Prince Charles' Pastry Views

10 March 2010

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The prince - who was on a tour of the kitchens at Westminster Kingsway College in Epsom, Surrey, yesterday (09.03.10) - allegedly made the remark to 20-year-old Kate Sims, a third year student.

Speaking of her introduction to Charles, she said: "He thinks women are naturally good at pastry because of their lightness of touch. He asked me why I happen to cook and when I said my grandmother was a very good pastry cook he said women are good at pastry because of their lightness of touch."

Cookery writer Mary Berry agreed with the royal's assessment, believing it is because girls are more accustomed to baking from a young age.

Baking is all about precision. It's an exact science requiring precise measurements and timing, patience and the ability to tell when something is done. Traditionally baking has been something that young girls do with their mothers.

Speaking to the Daily Mail newspaper, she said: "Baking is all about precision. It's an exact science requiring precise measurements and timing, patience and the ability to tell when something is done. Traditionally baking has been something that young girls do with their mothers."

Charles was later taken through all the stages of a lunch being prepared by the students at the leading cookery school and also joined a class who were being taught the process of butchering a venison carcass.

In a speech held at the school in the afternoon, Charles said: "I just wanted to use this opportunity not only to congratulate the college on its centenary and its one hundred years of real excellence in hospitality training, but also to say how proud I am to be patron of the Academy of Culinary Arts and to meet people in this wonderful field."

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