Old Apr 19, 2016, 6:38 am
FlyerTalk Forums Expert How-Tos and Guides
Last edit by: royng
Kosher Meals MasterList.
  • Aegean

    Stogel Long Life.
  • Air Baltic

    Stogel
  • Alitalia

    Langerhuize Catering Amsterdam.
  • American

    Ex JFK, MIA, DFW - Borenstein
    Ex LAX - Inflight Delite - Koshair
    Ex MXP, LHR, HKG - Hermolis
    Ex NRT - Stogel Frozen (Not long life)
  • Ex VCE-ORD - Hermolis ( I was expecting it from Lugano
  • EX PRG-PHL Herrmolis (Shepherds Pie my favorite)
  • ANA
    Ex BRU: Stogel
  • Asiana

    Hermolis.
JFK-ICN (1st) Weiss but a Y meal

ICN-XIY Kantor from BKK worse then a long life Stogel
  • Austrian

    Ex-North America: Borenstein
    Ex-Europe:
  • British Airways

    Hermolis.

    Exceptions:
    KBP - LHR , kosher from Ukraine.
    TLV - LHR , Hamasbia.
    Comair, "Totally Kosher" South Africa.
    Ex-US
  • Brussels Airlines
    Ex. Bru: Stogel
  • Ex JFK: Regal
  • Cathay Pacific & Cathay Dragon

    Ex AMS: Langerhuize (as of Oct 2018)
    Ex CDG: Langerhuize (as of Feb 2019)
    Ex DUS: WAM
    Ex HKG: Hermolis (as of Feb 2023)
    Ex ICN: Hermolis (as of Nov 2019)
    Ex KIX: Hermolis (as of May 2019)
    Ex LHR: Hermolis
    Ex NRT: Hermolis (as of Feb 2023)
    Ex NYC: Borenstein
    Ex SIN: Hermolis (as of Oct 2022)
    Ex SYD: Lewis
    Ex TPE: for CX: Hermolis (as of Nov 2019)
    Ex TPE: for KA: Stogel Long Life, even in J class (as of Nov 2018)
    Ex ZRH: Schalom (as of Mar 2024)
  • China Airlines

    Ex TPE: Stogel
    Ex-BKK: Rabbi Kantor, Bangkok Catering
    Ex-Amsterdam: Langerhuize catering Amsterdam.
  • Delta

    Ex-JFK: Regal
    Ex-TLV: Hamasbia
  • Emirates

    Ex-UK: Hermolis
    Ex-DXB: Rabbi Kantor, Bangkok Catering
  • EVA

    Ex-JFK: Hermolis
    Ex-TPE: Hermolis
    Ex- MNL: Rabbi Kantor, Bangkok Catering
  • Finnair
    Ex HEL: Stogel long life (in Y, as of Apr 2019)
    Ex HKG: Hermolis (as of Apr 2019)
  • Japan Airlines

    Stogel
  • La Compagnie

    Langerhuize
* Lot Airlines

JFK-WAW (Biz) Zetko well nice dinner tray, breakfast was OK alittle weak
  • Malaysia Airlines

    Hermolis
  • Qatar Airways

    WAM
  • Royal Jordanian

    Tamam.
  • Singapore Airlines

    Hermolis.
    Ex ARN & DME Russian supplier
  • Swiss
    ex ZRH Schalom Catering, (Rabbi Schwartz Vienna)
    ex GVA French supplier WAM (not edible)


  • Thai Airways

    Rabbi Kantor, Bangkok Catering
  • Turkish Airlines
    Ex HKG: Hermolis (as of Jan 2024)
  • United Airlines

    ex-North America: Regal
    ex-Israel: Hamasbia
    ex-Switzerland: Schalom (Zurich)
    ex-ATH: Stogel (5/29)
    ex-HAM: Stogel
    ex LHR in J Stogel frozen version
Philippine Airlines
Ex JFK- Borenstien
  • Qatar Airways

    WAM




Print Wikipost

Master Thread: Kosher Meals

Old Apr 15, 2015, 1:45 pm
  #601  
FlyerTalk Evangelist
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: HaMerkaz/Exit 145
Programs: UA, LY, BA, AA
Posts: 13,167
It was really weird on AZ that our meal ex-TLV was from Amsterdam, flown into TLV via FCO, with Israeli yogurt. That means the yogurt shipped TLV-AMS-FCO-TLV just to be served on TLV-FCO.
joshwex90 is offline  
Old Apr 16, 2015, 8:14 am
  #602  
Suspended
 
Join Date: Nov 1999
Posts: 24,153
ZRH-EWR on UA in Biz

Skipped the free breakfast at my hotel since I had a 10am flight and knew my meal would be served soon after. What a mistake turns out UA is using Stogel out of ZRH (they probably under bidded the local company by 10 cents) anyway although in Biz it was a Y meal and had an exp date of 1/31/16 that was enough for me.I did open the entree and got 1 smell of the contents and simply handed the whole tray right back to the FA

