After working with Alain Ducasse, Amandine Chaignot, François Adamski, Guy Martin and Philippe Urraca, Air France has teamed up with three-star French chefs Glenn Viel and Arnaud Lallement, as well as pastry chefs Philippe Rigollot and Nina Métayer, to design the menus for its most exclusive cabins.
Thought for customers traveling in the long-haul La Première and Business cabins, these tasty and refined dishes are to be discovered from April to October 2024 with Air France. You’re going to love it.
For the summer season and for all flights departing Paris, Air France collaborates with three-time Michelin-starred chef Glenn Viel,best known for his work at L’Oustau de Baumanière, a gastronomic restaurant awarded a third Michelin star in January 2020.
The latter has come up with twelve menus to discover on board, including:
Passengers with a sweet tooth will love the Strawberry and the Black Forest gateau, or the apricot tartlet and rosemary whipped cream, sweet delights made by Philippe Rigollot, Meilleur Ouvrier de France.
On flights departing from its stations in the United States, the company is offering menus signed by triple Michelin-starred French chef Dominique Crenn in the La Première and Business cabins. Since February 2024, the chef’s dishes have been available on departure from:
In the long-haul Business cabin, the triple Michelin-starred French chef Arnaud Lallement is creating new culinary delights for Air France customers. Attached to his home region of Champagne, his cuisine is refined, with no frills or fuss.
“For Air France, I wanted to remember the seasons, to let my unconscious speak, as if in hypnosis. Sharing with travellers a gourmet pleasure marked by emotion and indulgence”, explained Arnaud Lallement.
What’s on the menu? Nine different dishes, including:
The final touch, imagined by Nina Métayer, crowned World Pastry Chef 2023, is mouth-watering. We’re particularly fond of the hazelnut and velvety dark chocolate slice, and the coconut lime mango slice.
On departure from all the company’s Canadian destinations (Montreal, Toronto, Quebec and Vancouver), French chef Olivier Perret has been signing French dishes featuring local and seasonal produce for the Business cabin menu.
From the French West Indies, French Guiana and the Caribbean regional network, Air France collaborates with Martinique chef Jean-Charles Brédas. The chef has come up with no fewer than twelve new dishes which will be available on board over the winter months. Creamy risotto with coconut milk, pigeon peas (a staple product of the Caribbean), roasted grouper fillet served with crunchy papaya sauerkraut, green sauce and dachine cubes… Local and seasonal products are in the spotlight.
On departure from Réunion Island, Air France entrusts the menu in its Business cabin to chef Jofrane Dailly, who highlights the island’s culinary heritage combined with his Indian origins.
Champagne, Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Rhône Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon, the Loire Valley, Alsace… On the Air France wine list, whether in Economy, Premium Economy, Business or La Première cabins, you’ll find France’s finest grape varieties.
Paolo Basso, World’s Best Sommelier 2013, has been producing a high-class wine and champagne list for the airline’s customers since 2014, and Xavier Thuizat, Meilleur Sommelier de France in 2022, Meilleur Ouvrier de France in 2023 and recent winner of the Michelin Guide’s Grand Prix de la Sommellerie 2024, will soon be redesigning it.
To create this new offer, he and the Air France teams will be organising blind tastings in all the wine-growing regions of France to identify the exceptional wines to be enjoyed on board or while relaxing at the airport.
Once again, Air France – with its sustainable, flavor-rich culinary offering – is positioning itself as a gastronomic ambassador for its customers. The airline, in collaboration with some of France’s finest chefs, is promising passengers travelling in Business and La Première a veritable gourmet journey, with the very best of French cuisine.
Here are the credit cards for French people who want to earn rewards with Flying Blue, the Air France-KLM program:
For Canadians, consider the Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard® or the Membership Rewards points transferable to Flying Blue with these credit cards:
Complimentary food and beverages are available on all Air France flights. Depending on the length of the flight and the distance covered, you will receive a meal, a snack, or a meal and a snack.
The French airline provides meals and snacks on all its long-haul flights, for passengers travelling in Economy, Premium Economy, Business and La Première cabins. However, the menu varies from cabin to cabin.
The meals offered by Air France depend on the cabin, destination and time of day. If you travel in the morning, you’ll get breakfast, and if you travel in the evening, you’ll get dinner. A variety of beverages, including wine and champagne, are served on all flights.
Yes, the airline offers vegetarian, halal, kosher and even salt- and dairy-free options. You can choose these options when booking your ticket or in the “My Bookings” section, before your flight departs.
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