Perhaps two weeks before the date of the banquet the Master of the; King's Household, tall, soldierly Sin Hill Child, passes on the King's} orders to the chefs to prepare al menu, The Queen looks over the chef's suggestions, perhaps substituting dishes that she thinks her guests! would prefer, and finally the menu, usually consisting of ten courses, is chosen. H Four days before the dinner extra 1 men sad women come in to help the regular staff in the kitchens, Usually more than twenty extra cooks, kitchemaids, and so on are engaged.
In charge of them all is the King's} new chef, M. Rene Roussin. He only took up his duties at Buckingham Palace a few weeks ago.
While all this is going on in the kitchens, there is bustle upstairs in the other departments of the Master
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