Hampton Court Palace, March 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). Text from: www.historicroyalpalaces.org/webcode/content.asp?ID=1215

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). Text from: www.historicroyalpalaces.org/webcode/content.asp?ID=1215

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). Text from: www.historicroyalpalaces.org/webcode/content.asp?ID=1215

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). Text from: www.historicroyalpalaces.org/webcode/content.asp?ID=1215

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). Text from: www.historicroyalpalaces.org/webcode/content.asp?ID=1215

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). Text from: www.historicroyalpalaces.org/webcode/content.asp?ID=1215

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). Text from: www.historicroyalpalaces.org/webcode/content.asp?ID=1215

A view inside one of the Tudor Kitchens that fed the court of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I at Hampton Court Palace, located just outside of London, England.

A view inside one of the Tudor Kitchens that fed the court of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I at Hampton Court Palace, located just outside of London, England.

A view inside one of the Tudor Kitchens that fed the court of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I at Hampton Court Palace, located just outside of London, England.