MPs get subsidised five-course feast with stilton and veal for just £65

08 July 2023 , 19:52

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The commemorative five-course parliamentary banquet has over 2,000 calories (Image: Getty Images)

MPs are enjoying a taxpayer funded 2,000-calorie feast – to mark 250 years of Commons grub.

The commemorative five-course parliamentary banquet, running until next month, sees plates groaning with delicacies like Stilton and veal striploin.

Our analysis shows the grub tots up 2,050 calories – exceeding the recommended daily allowance for women of 2,000 calories, while men are advised not to go over 2,500 calories a day.

The £65 meal has over 2,000 calories and plenty of stilton (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

And MPs and staff can enjoy the meal for £65 a head because public cash is used to subsidise food and drink across the Commons.

It comes as Britain suffers the third-highest obesity level in Europe.

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A nutritionist told us the five-course menu has a calorie count four times the 500 found in an average burger.

The meal begins with potted Stilton with pickled walnut and melba toast.

This is followed by a platter of seafood and then a roasted striploin of veal with whiskey sauce, then an Earl Grey tea sorbet followed by an almond brioche pudding.

The five-course meal concludes with Earl Grey tea sorbet (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

A source said: “It is above the standard of many high-end restaurants.”

Last year, it was reported that taxpayers had paid £17million to subsidise food and drink across the Commons’ bars and eateries from 2018 to 2021.

Ben Turner