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Prince William reveals 'very difficult' Queen coffin walk brought back haunting memories of his mother Diana's funeral He was working as a navy cook at Culdrose airbase where Prince Charles was based during his years in the Navy. Irvine did work for the Royal family, but as a chef on the royal yacht Britannia for ten years. I was sitting in a bar one night and that came out. He said: 'When I first came down there and I met people down there with all this money, it was like trying to keep up with the Joneses. Irvine said his only involvement was to pick the fruit used in the ingredients for the fruit cake.įollowing an investigation by a newspaper in St Petersburg, Florida Irvine, 42, also admitted he has not been knighted and did not own a castle in Scotland. He confessed that he was still at catering school when the elaborate wedding cake for Charles and Diana was made by others. She claims he told her his title was Sir Robert Irvine and that he was close friends with Prince Charles, having cooked for royalty and presidents.īut now the celebrity, who lives in New Jersey, has been forced to admit he lied. She was involved in the marketing and planning for the eaterie - to be called Schmooze. One woman, socialite Wendy LaTorre, claimed she is owed more than £50,000 after helping Irvine try and find a location for his restaurant. Irvine is being chased by angry investors after his plan to open a five star restaurant in St Petersburg, Florida flopped.

His five star award from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences was bought over the internet. Irvine had also claimed that he had cooked at the White House, but his only involvement was on an overseas visit with the Royal family when he was in the West Wing kitchens. 'We are investigating the matter and taking the necessary steps to ensure the accuracy of all representations of Robert on Food Network and .' 'It's unfortunate if Robert embellished the extent of his culinary experiences,' said Network spokesman Lisa De Colle. His name no longer appears among the other British chefs, including Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson who have had their programmes featured on the network dedicated to cooking.

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The TV station has dropped Irvine's biography - which featured his impressive resume - from its website. His show, which features the 42-year-old chef cooking with ancient tools and odd ingredients, is one of the most popular on the network. He claimed to have cooked at the White House and received an award for his work from a prestigious US based cooking academy.īut following a failed business in St Petersburg, Florida, which left a trail of bad debts he has now been exposed as a liar.īosses at the Food Network are now considering what action to take against Irvine.

Irvine, who presents a show called 'Dinner: Impossible' on the Food Network channel, has now admitted he cooked up huge parts of his CV. Robert Irvine claimed he had helped make the wedding cake for the marriage of Prince Charles and Diana.Īnd in a bid to impress Americans the former royal chef said he was knighted by the Queen - and even boasted that he had been given a castle as a reward for his work in her kitchens. A celebrity British chef who has his own TV show in America faces the sack after he was unmasked as a fraud.

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