Didnt eat anything the whole flight, a real pity since I hold the Zurich kosher caterer to be the 2nd best meal in the air after Hermolis of cause. Next time it will be LX

So much for all the spin by UA of improving its meals, or could be they are at the expense of the KSML ones
craz is offline  
Old Apr 16, 2015, 3:12 pm
  #603  
FlyerTalk Evangelist
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: HaMerkaz/Exit 145
Programs: UA, LY, BA, AA
Posts: 13,167
Since when are they using Stogel? I had Schalom less than 3 months ago on UA ex-ZRH
joshwex90 is offline  
Old Apr 17, 2015, 2:14 am
  #604  
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 116
I'm starting to think that UA has saved in craz's profile that he prefers Stogel or Koshair. He gets served it more than anyone I know
Chaikel is offline  
Old Apr 17, 2015, 5:18 am
  #605  
FlyerTalk Evangelist
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: HaMerkaz/Exit 145
Programs: UA, LY, BA, AA
Posts: 13,167
Originally Posted by Chaikel
I'm starting to think that UA has saved in craz's profile that he prefers Stogel or Koshair. He gets served it more than anyone I know
Poor guy as that seems to be the MO for craz on UA.

craz, fly with me more often! I consistently get Regal/Weis (usually Regal), Schalom ex-ZRH and BRU, and Hamasbia!
joshwex90 is offline  
Old Apr 17, 2015, 8:18 am
  #606  
Suspended
 
Join Date: Nov 1999
Posts: 24,153
Originally Posted by Chaikel
I'm starting to think that UA has saved in craz's profile that he prefers Stogel or Koshair. He gets served it more than anyone I know
Well flying over 200k a yr on UA does increase the % against me and most of that was on PMUA planes where KA was the vendor.Flew 80K in Jan/Feb alone and got KA only once. JFK-LAX/SFO is still PMUA I believe its no longer KA although I fly that routing over a dz times a yr I end up mostly SDCing it to a flight where my RPU would clear but since thats T-23+no KSML for me

UA says they dont offer KSML SGN-HKG (yet CX (DragonAir) had Hermolis from REP-HKG),I didnt mind it till my HKG-SFO flight didnt have any KSML for me either, yrs past that would have gotten me a $350 eCert this yr it was worth $100 or 7500 miles.So that was SGN-HKG-SFO w/o any meal and the GA wouldnt let me take my carry-on aboard even thou I was in BF SFO-JFK so I simply told him to unload me and took the next flight out = no meal as it was on the booked flight, no problems taking the exact same carry-on onto that flight.

But Im now done with UA at least rev tkt wise unless they are at a min $50 cheaper on a Dom or $150 cheaper Intl , which probably means UA wont be getting another dime out of me.But with LT *G status on UA it will make using up the 2M+ of miles w/o having to pay for bags etc etc. Problem is AA serves a Y meal in Biz on their JFK-LAX/SFO flights at least KA had a better presentation and quantity, but not quality. Its now AA where I also have LT Plat

As for Stogels thats the 1st time ever I got it on COUA,PMUA or PMCO. Personally when flying out of Yeruppetsville where theres no Jewish community to speak of nor much demand for KSML and no local vendor,I can understand Stogel being the way to go. I remember my LatinPass run of 2000 was to have finally been served a Stogel it was usully no special meals at all.

Last edited by craz; Apr 17, 2015 at 8:24 am
craz is offline  
Old Apr 17, 2015, 8:33 am
  #607  
Suspended
 
Join Date: Nov 1999
Posts: 24,153
Originally Posted by joshwex90
Poor guy as that seems to be the MO for craz on UA.

craz, fly with me more often! I consistently get Regal/Weis (usually Regal), Schalom ex-ZRH and BRU, and Hamasbia!
Going forward its gonna be AA if a rev tkt, UA will be only award tkts using up my stash of miles in my UA and Chase accts

Flew last month JFK-LAX on AA and earned 11k+ RDMs , it would have been apx 2700 miles on UA AA is way better if stuck in Y seats are way better padded and I still get E+ for $0.Only thing is AA doesnt fly Intl as much as UA does and its main partner BA causes the taxes to be alot more having to go via the UK. But is adream for Asia with CX!

Even UA now doesnt open up TLV on its metal till the last sec, cant wait for that least it not open, and prefer JFK over EWR where parking for me is $0 or $5 for as long as I park per trip. Problem is only LX has a wide-body into TLV so I dont want to blow 160k when at least 1/3 of the time I will be sitting in a Y seat even thou its called Biz. The worst park is no E+ seats and even if they had them theyd probably charge UAers $$ for them just as OS wanted to charge me for the Exit Row seating. The good thing is having high enough status now till 2/1/17 I can change my flights at the last min for $0 so if LX opens up I can simply jump ship and fly in a real Biz seat
craz is offline  
Old Apr 17, 2015, 12:27 pm
  #608  
Suspended
 
Join Date: Nov 1999
Posts: 24,153
.....

