From december 27th 2014 to 1st jan 2015 the kitchens at hampton court palace were once again brought to life with tudor cookery. Henry viiis kitchens at hampton court palace were the largest of tudor england. Food archaeologists prepare typical tudor meals complete with smell projections, using specially created period utensils in the restored kitchen. Having visited hampton court this book sounded very intriguing about how the kitchens. Tudor food and eating hampton court palace historic. Hampton court flower show 2009 photos hampton court flower show 2009 photos. In the half of hampton court that remains from the tudor period, there are the worldfamous kitchens. The largest surviving renaissance kitchens in europe occupy nearly one third of the ground floor of hampton court palace, totalling 36,000 square feet. Highlighting the worlds first professional kitchen, this volume showcases the massive galleys at hampton court palace. King henry viii may have had his own private chef, but the court was also fed in fine style by highly skilled and imaginative cooks using an astonishing variety of ingredients. The tudor kitchens at hampton court palace not only fed king henry viii and his. The tudor kitchens of king henry viii at hampton court palace. Discover goblets, copperware and tudor inspired aprons with our curated collection of kitchenware.
Hamptons style kitchens photos hamptons style kitchens photos. Tudor kitchens at hampton court palace the seventeenth. Henry viiis kitchens hampton court palace historic royal palaces. Hampton court palace is a royal palace in the london, it has not been inhabited. Although the tudor palate was much more used to heavily spiced and sugared food than we are cinnamon, ginger, mace and sugar were commonly added to many recipes some of the basic combinations of foods, such as pork with an apple sauce, chicken or rabbit with a bread sauce, are familiar to us. Henry viiis kitchens at hampton court palace youtube. This video shows the authentic working tudor kitchens at hampton court palace, one of the main visitor attractions in the uk located in the london borough of richmond upon thames. Henrys food was prepared, in a private kitchen, under the direction of the privy master cook, john bricket. Built around 1530, these kitchens were a hub of food preparation activity for over 230 years. Henry viiis kitchens hampton court palace historic. See more ideas about hampton court, tudor kitchen and tudor. Palaces created, adapted andor used by the house of tudor pages in category tudor royal palaces in england the following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. With the eye of a cook and an expert in kitchens brears helps bring a time to life. The vast kitchens served the tudor court with hundreds of meals a day.
Step back in time with our range of tudor inspired kitchenware. Kitchens at haddon hall, hampton court palace, gainsborough old hall, and the royal kitchens at kew. Cookalong, cookbook, kitchens, feast medieval, tudor. It contains many authentic tudor recipes adapted for contemporary cooks. Feeding the court was a complex business all done without modern conveniences as 1.
Henry viii expanded and added to the kitchens at hampton court palace, but they. Hampton court palace and the tower of london to stratforduponavon and thornbury castle. So we decided to take a look back in time at the kitchens of this royal. Historic royal palaces palace patterns mini wall calendar 2020 art calendar by flame tree studio aug 15. Inspired by the tudor kitchens at hampton court palace which were once home to over 200 cooks. Both of them eschewed the instructions in the platt recipe for casting sugar items to soak. Illustrating how kitchens originally built to supply the entire household of king henry viii were run, this guide dispells many of the misconceptions about the table manners, quality of cooking, and serving of meals in tudor england. Media in category the tudor kitchens at hampton court palace the following 29 files are in this category, out of 29 total. Ordering, preparing and cooking food on this scale required an efficient system, with raw food arriving at one end and finished dishes ready to be served at the other. Our key principle at historic royal palaces is guardianship. The king ate in his private rooms, away from the crowds. In this cookery book, they have taken popular tudor recipes and adapted them for todays cook. Tudor cookery at hampton court palace new years eve. Tudor food and eating hampton court palace historic royal.