56 - Robert May's "Spectacle Feasts"

The entire experience of eating a fancy meal these days is no longer just about the food itself. For decades, chefs like Heston Blumenthal have been creating entire culinary experiences to delight all of your senses at once, pairing sounds, smells and textures along with the already delicious flavours of their food. But while this trend has taken off again more recently, this is by no means a modern practice. In fact, as far back as the early 1600’s an innovative chef by the name of Robert May was creating similar sensory dining experiences all around Elizabethan England. Today, we’ll discover just who this man was, and how he went about revolutionising banquets into what would come to be called his "Spectacle Feasts". ------------------- Thank you to my all of my supporters! We're just one away from 30 Supporters, and it could be YOU! You can support me on Patreon for just $2 a month: patreon.com/foodhistorypod ------------------- Sources for this episode's research: Become a supporter of this podcast: .

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56 - Robert May's "Spectacle Feasts" is an episode from The Fantastic History Of Food by Nick Charlie Key.

This episode is 15:13 long.

This episode was published on Jun 21, 2024.

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