Live Tudor cookery

Our intrepid team of history chefs prepare a feast fit for a king

Come and watch the chefs cook!

Live Tudor cookery

The Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace are famous throughout the world for being those of King Henry VIII.

In fact they continued to be used as Royal Court kitchens for a further two hundred years, feeding the tables of Tudor, Stuart and Georgian monarchs and their many courtiers...

And for the last few years, they have been home to a fascinating research project run by Historia food archaeologists who regularly bring the kitchens to life experimenting with traditional recipes, ingredients and cooking methods to prepare feasts fit for a king!

Video: Watch the cooks at work »

Enjoying a Tudor meal

The live cookery will take place on the following dates:

2012
5-7 May: Tudor cookery MayDay Bank Holiday
2-5 June: 1952/3 period cookery Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend
7-8 July: Tudor cookery
4-5 August: Tudor cookery
25-27 August: Tudor cookery August Bank Holiday
1-2 September: Tudor cookery
6-7 October: Tudor cookery
3-4 November: Tudor cookery
1-2 December: Tudor cookery
27 December - 1 January: Tudor cookery Tudor Christmas

2013
2-3 February: Tudor cookery
2-3 March: Tudor cookery

Come and be inspired!

Further information

Admission to this exciting live event is included in your Hampton Court Palace admission ticket and is free for members.

Click here for ticket prices

Click here for more information on how to become a member

Click here to learn more about the history of the Tudor kitchens

Tudor cook-along videos

Create genuine 16th century dishes in your own home with these easy to follow cook-along videos, filmed in the Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace.

http://www.tudorcookery.com/

A taste of Tudor history

If your taste buds have been tickled in the Tudor Kitchens, come and try a Tudor dish for real at the Tiltyard Cafe. The first weekend of every month we will be recreating some traditional Tudor dishes in addition to our regular menu of freshly prepared food, so step back in time and refresh your senses!

Served from 11.00 - 15.00
Main dishes from £6.50
Desserts from £2.50

The Taste of the Fire

This book, written by our own curators and food archaeologists, explores eating at court, the Tudor diet and food production in the kitchens. It contains many authentic Tudor recipes adapted for contemporary cooks.
Click here to buy the book
Click here to try recipes from the book