Duke confesses to his lack of culinary skills in charity cookbook

THE DUKE of Cambridge has confessed to a lack of culinary skills in a foreword he has written for a homeless charity’s cookbook.

William, inset, described the collection of 120 new recipes from leading chefs and celebrities as “special” and a celebration of the nation’s “amazing community spirit” in caring for the vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic.

His message appears in A Taste Of Home, produced to mark the 40th anniversary of The Passage

– the UK’s largest resource centre for homeless and insecurely housed people.

The duke said he is the first to admit he is “not an excellent chef” but wrote that sharing a hot meal can make those experiencing homelessness “feel right at home”. William is following in the footsteps of his sister- in- law, the Duchess of Sussex, who wrote the foreword for Together – a community cookbook created to help Grenfell families.

A Taste Of Home features 40 starters, 40 main dishes and 40 desserts from contributors including Mary Berry, Cherie Blair, Rory Bremner, Samantha Cameron, David Dimbleby, Stephen Fry, Ken Hom, Nadiya Hussain, Sir Paul McCartney, Andrew Marr, Yotam Ottolenghi, Jon Snow, Nigella Lawson and Rick Stein. The books also contains “Prince William’s Spaghetti Bolognese” by chef Nour Dakoba, which the duke helped make during a visit to The Passage in central London in February last year.

He prepared carrots in the kitchen and served up lunch to homeless men and women. William, who is patron of the charity, first spent time at the organisation with his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1993.