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Club Europe catering guide
New catering standards for Club Europe are coming, which you should see on existing routes from this Sunday. UK domestic routes will follow from 01 April.
There will also be a slight realignment of catering bands as the current Bands 1, 2, 3, and 4 will be replaced by new Short, Medium, and Long catering bands. We’ve been told we should expect a number of real, tangible improvements such as new crockery, new mugs, and also new wines (served at your seat from full sized bottles on Medium and Long flights). As to the quality of the new offering, well, the proof of the pudding is in the eating so please do post your impressions of the new service as it rolls out. The following information is applicable to Heathrow and Gatwick routes which I hope you will find useful. This will be updated and expanded with product details during the weeks ahead once we get a better feel of the new offering. Service timings http://prospelicious.com/wp-content/...6/CE_times.png Destination map identifying destination bands http://prospelicious.com/wp-content/...tering_map.png Note, the map is not fully inclusive so some destinations have been omitted for visual clarity. You can rest assured that Iceland, Canary Islands plus the myriad of Greek destinations all fall into the new Long category. Borderline destinations located on the fringes of two bands are indicated in the next 2 diagrams http://prospelicious.com/wp-content/...6/CE_BL_SM.png http://prospelicious.com/wp-content/...5/CE_BL_ML.png Food offerings Short
Breakfast 05:00 to 09:29 LBA/MAN: a bacon roll, a selection of fresh fruit, bread/croissants and a dairy product, such as yoghurt with fruit compote Other Short flights: a choice between a hot English breakfast or a vegetarian alternative Brunch 09:30 to 10:59 A choice of a continental cold meat selection with warm bakery or a hot sandwich Lunch 11:00 to 13:59 A choice of a fresh salad with warm bakery or a hot sandwich Afternoon tea 14:00 to 16:59 A choice of sandwiches or a Ploughman's salad, both served with traditional British cake Dinner 17:00 to 04:59 A choice of a fresh salad with warm bakery or a hot sandwich Medium
Breakfast 05:00 to 09:29 A choice between a hot English breakfast or a vegetarian alternative Brunch 09:30 to 10:59 A choice of a continental cold meat selection with warm bakery or a hot sandwich Lunch 11:00 to 13:59 A choice of a fresh salad with warm bakery or a hot sandwich Afternoon tea 14:00 to 16:59 A choice of sandwiches or a Ploughman's salad, both served with traditional British cake Dinner 17:00 to 04:59 A choice of a fresh salad with warm bakery or a hot sandwich Long
Breakfast 05:00 to 09:29 A choice between a hot English breakfast or a vegetarian alternative Rest of day meal 09:30 to 04:59 Hot meal with appetiser, warm breads, cheese and dessert Photos and impressions This part has been left for you to populate. :) |
We're flying out on a long CE on Sunday, so will let you know!
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Thanks for the heads up.
Is there going to be a quicker rotation on the food, as I am sick to death of hot smoked salmon linguini or Chicken breast in jus on band 4 flight. 3 month menu rotations can not save that much money, but really annoys those who fly frequently. |
Does wine served from full sized bottles include Champagne, meaning potential switch to Henriot from Castelnau?
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Looks good on paper - assuming:
-Bands 1 and 2 become "Short" -Band 3 is "Medium" and retains hot lunch and dinner -There are overall a few good promotions up the bands (e.g. BUD/IBZ/FCO) |
Originally Posted by ENTP
(Post 28077878)
Looks good on paper - assuming:
-Bands 1 and 2 become "Short" -Band 3 is "Medium" and retains hot lunch and dinner -There are overall a few good promotions up the bands (e.g. BUD/IBZ/FCO) |
Originally Posted by Tobias-UK
(Post 28077887)
There will be hot meals on all lunch and dinner flights across all bands.
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Originally Posted by Tobias-UK
(Post 28077887)
There will be hot meals on all lunch and dinner flights across all bands.
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Nice job with the graphics ^
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This is going to be interesting. I am preparing to be significantly underwhelmed. Full size wine bottles don't overshadow the same old breakfast, the utterly unimaginative brunch or the rigid meal times which mean departing HEL at 1655 means you are the recipient of 3 dry finger sandwiches, a pre packed cake and a heated scone on a scheduled flight time of c2hrs 45m.
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Originally Posted by surryson
(Post 28078293)
This is going to be interesting. I am preparing to be significantly underwhelmed. Full size wine bottles don't overshadow the same old breakfast, the utterly unimaginative brunch or the rigid meal times which mean departing HEL at 1655 means you are the recipient of 3 dry finger sandwiches, a pre packed cake and a heated scone on a scheduled flight time of c2hrs 45m.
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This is great news. Particularly on the ex-Band 1's where they managed a hot brekkie, but nothing else substantial the rest of the day?
"a tasty hot meal accompanied by warm bread" With a plate?? :D |
Originally Posted by Prospero
(Post 28078331)
The changes should work out better for you as HEL will be moving from Band 3 to the new Long category. The outcome of which should be a full meal service throughout the day
Great work on the thread so far Prospero. Thanks for organising. ^ |
Tentatively this looks good. Let's see...
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