‘Queen Elizabeth ate to survive. It was all very bland, very basic’ – former Buckingham Palace chef Dan Ottaway on cooking for the royals and his move to Wicklow

‘Queen Elizabeth ate to survive. It was all very bland, very basic’ – former Buckingham Palace chef Dan Ottaway on cooking for the royals and his move to Wicklow

“Lots of people say that one day Disney will ask us for the movie rights,” laughs Dan Ottaway, referring to the meeting of he and his Irish fiancée Deirdre Colgan in the regal surroundings of Buckingham Palace. “I was a chef in the palace and she was a footman.”