Overview

• Henry Southan paid £34.55 for a Fortnum & Mason meal deal featuring a £9 smoked salmon bagel, a £5.30 Scotch egg and a bottle of nearly £20 Blanc de Blanc champagne
• In his video review, Southan praised the bagel’s fresh ingredients and the Scotch egg’s rare runny yolk as “worth every bloody penny”
• He acknowledged that the champagne drove up the overall cost and quipped that splurging on such a lunch made him “hate” himself at times
• The clip has trended across social media and media outlets as frustration grows over meal deals now averaging £5 nationwide
• Commentators say the episode illustrates broader tensions between food affordability, influencer-driven content and the rise of premiumised grocery offerings