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The Greek chef who made Elizabeth…'s platinum menu

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The celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee is by definition a unique event. This detail alone left no room for error for those who shouldered the burden of preparing for the grand events that took place inside and outside the palace to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Lilibette, then 26, ascending the throne of the United Kingdom for to become the longest-lived queen in world history.

One of the main contributors to the festivities was the Greek chef Nikolaos Koulousias, who for the last three years has been in charge of the difficult task of preparing and executing the menus intended for members of the royal family.

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A few hours after the end of the mission, which was crowned with success, he explains to “NEA” how they finally managed to comply with what the protocol dictates and to keep everyone satisfied.

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“The 20-member team is always in two locations, one in Buckingham's kitchen and the other in Windsor's kitchen, so they are on standby at any time for any plan changes that may occur at the behest of Queen Elizabeth. Preparations for the Platinum Jubilee celebration menu began a month ago, by clicking on the so-called Coronation Menu, which is created every five years and contains ingredients from the royal farms. The official dinner for the members of the royal family took place on Saturday before the big music festival that was set up in front of the palace. Next, we had the responsibility of catering to the official guests on stage, from a kitchen that was set up behind the main stage as a “backstage kitchen”. What struck me was that everything went as planned, without having to activate Plan B, something that had happened at Harry and Megan's wedding, where everything was not working out. “For the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, we are still making our… cross where everything went as planned”, notes the 39-year-old chef.

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The sweet

If the highlights of the four-day festivities include the greeting of the queen's hologram through the golden carriage, in terms of the festive menu – which is always written in French – the surprise came from the dessert that emerged after a televised competition in the standard “Platinum Pudding Competition” with the winner being 31-year-old Jemma Melvin, who proposed a recipe of her grandmother, based on the dessert offered in 1947 at the wedding of the then Princess Lilibeth.

What the chef is able to reveal is that 96-year-old Elizabeth, although queen, as long as the menus are in shape, operates in a highly democratic manner: fits the protocol framework. “Once it has made its decisions, then it is difficult to object.”

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Sandwiches

As for the jam sandwiches that starred in the popular video with the queen and the bear Paddington, the Greek chef explains that the truth is hidden in… kora.

“It was a purely humorous spot. If you pay attention, the queen takes out a sandwich with crust from her bag. This could never have happened for three reasons: first, because the queen's sandwiches with fig jam never have a crust, second, because there is an explicit command that the shape be triangular, and, third, because, simply, the queen does not she would never put her favorite sandwich in a bag “.

Source: in.gr

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