From hearty cooking meals and memories from princess dianas personal chef. Darren donated all of the advance and all of the royalties to the elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation two of princess dianas charitable goals were children and hivaids. Written by the royal chef, in fact, its more like a royal memory book, interspersed with recipes. The queen eats bananas with a fork and knife delish.
Chef darren mcgrady was personal chef to queen elizabeth ii, diana, princess of wales and princes william and harry for fifteen years and has cooked for presidents ford, reagan, bush, clinton and bush. Darren mcgrady was chef to queen elizabeth ii, diana, princess of wales and princes william and harry for fifteen years and has cooked for five us presidents. He has appeared on the oprah winfrey show, several times on cnns larry king live, the fox news channel, bbc, cbc, msnbc and sky television. This recipe series is inspired by the upcoming royal. Darren mcgradys cookbook eating royally i was thrilled to learn that prince william had chosen the chocolate biscuit cake recipe from my book eating royally. He is an author, culinary consultant and public speakers and runs eating royally, fine dining catering company in dallas, texas. Darren mcgrady, 55, was princes dianas personal chef from 1993 until she died in 1997. Recipes and remembrances from a palace kitchen hardcover bargain price, july 10, 2007. Jan 27, 2012 recipes from my cookbook eating royally, recipes and remembrances from a palace kitchen.
Princess dianas personal chef darren mcgrady has announced that he holds the key to prince williams royal wedding cake recipe. Darren mcgrady mcgrady served as princess dianas personal chef until her death in 1997. He is also an author, culinary consultant, event planner and public speaker. I was thrilled to learn that prince william had chosen the chocolate biscuit cake. Recipes and remembrances from a palace kitchen, for his wedding cake because it is. Since there is renewed interest in those pesky windsors, our famous food friday is williams mom, princess diana. Darren mcgradys second book the royal chef at home. Mcgrady included a recipe for the chocolate biscuit cake in his book, eating royally. Recipes and remembrances from a palace kitchen to your own online collection at. He now resides in dallas, texas, where he runs a successful catering company called eating royally fine dining.
Mcgradys book eating royally his first cookbook titled eating royally. Hes a chef, author, culinary consultant, event planner, and public speaker. He recently released his second cookbook, the royal chef at home. Prince william chooses dallas chef darren mcgradys recipe. Darren mcgrady s second book the royal chef at home. With a full team of trained chefs and tabc licensed servers eating royally is available to cater anywhere in the usa and for every kind of occasion including corporate events, private parties, weddings, conferences and holiday parties. Chocolate biscuit cake recipe from darren mcgradys cookbook, eating royally. Darren mcgrady recalls her interest in healthy eating, meals with her sons, and how she inspired him to do charity work.
It seems her personal chef, darren mcgrady, penned a cookbook featuring dianas favorite dishes entitled eating royally. Darren mcgrady was personal chef to queen elizabeth ii, princess diana and princes william and harry for fifteen years and has cooked for five us presidents. Royal dish from princess dianas chef chicago tribune. All families have their favorite foodsincluding the house of windsor. A great book to help get a glimpse of how queen and the royal family eat is eating royally, recipes and remembrances from a palace kitchen written by darren mcgrady in 2007, he was a chef to the royal family during the diana years, starting shortly after her marriage to prince charles, and served as her personal chef until her untimely death.
Mcgrady has donated all royalties from eating royally to the elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation. Georges is fabulous, and my favorite story is about prince harry forging a note to the chef from nanny requesting pizza for supper it only goes to show that royal or not, children are children. Equally importantly, this is a wonderful dedication to her royal highness princess diana of wales. Darren mcgrady, the author of eating royally and the chef to princess diana included the nobake chocolate cake in his book.
But dont expect a juicy, scandalous tellall from the man or his book. Recipes and remembrances from a palace kitchen is now in sixth print with all of his advance and royalties donated to the elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation. A truly excellent recipe book, with the recipes interspersed with stories from the authors experiences of working in palace kitchens. Georges is fabulous, and my favorite story is about prince harry forging a note to the chef from nanny requesting pizza. His first cookbook, eating royally, is filled with recipes and remembrances from the palace kitchens.
Quene elizabeth eats bananas with a knife and fork in order to avoid looking like a monkey, according to former royal chef darren mcgrady who wrote the book eating royally. He shares his insights into the heart of the peoples princess in his new cookbook, eating royally. Royal fare princess dis personal chef shares recipes. Mcgradys respect and admiration for princess diana and the family is obvious, and this is a well done, beautifully illustrated book. Darren mcgrady began working for the royal family as a pastry chef and quickly moved up the ranks to serve as dianas personal chef until her death in 1997. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Though the united biscuit group will not confirm that it is the. He is now a chef, author, culinary consultant, event planner and public speaker living in dallas, texas. Darren mcgrady speakers bureau and booking agent info. The royal chef at home, a follow up to his first cookbook, eating royally, will be published sept. All the proceeds from his 2007 cookbook, eating royally.
Mcgrady began working at buckingham palace where he tells us that working for the queen is a livein job. Recipes from this book recipe sausage rolls average user rating 3. Darren mcgrady, personal chef to princess diana and chef to the royal family for fifteen years, has collected more than 100 recipes in eating royally and behindthescenes stories that offer insight into the royal familys lives. He is now owner of eating royally fine dining, author, culinary consultant, event planner and public speaker living in plano, texas. Easy seasonal entertaining by mcgrady, darren, ruffins, susan, patrick, dick isbn. Darren donated all of the advance and all of the royalties to the elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation two of princess dianas charitable goals were. Here he presents many of the recipes he served the royals, and diana in particular. Darren mcgrady former chef to queen elizabeth ii, princess diana and princes william and harry. Eating royally is an upscale dining catering company based in dallas, texas created by darren mcgrady former chef to the queen and princess diana. The united biscuits group, who now owns mcvities says about 1700 mcvities rich tea biscuits and over 16kg of chocolate will be used in the reception cake. Eating royally darren mcgrady 9781401603212 netgalley. Chef darren mcgrady the royal chef personal chef to. As prince william and harry get ready to honor princess diana this weekend, darren mcgrady author of eating royally and a former private chef to the late princess shares his secret.