Banquet/Formal Dinner Menus - Royal Research

Menu for 1909 Nobel Prize Banquet
Photo Credit: By Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, Sweden [CC BY-SA 2.5 ], via Wikimedia Commons

One of the most important parts of any dinner is the menu. You will find that nowadays formal dinners usually consist of 3 or 4 courses. Whereas a half a century ago, they were normally 5-7 courses.

3 Courses

• Nobel Prize Banquet (1982)
• Nobel Prize Banquet (2000)
• Sri Lanka CHOGM Banquet (2013)
• Colombia State Visit to UK (2016)
• Nobel Prize Banquet (2017)
• Nobel Prize Banquet (2018)

4 Courses 

• Queen Juliana of the Netherlands vist to USA (1952)
• King Hussein of Jordan State Visit to USA (1974)
• Prince Charles & Duchess Camilla of UK visit to USA (2005)
• Wedding of Prince William & Duchess Kate (2011)
• "Breakfast" menu
• Prince Charles & Duchess Camilla of UK Visit to Denmark (2012)
• Wedding of Prince Carl Phillip & Princess Sofia of Sweden (2013)
• Singapore State Visit to the UK (2014)
• China State Visit to the UK (2015)
• Netherlands State Visit to Denmark (2015)
• Queen Margrethe of Denmark's 75th Birthday (2015)
• Denmark New Years Banquet (2016)
• Belgium State Visit to Denmark (2017)
• Crown Prince Fredrik of Denmark's 60th Birthday (2018)

5 Courses 

• Nobel Prize Banquet (1901)
• Prince Charles & Princess Diana's visit to New Zealand (1938)
• Prince Philip's Visit to New Zealand (1973)
• China State Visit to Denmark (2012)

6 Courses

• Nobel Prize Banquet (1921)
• Princess Elizabeth (Now Queen) visit to USA (1951)
• Queen & Prince Philip's Visit to Australia (1954)

7 Courses 

• Nobel Prize Banquet (1902)
• Nobel Prize Banquet (1909)
• Nobel Prize Banquet (1925)

10 Courses 

• Banquet to celebrate Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) appointment into the Order of Bath (1897)

Resouces: 

• Royal Menus (Blog) - A Private Collection of Historic Royal Menu Cards
• Nobel Prize (Website) - They list the menu for every Nobel Prize Banquet from 1901-present
• Bush White House (Website)- Menus from the Bush administration (2001-2009) 
• Jimmy Carter Library (Website) - State Banquet Menus (1977- 1980)

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