The queen’s former chef has paid tribute to Prince Philip by praising his cheeky “sense of humor and revealing that he believed the Duke of Edinburgh” was Balmoral’s gardener the first time they met.
Darren McGrady, 58, who was the queen’s personal chef in the 1990s and also worked for Princess Diana, shared a tribute to the deceased royal in a video on her YouTube page, revealing that a once he took his daughter-in-law, Princess Diana. hidden in the royal kitchen eating lychee.
The chef added that Prince Philip “loved grilling on the barbecue” and that he had an “adventurous” palette that often solicited game on the farm or dishes like kipper souffle and devilish kidneys.
“The first time I met Prince Philip was at Balmoral Castle,” Daren said.
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Darren McGrady, 58, who was the queen’s personal chef in the 1990s and also worked for Princess Diana, shared a tribute to the deceased royal in a video on her YouTube page, revealing that a once he took his daughter-in-law, Princess Diana. hidden in the royal kitchen eating lychee.
“In my first year I worked in the kitchen and I was the only one there.
“This old man came in, in small clothes, and a really cracked sweater with all his elbows undone and I thought he was the gardener.
He said, “I’m looking for the head chef.”
“I said” “Wait a minute, I’ll go get it for you.”
So I went to the pantry and found the chef.
‘I said,’ Chef, the gardener is looking for you. ‘
He said, “The garden at this time of night?”
We went back to the kitchen together and the head chef said “Good night, Your Royal Highness”, and I suddenly realized that it was Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
Prince Philip “loved to grill on the barbecue” and had an “adventurous” bricklayer who often asked for game on the farm or dishes like kipper souffle and devilish kidneys, revealed the royal chef (pictured of the queen in 2016)
Then he went into the kitchen four or five times a week. He often came in and only talked about the barbecue, he loved to cook and grill, ”he added.
Darren, who was born in the UK but now lives in Texas, often shares stories of his life working for both the Queen and Princess Diana in the 1990s.
In the new clip, he shares a recipe for Prince Philip’s favorite dessert, Crepe Islandaise, as well as revealing how the Duke caught Princess Diana hiding the royal kitchen.
Philip died at Windsor Castle earlier this month at the age of 99.
His funeral was held Saturday in St. George’s Chapel with millions of people around the world tuning in to mourn the king.
“I also had a great sense of humor, I remember Princess Diana sat in the kitchen, sat on top of the freezer and was just getting ready for the litany and chatting about the theater and the ghost of the opera.
Suddenly the duke came in and she turned and said, “Oh, you caught me,” she added.
“And he, he said,‘ Oh, you’re not here to talk about barbecue tonight, are you? and she just seemed horrified that she said “I wouldn’t know where to start.”
Darren also revealed that Philip had an adventurous palette and often ordered unusual ingredients at his meals.
“Normally, the queen would be the one to choose the menus for dinner, but I think she liked it when she chose the main use for her private dinners when she was with friends.
“I was always going for weird and crazy and different foods.
Darren also revealed that Prince Philip once caught his daughter-in-law, Princess Diana, hiding in the palace kitchen eating lychee. They were shown together in 1987
I would just think a steak was boring, I would say ‘let’s leave hare or partridge’, all these different games on the farm.
“And he would say to me,‘ Let’s do, let’s make a dessert souffle, ’and you say,‘ Would you like chocolate or vanilla? “and said” let’s kipper. “
“Even at breakfast, I would think only the eggs and bacon were boring, he loved it when you put smoked menus or devil’s kidneys on the menu,” Darren continued.
‘I remember once we were at Wood Farm [Philip’s cottage on the Sandringham Estate] and he had little lambs, little lamb’s eyes for dinner for him and his guests.
He went into the kitchen and said “what’s for dinner?”
“When I said‘ lamb noise ’I opened the fridge and took them out.
The queen’s former chef has paid tribute to Prince Philip who praised the Duke of Edinburgh’s “cheeky” sense of humor and revealed that he believed the royal was Balmoral’s gardener the first time they left. to meet.
