Charles Elmé Francatelli, Crockford’s, and the Royal Connection

Authors

  • Colin Smythe Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28369

Keywords:

Charles Elmé Francatelli, Crockford's, 19th Century, patronage, culinary celebrities, English gentlemen's clubs, biography, social history, St. James's Hotel, menus, horseflesh dinner, hippophagy, famous feasts/dinners

Abstract

The author traces the chronology of the 19th-century celebrity chef Francatelli from his employment at Crockford's through a number of his famous dinners including the horseflesh dinner of 1867.

Author Biography

  • Colin Smythe, Independent Scholar

    Colin Smythe is an independent publisher (Colin Smythe Limited) <www.colinsmythe.co.uk>. He specializes in Irish material, particularly literary history. He was also the first publisher of Terry Pratchett and continues to act as Terry Pratchett’s literary agent.

Published

2014-10-01

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Section

Articles

How to Cite

Charles Elmé Francatelli, Crockford’s, and the Royal Connection. (2014). Petits Propos Culinaires, 17-42. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28369