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Old Sep 12, 2018, 5:55 am
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Club Europe Catering Guide - September 2018 onwards

This thread outlines the new arrangements for Club Europe catering introduced on Wednesday 12 September 2018 based on 5 bands (Express, and Bands 1-4). The main information piece - in terms of timings and the distance zones for the meals can be found in post 1. The following cross references the photos below against the matrix of options. In addition to the photos, some FTers have written extensively on their experiences so there is more to this thread than the pictures. Also note that the menus for LGW routes rotate monthly, whereas LHR routes rotate bi-weekly

Please keep this thread clear for for reviews, menu descriptions, and photos. For chat about the new service arrangements there is a dedicated thread has now been set up for this Club Europe catering opinions and general discussion

Please do not quote photos in this thread.

The previous shorthaul catering guide for Sunday 26 March 2017 to Tuesday 11 September 2018 is now locked, but is to be found here.

Numbers relate to the post number. Vegetarian means the alternative option provided as standard rather than the special meals. The pre-ordered special meals are AVML (Asia-vegetarian), CHML(children meal), DBML (diabetic meal), GFML (gluten free), HNML (Hindu non-vegetarian meal), KSML (Kosher meal), LCML (low calorie meal), LFML (low fat meal), NLML (low-lactose meal), LSML (low salt meal), MOML (Muslim meal), VGML (vegan meal), and VLML (lacto-ovo vegetarian).

There are differences between the offering in/out of LHR, LGW, and BA CityFlyer routes operated from LCY, STN, BRS, BHX, MAN, EDI, and DUB. For BA CityFlyer flights please refer to this guide created by eJetter BA CityFlyer catering guide

Last update: post 1830
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Chef's Chat sheets for:

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Express (LBA, MAN, and JER only. Note JER is classes at express but gets band 1 service)

Breakfast: 176, 289 (KSML), 345 (VLML), 347 (JER), 375, 622, 705, 1063, 1359, 1390 (JER)
Brunch: 813, 987 (AVML), 1066
Lunch: 226, 326, 388 (KSML), 427 (AVML), 553 (KSML), 586, 678, 887, 1014 (JER), 1015, 1128, 1139, 1148 (KSML), 1276, 1351, 1396, 1452, 1456, 1789
Afternoon tea: 103, 176, 643 (LCML), 733, 1038
Dinner: 279, 332 (JER), 359 (AVML), 521, 588, 608, 647, 752, 914, 941, 950, 961, 1006 (KSML), 1014 (JER), 1016, 1026, 1050 (AVML), 1054 (KSML), 1095, 1142 (VLML), 1143 (NLML), 1186 (KSML), 1399 (JER), 1523, 1524 (KSML), 1598

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Band 1 (UK, France, Ireland, BeNeLux, Germany)

Breakfast: 9, 56, 105, 183, 203, 256, 304, 377, 420 (LGW), 445, 452 (VGML), 457 (VGML), 558, 641, 971 (LGW), 1071, 1417, 1424, 1584 (VGML), 1605, 1638, 1748,1758 (LGW), 1810
Brunch: 68, 121, 142, 197, 420, 458, 555, 559, 620 (LCML), 660, 662, 770, 923, 1077 (VGML), 1354, 1410, 1560, 1704, 1747 (LGW), 1755, 1819
Lunch: 16, 142, 147 (VLML), 170 (KSML), 230, 255, 344, 498, 510, 529, 535, 556, 560, 592, 612, 632, 640, 660, 707 (LGW), 713 (KSML), 723, 838, 981 (LGW) (VLML), 1008 (KSML), 1094, 1183 (VGML), 1196, 1222 (VGML), 1223, 1318, 1360, 1461 (VGML), 1475 (LGW), 1539 (LGW) (VLML), 1543, 1709 (LGW), 1778, 1794, 1820 (LGW)
Afternoon tea: 32, 36 (LGW), 71, 90, 104, 123 (LGW), 139 (LCML), 146, 167 (VLML), 207 (KSML), 252, 277, 285, 353 (KSML), 441, 527 (LGW), 557, 739, 783, 831, 907, 976, 1160, 1337 (LGW), 1340, 1343 (VGML), 1382, 1408 (LGW), 1642 (LGW), 1756, 1757, 1804, 1809, 1817
Dinner: 49, 130 (LGW), 142, 642185, 186 (LGW & VLML), 208 (KSML), 225, 225 (LGW), 237, 242, 268, 281, 298, 307 (KSML), 353 (KSML), 367, 436 (AVML), 441, 444, 498, 517 (AVML), 554, 648, 652, 653, 669, 690, 708, 758, 789, 822, 916 (LGW), 917 (LGW), 955 (VGML), 981 (LGW) , 1060, 1070, 1136, 1212 (VGML), 1217, 1218, 1275, 1308 (KSML), 1321, 1358, 1365, 1369, 1529, 1556 (LGW), 1568 (VGML), 1576, 1577, 1617 (LGW), 1638, 1682, 1690, 1703, 1769, 1771, 1778 (VGML), 1788 (VGML), 1812, 1813, 1820 (LGW)

