Churchill's Cook
Dan Snow's History Hit
History Hit
4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Annie Gray is a wonderful historian and broadcaster. Her latest project is a biography of the woman who cooked for Churchill. Georgina Landemare was one of the few people able to cope with the demands, eccentricities and public nudity that came with working for the Churchills. Where all the other servants came and went fairly rapidly, she remained in the family's service and helped Churchill through the war years, not just feeding him but helping his efforts to lead or cajole by providing sumptuous meals for him, his guests and subordinates.
I talked to Annie about what was like being a woman in domestic service in this period as well as the challenges of working for Winston.....
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| 1:27.0 | Winston Churchill, you may have heard of him. |
| 1:29.0 | You may have come across him in your studies, in your musings about history. |
| 1:34.0 | Winston Churchill was a man who liked only the finest things in life. |
| 1:38.0 | He liked grand houses like Blenheim Palace in which he was born. |
| 1:41.0 | He liked good food, he liked good cigars, wine, the best company, he liked it all. |
| 1:47.0 | And that's why this new biography of his longest serving chef is so fascinating. |
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