Famous chef’s food that is eaten by historic queen (9)
I believe the answer is:
escoffier
'famous' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'chef's food that is eaten by historic queen' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'food' could be 'scoff' (I've seen this before) and 'scoff' is found within the answer.
'queen' could be 'er' (short for Elizabeth Regina ie Queen Elizabeth) and 'er' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for escoffier that I've seen is " Famous".)