Hospitality may have had an audience at Buckingham Palace but even in such exciting surroundings it's impossible to dull a Michelin starred chef's senses.
One lucky French chef told of the thrill of being let in via the front gate with a gaggle of tourists watching and no doubt thinking "wow, who's that?".
Once inside he was delighted to find out that all the menus in the palace - stretching back through the ages - had been, and still were, written in French.
There was apparently a sticky moment where a well known food critic's efforts to educate our chef on proper form when meeting Her Majesty illicited a discreet intervention from a palace official, who instructed him, without a word, on how to bow correctly, but all in all it was thrilling.
Having paid respects to Ma'am there was even an opportunity to hob-nob with the Duke of Edinburgh, who decided to run with the French theme after being introduced and discuss frogs and snails.
However, despite all this excitment and splendour it appears the Champagne was a much bigger hit than the canapés, described as " 'orrible" by the royal guest, who headed out into the night to find something to eat.
Sorry Ma'am you can't please them all but we at Kitchen Rat remain your loyal servants.
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