Air France will expand its in-flight and lounge gastronomic experience by recruiting Michelin three-star chef Jérôme Banctel and Josselin Marie.
Air France offers passengers on flights to Paris the opportunity to taste French dining by famous chefs. To this end, it has worked with Servair, a company specializing in in in-flight meal supply, to prepare dishes using fresh seasonal ingredients and meat, eggs, dairy products, and fish produced in a sustainable manner.
The in-flight meal for the long-distance business class, including the Paris-Incheon route, will be served by French chef Jerome Vantel, who won three Michelin stars this year. Based on signature sauce made without butter and cream, the menu inspired by the hometown Britany will be presented. Until May 2025, you will be able to taste a total of 10 foods, including chicken with butter-milk sauce, buckwheat risotto with parsley oil, carrot sauce and smoked cod with carrot dishes using orange and ginger. Chef Nina Métayer will serve the dessert and will serve caramel hazelnut dark chocolate, coconut lime mango, and chocolate delights.
They will continue to collaborate with other chefs as well. At La Premiere, a first-class Michelin three-star chef named Glenn Viel will cook a total of 12 high-quality dishes, while French chef named Meilleur Ouvrier de France and MOF Philippe Rigollot will serve desserts. As a premium-class in-flight meal, visitors can continue to enjoy dishes by Michelin one-star chef Frédéric Simonin. The company will also step up efforts to strengthen mid- and short-distance in-flight meals. In collaboration with Bocuse d’or, a world culinary competition, and Michelin chef named Michelle Roth, who boasts an award-winning job at MOF, they have prepared signature sandwiches for short-distance business passengers. Passengers of mid-range business classes will be offered a variety of cold dishes every month.
People can enjoy a gourmet experience not only on the plane but also in the lounge before boarding. At the 2F lounge of the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, Michelle Ross and Josselin Marie, who pursues sustainable catering, joined forces. The two chefs will introduce a new French Haute Cuisine for each season. At La Primier Lounge, chef Alain Ducas, who has the world’s largest Michelin star, and his team offer differentiated catering.
Chef Jerome Vantel said, “We are happy to introduce special French dining to Air France customers,” adding, “We will provide a menu with a clean yet luxurious taste and an unexpected flavor.”
JENNIFER KIM
US ASIA JOURNAL
