chefs
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Victorian Haute Cuisine Collection #2
If you’ve not long been following the Victorian Underground, you’d be forgiven for thinking that we’re a foodie account. Rest assured that we definitely aren’t. However, we do believe that one of the lesser explored cultural subjects is restaurants, their chefs, customers, and the food they serve. That’s why we cover the cheap slop houses…
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Aunt Fanny’s Miracle Kitchen Collection
Some light relief for you all. Aunt Fanny from Huddersfield was a renowned baker and maker of disgusting looking but delicious tasting cakes, pastries and confectionery. Legend has it that she was also something of a perfectionist as we can see in photograph #6. Her tantrums were ‘thunderous’ according to one employee’s diary. Our team…
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The Victorian Slop House Collection #2
Today we visit another slop house of yore called the Besel Blit. This establishment was a traditional slop house with all the trimmings. The menu had one course and two options: wet slop (photograph #3) or dry slop (photograph #4). People would often flip a coin with friends. Heads a friend would have to pay…
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Victorian Haute Cuisine Collection #1
Today we take a look at Victorian fine dining. Photograph #1 is of the head chef, Mick Rathbone. Mr Rathbone (who slapped anyone saying French words in his kitchen including French people) worked at The Pig’s Ear in Kensington. He served a different set meal every night using the rarest ingredients available at the time.…
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The Victorian Slop House Collection #1
This is the first in a series of images that celebrate the infamous Victorian slop house. These shoestring eateries were so hideous that they are rarely featured in the newspapers of the day except for mentioning mass outbreaks of food poisoning. Only the seriously hungry would dare to visit these places, unaware that they were…
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