Tschumi, Gabriel: Royal Chef; Recollections of life in royal households from Queen Victoria to Queen Mary DOB: 1882 DOD: Unknown He was born in Moudon, Switzerland. His father was a Professor of Languages who died three days after he was born. He moved to England in 1898. His cousin, who worked as a Queen's dresser, helped him receive the appenticeship at the Buckingham Palace. At the age of 16 he became an apprentice to the Royal Chef at Buckingham Palace. He then became a master cook. He then became a Chef to the Duke of Portland at Welbeck Abbey from 1933 to 1943. His last appointment was as a Royal Chef to Queen Mary at Marlborough House. He then retired in 1952. Working as the last apprentice at the Buckingham Palace, gave him the opportunity to travel a bit. The autobiography discusses how the author, at the age of 16, went on a journey from Switzerland to England in order to become an apprentice at the Buckingham Palace. The autobiography is typed written. Cook, Kitchen, Queen, Chef 1954