Posts by Air Gourmet Staff

Rising to the occasion: Serving the global elite in Palm Springs   Our Air Gourmet team faced one of our highest profile and most exhilarating challenges in years Feb 15-16, as we were honored to provide inflight catering for the US-ASEAN Leaders Summit in Rancho Mirage, CA. Working in close collaboration with Karin Davidson, Atlantic PSP  General Manager, we...

  Clients, customers and guests are sweet on our new Pastry Chef, Candace Stauffer   Please meet Candace Stauffer, our new Pastry Chef for Air Gourmet and Gourmet Celebrations, our high-end catering sister company based in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. After several stints with restaurants and pastry shops, Candace has come to love the unique challenges of...

  Air Gourmet once again flying high.    Officially re-opening Monday, June 29  Back & better than ever. While we return with our same sky-high standards for service, freshness and flavor, a few things have changed that we want you to know about:  1) VIP Signature Meal Boxes: We are shifting away from platters meant to share by offering a new menu of delicious...

  A warm Air Gourmet Welcome to Kitchen Manager Genny Cha   Line cook. Pastry chef. Chef. Member, Air Force Special Forces. Flight Attendant with Clay Lacy and Avjet. If there is a candidate perfectly suited for the quick-paced, ever-changing life at Air Gourmet, we’d have to say it’s Genevieve Cha. After studying the culinary arts Genny took her skills to...

Atlantic christens a glistening, thoroughly modern new hangar at LAX   Atlantic Aviation this week held the grand opening of its new corporate aircraft hangar at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Our Air Gourmet team was on hand to celebrate, and our sister company, high-end caterer Gourmet Celebrations, was tasked with providing beverages, a menu of...

We’re letting our new flavors blossom: Our 2016 Spring Tasting Menu   With our new Spring Menu you know you’ll be serving the finest fare in the air. Feast your eyes on the  menu below. If you have something else in mind, don’t hesitate to tell us. As we like to say, our menu is your imagination.       Air Gourmet: Spring Tasting Menu...

A new menu for our new reality: The Signature Box Lunch Menu Safety. Convenience. Simplicity. We tailored our new Signature Box Lunch Menu to meet the new concerns we all face during this unprecedented time. This selection of  delicious individual meals, including Seafood, Beef Tenderloin, Vegetarian and more, is prepared to the highest standards. In fact,...

Air Gourmet to temporarily close due to coronavirus. For the first time in our 30-year history, Gourmet Celebrations will be closing our doors. But, it’s only temporarily.  We feel this is the most responsible action we can take right now to keep our employees, our clients and their guests and healthy and safe. As the coronavirus changes so much about life, we know...

Fresh, bright and inspiring: Our Summer Inflight Catering Menu. If you’re looking to delight travelers on your next flight, here’s a quick tip: Take a look at our 2015 Summer Tasting Menu. Our culinary team has created a selection of light, flavorful dishes perfect for these bright summer days. Still stumped? Call your Air Gourmet Client Representative....

Considering Air Gourmet? Call us for a Complimentary Tasting     Taste before you   Private Tasting Sampleing We were delighted to hold a complimentary Tasting with our friends at AirFlite yesterday. It was their chance to learn about Air Gourmet, and to sample our delicious fare.  Sound enticing? If you’d like a free Introductory Tasting at your...

We were delighted to welcome Sheila Greenwood and Fabian Kotzor, both of KS Aviation, to the Air Gourmet tasting room recently. Working with Operations Manager Elmer Huezo, the two had the opportunity to brush up on the finer points of plating and presentation for maximum flavor and visual appeal. If you’d like to join us for a Plating & Presentation class...

“Now with this change, people can now fly here from anywhere in the world.” Kudos to our great friends at Signature Flight Support for building out the US Customs facility at Van Nuys. This is a key benefit for international flights headed in and out of SoCal. We were proud as punch to be on hand at the ribbon cutting ceremony — AND to have provided...

Thierry Gonzalez Lopez: 50% French, 50% Spanish, 100% passionate for superb inflight catering.     Please meet Thierry Gonzalez Lopez, our new Director of Culinary Operations Thierry brings years of experience working at the highest levels of the hospitality and culinary world. “Thierry’s passion for old world craft and flavor, coupled with a his grasp...

