Diners prepare for Titanic cuisine

As they tucked into a sumptuous eight-course feast aboard the Titanic, little did first-class passengers of the luxurious liner know it would be the last supper served before the ill-fated vessel struck an iceberg and sank in the early hours of Apr 15, 1912.

Now, 100 years later, Gilbert’s restaurant in Cobh, just steps from where the New York bound ship picked up its last passengers, has recreated the menu and will serve it up on the night the ship went down, and every Wednesday night during the tourist season.

Just two menus were recovered from the icy Newfoundland seas and they were compiled, along with detailed recipes, into a cookbook — The Last Dinner on the Titanic.