“That looks alive fifteen minutes ago”: Wetherspoon was criticized for its Peri-Peri chicken that had been undercooked and limpy. The company announced a product line very similar to Nando’s.

  • ondon-based singer Septimus Prime, 23, who appeared on The Voice in 2017 – shared a picture of his £8.25 lacklustre meal to Twitter on December 27th
  • Half chicken, grey skin and bright orange sauce.
  • This tweet attracted thousands of reactions, many laughing about the chicken’s appearance and others joking that it should be criminal to serve food like that. 










Wetherspoon is being criticized after she served periperi chicken with jollof risotto rice, which ‘looks alive’.  

London-based singer Septimus Prime, 23, who appeared on The Voice in 2017 – shared a picture of his  £8.25 lacklustre meal to Twitter with the simple caption:’weatherspoons peri peri chicken’.

A half-chicken with gray skin was shown in the snap. It was served with orange rice and bright orange sauce.

In a second tweet Septimus added: ‘£8.25 for the meal. It tasted almost like Jollof Rice. Although the chicken was very tender, the sauce tasted like tomato sauce with black pepper. 2/10 (2 because the apple juice tasted cold but nice).

London-based singer Septimus Prime, 23, who appeared on The Voice in 2017 - shared a picture of his £8.25 lacklustre meal to Twitter with the simple caption:'weatherspoons peri peri chicken'.

London-based singer Septimus Prime, 23, who appeared on The Voice in 2017 – shared a picture of his £8.25 lacklustre meal to Twitter with the simple caption:’weatherspoons peri peri chicken’.

This tweet attracted thousands of replies, with many laughing about the appearance of chicken and others joking that it should be illegal to serve food such as this.

One joked, “That chicken looks alive fifteen minutes ago,”

‘It looks like half a barely cooked chicken with some Nando’s sauce on it,’ said another.

A third laughed and said, “So they just dumped some peri sauce on the top of boiled Chicken.”

One user commented, “It’s nice to see that they use radiators for cooking the food.”  

Another wrote, “That chicken died in vain.”

In a second tweet Septimus (pictured) added: '£8.25 for the meal. Jollof rice tasted like all lives matter. Chicken fell off the bone really nice but the sauce tasted like black pepper and tomato sauce. 2/10 (2 cos the apple juice was cold and nice)'.

In a second tweet Septimus (pictured) added: ‘£8.25 for the meal. It tasted almost like Jollof Rice. Although the chicken was very tender, the sauce tasted like tomato sauce with black pepper. 2/10 (2 because the apple juice tasted cold but nice).

Twitter user: “You can eat Omicron chicken, it will be the absolute minimum of your worries,” he added.

‘This. should. be. Another said it was illegal.

The one who wrote the following: “The chicken’s colour is not as vivid as A4 paper.”

‘That chicken ain’t even dead they just gave it a trim’.

Others joked that the ‘ vegetarians are on to something,’ and that ‘maybe Peta are right’.   

In November, Wetherspoon pubs revealed an assault on Nando’s by serving a new range of chargrilled chicken meals from today starting at just £7.99 with a drink.

The tweet garnered thousands of responses with many joking the chicken looked saw with some joking it serving food like that should be a criminal offence.

This tweet attracted thousands of replies, with many laughing about the appearance of chicken and others joking that it should be illegal to serve food such as this.

Watford-based Pub chain The Watford said that British Farm Assured Chicken is cooked on the bone after being marinated, slow-cooked and then finished on the charcoal grill.

Half-chickens come with colelaw, a lemon herb glaze or a garlic herb dip. 

Both meals are served with a choice of chips, spicy rice or salad – and customers can also add a portion of five chicken wings as well as spicy seasoning to their chips.

The Wetherspoon half-chicken comes with coleslaw and either a lemon and herb glaze and a garlic and herb dip; or with a spicy Naga chilli and citrus glaze and Sriracha hot sauce - pictured is it in promotional shots

Half-chicken from Wetherspoon comes with coleslaw, a lemon herb glaze or a garlic herb dip. Or with Sriracha hot Sauce and Naga chili and citrus glaze.

The majority of the company’s pubs – 644 in total – will be serving the main meals at the price of £7.99 including a soft drink or £9.29 with a alcoholic drink – but it’s more expensive in London.

There are approximately 170 pubs that have higher prices than the rest. However, there are fourteen pubs with lower prices. The five chicken wings cost £2.50 in all pubs.

The headline price is nearly half the equivalent at Nando’s which offers a similar meal for £12.45 plus £1.65 for a soft drink – or beer from £3.95 and wine from £3.15

 Wetherspoon declined to comment. 

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