Air France unveils partner chefs to promote French fine dining

Air France has unveiled the names of all the renowned chefs with whom it will be working this year. 17 talented chefs promoting French excellence will take turns to sign exceptional dishes in La Première and Business and in airport lounges. As the only airline to partner with so many distinguished names in the world of cuisine, Air France is reasserting more than ever its role as ambassador of French fine dining around the world.

The company is committed to introducing its customers to the quality and diversity of France’s gastronomic heritage, as part of an increasingly responsible approach, by focusing on fresh, seasonal and local produce and a systematic choice of vegetarian dish in all travel cabins.

Air France designs these menus with the help of some of the most prestigious chefs with the expertise of its catering partner, Servair, a global leader in in-flight dining and its culinary Studio.

High-flying French dining experience

On board long-haul flights from Paris, French Michelinstarred chefs Arnaud

Lallement, Régis Marcon, Anne-Sophie Pic, Emmanuel Renaut and Michel Roth will this year take turns to sign exclusive dishes for Air France on the La Première and Business cabin menus. For the very first time, Mauro Colagreco and Thierry Marx will also be contributing their unique skills to this exceptional team of chefs.

In the La Première suites, the company’s most exclusive travel cabins, the Meilleur Ouvrier de France pastry chefs Philippe Urraca and for the first time Angelo Musa will bring an elegant and sweet touch to the menus in this cabin worthy of the finest restaurants.

Air France also continues to offer menus signed by top French chefs on long-haul flights departing from airports worldwide. The company continues to work with the triple Michelin-starred chef Julien Royer in the La Première and Business cabins on departure from Singapore.

In 2023, Air France will offer menus signed by chef Olivier Perret on flights departing from Air France’s destinations in Canada. He will focus on offering French gastronomy with fresh ingredients for menus in the Business cabin.

On its medium-haul network, in the Business cabin, Servair corporate chef François Adamski, Meilleur Ouvrier de France and Bocuse d’Or winner, signs the lunch or dinner dishes served on board all year round.

Air France also collaborates with several chefs in its Paris airport lounges. At ParisCharles de Gaulle, the Alain Ducasse teams have thus created dishes for the Air France La Première lounge.

Responsible catering

Today, on all its flights departing from Paris, Air France has committed to offering 100% French meat, dairy produce and eggs as well as fish from sustainable fisheries in all its travel cabins and its lounges at Paris airports.

Air France is also committed to recycling and eliminating 90% of single-use plastic on board its aircraft by end-March 2023.