Last edited by craz; Apr 23, 2015 at 2:06 pm
craz is offline  
Old Apr 22, 2015, 10:30 am
  #609  
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NYC/ NJ
Programs: UA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Explorist, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 2,191
Originally Posted by craz
Well flying over 200k a yr on UA does increase the % against me and most of that was on PMUA planes where KA was the vendor.Flew 80K in Jan/Feb alone and got KA only once. JFK-LAX/SFO is still PMUA I believe its no longer KA although I fly that routing over a dz times a yr I end up mostly SDCing it to a flight where my RPU would clear but since thats T-23+no KSML for me

UA says they dont offer KSML SGN-HKG (yet CX (DragonAir) had Hermolis from REP-HKG),I didnt mind it till my HKG-SFO flight didnt have any KSML for me either, yrs past that would have gotten me a $350 eCert this yr it was worth $100 or 7500 miles.So that was SGN-HKG-SFO w/o any meal and the GA wouldnt let me take my carry-on aboard even thou I was in BF SFO-JFK so I simply told him to unload me and took the next flight out = no meal as it was on the booked flight, no problems taking the exact same carry-on onto that flight.

But Im now done with UA at least rev tkt wise unless they are at a min $50 cheaper on a Dom or $150 cheaper Intl , which probably means UA wont be getting another dime out of me.But with LT *G status on UA it will make using up the 2M+ of miles w/o having to pay for bags etc etc. Problem is AA serves a Y meal in Biz on their JFK-LAX/SFO flights at least KA had a better presentation and quantity, but not quality. Its now AA where I also have LT Plat

As for Stogels thats the 1st time ever I got it on COUA,PMUA or PMCO. Personally when flying out of Yeruppetsville where theres no Jewish community to speak of nor much demand for KSML and no local vendor,I can understand Stogel being the way to go. I remember my LatinPass run of 2000 was to have finally been served a Stogel it was usully no special meals at all.
I've gotten Stogel meals on both ANA and JAL ex CGK
MarkP24 is offline  
Old Apr 23, 2015, 7:31 am
  #610  
Suspended
 
Join Date: Nov 1999
Posts: 24,153
Originally Posted by MarkP24
I've gotten Stogel meals on both ANA and JAL ex CGK
I wouldnt expect anything but Stogel (if even that) out of the sorts of a place as CGK. No local Jewish community so basically its a few people flying every so often. Muslims Im sure can get all the halal they want so need for them to order KSML

If I was in CGK all week w/o any hot food I might be very happy to be served Stogel, but not out of the likes of ZRH which has a very good local KSML vendor. FWIW I doubt I would have eaten the Stogel meal served to me out of ZRH, it smelled that bad,chicken meatballs
craz is offline  
Old Apr 23, 2015, 1:44 pm
  #611  
FlyerTalk Evangelist
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: HaMerkaz/Exit 145
Programs: UA, LY, BA, AA
Posts: 13,167
I'd think they could get KSMLs from Singapore. They have a Jewish community
joshwex90 is offline  
Old Apr 23, 2015, 1:57 pm
  #612  
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NYC/ NJ
Programs: UA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Explorist, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 2,191
Originally Posted by joshwex90
I'd think they could get KSMLs from Singapore. They have a Jewish community
That doesn't mean they prepare kosher airline meals. When I flew out of Singapore, my airline meal came from somewhere else (I don't remember offhand if it was Hermolis or Stogel).

When I was in Turkey which has a Jewish community, I definitely received a Stogel meal on UA in Business First (when they still had the EWR- IST flight).
MarkP24 is offline  
Old Apr 23, 2015, 2:00 pm
  #613  
FlyerTalk Evangelist
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: HaMerkaz/Exit 145
Programs: UA, LY, BA, AA
Posts: 13,167
I received something local on SQ (almost positive it was local, but was definitely not Stogel - I'm actually, without trying to jinx it, doing pretty well, having never gotten Stogel!)
joshwex90 is offline  
Old Apr 23, 2015, 2:10 pm
  #614  
Suspended
 
Join Date: Nov 1999
Posts: 24,153
Originally Posted by joshwex90
I received something local on SQ (almost positive it was local, but was definitely not Stogel - I'm actually, without trying to jinx it, doing pretty well, having never gotten Stogel!)
Never got any local KSML on UA from SIN, dont even know if it exists. Got KA in '14 and I believe it was KA this past Feb, while it was Regal out of NRT. At least with KA its a cheese omlett but not C"Y which works for me
craz is offline  
Old Apr 24, 2015, 7:36 am
  #615  
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Programs: EL AL Matmid, BA Executive Club GfL, GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Avis President's Club
Posts: 2,074
Interesting article (in Hebrew though) about Stogel ... this board is clearly not the only place people complain about it:

http://www.bhol.co.il/ColumnArticle....&cat=4&scat=34
mikebg is offline  

Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Manage Preferences - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

This site is owned, operated, and maintained by MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks are the property of their respective owners.