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Royal Wedding Menu Heavy on the Appetizers, Light on Everything Else

Royal Wedding canapes from Buckingham PalacePhoto: Nick Ansell, AFP / Getty Images


With 650 guests invited to celebrate Kate and Wills' big day, and the Buckingham Palace kitchens only equipped for formal dinner service for around 150, the menu for the Royal Wedding will not exactly be a five-course affair. In fact, it will consist of nothing more than a "modest spread of Champagne, wedding cake and two-bite appetizers, or canapes," reports the New York Times.

The 21-chef kitchen plans to make 10,000 appetizers, which comes to about 15 canapes per guest. Among them, mini Yorkshire puddings with roast beef and horseradish cream (above left, being prepared by sous chef Mark Stewart), and bubble-and-squeak confit with lamb shoulder (above right, being arranged by Royal Chef Mark Flanagan, Head of Kitchens at Buckingham Palace). Other house specialties include smoked salmon, herbed crèpes and Cornish pasties. The two-bite factor is aimed at convenience, "should a guest need to put one away in order to greet a passing dignitary."

In the evening after the wedding, Prince Charles is hosting a three-course dinner for 300 guests in Buckingham Palace catered by London restaurateur Anton Mosimann.

Join in on the party -- the Los Angeles Times recommends these 22 canapes to make at home. Or to be made by your own Royal Chef.

Filed Under: Celebrities, Events
Tags: canapes, Kate Middleton, menu+for+royal+wedding, menuforroyalwedding, Prince William, royal wedding menu

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Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)

No? Really?

4-20-2011 @2:33PM No? Really? said... For 1,800 people? What are you expecting? State banquet? Keep in mind this is a young couple just starting out. They are probably saving for their first castle.
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SteveDenver

4-27-2011 @4:06AM SteveDenver said... Wills'
Who edits this crap?
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