Darren McGrady, who cooked for the Queen for 15 years, previously detailed how the monarch refuses to touch the vegetable. Camilla also made the reveal during an appearance on MasterChef Australia. Mr McGrady, who now owns a restaurant in the US, has also detailed other strange food quirks in the Royal Family.
Camilla gave more of an insight into the monarch’s distaste for the food staple.
During her 2018 MasterChef appearance, the Duchess was asked about what foods you wouldn’t see at a royal reception.
She said in reply: “I hate to say this but garlic. Garlic is a no-no.”
When prompted about if it was because of the smell after eating, Camilla agreed and said: “You always have to lay off the garlic.”
Despite the ban on garlic, Mr McGrady claimed the Queen is not a fussy eater, but just isn’t bothered about trying new foods.
Speaking to Hello! Magazine, he said the Queen was never much of an adventurous eater, and added: “She always ate to live rather than live to eat. Prince Philip was the foodie.
“He’d want to try any new dishes all the time and got excited about new ingredients whereas the Queen, if we had a new recipe, she’d have to look at the whole recipe before saying,‘Yes ok let’s try it.’
“But for the most part she stuck to the same dishes week in week out.”
Previously, the former chef also revealed the Queen’s preferred way of eating bananas – with a knife and fork.
Speaking in a YouTube video detailing fruit preparations for the Royal Family, he said the Queen would never eat the fruit with her hands.
Mr McGrady added: “It was impolite to eat a banana like a monkey at Buckingham Palace.
“You’re supposed to eat it with a fruit knife and fork.”
