A former royal chef has opened up about his time working in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace, disclosing which royal family member proved more challenging than the rest.
Dan Ottaway, who served as a chef at Buckingham Palace and frequently prepared meals for the late Queen Elizabeth II, has candidly shared his whirlwind journey working for the Firm as he transitions to his new position as executive head chef at a stunning upscale hotel in County Wicklow, Ireland.
Ottaway revealed that among all the royal family members he catered to, Prince Andrew stood out as “quite difficult” and “much more demanding” than his relatives, while also praising Princess Kate for a thoughtful gesture.
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Speaking to the Irish Independent, Ottaway disclosed that Prince Andrew, 65, would inundate the Palace kitchen with elaborate eleventh-hour demands that proved challenging to accommodate and placed tremendous strain on the culinary team.
He explained, “We used to say that he was quite difficult; he would have been more demanding than the rest of them for sure. There would have been last-minute requests for lunches, guests, and stuff like that. Other family members would have told us weeks in advance because they understand we needed to prep for them,” reports the Mirror.
Ottaway continued that Andrew’s unrealistic demands persisted, noting, “But knowing, sort of, that he could get away with anything really, because who’s going to tell him off, really, nobody. And he was probably the queen’s favourite child; he was definitely different from the rest of the family in his meal requirements.”
The former royal chef shared his experiences working with Andrew and Kate, 43, revealing that while Andrew was difficult to work with, Kate was the complete opposite. He said, “She didn’t want them to be ungrateful or whatever, but it meant a lot to us in the kitchen to see the kids really bubbly.”
His claims mirror those of a former palace staffer who spoke to biographer Andrew Lownie about Andrew and Fergie’s extravagant feasts. The staffer suggested that their demands for lavish meals may have played a part in Sarah’s financial woes.
The dismissed staff member told Lownie about the “greed and wastefulness that contributed to the duchess’s financial downfall.
As reported in Lownie’s explosive book, Entitled, the former courtier claimed, “Every night she [Sarah Ferguson] demands a whole side of beef, a leg of lamb and a chicken, which are laid out on the dining room table like a medieval banquet. It’s a feast that would make Henry VIII proud.”
The source added, “But often there is just her and her girls, Bea and Eugenie, and most of it is wasted. There is no attempt to keep it to have cold the next day. It just sits there all night, and the next day it’s thrown away.”
The book also alleges that “her butler had to get in at 4:30am to put watercress on ice”.
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