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Calories · American & British

Calories in a Sunday roast

A typical restaurant serving of a Sunday roast (roast beef, roast potatoes, a Yorkshire pudding, carrots, peas, cabbage and gravy, about 640 g) is about 800 calories, usually 600–1,300.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called roast dinner, roast beef dinner, carvery, Sunday lunch.

~800
Sunday roast

The usual range

Drawn on one 0–2,000 scale shared by every dish page, so plates compare at a glance.

Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein56 g
  • Carbs68 g
  • Fat32 g

One serving

Serving
roast beef, roast potatoes, a Yorkshire pudding, carrots, peas, cabbage and gravy
Weight
~640 g
Per 100 g
~119

The dish

About a Sunday roast

A Sunday roast is a plate of parts: the meat and the roast potatoes bring most of the energy, the Yorkshire pudding and gravy add a little, and the boiled vegetables barely move it. Built from UK CoFID values for 150 g of roast beef, 150 g of roast potatoes, a 40 g Yorkshire pudding, gravy and three vegetables, it comes to about 760; one pub carvery lists its roast beef at 364, roast potatoes at 227 and a Yorkie with gravy at 214, so a pub plate lands near 800.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Sunday roast · rough numbers

  • With roast chicken (no skin) instead of beef~700
  • With cauliflower cheese (150 g)~910

What moves the number

Why one plate is 600 and another 1,300

  • How much roast beef or pork goes on the plate
  • Roast potatoes and how many you go back for
  • Extras: cauliflower cheese, pigs in blankets, stuffing

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Fill half the plate with the boiled vegetables
  • Take two roast potatoes, not five
  • Pick chicken without the skin, or lean beef

Side by side

Next to other American & British dishes

American & British · typical restaurant servingAll about American & British food →

  • Mimosa~120one 6 oz mimosa: sparkling wine and orange juice · usually 80–150
  • Glass of red wine~130one standard 5 oz pour · usually 100–230
  • Green bean casserole~130one cup of green bean casserole · usually 60–190
  • Yorkshire pudding~130one large pub-style Yorkshire pudding (about 60 g) · usually 60–350
  • Pint of beer~210one 16 oz US pint of regular beer · usually 100–280
  • Scotch egg~270one standard Scotch egg (113 g) · usually 220–450
  • Hot dog~300one beef hot dog in a white bun with mustard · usually 250–650
  • Mashed potatoes and gravy~300one cup of restaurant mashed potatoes with gravy · usually 150–450
  • Gumbo~330one restaurant bowl, about 1½ cups, with rice · usually 220–430
  • Mac and cheese~340one restaurant side, roughly a heaped cup · usually 250–1,000
  • Clam chowder~350one bowl of New England chowder, about 1½ cups · usually 200–900
  • Sausage roll~350one bakery sausage roll in flaky pastry · usually 250–550

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How these numbers were made

Method and sources

Last reviewed

Restaurant portions and cooking vary, so these are typical estimates for one serving, built from the sources below. Treat it as a rough number: your plate may land anywhere in the range.

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AI helped draft this page; every number was checked against the sources.

  1. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Beef, topside, roasted medium-rare, lean and fat, code 18-089
  2. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Potatoes, old, roasted in rapeseed oil, code 13-534
  3. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Yorkshire pudding, made with whole milk, code 11-1146
  4. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Gravy instant granules, made up with water, code 17-725
  5. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Carrots, old, boiled in unsalted water, code 13-497
  6. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Peas, frozen, boiled in unsalted water, code 13-536
  7. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Cabbage, green, boiled in unsalted water, code 13-511
  8. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Cauliflower cheese, made with semi-skimmed milk, code 15-639
  9. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Chicken, meat, average, roasted, code 18-331
  10. Toby Carvery main menu and puddings (calories per item, menu PDF)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in a Sunday roast?

A typical restaurant serving of a Sunday roast (roast beef, roast potatoes, a Yorkshire pudding, carrots, peas, cabbage and gravy, about 640 g) is about 800 calories, usually 600–1,300. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories in a Sunday roast with beef?

About 800 for a full plate: roast beef, roast potatoes, a Yorkshire pudding, vegetables and gravy. Extra roast potatoes, cauliflower cheese and pigs in blankets take it past 1,000.

Which part of a roast dinner has the most calories?

The meat and the roast potatoes. 150 g of roast beef is about 330 and 150 g of roast potatoes about 240; a 40 g Yorkshire pudding is about 80 and the gravy about 30.

Is roast chicken lighter than roast beef?

A little: 150 g of roast chicken meat without the skin is about 270 against about 330 for beef with its fat, so the plate drops to about 700.

How many calories does cauliflower cheese add?

About 150 for a 150 g spoonful.

What changes the calories in a Sunday roast?

How much roast beef or pork goes on the plate. Roast potatoes and how many you go back for.

How can I order a Sunday roast lighter?

Fill half the plate with the boiled vegetables. Take two roast potatoes, not five.

Can PlateDiary show calories for the dishes I eat out?

Yes, if you want it to: calories in PlateDiary are off unless you turn them on. Switch them on and each dish you save from a photo of the table gets one rough “~” number you can accept or change.