Table with Plates in the Tudor Kitchens of Hampton Court Palace, 2004

500 years ago feasts for thousands of people at court were prepared in Hampton Court Palace's now famous Tudor kitchens. The kitchens complex was a huge production line with raw food entering through the West Front of the palace and coming out at the servery ready for delivery to the Great Hall for consumption, via a huge and skilled production team distributed throughout the fifty-five rooms of the kitchens, covering around 36,000 square feet (3,350 square metres).

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