Jubilee picnickers to be fed smoked salmon, strawberries... and Indian beer As well as being given archetypally British dishes such as country garden soup, salmon smoked in Lapsang Souchong tea, and "Sandringham strawberry crumble crunch," guests can choose to drink either Moet & Chandon Champagne or Cobra beer, a lager originally brewed in Bangalore for import to the British market. The hampers will be donated by Waitrose, the supermarket, which has worked with Mr Blumenthal, the chef known for dishes such as snail porridge, and Mark Flanagan, the royal chef, to create the picnic. We also wanted dishes that are tied into the last 60 years - iconic British dishes - so that includes coronation chicken. Mr Flanagan hinted that Mr Blumenthal had to curb his more wacky ideas when developing the menu, even though the dishes retain "the Heston magic." "We would have all loved some smoke and bubbles, but (for) this number of people fundamentally it's got to be practical," said Mr Flanagan. Vegetarians will also be catered for and are being offered mushroom parfait instead of Diamond Jubilee Chicken. Waitrose said that the strawberries in its "crumble crunch" will be organic and picked from the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. The Florence strawberries were harvested and frozen last year in anticipation of the picnic. Mark Price, the managing director of Waitrose, said that the supermarket is producing the food as a personal gift to the Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee. Of the 13,000 picnickers attending the London event, 10,000 will be chosen from a public ballot. The picnic will be followed by a rock concert in the Palace grounds, where Sir Paul McCartney and Steve Wonder will perform. Waitrose has not taken any chances on the weather. Each hamper will include a plastic poncho incase it rains.