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Band 2 (e.g. Barcelona, Nice, Venice, Prague, Copenhagen)

Breakfast: 8, 269, 309, 329, 400, 576 (KSML), 613, 650 (LGW), 679 (AVML), 914 (AVML), 955 (VGML), 1463, 1655 (LGW)
Brunch: 578, 610, 659, 910
Lunch: 18, 40, 107, 163 (AVML), 235, 421, 431, 504, 578, 614, 760, 894 (VGML), 1243, 1407, 1641 (LGW), 1656 (LGW), 1830
Afternoon tea: 278 (LGW), 306, 362 (KSML), 399, 496 (LGW), 499, 578, 749, 1150, 1191 (AVML), 1204, 1279 (KSML), 1730 (LGW)
Dinner: 155 (AVML), 227, 269, 287, 385, 496 (LGW), 578, 583, 591 (KSML), 593 (LGW), 596 (AVML), 596 (HNML), 794, 875, 910, 925, 937, 940, 982, 1204, 1221 (GFML), 1231 (KSML), 1237, 1238 (AVML), 1720 (LGW), 1774, 1777, 1806, 1830

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Band 3 (e.g. Madrid, Rome, Warsaw, Stockholm)

Breakfast: 57, 171, 418, 507, 631, 677, 762, 956, 1165 (VGML), 1425, 1430, 1443, 1464,1749, 1727, 1749
Rest of the day: 27, 44, 59, 87, 100, 165, 168, 199 (LGW), 200 (LGW), 216, 268, 282, 321 (LGW), 322, 335, 341 (LGW), 343, 350 (LGW), 351 (LGW), 387, 397 (KSML), 398, 400, 419, 429, 435 (AVML), 448 (VGML), 477, 484, 485, 500, 448 (KSML), 551 (LCML), 571 (KSML), 587, 599 (LGW), 619, 649 (KSML), 676, 743 (VLML), 753, 763, 778 (GFML), 780, 803, 806, 816, 854, 880, 882 (LGW), 895, 929, 944, 954, 957, 963, 984, 985, 998 (LFML), 1002, 1017 (LGW), 1035, 1037 (LGW), 1046 (LGW), 1067 (KSML), 1071, 1072, 1074, 1078, 1091, 1097, 1104, 1121, 1126 (LFML), 1127, 1132, 1135, 1145 (KSML), 1151, 1152, 1154 (KSML), 1205, 1220, 1227 (VGML), 1246, 1266, 1269 (LGW), 1272, 1273, 1274, 1323, 1426, 1465 (AVML), 1482, 1504, 1538, 1552, 1561, 1586 (LGW), 1610, 1612, 1620, 1621 (AVML), 1658 (LGW), 1673 (LGW), 1680, 1685, 1687, 1696, 1699 (LGW), 1706, 1718, , 1728, 1731, 1735 (LGW), 1736 (KSML), 1742 (LGW), 1770, 1772, 1773, 1790 (LGW), 1791, 1793, 1796 (LGW), 1805, 1828, 1829

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Band 4 (e.g. Malta, Sofia, Kiev, Istanbul)

Breakfast: 159, 223, 440, 483, 661, 795, 796, 878 (AVML), 898 (LGW), 919 (KSML), 1226
Rest of the day: 61 (LGW), 63 (LGW), 83, 122 (LGW), 129 (LGW), 191 (LGW), 233, 244, 255, 264, 342, 349, 618 (CHML) (LGW), 624, 661, 730 (LGW), 797, 798, 835 (LGW), 836 (LGW), 863 (LGW), 893, 896 (LGW), 897 (LGW), 911 (LGW), 942, 986, 1047, 1141 (CHML), 1149, 1226, 1250 (LGW), 1252 (LGW), 1263, 1277 (LGW), 1280, 1314 (LGW), 1366, 1371, 1450, 1469, 1474, 1484 (LGW), 1497, 1505, 1516, 1520, 1522, 1648, 1661 (LGW), 1662 (LGW), 1681 (LGW), 1722 (LGW) (VGML), 1746 (LGW) (VGML), 1786, 1787, 1811 (LGW)

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Old Dec 15, 2019, 2:57 am
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Originally Posted by 1Aturnleft
I'm yet to encounter any flight loaded with condiments in CE above what is already mentioned on the menu so have always procured my own before boarding. It's definitely a request item in CW along with HP, French and English mustard.
Yep: CW has Heinz cheap mini-sachets of English mustard, Dijon mustard (no long what the English call French mustard which used to be there) and ketchup as well as brown sauce.

