Best Valentine’s supermarket meal deals for 2026 from Waitrose, M&S, COOK and more

• Price: From £70
• The deal: Restaurant-quality deals designed by some of the UK’s biggest chefs
• Drinks?: Not included
• Availability: Available for delivery on February 13 and 14. Orders close at 4pm the day before chosen delivery date.

If it’s restaurant-level dining your heart desires (minus the queue and dozens of other eyeballs in the same room), Waitrose has you covered. The supermarket has once again rolled out menus with Dishpatch to deliver curated menus from long-established chefs like Paul Ainsworth, Michel Roux, Rick Stein, and Angela Hartnett.

On the most affordable end of the scale sits Hartnett’s veggie offering. For £70, eenjoy luxe picky bits to start — rosemary focaccia that warms a treat in the air fryer, fat Nocellara olives, smoked almonds and smoked aubergine dip that I could have eaten by the spoonful.

The main, slung into the oven just before serving the starter, was comforting baked gnocchi with a simple side salad. Initially, I wasn’t sold on the chocolate olive oil cake (it seemed on the small side), but its richness proved me wrong, satisfying all involved.

The glory of Dishpatch is the chef-standard work, most of which is already done. Those little finishing touches — warming bread, dressing the salad, smothering the cake in creme fraiche — made me feel like I’d made just enough effort.