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Delia Smith said royal chefs felt pressure cooking for her after being honoured

Delia Smith, who taught generations of people around the kitchen, said royal chefs felt the pressure cooking for her after she was made a member of the prestigious Order of the Companions of Honour.

The late Queen entertained Smith, one of Britain’s best-loved TV cooks, and her husband Michael Wynn-Jones at a dinner party in Windsor Castle after being honoured for services to cookery in 2017.

Smith, who was made a

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