London: Prince William may have given an off-handed compliment on his wife’s culinary skills but if reports are to be trusted, Kate takes her cooking quite seriously.
Kate Middleton is reputed to be quite a pro when it comes to cooking, and has been credited for cooking the family’s meals in Kensington Palace from scratch.
The Duchess reportedly installed a second kitchen in Kensington Palace and Anmer Hall, official residences of the couple.
The high-end restaurant-standard kitchen in the Kensington Palace boasts the finest modern furnishing and an underfloor heating beneath a reclaimed stone floor in addition to a dining table for eight, which Kate is believed to have incorporated on the advice of food writer Tom Parker Bowles, Camilla Parker’s son.
Kate reportedly owns an £8,000 double-oven and a sausage make, and famously prepares her own jams and chutneys as gifts.
Kate also reportedly attended London's reputed Leith's cookery school to polish her culinary skills in 2014. TV chef Rachel Khoo, who attended the school with Kate had told the Woman magazine, “Kate was in my class. Kate was ill for a few days, so I took notes for her. She was a lovely person, but she kept herself to herself.”
The Leiths School of Food and Wine, which boasts some of the most celebrated chefs in UK including Gizzi Erskine, Lorraine Pascale and Xanthe Clay, is situated in West London and has an ‘international reputation as a first class culinary institute for chefs'.
But all this does not stop the Prince from pulling the Duchess’s legs.
The couple were attending a fund raising dinner at the lavish Houghton Hall, for East Anglia Children's Hospices, of which Kate is a patron, when she remarked that William was looking forward to a break from her cooking at the event. 'It's the reason I'm so skinny,' the Prince pitched in.
A special five course meal was organised for Kate and William by Michelin starred chefs Galton Blackiston, Sat Bains, Claude Bosi, Tom Kerridge and Mark Edwards.
