The largest surviving Renaissance kitchens in Europe occupy nearly one third of the ground floor of Hampton Court Palace, totalling 36,000 square feet. They have become internationally famous as the home of Tudor food.

A team of food historians have been given the challenge to learn how the kitchens would have operated and to use them as they would have been 500 years ago in serving King Henry VIII and his royal court. They did recipe research, filling the kitchen with reconstructed dishes, utensils, tools and instruments. They then prepared food, bringing the nearly 500-year-old kitchens back to life.

Here, Marc Meltonville gives an introduction to Henry VIII's infamous food factory...

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