Jet Edge & Air Gourmet: A high-flying partnership in quality, service and safety.   At Air Gourmet, we understand private aviation is that rare, exclusive industry where the rewards for a “job well done”  come with high expectations for exceptional quality and service. And that may be the key to our successful catering partnership with Jet Edge...

Beautiful, elegant and perfect for life at 30,000 ft: Meet Air Gourmet’s new Spring Menu. We know it’s not easy to remain poised and gracious as the world’s most discerning clientele expect nothing less than perfection. With our new Spring Menu, at least, you know you’ll be serving the finest fare in in the air. Feast your eyes on the menu below. If you have...

Next stop: The NBAA 2015 Schedulers and Dispatchers Show Headed to San Jose for the 2015 NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers show? Make sure to visit Air Gourmet, Booth 1309. We’d love to chat about the challenges you’re facing today, and how Air Gourmet can elevate your standards for service and excellence. Just drop by Booth 1309 — an oasis of friendly...

  Season’s greetings and warmest wishes. Here’s wishing our friends, clients and partners in the air and on the ground a deliciously happy holiday season, and a new year filled with joy, peace and prosperity.

Looks like we’re cooking up more than delicious fare, because now Air Gourmet’s making fresh headlines, too.  The MEBA show dailies, including AIN Online and Flight Daily News, are reporting on the “big news” coming out of the US: “A team of US business aviation caterers is promising to rustle up the perfect on-board menu.”...

  From coast to coast to coast: The finest inflight catering across America. Our Air Gourmet team has landed in Dubai, UAE, for MEBA 2014, where we’ll be appearing with booth-mates Rudy’s Inflight Catering and Silver Lining Catering. Together, we connect to over 60 US airports. Proud to be sharing a booth and connections with these two superb...

  Welcome aboard to our newest team-member. Our new Director of Sales, Beth Bjorklund, comes to us with a background in delighting customers, and passions for flying and delicious cuisine. If you know Air Gourmet, then you know that makes Beth a great match for our team, our culture, and our approach to inflight catering. “Beth is a savvy pro when it...

Is this the funniest ALS Challenge video of all? Check it out, then donate! We are proud to respond with a video of our OWN to Air Culinaire’s ALS Challenge. Many thanks to CFO Greg Hoffman for emceeing the event, to our team of kitchen pros who were only too eager to perform the water dumping, and of course to our own Carla Cockriel, Beth Bjorklund and Carol...

Raising awareness, standards and safety: Air Gourmet supports Corporate Flight Attendant Training   “Before they remember the pilot or the landing, your clients will first remember the catering.” That was just one of the many insights Susan Friedenberg shared with her recent Corporate Flight Attendant Training class. We were delighted to provide the...

Fresh fresh fruit can keep you hydrated — like our beautiful Signature Seasonal Fruit Salad “Eagle Arms” — just one of the yoga poses that work in tight spaces. Electrolyte tabs can help you feel fresh and alert. Life at 35,000 ft. can dry a body out: Be smart in what you eat! Spending hours in a jet cabin at altitude can be dehydrating—for crew and...

 Corporate Flight Attendant Sandra Newman brightens our offices, and picks us a few pointers on plating and presentation. Erik Jorgensen, Sandra Newman corporate flight attendant and Elmer Huezo Operation Manager. Air Gourmet kitchens were brightened when Sandra Newman, Corporate Flight Attendant, stopped by for a tasty Plating & Presentation class. Sous Chef...

  Like Air Gourmet on Yelp or Facebook and get a complimentary Ahi Tuna Tartare with your next order of Inflight Catering.*   Our Ahi Tartare Summer Special is a dish worth savoring: Sushi grade, lightly seasoned Ahi Tartare formed into a cylinder, resting upon a disc fresh Avocado, and served with crispy Won Ton Chips. Healthy, flavorful and beautifully...

“rah-DEE-kee-oh” “ah-ree-koh VEHR” “kwah-SAHN”; “KWAH-sawn”; “kruh-SAHNT” “shahr-KOO-tuhr-ee”; “shar-koo-tuhr-EE” “KEHR-ah-mehl”; “KAR-ah-mehl” Twenty-four easily mispronounced culinary terms. And an in-flight guide to saying them correctly.   Flight attendants love the way food has become “internationalized.” It’s a great and exciting...

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