In 1892, Nellie Melba was performing in Wagner's opera Lohengrin at Covent Garden.
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For the occasion of the opening of the Carlton Hotel, where he was head chef, Escoffier omitted the ice swan and topped the peaches with raspberry purée.
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The dish was invented in 1892 or 1893 by the French chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel, London, to honour the Australian soprano, Nellie Melba.
Nellie Melba | Peach | peach | Melba Moore | David Peach | Melba | James and the Giant Peach | Plunder of Peach and Plum | Peach Melba | Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pennsylvania | Peach Bottom Township | Miss Peach | Jesse Peach | James and the Giant Peach (film) | Green peach aphid that has been killed by the fungus ''Pandora neoaphidis | Death of Blair Peach | Daryl Peach | York and Peach Bottom Railway | The Peach Orchard | ''The Peach Blossom Spring | The Peach Blossom Fan | Peach rosette mosaic virus | Oath of the Peach Garden | Mell Lazarus' ''Miss Peach | Melba Rae | Melba Montgomery | L. du Garde Peach | A Little Bit More (Melba Moore song) | 2000 Peach Bowl |
It also parodies Australian people and aspects of Australian culture, such as the Crocodile Dundee, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Mad Max movies, the Australian beer XXXX, Vegemite, thongs, cork hats, the Peach Nellie, and the popular Australian songs "Waltzing Matilda" and "Down Under".