PICS: Prince William, Kate Don Chef Jackets to Take Cooking Class!
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Bon appétit!
Just prior to jetting off to their next tour stop Saturday, Prince William and Duchess Kate took in an intimate cooking class at the Quebec Tourism and Hotel Institute.
Donning personalized chef's whites for the 40-minute lesson, William, 29, and his bride, also 29, learned to make a variety of dishes, including an herb and cranberry-crusted lamb and a lobster souffle.
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During the visit, William kept the kitchen staff laughing -- all while trying to sneak in a few snacks. Pretending to pinch strawberries from a bowl and dipping a spoon into melted chocolate for a taste, the Prince eventually became a bit impatient while waiting for his dishes to cook.
"Is there a time limit?" he asked. "Is it like [BBC TV cooking show] Ready Steady Cook? Do we eat as we go? I'm quite hungry!"
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Elsewhere in the kitchen, William's bride seemed more focused. Student teacher Theresa Rindress guided the Duchess through a recipe for an amuse-bouche of foie gras on a toasted brioche roll with apple cider jelly. "I showed her how to hold the knife and position her hand so that she did not cut herself. She was fantastic," Rindress told reporters of her chef-in-training. "She was very competent with the knife."
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While some of their items fell flat during the end-of-class tasting, William was able to impress his cooking teacher, Jean-Louis Themistocle with one dish. "This is the best cucumber I have ever seen," the chef beamed after the royal produced an amuse-bouche of goat cheese, baby cucumber and elderberry jam.
Heading to Quebec Sunday, the couple will continue their tour of Canada with an inter-denominational service on board the HMCS Montreal and a visit to La Maison Dauphine. They will also attend the Freedom of the City Ceremony at Quebec's City Hall.
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9she is without a doubt the most beautiful, classy, stunning woman ever and her and william are the most elegant beautiful royal couple =)
William looks more like his dad everyday @Jennifer, Lucky!!! They seem super nice :) Christine, some people can pull off the look with eyeliner on top and bottom. I'm one of them. It all depends on how you apply it.
OMG she looks GREAT, why don't people bugger off with the eat something comments, if she looked like she had an eating disorder then ok, but she looks healthy and very happy!!!
Celine, stop with the eat something comments. Kate is fine. Worry about your own weight!
Debbie, I actually was there.....if you look at the top photo i'm in the background. I prepared the lamb with Kate and the recipe was really simple and easy to prepare.....everybody had a lot of fun! William jokes around during the whole hour and Kate was enthousiastic and ask a lot of questions on my classes and carrier. I had a great moment .....and buy the way it went.....they had to!
Kate, hope u ate the food u made! PLEASE EAT something, u look like u're losing a pound a day! The Kardasians are the only other ones who do the racoon eyes makeup.
I really wish Kate realized that such dark makeup doesn't look good on her. All that heavy eyeliner ages her something fierce. WHO outlines the top and bottom lids? Women just do the top now and if they really want some on the bottom the do a VERY tiny smidge. Kate's looking like a Duchess Raccoon.
Most of the things they cooked I can't even pronounce, and I've been cooking for 41 yrs. I might have been more helpful for the both of them to start w/ something a bit more "basic." I am sure this was Cate's idea. Look at William's face....doesn't appear as if it's his cup of tea;)
Love it!