F has a proper stock of condiments which the crew will serve in little ceramic ramequins for you, which reminds me that I forgot to ask for horseradish when I last tried the steak!
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LCY-GVA. CityFlyer. 14 Dec 0700. Band 1 Breakfast

Pretty standard breakfast, although the scrambled egg was rather pale and insipid.
Has BA ever provided tomato kekchup - something was needed here to spice it up?
There's a sachet of ketchup loaded on the tray set that goes with the bacon and cheese muffin - if any of the muffins are untaken then crew will be happy to grab the ketchup for you. Likewise if you're on a flight with bacon rolls in Euro Traveller there will be sachets of ketchup and brown sauce however on band 1 ET will have cold breakfast so no sauce.

Personally I find adding plenty of pepper and a little salt is enough to bring out the flavour of the eggs.

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Old Dec 15, 2019, 11:58 pm
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Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
Yes, I could see this was going to cause a problem, and I guide other FTers to a truly Merleau-Ponty style exposition in this previous post:

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30733514-post35.html

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F has a proper stock of condiments which the crew will serve in little ceramic ramequins for you, which reminds me that I forgot to ask for horseradish when I last tried the steak!
It did make me chuckle when I asked for some mustard with a steak in F and was offered a choice of 4 different mustards. A true first world problem to decide which...
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Originally Posted by zappomatic
There's a sachet of ketchup loaded on the tray set that goes with the bacon and cheese muffin - if any of the muffins are untaken then crew will be happy to grab the ketchup for you. Likewise if you're on a flight with bacon rolls in Euro Traveller there will be sachets of ketchup and brown sauce however on band 1 ET will have had cold breakfast so no sauce.

Personally I find adding plenty of pepper and a little salt is enough to bring out the flavour of the eggs.
I assume this is all a quirk of LCY?
You almost had me at bacon and cheese muffins. Then talk of Bacon rolls in Traveller and it all made sense. I'm still yet to see of sachets of sauce on mainline CE services.
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Old Dec 16, 2019, 2:26 am
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Geneva is band 2 I believe - it certainly gets bacon rolls in Traveller (as well as hot dinners in Club) - so down the back there would've been condiments aplenty
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The starter was a sort of Caesar Salad without garlic, anchovies, or croutons. HI had the Antipasto which he declared delicious. I had the chicken and it was perfect. Hot and yet not dried out which is so easy with poultry. The cheese was delightful. The desert I cannot report as he and I swapped and I had two cheese courses and he had two deserts.

The crew were impeccable. In spite of one oven playing up, the did a drinks rum with numerous refills and the meal came out after. This was not a slap it out crew. They proved that 6 Club rows could be served in a friendly and proper manner.

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LGW-AMS, December - Band 1 Lunch

Feta and bulgur salad with grilled artichokes and courgettes - very tasty. The other choice was described as salmon with potatoes.

The dessert was delicious (and incredibly rich)!




LGW-AMS, December - Band 1 Lunch (VLML)

I told Mr JtO not to order a special meal and just to order from the regular options, but he wouldn't listen and here's what he got instead of the dish in the picture above - the big lump on the right is some sort of cheese and the lump on the left is melon - just in case there wasn't enough melon and cheese for him in the melon and mozzarella starter.

The dessert was equally delicious (but thankfully not as rich)!

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Originally Posted by PUCCI GALORE
The crew were impeccable. In spite of one oven playing up, the did a drinks rum with numerous refills
So they did apparently
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LHR-GLA 13 December 2019 BA1484 13:10 Dep
Band 1 lunch

Described as mozzarella and proscuitio, the other option was a bulgur salad with carrots.
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GLA-LHR 14 December 2019 BA1495 1830 dep
Band 1 dinner

I can't remember what the vegetarian option was, the purser presented both of them to me to choose.

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Am I right in thinking the Band 3/4 LHR-outbound meal next Monday will be the chicken roast dinner (extrapolated from the above)?
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Flew back from Edinburgh in Club last night. I had to explain to a young colleague (born in the 90s) what a “Waldorf Salad” was. Reminds me of the time last year when I laughed out loud when offered a “Ploughman's” on Club. I mean is there a “We love the 1970s” department inside BA, or are the people compiling these menus born in the 1930s? Asking for a friend.
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