The full menu being served at King Charles and Queen Camilla's White House banquet hosted by Donald Trump

The King and Queen are guests of the US First Couple

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King Charles and Queen Camilla were guests of honour at a White house banquet on Tuesday night hosted by US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania.

Diners at the glitzy dinner will enjoy a starter of delicate garden herb velouté, complemented by a hearts of palm salad, and finished with crisp toasted shallots and micro mint.

For the second course there is a handcrafted spring herb ravioli, with herbs from the White House Kitchen Garden, filled with creamy ricotta, morels, dressed with a light parmesan emulsion.

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Diners will then be presented with a classic dover sole meunière, bathed in a nutty brown butter. It will be accompanied by sweet snow peas, layered potatoes pave and a parsley oil.

For dessert, guests will be served a sweet beehive shaped chocolate gâteau with a smooth vanilla bean cremeux custard, set inside with an almond joconde. The beehive will be complimented with creme fraiche ice cream and White House honey.

Wines were selected to complement the menu and reflect the shared heritage and enduring friendship between the US and UK.

They were a Hopkins Riesling “Heritage” 2024, Hopkins Vineyards, the Penner-Ash Pinot Noir “Willamette Valley” 2022, Penner-Ash Wine Cellars and the Newton Chardonnay “Unfiltered” 2022, Newton Vineyard.

Golfing ace Rory McIlroy, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and Apple chief Tim Cook were among the guests at the dinner.

Others on the list were US secretary of state Marco Rubio, his UK counterpart Yvette Cooper, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth and General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Full menu being served at the banquet for King Charles and Queen Camilla by President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania.

First Course

• Garden Vegetable Velouté
• Hearts of PalmToasted Shallots
• Micro Mint

Second Course

• Spring Herbed Ravioli
• Ricotta CheeseMorels
• Parmesan Emulsion

Third Course

• Dover Sole Meunière
• Potato Pavé
• Spring Ramps
• Snow Peas
• Parsley Oil

Dessert:

• White House Honey & Vanilla Bean Crémeux
• Flourless Chocolate Gâteau
• Almond Joconde
• Crème Fraîche Ice Cream

Wines:

• Hopkins Riesling “Heritage” 2024, Hopkins Vineyards
• The Penner-Ash Pinot Noir “Willamette Valley” 2022, Penner-Ash Wine Cellars
• The Newton Chardonnay “Unfiltered” 2022, Newton Vineyard