Meghan Markle uses Montecito philanthropists’ kitchen as the set of her new Netflix cooking show instead of her own mansion – as production crews are seen lining the property

When Meghan Markle announced she planned to invite fans into the kitchen with a Netflix cooking show to spotlight her newly launched lifestyle brand, she never said whose kitchen it would be.

Now, DailyMail.com can reveal, viewers can indeed look forward to an ‘at home with Meghan Markle’ experience as they learn all about American Riviera Orchard.

Just don’t expect the house to be hers.

Instead, as seen in these exclusive photos from DailyMail.com, the Duchess of Domesticity has set up her stall in a sprawling property two miles from the Montecito mansion she and Prince Harry, 39, share with children Archie , 4, and Lilibet, 2. and their rotating cast of personnel.

Just days after meticulously numbering 50 jars of homemade strawberry jam and sending them to dozens of her closest influencers, filming has begun in earnest on 42-year-old Meghan’s latest venture.

A film permit application obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com shows filming will take place at two separate locations.

On Tuesday, Meghan, who recently teased the launch of American Riviera Orchard with soft-focus images of herself arranging pink flowers and stirring something in a bowl, spent the day surrounded by flowers from Florabundance, a florist 10 minutes’ drive from Montecito in the coastal town Carpinteria in California.

On Wednesday, production vans lined the driveway of a $5 million estate set in eight acres of avocado trees and lemon groves in a gated community in Montecito for the filming of “interior and exterior dialogue scenes,” which began on Sunday and will run late into the evening Get on. June.

Security vehicles guarded both entrances to the 4,500-square-foot home.

The property is home to Tom and Sherrie Cipolla – both fixtures on the Bougie Montecito scene and generous donors to several local charities, including the Storyteller Center – a therapeutic preschool for children facing adversity.

They have been hosting fundraisers for the center in the same house where Meghan currently plays house.

Tom, 75, and wife Sherrie, 69, parents of two adult children, have a real estate portfolio worth more than $20 million that includes two dozen buildings in Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara. The couple also runs a physical therapy practice that posted revenues of more than $1.3 million last year.

When contacted by DailyMail.com, Sherrie Cipolla declined to comment on the purpose of the film crew currently camped out in her home.

The family room and kitchen with French doors opening onto a patio, lawn and mountains, Caesartone worktops and the 48-inch Thermador range, appropriately enough, form the centerpiece of the Montecito property in which the Duchess of Sussex will hone her carefully curated image. of the domestic goddess.

Here, from the comfort of someone else’s home, she will share ‘the joys of cooking, gardening, entertainment and friendship’, as well as looking for ratings.

Last month, DailyMail.com revealed the staggering amount of products Meghan plans to sell as founder of American Riviera Orchard – named because the coastal enclave of Montecito is known to its wealthy residents as the American Riviera.

Apparently, in an attempt to outdo both Martha Stewart and Gwyneth Paltrow, Meghan will be selling everything from garden trowels to tea towels, scented candles, makeup, skin care products and pet shampoo.

If you can dream it, chances are Meghan will sell it.

In recent days, Harry and Meghan have embarked on another relaunch, this time closely tied to their upcoming Netflix projects.

Harry is ready to bring polo to the masses, while his wife seems ready to bring cooking to everyone’s kitchen but hers.

Last week the pair traveled to Florida, where he was guest of honor at a fundraising dinner for his charity, Sentebale, in Miami on Thursday evening, before playing in the Royal Salute Polo Challenge in Wellington the following day.

Meghan, stunning in a $515 ivory Heidi Merrick dress with peek-a-boo cutout, proudly planted a kiss on her husband as she presented him with the trophy after his team won.

Followed by the Netflix crew, Harry was back at the polo field on Saturday for more filming.

According to publicity on the streaming platform, the prince hopes his new show will “pull back the curtain on the daring and passion of the sport, capturing players and everything it takes to compete at the highest level.”

The film is produced by Milos Balac, the Emmy-winning filmmaker behind Hollywood actor Ryan Reynold’s football documentary Welcome to Wrexham – a show that, along with his co-ownership with Always Sunny in Philadelphia actor Rob McElhenny, the small Welsh team has gained momentum. a competition and international fame.

Meanwhile, Meghan’s show will also have some serious talent behind her. The film is directed by Michael Steed, who worked on Anthony Bourdain’s Emmy-winning Parts Unknown, and behind the camera is Leah Hariton, the showrunner of Selena Gomez’s HBO cooking show “Selena + Chef.”

The filming permit obtained by DailyMail.com reveals that Alex Dandino, the production manager of the same show, is also involved in Meghan’s entry into the culinary world, raising the possibility that she too will be joined by professional chefs for a cooking a -lung .

The shows are all part of the couple’s bid to fulfill the $100 million Netflix deal they signed in 2020.

They released a statement at the time saying: ‘Our lives, both independently and as a couple, have allowed us to understand the power of the human spirit: of courage, resilience and the need for connection. Through our work with diverse communities and their environments, to celebrate people and causes around the world, our focus will be on creating content that informs but also gives hope.”

So far they have made a documentary about themselves.