The Americans might have served King Charles a course of food he’s not a fan of at the White House state dinner, with a former royal chef saying they’d have known about it ahead of time.It’s the final day of the King’s state visit to the US today (30 April) and things appear to have gone rather well.There’s been the usual gladhanding, pomp and ceremony, while King Charles managed to defeat Donald Trump’s attempts to do his trademark yanking handshake.He also made a speech stressing the importance of NATO, support for Ukraine and the need for democracy to have ‘checks and balances’, while he also met with representatives of his charity, the King’s Trust, in New York City.One of the main events of a state visit is the state dinner, with the menu curated by First Lady Melania Trump, but one of the King’s former chefs said there was a dish on there he wouldn’t have liked so much.

The food King Charles did enjoy at the state dinnerFormer royal chef Darren McGrady told Fox News ahead of the state dinner that the King had several foods he was a big fan of, though almost none of them appeared on the menu.The chef said: “If there’s a cheese course, the King will adore that, as he loves cheese. He also loves honey, grilled vegetables, risottos and especially lamb.”There’s incredible lamb here. He would be honoured if there was lamb.McGrady said the monarch was also a fan of dishes that supported local produce, with ‘goods coming into season, like asparagus, artichokes, peas, spinach and broccoli’ being among his preferred options.It’s also known that he’s a fan of eggs boiled for precisely four minutes, while his absolute favourite dish is pheasant crumble pie, which serves poached pheasant in gravy topped with an upper layer of parmesan-bacon crumble.What was King Charles not a fan of at the state dinner?However, McGrady also said that Charles was ‘not a great lover of chocolate’, which is unfortunate because the dessert for state dinner was a beehive-shaped chocolate gâteau with smooth vanilla bean crémeux custard.