| Description | Menu book for dinners, breakfast and, less often, luncheons and suppers, for the Prince Regent, principally at Carlton House and occasionally at Stud House [Hampton Court.] A few dinners are specified to be for the royal family.
It also provides details of dinners served to members of the Prince Regent's Household, most notably Mr Watier [John Baptiste Watier, Clerk Comptroller of the Kitchen] and Elizabeth Evans [Housekeeper at Carlton House].
For a large dinner for the royal family the names of the chefs in charge of specific dishes are mentioned: Marie Antoine Carême [Chef de cuisine]; Amant Wilmet [Cook], Francis Le Clerk [Pastry Cook].
Menu book registers lists of provisions sent to Hampton Court, Brighton, Kensington [Palace], and, more frequently, Stud House [Hampton Court].
Marked 'Ledger 1817'. |