![]() ![]() ![]() The Queen is known to be partial to chocolate (Adrian Dennis/PA) Rather than a run-down on what the Queen likes to eat (although there are nuggets of that), it’s a selection of recipes from British embassies all over the world – like a “Foreign Office recipe collection”, he says. “I’ve always had an interest in food, and I’ve been trying for a long time to find a way to bring food and diplomacy together,” he explains – and that’s exactly what Kotecha’s done in The Platinum Jubilee Cookbook. Kotecha has a background in food – he “briefly flirted with the idea of being a professional chef” before becoming a diplomat, working in Raymond Blanc’s Oxfordshire restaurant and running a pop-up eatery. A new cookbook is coming out for the platinum jubilee (Oli Scarff/PA)įood is so much more than just nourishment – it can be an expression of your culture, among other things, and a powerful diplomatic tool.įew people know this better than Ameer Kotecha, a junior diplomat who has written a palace-approved Platinum Jubilee Cookbook to honour 70 years of the Queen’s reign. ![]()
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