“Why did I have to prepare 150 plates of food for the queen?”
COOKING for the queen means that everything has to be perfect, as former royal chef Darren McGrady is well aware.
In fact, Darren, who worked for the royal family for 15 years and cooked at Buckingham Palace, Sandringham and Balmoral, revealed that when it came to banquet events, he had to prepare at least 150 plates of food for her. Majesty.
Speaking to Coffee Friend, chef McGrady said: “There were no food tasters, no.
“Some royalty prepared their food separately from the guests at major banquet events.
“However, the Queen and I would prepare 150 plates, and the Queen’s page would come in and choose one at random.
“That way, if you had to forge the food, you had to forge them all.
“From our point of view, this also meant that we had to adopt the same standard in every plate, not knowing which one the queen would eat.
When it came to choosing a dish to serve, Darren said the chefs had gone through a “regulated” process.
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