Remembering Princess Diana at 50
On July 1st when Prince William and Kate’s plane touches down in Canada on the couples first official foreign state visit as husband and wife, many people will be thinking “if only things had been different” I am not referring…
Hanging out with Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky and Hutch)
I got to hang out with Paul Michael Glaser on Sunday afternoon when I attended the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation fundraiser "A time for Heroes" in Los Angeles. It was a fabulous event and sponsored by Disney so many…
Talking State Banquets on CNN
I was explaining what goes on behind the scenes at a Buckingham Palace State banquet on CNN's BackStory. Tonight President Obama will host a return State banquet at Winfield House, the American Ambassadors residence in Regent's Park. What's funny about…
State Banquet Menu for President Obama
Here is the menu from the State banquet this evening at Buckingham Palace. Interestingly in a break from tradition the Queen has cut the soup course from the menu.
President Obama’s State visit to Buckingham Palace
President Obama's State visit to Buckingham Palace. May 24th and 25th 2011 Today President Obama will become just the third US President in 100 years to make a State visit to the UK. He and the first lady will spend…
After the wedding
Well wasn’t the royal wedding just fabulous ? Kate looked stunning and the whole event made me feel proud to be British. Everything went went to plan and no big mistakes, at least that we know of. I have been hearing grumblings from the royal kitchens though and it appears that feathers are as ruffled as the ones in Princess Eugenie’s hat. The highlight of being a royal chef is to cater a royal wedding and churning out a few thousand sausages on sticks doesn’t count.
Darren on Oprah Winfrey Show
I was thrilled to be invited to be part of Oprah's Royal Wedding Party and asked to make a three tier "grooms cake" using the recipe from my book Eating Royally. This is of course the recipe Prince William chose…
Cooking live on the TODAY Show
I had a fabulous time in New York the last few days doing media surrounding the royal wedding. Yesterday I was back at the TODAY show and sharing some of Prince Williams favorite dishes. You can catch the segment if…
Happy Birthday Your Majesty… but you will have to wait for your cake !
Queen Elizabeth turns 85 years young today as she celebrates the first of her two birthdays (the official one is in June. It was Edward VII who started an official day to celebrate the Monarchs birthday because his birthday was…