25 years on and Chargrill Charlie’s is still proudly serving Australian families with our delicious homemade meals.

The minute you enter a Chargrill Charlie’s store you will know from our distinct rustic feel and homely service that we are different.

But the real star is the food, from our famous chickens, roasts, salads and vegetables, to our ever-changing range of gourmet restaurant-quality casseroles, curries, stews, soups, homemade sauces, yummy desserts and our iconic health bread.

Home cooked food, just like mum makes it!

We are proud to offer a complete, fresh and gourmet take-home service, offering the convenience of a holistic supermarket, deli, high end catering and home-style take away store - all rolled into one.

So how did it all begin for us? At the Sydney seaside suburb of Coogee, Chargrill Charlie’s tackled head on the reputation of the dirty charcoal based chook shop. It was here that we turned this simple takeaway concept into a cleaner, healthier, more appetising and gourmet food store, designed to replace home cooking.

We were all about driving change and innovation in the way that Australians enjoyed a roast chicken. Our first mission was the enormous task of replacing the dirty charcoal with a cleaner, more environmentally friendly method, while not taking away from taste.

We investigated all the commercial rotisseries and found that none were suitable, so we designed and engineered our patented ‘clean’ chicken rotisserie: the Radiant 2000.

The results were ground breaking, with no pollutants, no carcinogens and no cross contamination of cooked and raw chicken, thanks to the unique diagonal design. This also meant that chicken fat simply dropped onto the bottom tray and not on the row of chickens below, delivering a healthier, tastier and skinnier chicken.

Then we started pushing the boundaries of what a chicken shop could be – fresh, wholesome, healthy…

But don’t take our word for it, pop into a store and see for yourself how authentic, home-style cooking is even better when it’s prepared lovingly by Chargrill Charlie’s.

Click here to read more on the dangers of cooking on charcoal. (Ryan)