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Charles Elmé Francatelli (1805–10 August 1876) was an Italian Britishcook,[1] known for his cookery books popular in the Victorian era, such as The Modern Cook.
Biography[edit]
Francatelli was born in London, of Italian extraction, in 1805, and was educated in France, where he studied the art of cookery. Coming to England, he was employed successively by various noblemen, subsequently becoming chief chef of the St James's Club, popularly known as Crockford's club. He left Crockford's to become chief cook to Queen Victoria from 9 March 1840 to 31 March 1842,[2] and then returned to Crockford's. He was managing steward of the Coventry House Club from the day it opened on 1 June 1846 until it closed on 25 March 1854, and at the Reform Club from 1854 to 1861. He was Manager of the St James's Hotel, at the corner of Berkeley Street and Piccadilly, from 1863 to 1870. He worked as chef de cuisine to the Prince and Princess of Wales at the nearby Marlborough House from early 1863 until at least late September 1866. From 1870 to 76 he was manager of the Freemasons' Tavern.[3][4]
Works[edit]
Francatelli was the author of The Modern Cook (1845);[5] of A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes (1852), The Cook's Guide and Housekeeper's & Butler's Assistant (1861), and of The Royal English and Foreign Confectionery Book (1862). Francatelli died at Eastbourne.
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes was reprinted in 1993, complete with the original advertisements and introduction.
Reception[edit]
Clarissa Dickson Wright, describing Francatelli as 'the Italian confectioner', describes him as liking 'his elaborate sugar decorations. He also talks about making pearls, birds and feathers out of sugar to decorate your dessert course.' She compares it to a meal in Daisy Ashford's The Young Visiters, and comments that while such fiddly decoration may have looked good, she wasn't sure it did anything for the taste.[6]
In media[edit]
In Victoria Charles Francatelli is played by Ferdinand Kingsley. In the series, Francatelli works at the palace for several years until he marries Nancy Skerrett, the Queen's Head Dresser,[7] and the couple leaves the palace to open their own hotel.[8] But in real life, Francatelli never married the Queen's Head Dresser (whose real name was Marianne Skerrett).[9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Francatelli, Charles Elmé' . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^Account books of the Lord Steward of the Royal Household for 1840–42, National Archive, Kew, refs. LS 2/66, LS 2/67 and LS 2/68
- ^Colin Smythe, 'Charles Elmé Francatelli, Crockford's and the Royal Connection' in Petits Propos Culinaires 101 (2014), pp. 42–67, and 'Charles Elmé Francatelli, Additions & Supplementations' in Petits Propos Culinaires 102 (2015), pp. 100–118
- ^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). 'Francatelli, Charles Elmé'. Encyclopædia Britannica. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 774–775.
- ^The Modern Cook
- ^Wright, Clarissa Dickson (2011). A History of English Food. Random House. pp. 340–341. ISBN978-1-905-21185-2.
- ^London Bridge is falling down. Victoria Series 3 2019. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8098850/?ref_=ttep_ep2
- ^Foreign bodies. Victoria Series 3 2019. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9280046/?ref_=ttep_ep4.
- ^Dennison, Matthew (2016). ITV didn't need to embellish Queen Victoria's life... https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/sep/03/itv-didnt-need-to-embellish-queen-victoria-life
External links[edit]
- Works by Charles Elmé Francatelli at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Charles Elmé Francatelli at Internet Archive
Francatelli's Modern Cook
Francatelli Horse
by Susan Flantzer
Charles Elmé Francatelli, drawn by Auguste Hervieu and engraved by Samuel Freeman, 1846; Credit – Wikipedia
Read about others who served Queen Victoria at Unofficial Royalty: Queen Victoria’s Inner Circle Index.
A thank you to Colin Smythe who emailed me in 2020 and shared his article on Charles Elmé Francatelli that helped me fill in some missing details.
Charles Elmé Francatelli served as maitre d’hôtel and chief cook in ordinary to Queen Victoria from 1840 – 1842.
Charles Elmé Francatelli was born in 1805 in London, England, the second son of Nicholas Francatelli, the first Francatelli to arrive in England. He was educated in France at the Parisian College of Cooking where he studied culinary arts with Antonin Carême, known as “The King of Chefs and the Chef of Kings.” When Francatelli returned to England, he became chef de cuisine (executive chef) to several members of the nobility. He then became chef de cuisine at the St. James’s Club, popularly known as Crockford’s.
For two years only, from March 9, 1840 to March 31, 1842, Francatelli served as maitre d’hôtel and chief cook in ordinary to Queen Victoria. For some reason, he was dismissed, perhaps because Queen Victoria did not like his French cuisine, and he returned to Crockford’s. Francatelli did have one more royal client. From 1863 – 1865, he served as chef de cuisine to The Prince and Princess of Wales (the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) at their London home, Marlborough House.
During his career, Francatelli was chef de cuisine at the Coventry House Club and the Reform Club. Afterward, he managed the St. James’s Hotel in Piccadilly, London, and finally the Freemasons’ Tavern, a position he held until shortly before his death.
Francatelli was a very successful cookbook author. In 1845, he published The Modern Cook which ran through twelve editions. His next book was The Cook’s Guide and Butler’s Assistant published in 1861. The same year, he published Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes which contained practical information valuable to the less affluent people. In 1862, The Royal English and Foreign Confectionery Book was published.
Very little is known about Francatelli’s personal life. He did marry (not to Queen Victoria’s dresser Marianne Skerrett) and have children. His first wife was named Elizabeth (circa 1807-1869, birth surname unknown). They had two children: Ernest (circa1835-1888) and Emily who was born about a year before Ernest.
After his first wife died, the 65-year-old Francatelli married again in 1870 to 25-year-old Elizabeth Cooke. They had a son named after his father, Charles Elmé Francatelli who was born in 1875 and two daughters who died in childhood: Violet (1872-1873), and Bessie (1874-1880).
Charles Elmé Francatelli died in Eastbourne, England on August 10, 1876, at the age of 71, leaving his widow with two young children. His widow Elizabeth Cooke died in 1882, leaving the only surviving child, his father’s namesake, as the guardian of her brother.
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Works Cited
- “Charles Elmé Francatelli”. En.Wikipedia.Org, 2018, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Elm%C3%A9_Francatelli. Accessed 27 May 2018.
- “Charles Elmé Francatelli”. It.Wikipedia.Org, 2018, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Elm%C3%A9_Francatelli. Accessed 27 May 2018.
- “Francatelli, Charles Elmé (DNB00) – Wikisource, The Free Online Library”. En.Wikisource.Org, 2018, https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Francatelli,_Charles_Elm%C3%A9_(DNB00). Accessed 27 May 2018.
- Oulton, Randal. “Charles Elmé Francatelli”. Cooksinfo.Com, 2018, http://www.cooksinfo.com/charles-elme-francatelli. Accessed 27 May 2018.
- Smythe, Colin, 2014. Charles Elmé Francatelli, Crockford’S, And The Royal Connection – Colin Smythe. [online] Colin Smythe. Available at: <https://colinsmythe.co.uk/charles-elme-francatelli-crockfords-and-the-royal-connection/> [Accessed 4 July 2020].