Join to A French Gastronomy Journey with Air France

On the event of the worldwide competitors for cooks – Bocuse d’Or 2023 -, of which Air France is an official associate from January 19 to 23, 2023, the corporate unveiled all the good cooks with whom it would collaborate this yr.

17 culinary skills showcasing French excellence will succeed each other over the approaching months on board its La Première and Enterprise cabins and in its airport lounges to signal distinctive dishes. The one airline to be related to so many high-flying signatures, Air France is thus reaffirming greater than ever its position as an envoy of French gastronomy and know-how all through the world.

The corporate is dedicated to serving to its prospects uncover the richness and variety of France’s gastronomic heritage in a extra accountable method, by preferring contemporary, native and seasonal merchandise and by systematically providing a vegetarian choice in all its journey cabins.

To compose these menus and encompass itself with the best cooks, Air France depends on the experience and know-how of Servair, the world chief in airline catering, and its Culinary Studio.

Journey to the guts of French gastronomy

On departure from Paris, this yr within the La Première and Enterprise long-haul cabins, menus created solely for Air France by French starred cooks Arnaud Lallement, Régis Marcon, Anne-Sophie Pic, Emmanuel Renaut and Michel Roth will observe each other. For the very first time, Mauro Colagreco and Thierry Marx may even add their distinctive expertise to this distinctive brigade. Vegetarian compositions, meat or poultry of French origin, fish from sustainable fishing: all of the cooks are dedicated to discovering the terroir of their area, to passing on their historical past and their feelings.  

Within the La Première suites, the corporate’s most unique, MOF pastry cooks Philippe Urraca and, for the primary time, Angelo Musa will carry a candy and chic contact to the menus of this cabin worthy of the best eating places.

Air France can be renewing its menus signed by nice French cooks on departure from stopovers in its long-haul community. The corporate is thus persevering with its collaboration with the three-starred chef Julien Royer within the La Première and Enterprise cabins on departure from Singapore. Initially from Auvergne, Julien Royer officiates on the Odette and Claudine eating places within the city-state. On departure from Reunion, within the Enterprise cabin, the menus are designed by Jofrane Dailly, a Reunionese chef working within the kitchens of the Diana Dea Lodge in Sainte-Anne. In 2023, Air France may even provide menus designed by chef Olivier Perret on departure from all of its Canadian stops ( Montreal, Toronto, Quebec and Vancouver). It will apply to suggestFrench gastronomy made up of contemporary substances for the menus within the Enterprise cabin. Initially from Burgundy, the chef will also be discovered at Le Renoir restaurant on the Sofitel Montreal Le Carré Doré resort. Air France intends to pursue the event of those prestigious signatures, particularly on departure from the French West Indies, the US and Japan.

On the medium-haul community, within the Enterprise cabin, the Servair company chef François Adamski, MOF and Bocuse d’Or, indicators the lunch or dinner served on board all yr spherical.

As well as, Air France collaborates with many cooks in its lounges at Paris airports. At Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Alain Ducasse and his groups have signed the Air France La Première lounge menu. Within the different lounges positioned in terminal 2 E (halls Ok, L and M), Ducasse Paris repeatedly unveils new dishes to find from your entire vary out there. Within the lounge positioned in terminal 2 F, François Adamski joins forces with gifted cooks to signal authentic and seasonal menus. After Chloé Charles, Amandine Chaignot will put her expertise on the service of the corporate’s shoppers. At Paris-Orly, it’s Man Martin, accustomed to signing the menus served on board Air France flights, who will signal for the primary time a dish to be found on the Orly 3 worldwide lounge. Lastly, within the short-haul lounge at ‘Orly 2,

A extra accountable restoration

From at the moment, Air France is dedicated to providing on all its flights departing from Paris meat, poultry, dairy merchandise and eggs 100% of French origin, in addition to fish from sustainable fishing, in all its journey cabins and lounges at Paris airports. The corporate gives a collection of contemporary, native and seasonal merchandise. A vegetarian provide can be out there in all cabins and sizzling dishes are systematically labeled  Nutri-Rating  A or B in Economic system and Premium Economic system. As well as, the kids’s and child menus supplied on board are solely made out of merchandise from natural farming.

Air France can be investing in recycling and eliminating 90% of single-use plastic on board its plane by the tip of March 2023. On board, it’s persevering with to roll out plastic-free containers equivalent to plastic cups. cardboard, cellulose trays, bagasse cassolettes or “Bon Appétit” kraft paper luggage. Each on the bottom and in flight, it pays specific consideration to selective sorting and recycling of catering companies. As well as, in accordance with French rules, it offers its prospects with water fountains in its salons in France.

As a part of the battle in opposition to meals waste, Air France additionally gives its prospects in long-haul Enterprise cabins the potential for pre-selecting the new meal earlier than the journey. This service combines the assure of the supply of the client’s selection and fairer consumption on board.