Let’s be honest, coronation chicken was always going to be a tough act to follow. Indeed, until I saw a tweet from fellow food writer Sejal Sukhadwala expressing surprise that the “‘official’ coronation recipes” were so “random”, I’d assumed the palace wouldn’t even bother trying to compete with Constance Spry’s 1953 triumph. And then, just before noon, the royal family’s Twitter account casually dropped the coronation quiche into the mix.
Described as having been “chosen personally by their majesties the king and the queen consort”, on first glance it ticks more boxes than Gregg Wallace’s (official) prawn and pineapple tacos, not least because during the pandemic, Clarence House sought to comfort the nation with a recipe for cheesy baked eggs described as one of the then prince’s favourites.
