King Charles seeks new live-in chef to help prepare vegan meals for him at Palace
King Charles is looking for a live-in chef who can prepare vegan dishes for him at Buckingham Palace. The successful candidate will be expected to cook up a vegan storm for the monarch, staff and guests at state banquets.
Charles, a keen environmentalist, reportedly avoids eating meat, fish and dairy one day a week for environmental reasons.
Buckingham Palace has advertised for a Premier Sous Chef to work with the Head Chef.
The job advert reads: “This job is truly like no other. As Premier Sous Chef you’ll help to lead a team of talented professionals in the Royal Kitchens.
“Supporting the Head Chef, you’ll oversee day-to-day operations, and whether its staff lunches or a grand State Banquet, you’ll ensure every meal is delivered to the highest of standards.”
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The job ad says the successful candidate will join a team of 30, operating from six different residences with the “scope and variety” the role offers being “second to none”.
It adds: “You’ll develop and prepare diverse menus and source the very best Seasonal ingredients, as well as helping to manage stock levels and co-ordinate staff rotas.
“You’ll motivate and inspire those around you, monitoring the performance and development of a highly competent team, as well as recruiting and training new members.”
As well as superior knife skills and knowledge of plants, the new hire will also need people management skills to organise the kitchen.
The person specification says: “You’re a highly qualified and skilled chef, with experience at a senior level from a fine dining or five star catering operation.”
“With good knowledge of classical cuisine, and of the food industry in general, you’re adept at planning and developing menus for a wide range of occasions, including fine dining and volume catering.
“You have excellent people management skills, and you’re used to empowering and motivating a large team.”
Further “essential” qualities include organising and delegating effectively with the post holder and their team expected to deliver for “very varied occasions, across several sites”.
King Charles, besides eating vegan one day a week, also follows a vegetarian diet two days out of every seven.
In an interview in 2021, His Royal Highness said: “The business of what we eat is, of course, important. For years I haven’t eaten meat and fish on two days a week.
“And I don’t eat dairy products on one day a week. If more did that, you reduce a lot of the pressure on the environment.”
Royal biographer, Tina Brown, wrote in her book The Palace Papers that Prince William once warned guests at a buffet to keep away from his father’s linseed breakfast.
