Supper with Shakespeare: The Evolution of English Banqueting

Feast your eyes on period culinary delights handcrafted by Ivan Day. The guest curator and world-renowned English culinary historian will create a full banquet in the Tudor Room, the museum's first period room. Ivan Day is best known for his museum exhibitions of re-created historic table settings and is considered to be one of the foremost authorities in this field. Having started collecting antiquarian cookery books and culinary utensils when he was only 13, Day now has 40 years' experience of both cooking and making replicas of period food. He will re-create an intimate banquet, as the dessert course was known in 17th-century England, especially for the MIA's Tudor Room. Video by Ryan Lee Music: “Handel - Entrance to the Queen of Sheba for Two Oboes, Strings, and Continuo allegro“ (by Advent Chamber Orchestra)