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Venison bourguignon, coq au vin, confit duck, salmon and beef wellingtons: this new range of supermarket meals certainly sounds fancy. But the prices have made people gulp. I taste-tested all five to find out what is good value – and what’s best to avoid

The new meals will be almost three times as expensive as Charlie Bigham’s traditional offerings

Even the largest companies need the help of SMEs and start-ups to innovate, says ready meals tycoon Bigham

On April 23 and 24 SME XPO will help the capital’s start-ups and scale-ups to soar. Lucy Tobin reveals why attending is a smart investment

Starting a new business in challenging times is not easy, but opportunity exists — just ask the UK’s most successful founders. Lucy Tobin reports

The man who started making fish pies on his kitchen table served up healthy sales of £133m last year, despite staff and cost issues … and the problem of being outside the EU

Charlie Bigham is the founder of the food company that bears his own name.

Wind, wood and fire are crucial ingredients for traditional smoked haddock. Bring 100-year-old chimneys into the mix, and the fish that emerges has a flavour that is unmistakable

Warm, sticky puddings are a British staple – tart apple, gooey chocolate, almondy bakewell. And if your tastebuds are tickled, there is a way you can enjoy all of the comfort with none of the hard work