{"id":10947,"date":"2011-12-08T13:27:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T18:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/food-drinks\/etihad-puts-chefs-on-its-planes\/"},"modified":"2011-12-08T13:27:48","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T18:27:48","slug":"etihad-puts-chefs-on-its-planes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/food-drinks\/etihad-puts-chefs-on-its-planes\/","title":{"rendered":"Etihad puts chefs on its planes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Etihad Airways has hired 110 cinternational chefs, some of whom have worked in Michelin-starred restaurants, to cook in its Diamond First Class cabins.<\/p>\n
They are already working on flights to London, Sydney, Melbourne and Paris and will be introduced across all other First-class destinations by early next year.<\/p>\n
The chefs work from a pantry, stocked with prime cuts of meat, sauces, par-cooked items, spices and freshly chopped vegetables along with specialized tools such as a a whisk and foamer. The chefs, who have a minimum of 6 years of professional experience in 5-star restaurants and hotels, can also create custom dishes to suit individual tastes,.<\/p>\n The scheme is set to be rolled out on flights to Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Narita, Seoul, Brussels, Milan, Munich, Casablanca and New York in the future.<\/p>\n Etihad\u2019s new service is likely to put it front and center of efforts to maximize the luxury in first class \u2014 it\u2019s the boldest gesture towards uber-luxury travelers since its rival Emirates rolled out in-flight showers for its first-class cabins in 2008.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
They will work from a new first-class menu which includes between four and six meat or seafood dishes, four sauces and four side options, all prepared to order.<\/p>\n