ll happily remove the skin upon request.
  • Boned and seasoned whole chicken is our answer for when you don’t know what to do for dinner. Packed with brie and basil pesto, then wrapped with delicate prosciutto, all you need to do is pop it in the oven.
  • Marinated butterflied chickens come in either a zesty North African chermoula packed with lemon, garlic and coriander, our house-made Tuscan infusion, or marinated in our classic combination of soy, pepper, garlic and olive oil.
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Frequently asked questions

How long should I cook a whole chicken?

We recommend roasting your chicken at 180°C for 30 minutes.

How do I check if my chicken is cooked through?

Raw chicken plays host to harmful germs and bacteria, and to undercook your chicken is to risk all manner of intestinal havoc. That's why it's vital to know how to check that your meat has cooked all the way through. Here are our key methods:

  • Peter Bouchier recommends using a meat thermometer; it is absolutely the safest way to test your chicken. Insert the thermometer into the thickest section. You want a temperature reading at 75°C or higher.
  • With a knife, slice into the thickest section of chicken. If the flesh is white, it's cooked. At that point, you can always give it a few more minutes of heat to be sure.
  • Pierce the thickest section with a wooden or metal skewer. If the juices run pink, the chicken might be undercooked; if the juices run clear, you're likely safe.

How do I cook a whole chicken?

Here are a few of our go-to ideas for how to cook a whole chicken. Mastering the recipe for a succulent bird is one of the best skills you can give yourself. Whether you're feeding family or friends, or just treating yourself, the rewards for your efforts never diminish.

  • Barbecued, with honey-glazed carrots.
  • Grilled, served with pan-roasted asparagus.
  • Baked, served with seasoned broccoli and cauliflower.
  • Slow cooked, with potatoes, carrots, celery and onions.
  • Poached, in ginger and spring onion stock.

What side dishes pair well with chicken?

The delicate meat of chicken complements a bold side dish well. Truth be told, it'll absorb the flavours of practically any dish you pair it with. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

  • Oven-roasted rosemary potatoes
  • Steamed broccoli with ginger
  • Butternut squash with mustard seeds
  • Pea pulao
  • Rice, cooked with ginger, spring onion and chicken stock

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