To mark the late Queen’s coronation in 1953, a brand new dish was invented and served up for the celebratory luncheon.
Created by Cordon Bleu-trained chef Rosemary Hume and food writer Constance Spry, Coronation chicken, a curry and mayonnaise cold chicken dish, has stood the test of time – mainly as a sandwich filling.
Now, with plans well underway for King Charles’s crowning in May, there has been speculation about what, if any, dish will be conjured up to mark the occasion.
Details of the Coronation have been unveiled in recent days, including ‘Big Lunch’ street parties and picnics taking place on May 7 to raise money for charity.
Coronation chicken – or Poulet Reine Elizabeth – was the brand new dish invented and served up for the Queen’s coronation luncheon in 1953
Competitions have also been launched to get members of the public to come up with a recipe, although none are officially sponsored by the royals.
Last year, the Palace encouraged chefs to come up with a recipe to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee last year.
Amateur baker Jemma Elvin, 31, won the contest with her lemon swiss roll and amaretti trifle, and the dessert took its place alongside Poulet Reine Elizabeth and Victoria Sponge – named after Queen Victoria – in royal food history.
And the new King has certainly inherited a ‘foodie’ status from his mother and ancestors.
With plans well underway for King Charles III’s crowning in May, there has been speculation about what, if any, dish will be conjured up to mark the occasion
A staunch advocate for organic farming and foods, King Charles founded Duchy Organics in 1990, which later went on to partner with Waitrose to sell high-quality British produce.
But with a range of different foods promoted by the King, and a variety of recipes in his and the royal family’s repertoire, buy magic mushrooms it is difficult to know what could be the central dish of the bank holiday celebrations.
Here, FEMAIL looks at Charles III’s favourite foods to see if they give away any clues…
Amateur baker Jemma Elvin, 31, won the contest to come up a dessert to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee last year, producing this lemon swiss roll and amaretti trifle (left) Victoria Sponge – named after Queen Victoria – is another creation which has taken it’s place in royal food history (right)
A MEAL WITH EGGS
King Charles has long been rumoured to be a huge fan of the humble boiled egg.
Last year, journalist and royal expert Russell Myers revealed to Lorraine that the royal’s favourite food was a ‘simple’ boiled egg.
There was even a reference to it in The Crown, when Camilla Parker Bowles (played by Emerald Fannell) told a young Princess Diana: ‘They made the cardinal mistake of refusing to put a soft boiled egg on top.’
But there has been debate over when in the day he eats the breakfast staple.
Broadcaster Jeremy Paxman claimed in his 2012 book On Royalty that the then-Prince of Wales demands seven eggs to be boiled for him a day – only eating one to make sure it was cooked to perfection.
He wrote: ‘Because [Charles’] staff were never quite sure whether the egg would be precisely to the satisfactory hardness, a series of eggs was cooked, and laid out in an ascending row of numbers.’