And he said, “What are these?” and I said, “This is a leg, a lamb fillet for the staff.”
And he looked at the little noises and the lamb’s paw and said, ‘We’ll have them,’ so I had to defrost some chicken quickly for the staff.
The chef, who has more than six million views on YouTube to share his royal tales and recipes, also recalled how great Philip was in the kitchen and loved the barbecue.
“Prince Harry called him the barbecue master he really was,” he said.
“He had come into the kitchen after an afternoon tea, and the chefs were yelling at each other, ‘The duke is down, the dukes are down,’ and they were just getting ready to argue with him, what did he want for dinner that night? ‘
“Not only did Balmoral cook on the grill of the Royal Yacht Britannia.
‘When we were on the Western Islands cruise. We could be on the Isle of Skye or somewhere like that and I would see a deserted beach somewhere and it would be a beautiful day and I would say, “Let’s have a barbecue.”
“So we have a barbecue lunch and they send us a boat if you do and they prepare the barbecue; he will go ahead and catch fire and then the rest of the family will go on.
He just loved grilling.
“He was always tickled by new appliances. I remember someone giving him a pepper mill with a flashlight at the end, and he could see where that pepper was going that bright flashlight on his fillets when he was grilling.
‘I think all the chefs enjoyed it when the duke came into the kitchen to talk about a barbecue.
“I had always been in the gardens that morning or something, and I knew what was right, we went in and checked everything, if there were strawberries that were ripening, the vegetables were ripe?
“I had these plums growing in Balmoral, they were amazing and you had often seen it in the garden just staying there to harvest these magnificent Victoria plums.
“And you have to stay on top of everything when he came into the kitchen and he said,‘ What are we taking tonight and there are strawberries in the garden? “this was a loaded question.
“I knew there were strawberries in the garden and I said, you better know that too. He did not suffer fools willingly. ‘
Once in Sandringham, we had Mango Melba on the menu for royal dinner.
“When the duke came into the kitchen and I was just peeling and cutting the mangoes, and he stood there and said ‘it’s not the right way to look at a mango’
And then he came over, handed me a mango, grabbed the edges and did the same, on the other side around the stone.
“And he was so excited that he was so proud that he actually showed the chefs the right way to make a mango,” he continued.
Darren also met with the royal on social occasions, saying he was “charming and elegant”.
“I remember the Ghillies Ball at Balmoral Castle and I was able to dance with him, the impressive White Sergeant.
Darren said they danced together and he just nodded and smiled.
Darren also revealed that Philip had a sense of adventurous humor and often ordered unusual ingredients.
“One of the things I loved most about this film was its sense of humor,” Darren added.
He was cheeky as Prince Harry said.
One day I looked at the fruit cupboard at Balmoral Castle.
“I saw someone in there, I just saw his back and I yelled out the window‘ Hello, can I help you? ”
Then I realized it was the Duke and he just stuck his head around. I said, ‘Oh, I’m sorry, Your Highness, I thought someone was stealing the fruit,’ but he just looked back and smiled and went say, “Well, I am.”
One Christmas I went into the kitchen and I was making Christmas cakes for afternoon tea.
He looked at the cake and had made a 1990 with big, bold letters on the top and bottom right I wrote the tire in the corner.
“He said,‘ what does tire mean? and I said “Oh, it was a Goodyear.”
“He still laughed when he walked out the door.”
Darren also shared how to make one of Philip Crepe Islandaise’s favorite dishes.
He attended a banquet in Iceland and loved this dish so much that he ordered the recipe.
“And then, when he got it, he sent him to the kitchen.” I was so excited that we got this dish for the royal chefs to prepare.
He used to order it for many of his dinners.
“It’s just jam and cream mixed inside a panel, it’s simple and straightforward, but he really liked it.
Prince Philip added hat “he loved his IPAs, even at banquets.”
‘His Highness. Thank you for the years of happy memories, ”he concluded.